Deschutes Cinder Cone Red Ale

12oz bottle. Poured a reddish amber color with a small tan head. Aroma of caramel malts, roasted barley and a light smokiness. Very creamy mouthfeel and smooth malty caramel taste backed up by a nice hop bite. Tasty and easy drinking.

In short: An could-be-generic amber ale that is more hoppy than average for the style. Decent session beer.
How: Bottle 12oz. Consumed fresh soon after receiving it from Blutt59. Thanks a lot Bob.
The look: Cloudy redish body topped by small-medium white head. Good looking brew with that contrast of color
In long: Light but pleasant nose of caramel and leafy hops. Taste of hard candies, leafy hops, a touch of caramel, dry grass. The type of flavour profile I often get from beers with the name that contains “red ale”. The finish is medium dry with the dry burnt grass going nose-to-nose with the caramel and hard-candies. There was also some light plastic/phenol notes and the beer lost a few points because of that. Lean body and too much carbonation (soda-pop level). I drank their excellent Red Chair a few days ago and I thought it was underrated and now I find this well-rated Cinder Cone overrated. I’m assuming my bottle was fresh since I got it in a trade from a local but it just did not taste “fresh”. I need to try this one again and make sure it as fresh as a foetus soup.

Pours reddish copper with a moderate white head. Aroma of grapefruit, earth, caramel, dirt and toffee, all very well meshed and held together. Tastes malty upfront with caramel, toast, and lightly burned biscuits, along with grapefruit and earthy leafy hops. Finishes with a lingering leafy, toasty and only moderately bitter aftertaste. Medium bodied, but drinks lightly. Like many Deschutes beers, it’s flawless put together and the flavors flow pretty seemlessly. Nice!

A nice, hoppy red from Deschutes. This beer pours a bright amber red with a strong head and relatively good lacing. The aroma is nice and hoppy with a healthy dose of malty sweetness. It’s a basic citrus/pine/floral hop aroma, but it’s very well done. The flavor is a bit less hoppy than Rogue’s red, but it’s still enjoyable. I like my reds hopped to the gills, so the nicely dry malt backbone isn’t really winning me over quite as much as it probably does for some. Still, it’s a nice red ale. I prefer it cold because some astringency seems to kick up for me as the beer warms.

Pours a light red with very little head. At first a bit sweet, with prominent roasted caramel flavors, the earthy hops give it a bitter finish. Aroma is bready and biscuity. Palate a bit thin.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a thin off white head of good duration, with minimal lacing over a clear amber (SRM 15) body....nose of hops (floral, spice) malts (cereal, honey, toffee).....taste is initially sweet with a combination of honey and toffee, then the hops arrive with spice leading to a bitter grapefruit lingering finish...mouth feel is medium, carbonation also. This is either a very "American Amber" or it is in the wrong category. The hop profile dominates the malt except very early in the nose and taste. It is very good, but it is a hop heads idea of Amber.

Amber red in color with an average sized off-white head. Aroma is of malt, toffee, toast and nuts. Taste is of malt, caramel, nuts, and a light roastiness.

Bottle. Dark amber in color with a decent beige colored head. Mostly clear. The smell is some hops, caramel, malts, floral, and a touch of roast. Ok. The taste is the same as the smell.