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Fresh Beer Thunderhead Red

Fresh Beer Thunderhead Red

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An Amber Ale brewed by
Shipyard Brewing Company

Portland, Maine USA

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72.77/5.02.77/5.05.2%0 English pint, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Thunderhead Red balances a smooth caramel malt base with a light hop bitterness. A wonderful hop aroma from Northern California's best, provides the final accent to this classic American Amber Ale.

Contract brewed for Native Brewing Company.

 Beershine (1059), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/57/20
Feb 25, 2008  
Sampled @ Hallandale beer fest (tap). Pours dark yellowish-brown. Weak nose and flavors: rusty heavy metals, malty, a little salty. Thin. Sampled at Hallandale beer festival, where it seems they like to pawn off the stale beers.


 glennmastrange (370), hobe sound, Florida, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Dec 7, 2007  
Tap at Yardhouse PBG, FL. Aroma has moderate notes of roasted, cookie, and caramel, hops smell of moderate pine and herbs, light earth for the yeast and wood in the background. Head is creamy, white, with excellent lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is copper/red with a slight haze. Flavor is very lightly sweet and lightly acidic to start and finishes lightly acidic and moderately bitter. Palate is light, watery, with a lively carbonation and finishes lightly astringent and dry. Nice smells and fairly light on the flavors, but a good drinking beer overall.
Earlier Rating: 12/7/2007 Total Score: 3.1
Tap at Yardhouse PBG, FL. Aroma has moderate notes of roasted, cookie, and caramel, hops smell of moderate pine and herbs, light earth for the yeast and wood in the background. Head is creamy, white, with excellent lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is copper/red with a slight haze. Flavor is very lightly sweet and lightly acidic to start and finishes lightly acidic and moderately bitter. Palate is light, watery, with a lively carbonation and finishes lightly astringent and dry. Nice smells and fairly light on the flavors, but a good drinking beer overall.


 hopscotch (4390), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Apr 14, 2007  
Draft... Clear orange ale with a small, fizzy, white head. Decent retention. Crystal and caramel malt nose with additional notes of grapefruit hops. The flavor is all toasted caramel and toffee with low residual sweetness. Leans a shade on the sweet side of balance, but the PNW hops keep things in check. Medium-bodied with lively carbonation. Malty, moderately bitter finish.


 Beer_Hawk (628), Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Feb 19, 2007  
On the menu as Native Thunderhead Red at the Yard House in Palm Beach. Draft. Poured amber in color with a thin off-white head. Sweet malty aroma. The flavor was slightly roasty with caramel and chocolate. Mostly sweet but a hint of bitterness in the ending. Light to medium body.


 slimchill (604), Austin, Texas, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/510/20
Feb 15, 2007  
Draught. Nose is fruity sweet malts with a hint of cherries. Pours deep amber red witha patchy thin head. Opens smooth, but folds into a harsher sweetness. Very drinkable and tasty, but nothing complex.




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