Lawson Creek Red Ale

Brewed by Cold Spring Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Cold Spring, Minnesota USA

Date: 11/23/2002
Mode: Bottle
Source: Kroger

Clear amber, thin beige head, sweet carmel malt aroma with soft floral hops, touch of tartness in the aroma and flavor, boreing

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 4/10; Flavor: 2/10; Palate: 2/10; Overall: 5/20
Rating: 1.7/5.0
Score: 4
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A decent amber appearance with a large white head. Its all downhill now. A very flat watery taste with a hint of either malt or some chemical poison. Im not dead yet. This is water with food coloring, what the fuck!

Slightly better than drinking pool water, this one doesn’t offer much. And like a politician, it doesn’t deliver on any of its promises. Vote this one out of office.

Hmmmm, I don’t know what to make of this beer as it tastes and smells of nothing for the most part. I detected a passing hoppy floral note or two in the tasting, but overall, this was one of the most boring beers I have tasted in a while. Finish is watery with a passive hop note.

Poured burnt orange with virtually no head. It has a musty, yeasty aroma. Sweet, fruity flavor with a hint of peach? Flat. An odd creation.

I think my bottle was a little old -- I hope so at least. It poured with little head, had a sour and malty aroma (skanky, I called it) and tasted not too great. Unimpressing.

Kroger-brand beer? Yep, this is it. This is one of the most hilarious labels I’ve ever seen: Within an inch of each other, you see the phrases "red ale" and "cold lagered". Yow! Cloudy appearance, strange bubbly head that reminds me more of a soft drink than of beer and fades quickly. Don’t laugh, I seemed to get pencil shavings in the smell. "Annoying" is the best way to describe the flavor, the aftertaste was like a gnat buzzing around in your ear that you want to swat, but it doesn’t kill the gnat and you’re just left with a ringing sound in your ear, and then it comes back in the other ear. It would be very hard to take a big sip of this stuff. This wasn’t one of my more serious ratings.

Wife picked this one for me while grocery shopping. No head to speak of. A red ale with a dark golden appearence? Would of thought it would be amber in color. Well none the less better than water to wet the whisle after a trip to the store.