3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20I have this as an 8.5% abv beer, and I found that it’s a nice balance of the bitter and the sweets, a fantastic colour, even if I couldn’t raise a head on the pour. Enjoying this and would have it again if I had the chance.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Burnt toffee, caramel, xmas cake, alcohol soaked raisins a bit of coffee on the nose. Taste is similar with a nice hoppiness stopping it from getting too sweet. Grapefruit at the end, fairly light body, warm alcohol at the end but not rough. Solid beer. Rerate: I’ve just spent more than an hour drinking a tumbler of this while watching Butch Cassisdy and the Sundance Kid with my wife and son. By the time I was lustily singing along to Raindrops Keep Falling, this beer was warm, mellow and open and up there with the best red ales I’ve had the pleasure of having. The taste became a slick, oily, smooth, restorative, spicy red. The alcohol blended perfectly on the finish, and when there was literally no more I wept figurative tears.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Hazy dark amber color with wispy tan sheen. Spicy hop, nutty, tea leaf, caramel aromas. medium body. Spicy tea leaf, hoppy bitter flavors with some caramel, mild nuttage--nicely bitter finish---good.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
balanced aroma, with a little tinge of alcohol. flavor is completely overpowered by alcohol. will not buy again.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark muddy brown pour with a generous head. Quite perfumed on the nose. Malts hide the alcohol content and is drier than I expected. Not a beer that can be consumed quickly.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
22 ounce bottle. Labeled as Red Devil Imperial Red Ale; Crown series. Translucent reddish brown color topped by a small bubbly beige head. Aroma of burnt caramel, alcohol and greasy doughnuts. Flavor of more burnt caramel, cocoa and espresso beans. Lot’s of alcohol flavor, to a fault. Some earthy yeast character at play. Hints of charred wood and bitter hops. Strong bitter finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
A clear red/brown colored beer, with a thick beige head. The aroma of sweet fruits, like berries with hop. The taste of red fruits with a lot op hop. The aftertaste is sweet with bitter and notes of spices.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at Stone Brewery. Pour is a murky brown red color. Very little lacing and head to note. Aromas are porter driven with roasted malt, smoked wood, cocoa. Taste is diff then smell. Way more hoppy with a nice fruit character. Smokey on tongue in the finish,
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from City Beer. Pours reddish brown with a huge beige head and a fruit and toffee aroma. There is a hearty toffee flavor that is milder than the abv suggests and a tasty dry lingering finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Poured a clear ruddy dark orange color. The head was a few fingers high with decent retention. Caramel, orange liqueur, and subdued tobacco/black tea notes. Medium bodied and slightly sweet with mild bitterness. Well balanced malt and hop flavors that included the likes of honey, caramel, and citrus candy. The 10.7% ABV was well masked. Good stuff.
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