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RATINGS: 25   MEAN: 3/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.95   SEASONAL: Spring   IBU: 20   EST. CALORIES: 165   ABV: 5.5%
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Try this medium-bodied red ale, a malty brew with hints of caramel and toasted bread. It’s smooth and balanced, with a subtle earthy and spicy flavor and aroma from the hops and peated smoked malt. It’s the perfect beer to transition from the heavy dark beers of winter to the lighter more quaffable beers of summer. Grain: 2-Row, Munich 10L, Caramel 40L, Extra Special Malt, Caramel 20L, Peated Smoked Malt. Hops: Magnum, Tradition


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3.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
jlanning215 (363) - Peoria, Illinois, USA - FEB 26, 2013
I was really surprised by this overall. I enjoyed the mild and balanced bit of smoke on the front. Finished slightly dry. Decent body. Lighter in color. Its not a usual irish ale but it is unique and interesting.

1.9
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
jmagnus87 (1382) - Rockford, Illinois, USA - FEB 20, 2013
Draft. Pours a dark copper with a reddis hue. Aroma of frains with a little caramel. Taste is light bitter. Pennies and medicated band-aid. Light bodied with a thin texture. Soft carbonation but not much of a finish. Overall, meg.

2.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
cheap (3374) - Cheap Lager in Western, Pennsylvania, USA - FEB 15, 2013
darker beer but not brown black. Malty aroma. Taste is somewhat ok at first but gets a little like mildly bitter medicine as the session continues. Finish is same but bitterness builds. little sizzling co2. intersting slag experience.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Bjshades (105) - Iowa, USA - FEB 7, 2013
Pours a dark reddish color,aroma of toasted malts, with a decent malty flavor coming through, not to bad.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Strykzone (3813) - Wood River, Illinois, USA - FEB 4, 2013
Bottle at Bigelos. A clear red pour with a small beige head. The aroma is quite malty with more gentle fruit. The flavor begins with bready malts and yeast. Hops are present but are in the background. They add light fruit, floral notes, and some character from bitterness. If there is peat it is Iight. Caramel is nice. While I don’t really taste everything that is described, this is a nice beer. It is finishing more like an ESB.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
jandd1983 (1566) - Florissant, Missouri, USA - FEB 3, 2013
It poured a dark brown/reddish color with an off-brown head. The aroma was of malts with some caramel. The taste was similar to the aroma, with a little more of a bitter balance. This was a very good Irish Ale.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
mcrae19 (59) - - FEB 3, 2013
Pours a beautiful, clear, crimson; very little head; noticeable aroma of smoke. A slick mouthfeel and very pronounced smoked peat flavor, which I happen to like quite a bit, and the phenolic quality that often accompanies smoked peat. While this is not a typical Irish Red, it’s definitely one that stands out among the crowd of lackluster examples. Unique and enjoyable.

2.3
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Majin (186) - West Des Moines, Iowa, USA - FEB 2, 2013
12 fl ounce bottle, poured amber, almost like a think honey color, does almost smell hospitalish... If such a thing, weird after taste.... Decent, not amazing. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.2
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
boozedude (1001) - Des Moines, Iowa, USA - FEB 2, 2013
bottle into pint glass, pours clear dark red with thin white head..akward bandaid aroma, taste is interesting, some whipped cream, maple, nice clean finish, like it alot considering what it is, (and that i never usually drink this style)

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
wxman (1172) - O’Fallon, Illinois, USA - JAN 31, 2013
Pours a clear deep amber with a medium antique lace head. Spicy peat-like aroma. Flavor is of sweet caramel malt, buttered bisquits, mild hop spiciness and a little smoke. Not particularly interesting, but a good session ale.


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