Dix Red Truck Ale

Formerly brewed at Dix BBQ & Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Vancouver, Canada

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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On tap at Dix Brewery - pours a crisp amber with a thin head. Aroma is almost non-existent. Flavour is medium hops, a little citrusy, with a thin body but good carbonation. Better than the Red Truck Lager.

Date: September 06, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear amber, fine beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: light malt aroma, light spicy hops
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, nice bready character, caramel sweetness, light balancing bitterness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

On draught at the DIX BBQ & Brewery in downtown Vancouver, BC. Pours a light golden copper brew with a light off-white head that quickly dissipates to a fine film. Aroma of roasted caramel malt, some light citrus, apple and a hint of roasted nuts. Taste is medium bodied, with flavors of roasted biscuit malt, some citrus and a touch of caramel. Finish has a nice balanced aftertaste of biscuit malt and crisp hop bitterness.

Draught at the brewpub
Golden color with creamy head. An ordinary Ale, with some caramel but also a disturbing touch of burnt malt, both the aroma and flavor, rather unpleasant.

Pours an orange/amber with a light head with decent retention. Not much of an aroma present. Tastes slightly hoppier than I expected, light citrus with sudsy notes and present alcohol. Thin body but decent carbonation. Better than the Lager.

Sampled at the brewpub. MR24/07.

App.: Clear, light copper, tiny off-white head. Aroma: Medium-toasted malts, nutty, paint piney-resinous hops, a bit of caramel and toffee. Palate: Solid medium body, somewhat lively carbonation. Flav.: Nutty, sweet malts, more hops than on the nose (citrus, resinous). Finish is some medium-roasted malt and a little hops with almost no bitterness.

Better than the Red Truck Lager.

(Draught) Sampled at Dix Brewpub on June 22, 2006. Pours a foamy, beige head with a copper body. Nose is mildly caramel malt with a cantaloupe undertone. The flavour is rather syrupy with a diacetyl finish. Buttery and somewhat flat.

Butterscotch is strong in the fruity, caramel aroma. Clear brown body is topped by a low, off white head that recedes rapidly to ring. Butterscotch, toffee and caramel flavours with some fruitiness and some chocolate. Overall quite sweet and very buttery. Medium body with fair carbonation and a placid, almost lifeless texture. Sampled on tap at Dix brewpub with Oakes before Grey Cup 2005.

Clear dark bronze colour. creamy light brown lasting head. has nitro like lace even though it is not on nitro. mild light malt nose to start but becomes more robust as it warms. slight bitter hop taste with well balanced malt undertones.

Amber with a small head that actually produced some decent lacing. Some nice hops and sweet malts in the aroma. Hops aren’t as noticeable in the flavour as the sweetness takes over. Finish is sweet as well.