Pyramid Juggernaut Red Ale

Brewed by Pyramid Breweries
Style: Amber Ale
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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On tap at Warrior Dash. Pours a copper color with a slightly off-white head. Aroma of caramel and hops. Flavor is much the same. Decent beer-especially after 3.23 miles of the dash.

Aroma and mouthfeel is unimpressive and mediocre, better than but not great. Taste is a little strange. Starts with heavyhanded hop flavor that turns into a caramel flavor that quickly degrades into an unpleasant copper penny taste that sticks around much longer than I would like. Not terrible, but there are some serious balance problems here. There are better red ales out there than Pyramid.

Red with whitish beige head. Floral hoppy aroma with a little bit of a malty smell as well. Carbonation is very lively, it seems to detract flavors from the caramel malts and bitter finish of the beer. Wasn’t too impressed.

Pours a deep amber into the glass, with a soft head that leaves trace lace. An herbal hop aroma ensues (Simcoe?). Dry caramel malt, with a hint of cereal and biscuit flour on the tongue. Dry bitter finish, with a medium-body and active carbonation in the mouth. Just ok.

I got really, really nervous I just started eating cheese ... Kr-6pk-mixed .. . Does that calm you down? .. . Pours a dark ruby brown .. lacing is quite good .. caramel, tin , and muddled molasses, weak ... . old coke can aroma .. . not up Pyramids usually good standards, the liquid disgraces rugby .. . pass, there are way better red/session beers than this .. . mmmh, snortski!!

Sample at the brewpub in Berkeley on 8/8/10. Clear amber/copper pour with a thick tan head. Malty nose with light crisp hops and a bit of caramel. Balanced malt flavor with some earthy hops. Decent red.

12 oz bottle from Bier Stein. Pours a decent shade of orange with a small white head. Smells of grass, caramel, light citrus hops. Flavor starts as light citrus hops, but is mainly a big caramel malt body with a little more light hops at the finish. I didn’t think this was nearly as bad as most on the site seem to, but I can’t say I enjoyed it a ton either.

12 ounce bottle. Pours a mostly clear copper color with a medium creamy white head. The aroma is biscuit malts and light bitter hops. The flavor is mostly smooth creamy malts, some Cascade hops, light bitterness. Easygoing and grainy.

Bottle. Dark reddish brown with a short, foamy white head. Spicy hops, caramel, earthy notes and sweet malt form the nose on this one. Taste is spicy hops, chewy caramel, light honey, citrus, earthy notes and grains. Body is medium-full and very chewy. Carbonation is strong but rather creamy. Ends with more caramel, chewy malt, spicy hops, citrus fruit and light honey.

Good representation of the red ale. Nice sparkle to it. Some hop bite. Made an Alaska flight much better. Just right amount of hops.