Dark Horse Rod

Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Marshall, Michigan USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

Man, this is killer brew. Served with a nice, thick, creamy, foamy, frothy, very light tan head that lasts a while, and lots of lace. Color is a hazy, amber red. Aroma was malt n hop. Flavor is an excellent blend of malts with a little roasty, tad fruity, chewy hop, a little dry. Body is just right for this beer: full mouth, perfect carbonation. Finish is like flavor and of medium long lenght and little if any alcohol. Woulda rated the nose better but my snooter don’t work so well.

Draft at Nessun Dorma in Milwaukee. The beer pours to a deep hazy red-brown body with a creamy foam tan head. The aroma is a nutty malt with herbal hops and a nice specialty malt base. The flavor builds upon the nutty specialty malt base with the herbal hops and some really hard to describe things. It was blended really nicely, however. The palate was medium bodied with a rich malty texture. This beer was very good.

This one is a bit heavier than the description tells, it heads into the 9.5% ABV. Very warming imperial red. Taste of subtle hops and roasted malts. As for the aphrodisiacs, I don’t know if they work but I had a great night.

On tap at Jerry’s. Dark caramel with good, foamy tan head / Sweet nose of caramel and dry hops / Medium body with balanced malts and chewy hops, and decent finish / Toasty flavors of dry hops and fresh caramel, with a touch of the herbs in the finish / Nice blend of chewy hops and caramel backbone.

On tap at the Bavarian Lodge, Lisle,Il. Cloudy, brown appearance with a light, clingy, white head. Earthy, herb & spice aroma. Semi-sweet almost dark fruit & malt flavor with substantial dryness throughout. Favorably complex

At the brewery during RBSG 2010. The first sips were used to cleanse my mouth after a glass of Plead the 5th. Light red brew with a light tan head and wispy lacing. Tasty stuff and I want to stay here and drink myself into oblivion. The aroma is cool (just read the description of this beer and there’s a bunch of weird things tossed in - might explain the 7 hour raging hard on I had..) Plenty of citrus, touch earthy, floral hops, caramel and sweet lemon and mysterious spices that are mild. Tasty of course. Great taste. Light pine, bottom end sweetness, candy, loads of sweet citrus, red candy, dark fruits and the tastiest grapefruit ever. Light malts and stellar hops. Kyle loved sucking my Rod back.

I love this amber I have had a lot of good nights this summer while drinking this great beer

Sampled at Great Lakes Brew Fest in Racine, WI. Aroma hops and deliciousness. Appearance brown thin head. Taste delicious, very hoppy great red ale.