Redhook Late Harvest Autumn Ale

12 oz. bottle. Poured cloudy amber with fluffy off white head which left abundant lacing as it dissipated. Aroma of sweet malt and bread. Front palate is almost nutty with caramel undertones as it moves to mid palate and finishes with a crisp, hoppy flavor. Although it’s not an Octoberfest or a Marzen, this is a nice bodied amber, not too heavy but with enough substance to be a nice fall beer without overwhelming. I could definitely have more than one on a crisp fall afternoon.

Pint on tap at the Mello Mushroom, Jacksonville. Clear orange-amber pour with a small white head. Mild aroma of malt and hops. Flavor is pretty good with semi-sweet malts up front, notes of caramel and peat, then a decent showing of spicy hops before it fades with a faint bitterness. Not bad for an amber. A little better than I expected from Redhook.

Pours a clear amber-orange with a pitted, frothy, off-white head that leaves cobweb lacing on the glass. The nose is pretty muted with notes of nutty malty and lightly fruity hops. Thin on the palate, but beefed up with solid carbonation, it finishes with a fairly dry, lightly bitter finish.The flavor is toasty malt with undertones of caramel, bread and faint peat concluding with an earthy light Noble hop finish. A pretty decent amber and thankfully different than the typical micro-amber. In fact, this one tastes more like an ESB, to me.

From the tap at The Bar. OK, a couple things: (1) This is NOT an Oktoberfest or a Marzen, but instead an Amber Ale; (2) This is a thin but malty Amber, and it’s not bad; (3) I was more impressed with the taste than I thought I’d be, given the quick-fading head and minimal aroma.

12 Bottle: Pours a clear light to medium red-amber, some off-white bubbles but not much of a head, toasted malt and sweetness, bread and faint peas(?), malt flavor, with a good amount of hop bite, little malt sweetness but it quickly fades, mouth feel was thin, an ok Octberfest but not really exciting.

bottle from liquor store at Q/ct. Pours a clear deep amber, not much head. aroma is hops and some fruity malt. flavor is nice, malty up front, but a good finish, sorta hoppy. this is actually pretty decent.

Ruby red amber color fluffy head. Some malt ans spice on aroma but very mild. Sweet flavor of caramel and pale malts. Light bitterness some spice, nutmeg, cinnamin. Very faint. If I didn’t read the description I would never know it incorporates smoked malt either.

Bottle. Dark amber color that borders on orange and copper. Head is smallish, especially after a couple of minutes. Aromas are of bread and apple juice. Flavor is more of the same with a slight bit of a peat flavoring that adds a little bite before disappearing back into the apple juice concentrate sweetness that dominates most of the opening palate and the aftertaste. Ar, Red Hook, will you ever captivate my interest?