Michelob Irish Red Ale

Brewed by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Style: Irish Ale
St. Louis, Missouri USA

Name: Michelob Irish Red
Date: April 05, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Beerfest, Classic City
Appearance: clear dark red, fine beige head
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma, lots of bready character, light earthyness
Flavor: sweet and bready caramel flavor, touch of candy sweetness, just a touch of balancing bitterness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

12oz bottle-pours a foamy light tan head and copper/red color. Aroma is fruit, spice, light malt-caramel/bread. Taset is sweet light malt-caramel/bread, fruit, some spice/earth hops. Thin, light side of medium body. Thanks jwc215 for picking this one out.

Bottle... Clear copper ale with a large, fluffy, off-white head. Excellent retention. Toasty, soapy, bready aroma. Light to medium-bodied with moderate carbonation. Too sweet up front and what little bitterness is provided tastes metallic. Finishes up as a sticky, sweet mess.

Light chestnut color with hints of rudy when held to the light. Somewhat fizzy taupe colored head. Caramel, toffee, and doughy whole grain bread in the aromas. There is a perfume scent that is sweet and a bit annoying as well. Far too sweet smelling for the style. Sweet sugary start that clings on through and into the linger. Touch of grain in the finish and just a hint of bitterness late as well. Sweet, but not cloying, so it’s got that going for it, but that is not much. Not much of an irish ale in my book.

Bottle from Michelob Craft Collection at Sam’s. Poured clear dark amber color with a large frothy off-white head that mostly diminished with fair lacing. Moderate sweet malty aroma. Medium body with soft carbonation. Medium sweet malty flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration.

Bottle from Pat’s variety Michelob case. Brownish medium pour with 3-finger off-khaki head. Nose is malt, hops, brown sugary. Tastes on the sweet side, very caramel malty, with very mild hops and a brown sugary flavor. Not very complex, and muddles more as it warms.

Bottle from BevMo. Dark coppery red color with a decent beige head. Light spice over roast caramel malt. Medium minus body with mild carbonation. Turns thin. Flavor is malt, and some decent hop, but not unduly sweet or bitter. Despite that there is a strength to the flavor. Has a certain astringency. It can stand with most American versions of the style, though perhaps not toward the front.

A medium khaki head tops a beautiful deep red mahogany. The aroma is rich deep caramel with some fresh cut wood. There is also a little bit of leather. The taste has some dry woodiness with a little bit of burning trash. There is also some weird bitter pear seed taste. A strange brew, that is drinkable, but not worth seeking out.