Erie Brewing Ol Red Cease & Desist Scottish Ale

Brewed by Erie Brewing Company
Style: Scotch Ale
Erie, Pennsylvania USA

Draught at Horse Brass. Poured ruby red with a thin head. Faint aroma of malt and peat. Caramel malt and peat flavour with a lasting edge of the tongue finish

Name: Ol Red
Date: 05/11/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: clear dark red, wispy beige head,
Aroma: dry dark caramel malt aroma balanced with lots of earthyness and a touch of smokey peat,
Flavor: sweet dark caramel malt flavor, light earthyness, touch of fruityness,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Pours a transparent copper amber with a thin, spotty-lacing white head. Aroma of sweet caramely malt with a touch of grainy notes, earthy hops, and some alcohol. Body starts with decent fullness and earthy toasty notes with a touch of peat and some warming peppery alcohol toward the finish. A pretty decent Scotch ale, but could hide the alcohol a little better.

Pours an amber red color with a tan head. Aroma is malty, toasty, and some earthy hops. Flavor is malty, caramel, toast, and a bitter earthy finish.

12oz bottle. Ruby red-brown color. Rich and creamy with an alcohol infused sweetness. Not overly syrupy or hoppy, this one is all rich honey/amber malt and alcohol. I sampled it twice on draft at Max’s and was much more impressed with it then. A pretty decent Wee Heavy,

Poured from a 12oz bottle and served in a snifter. This beer poured a dark burgandy/brown hue with a thin head of tannish yellow foam that quickly settled into a mostly lasting layer. The aroma of the beer was made up of brown sugar, sweet caramel, and some dark fruits. The flavor included caramelized sugars, plums, light smoke, and some warming alcohol. The mouthfeel was full-bodied but seemed a bit thin for a big beer. The carbonation was moderately aggressive. A pretty decent Scotch ale, and highly drinkable despite the high ABV.

Labelled Red Ryder. After trying two different Erie brews, I was looking forward to this one. Pour was dark cherry amber with smallish head and no lacing. Weak aroma of sweet malt. The flavor was loads of sweet sticky malts, brown sugar and some mild fruity aspects. Way sweet and a little tough to drink. The other Erie brews were very interesting, this one was dull and one dimensional. Tasted like a handful of other Americanized low end scottish ales (or even dopplebocks) that lack any earthy or smokeyness to balance out all the sweet.

Eeech! Despite the rating average that I saw when I went to this beer’s page (which gives my answer to many a question on the threads), I like this brew.
Very handsome pour, a clear ruby body, well carbonated, topped by a creamy beige head. The aroma is sweet with scents of maltose and red cherries and fresh apples and rich caramel counterposed by pine and grapefruit hops, quiet but doing the job. Very fresh fruity flavor accompanied by a caramel/toffee sweetness against which the hoppy bitterness battles nearly in vain. The finish carries a fruity sweetness and a low alcohol burn. I was taken aback by the latter, still finding it difficult to belive its recorded ABV. Very nice.
Very nice beer, and way too complex for the likes of <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?UserID=1 to appreciate.

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