Grumpy Troll Erik the Red

Brewed by Grumpy Troll Brewery, Restaurant and Pizzeria
Style: Amber Ale
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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22oz bottle from the brewpub. Pours a clear amber color with a white head and some lacing. Aroma is Malty, bready, a little grassy hops. Medium on the palate with average carbonation. Flavor is sweet, malty, nutty, Carmel, toasty, with a light bitter finish.

Had a nice sweet roasted malt scent with an almost roasted sugar note. Taste was a nice roasted malt with a little spice backbone. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Hazy medium amber with a rim head and streaks of lace. Taste is light caramel malt with a slight medicinal flavor midway through, finsihing with a dissolving hoppiness. There is a nice balance here, compromised somewhat by a thin watery texture. Overall, drinkable, not notable.

Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear amber red witha white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of bread and grain with a hint of earthy grassy hops. Flavor starts with bread and grains and has a bit of grassy hops in the finish.

Enjoyed on tap as part of a sampler at Grumpy Troll in Mt. Horeb, WI. Appearance a cloudy red tinged gold with thin white rim. Aroma of spicy hops, caramel malt, but not too prevalent. Taste also seems subdued, more malty than hoppy, its OK. Thought it was supposed to be more of a red ale than an amber ale, still not very good.

Sampled @ GLBF 2011. Dark amber color with a light tan head. Nice combo of sweet caramel and light hops and again, really clean.

Tap at the brewpub. Clear light amber pour with a thin white head. Mild sweet caramel malt nose. Medium to thin palate with carbonation. Caramel malt and slightly bready on taste.

I thought it was hoppier than the description would lead you to believe. A nice red.

Poured a clean brown/red color with a low head. Aroma has a modest maltiness to it, Vienna malt comes out nice, with a very light apple fruitiness to finish. Mild grainy flavors with some light Vienna toasted presence, light fruity flavor (similar to their wheat beer) - light pear and apple. Body is light, has a low carbonation and a very smooth even texture. Overall just an okay brew. Still keeps a bit more residual sweetness than typically seen in the style and it has a bit of an odd flavor at the end of the beer which I don’t know if its yeast or hops contributed.

On tap at brewpub, pours a clear amber color with no head, aroma is of malt, carmel and bread, the taste is overall very malty and boring with no other notes to it, not the best here.