Coachs Red River Pale Ale

Brewed by Coachs Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Norman, Oklahoma USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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A fairly decent pale ale. Some hints of biscuit amid the malt....and a good balance with the hops. Smooth finish.

Draft@ Coaches Norman, Ok. Light amber color with a white head. Mildly sweet pale malt aromas with a whiff of floral hops. Light/medium body. Decent flavor is lightly sweet grainy pale malts with a nicely bitter finish. Finally something drinkable besides their IPA

Date: February 23, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Norman
Appearance: hazy gold, fine off white head, drippy lace
Aroma: light citrus and floral hop aroma with a hint of sweet malt
Body: body is a bit thin and watery
Flavor: light crystal malt flavor, soft hops, a touch of bitterness
Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 4/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

On tap at the brewpub in OKC. Pour is clear golden with white head and good lace. Light earthy and citric hop aroma. Biscuit malt. Clean yeast. Balanced lemony hop and biscuit malt flavors. Light, easy drinking body. High carbonation. Perfumish finish. Much better than I expected.

Light amber coloured body with a light tan head. Aroma of fresh english hops and some toffee. Medium-bodied; Hops up front in the taste with some nice malt flavours following. Aftertaste shows some sweetness and good hops. Overall, a good English Pale, especially for a brewpub! I sampled this beer from draught at the brewpub in Bricktown, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 13-December-2005.

I find it hard to believe that this ale has the 3% ABV that it was entered with four years ago. What you’ve got here is a sessionable copper bodied APA. The aroma is a light, sweet caramel with some grapefruit around the edges. The caramel flavor is smoothly balanced with a grapefruit/lemon zest/pine resin bitterness. The hoppy bitterness lasts long into the finish, albeit mildly. Nice.

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Very respectable session pale. Nice hop aromas. Mild tastes of grapefruit. The fizz can have a bit too much bite to appreciate this beer.

Draft at Norman, 11/13/06: Dark orange or light red. Nice firm if thin head. Not much aroma. Smooth. Nice body. After the IPA, this was way mellow. Decently balanced, light malt component and vague hop bitterness. Got better as I ate my burger and the IPA flavors faded. Good.

(Tap) Pours amber with little head. Fruity and hoppy aroma. Taste has some floral notes as well. Pretty good mouthfeel, and balanced too. One of Coach’s better beers.

On tap at Edmond Location: Umber color with a short lived head. Aroma is light but contains a hop character that is mostly absent in the flavor. Well balanced flavor, but I gound myself wanting more bitterness at the end. All in all, still a decent pale.