Fredericia Torve Red Ale

Formerly brewed at Fredericia Bryghus
Style: Amber Ale
Fredericia, Denmark

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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On tap at the brewpub. A hazy orange-red beer with a minimal white head. Slightly dusty and citric aroma, indication infection or dirty lines, and there is also some sugars and fruityness. Sweet and fruity flavor, some peach, and almost syrupy, with some infection. Nice bitterness and fruityness in the finish. Smooth, medium bodied and with a nice level of carbonation. The beer was certainly infected, but was probably nice when fresh. Now it didn’t even tempt me to finish it. (080914)

Tap @ the brewpub, Fredericia.
Pours hazy coppery amber with no head. Aroma is sweet, light cardboard, some caramel and weak, grassy hops. High carbonation, okay mouthfeel. Flavour starts off with some cardboard and yeast. But it does redeem itself (slightly) with caramel and toffee and an okay bitter, hoppy and slightly dry finish.

Draught at the brewpub. Hazy red amber colour. Very small white head. Sweet berrylike aroma. The flavour is a little yeasty with some berry, slightly sweet. Yeasty finish. OK bitterness.

On tap at the brewpub. Foggy reddish orange body with a thin white head. Aroma is malt, and some orange fruitiness. Mild, sweet malty, fruity, light bitter and infected sour flavor. Sorry!

Draught. Low and quickly disappearing off-white head. Hazy peach coloured body. Funny aroma that does not feel fright. Flavor similarly strange. I guess it is coriander or some other spice I cannot quite figure out. Low carbonation, short aftertaste.

UPDATED: OCT 16, 2008 (On tap) Slightly hazy amber golden with an off-white head. Sweetish caramel in the aroma with a whiff of butter. Medium body with sweetish caramel and fruit combined with a distinct buttery note. Rather bitter and raw finish. 031008

(Hand bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of yespr. Hazy amber colour with weird stringy impurities and a small, off-white head. Unclean chemical nose - solvents. Light in body, unclean and chemical. Astringent and unpleasant. Downright ugly. Desperately needs a rerate. 2/2/1/1/2= 0.8 120708

Handbottled. An unclear dark golden beer with no head. The aroma is sweet with primary notes of straw, but also hints of phenol. The flavor is sweet malty wtih notes of both straw and phenol, leading to a dry phenolic and slightly bitter finish. Huge thanks to yespr for bringing this handbottled back to Copenhagen and sharing.

From tap at the brewpub. Pours hazy deep orange to amber. Fully diminished off-white head. Toasted malt aroma. Flavour starts mild berry fruity and holds a mix of yeast and light toasted malt. Light metallic note too. Light fruity and mild bitter finish. Fine ale.