J.R. Brickman Honey Red

Brewed by Brick Brewing Company
Style: American Dark Lager
Waterloo, Canada

Lightly hazed reddish amber with a thick creamy off white head. A sweet honey and cloves aroma, not unpleasant. In mouth, a cloying sweet beer with crisp hops, some metallic notes, and lasting bitterness. Too sweet for me.

At the brewery. Their new amber with a drop of honey. Reddish colour. Honey esther and malty. Too sweet and too overcarbonated. Bubbles in the yeasty head nice to look at. We need another beer with honey? For the general public.I will try the pasteurized in bottle in case it is better.

Bottle 341ml
Appearance :Copper/amber brew with medium creamy top.3+
Nose:Aroma of honey with caramel and toffee malt. Slightly spicy top.
Flavour/Palate:
Medium bodied, more or less impression of aroma. Fairly sweet honey-caramel character with hint of twiggy spice. All sounds great but you can’t escape of the feeling that this is still quiet average brew than is only step above mass produced suds.

TFOB 2006. Dark amber body, small white head. Sweet honey and malt aroma. Sweet flavour is prominently honey and moderate malt. Average palate. Nothing wrong with it per se, but it does not do much for me. Fairly mainstream.

Bottle thanks to Pootz. Dark amber with a big starting head. Aroma more vanilla than honey, although both are present. Flavour is sweet, thin and with a metallic finish. It is not a pleasant beer.

Bottle - sampled at an Ontario Craft Brewers event. Second of the three beers in Brick’s new "Founder’s Series" line. I must admit that including a honey beer in a premium, "craft" beer line seemed odd to me, but after enjoying the Amber, I gave them the benefit of the doubt. Reddish-gold colour colour with a small head. Aroma of fresh malt, a bit of hay and grass, and a hint of honey - not bad. Flavour is fresh and sweet without being cloying, with caramel malt and honey notes balanced by a moderately hopped finish. Really well done - I’m looking forward to trying the Pilsner now!

VEry good. IT has an aroma a little greasy. The taste is strong and a little honey alike. Good foam too.

Aroma:honey,caramel,malt nose... Appearance:Clear redish,good head... Flavor:honey-caramel flavor,not bad...