3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
22 oz. bottle. Poured clear ruby red with a skim of head with mild rings of lace. Fruity, floral nose. Nice hoppy finish, perhaps lacking a bit of malt. Really pretty interesting offering, never had an IPA quite like this one.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a clear copper color with a thick off-white head. Slight lacing. Aroma is hoppy with a bit of sour grape in it. Flavor is similar to that of a lot of red ales, but almost has a more sour finish like Flemish sour. A nice beer, and very flavorful. Just not what I expected.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Big bubbled head - lots of carbonation. Dark reddish coppery colored. Very stronly alcoholic nose - pungent, and perfume-filled and it makes me cringe. The flavor is much more mild. Malty. Not much else to say.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Fizzy light red beer, with a soapy head that quickly shrinks to a small lace - farily strong, dry-hop nose, with notes of butterscotch (no, not diacytl), some hints of cherry and grapefruit - full carbonation in the mouth - strongly hopped, with crisp herbal notes up front, followed by caramel and chewy, bready malts, vanilla, oak - hop bitterness comes back to the fore, and the beer dries out again, leaving fresh, grassy hops lingering on the tongue for a loooooong time - not a great beer, but it’s pretty tasty.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at McNeill’s. Mild caramel and a bit of buttterscotch, with no hoppiness in the nose. Overall, a mild aroma hut pleasant. Clear dark amber orange, with thin off-white lacing head. Medium watery body with medium carbonation. Starts with mild maltiness but with a predominant bitterness that has a nice fruity hoppy kick behind it. A bit of cooked vegetable in the finish, too, unfortunately. After is dry and bitter, but not harsh at all. Decent ale, but perhaps wasn’t at its prime tonight.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from trade. Pours deep coppery ruby with 1-finger off-white head. Aroma of caramel malt, cabernet, some hops and berries. Medium to dense, very complex palate with flavors of caramel malt, some vinous fruit, hops. The hops get more intense asi t warms. I’d call this an imperial red. Whatever you call it, it is great.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Robe cuivrée claire surmontée d’une mousse blanche mince. Arômes de pamplemousse. Saveurs de pamplemousse et de malt caramélisé.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Served as a "Ruby Red" at the brewpub, therefore I was anticipating a red ale, or something irish. Boy was I suprised. Immediately the hop profile on the nose alerted me that this was no generic red ale. The look fit the bill, dark for an IPA. Taste was very nice, almost a cross between a american hop blast and a nuanced english pale. One of the more drinkable IPAs I have enjoyed. Again, for $3 a pint, damn, can you get any better?
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