Franklins Rubber Chicken Red Ale

Brewed by Franklins Restaurant, Brewery & General Store
Style: Amber Ale
Hyattsville, Maryland USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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On tap. A prune-colored body with a thin light-tan head. Aroma is quite estery with plenty of dark berries present. The taste is equally estery. Full of blackberries, raspberries and strawberries. A thin, sweet and sugary body. Just a touch of nutty malts and cocoa along with a dry finish. A little too sweet.

I love the names these guys give their beers. This started off pretty good, the malts were strong and had a chocolate roasty edge to them (reminded me of a mellower St.Rogue Red), but then it started getting a weird sweetness to it, almost chemical in the aftertaste; that kind of ruined it for me.

Dark reddish amber, light tan creamy head. The nose was roasty and toasty, nutty, some caramel, with a touch of chocolate. More roasted malt to start, then backed up nice with a slight hop bitterness for decent balance. Light to medium bodied, soft carbonation, roasty, lightly bittered finish. Not my thing, but could be used for a newbie crossover beer...

Quite red, no head. Lightly hoppy in the nose, a few malts. Flavor is primarily malty, a bit of cocoa to it, maybe a bit smoky. A mite thin.

SMall tan head sits atop a murky dark amber-red body. Aroma is sweet with roasted malt nuttiness. Flavor is mostly nutty sweet (roasted malt) almost like a brown ale. Medium -light watery body. Fair.

Sweet, round, malty amber ale with the Franklin's trademark murky body and flat head.

Clear red-brown body. Aroma is faint, but basically nutty and sweet. Taste is medium sweet and nutty, but not much else. Quite an accessible beer, but perhaps too much so.

This beer rocks! Light alcohol, heavy caramel and light flowers in the aroma and flavor. Lightly bitter on the backside. Crytal clear, deep amber hue. Medium-bodied with an oily mouthfeel. Lively carbonation. Lightly pungent, lightly bitter, dry finish.