Ninkasi Believer Double Red

Brewed by Ninkasi Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Eugene, Oregon USA

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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pours a light reddish brown colour with a brown coloured head with good acing. aroma is sweet caramel crystal malts and earthy hops. flavour is dry on the tongue sweet caramel toffee with a decent hoppy bitterness finish

Tap. Pours clear deep reddish-brown with a small tan head and good lacing. Aroma is malty, not much hops presence. Taste is also toasted malt, light resinous hop notes, but with the hops really coming in only to provide a bitter finish. Creamy mouthfeel is the best part of this otherwise average beer.

I poured this beer from a large bottle into a wide-mouth glass to drink. The beer had a clear red/amber color with a light brown hue and a small, foamy light-tan head with short retention, significant lacing, and a modest cling. The aroma was very malty with notes of caramel, candy and sugar, and a touch of fruity and earthy hops. The taste was a sweet malty caramel flavor with some roasty effects, but not much bitterness and no sour effect. It was a wet, watery beery with low carbonation and a lighter mouthfeel. Thank you Eric for delivering and sharingQ!

Poured a clear brown, with a ruby red tint. Off-white head with great lacing. Smells of hops, caramel, brown sugar, and maple syrup. Taste is caramel, burnt sugar, light char, yet hoppy. Smooth and hoppy, definitely an "India Red Ale" which I thoroughly enjoyed. Good body, nice and creamy, with medium carbonation. Damn good beer.

Bottle to plastic cup courtesy of Alaskan Airlines - cheers! Pours a transparent red with a thick, tan head. Aroma is light hop bitterness, toasted malt, char, and some subtle sweeter notes like raisin in the background. Taste is light hop bitterness up front followed by a roasted malt and a bit more bitterness with slight raisin into the finish. Creamy mouthfeel. Light on the hops but certainly the best beer I’ve had on a flight.

On tap at the brewery. Nice red pour. Heavily hopped on the nose. Some malt kicks through, but the hops are the highlight. Flavor is pine resinous hops with a little floral/citrus kicking through. Malt is just barely enough to carry this one but it manages. Good beer.

From tap at Taphouse Grill. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is toasted malty and crisp hoppy. Toasted malty, crisp hoppy and light grapefruity hoppy. Ends bitter and dry into the finish.

(Draft) Sampled at the 2011 Great Canadian Beer Festival on September 9, 2011. Deep brown. Good bite in the tongue with a lovely and warm hops base. Very enjoyable!

I used to live in Portland and drank tons of Ninkasi. This beer has always been a great go-to for me. The palate is chewy and malty with a touch of bitterness on the finish. It is a nice departure from some of the reds out there that are super hop-forward.

bomber. not sure what classifies this as an american strong ale....this category seems to hold a large variation of beer. anyway, pretty heavy malt aroma. not much hop presence. not really my style but not bad.