fidel (884), Livermore, California, USA Sep 16, 2009 Poured brownish amber, roasted caramel, roasted malts, nutty, little herbal hops. tastybeer (33), Washington DC, USA Sep 15, 2009 Pours a dark ruby brown with a thick creamy beige head. Flavor is roasted malts/caramel/hoppy with sweet red taste. Leaves a pleasant burnt caramel aftertaste. Would drink again. tarheels86 (703), Washington DC, USA Sep 14, 2009 355 mL. Pours more of a dark, transparent ruby/brown with a beautiful three-finger, rocky, dense, beige cap with excellent retention. Leaves sheets and sheets of lacing. Aroma is that strange Lagunitas strawberry cheesecake with herbal hops and stale, nutty flavors reminiscent of a DIPA past its prime. Taste is similar- stale DIPA with lots of spicy hops, herbal hops, a bit medicinal. Drying, bitter finish. Not bad. gringo332 (236), Richardson, Texas, USA Sep 13, 2009 Central Market-Plano: Pours a clear deep amber/red with nice beige head. Aroma is filled with hoppy citrus, very aromatic. Flavor pine, a little sweetness, very light caramel, malty, nice clean bitter. Mouth feel is medium body with high carbonation. Overall, this beer has some liveliness to it, I very much enjoyed and would recommend. GAManiac (1123), Atlanta, Georgia, USA Sep 12, 2009 12oz bottle courtesy of Nick3 poured into a tulip.
Pours a deep, clear reddish amber with a creamy beige two-inch head that shows exceptional retention and lots of lacing. A really good looking beer.
The aroma has an initial grassy hop aroma with some citrus coming through as well before the toasted caramel malts start to dominate. A well-balanced combination of hops and malts in the nose.
The taste is almost as good as the aroma with the citrus hops starting things out with a juicy bitterness with the healthy toasted caramel malts forming a big backbone. The finish brings a little bit of spicy pine resin stickiness.
The mouthfeel is sticky with hops and medium to full bodied with plenty of carbonation.
I love hoppy reds and this one is no exception, though I’d probably put it a notch below the best in the style. Nonetheless, it’s very drinkable and a very good beer. blutt59 (2042), Dallas, Texas, USA Sep 12, 2009 bottle, reddish amber with tan foam, aroma is malty , citrus, flavors have good bready, fruit with refined bitterness, lasting finish raphael (411), Portland, Oregon, USA Sep 12, 2009 Piny bitterness, dark caramel, cabernet aromas.Clear burnt sienna w/ sufficient tan head. Real smoth in the mouth. I taste pine, dried plum; bitter and sweet almost too well balanced. Has a dark finish. dwyerpg (2519), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Sep 9, 2009 A pretty fruity aroma, some hops. Some lime and orange maybe. Now this is tasty. A great hop flavor, some sweetness, a bit of caramel malt. Overall awesome.
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