Redhook Late Harvest Autumn Ale

Sampled on 9/16/2009. This amber ale pours a medium amber reddish color from a 12oz bottle. Small to medium sized white foamy head, decent retention and lacing. The aroma is caramel and bready, fairly sweet. A medium bodied amber ale. The malts are caramel and sweet. The hops are earthy and citrusy. Nice balance. Decent carbonation. Solid amber, but it doesn’t do much for me. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

Pour is very orange/dark amber. The head is a yellowish - white, nice and sudsy. Very mild hop aroma. Taste is clean, good hopps, not too much, mellow malts to the finish.. Not bad beer.

A 12oz bottle. The beer poured a reddish orange with a thick foam head. The smeel is a sweet grain. The taste is a malty sweetness that is not strong but just right. 12pk.

On tap @ 17th street bbq in Murphysboro IL. I’ve always had a soft spot for Red Hook, they are simple, unpretentious brews that are never fantastic, but always more than drinkable. This one fit right in with that, and was better than most. Fairly similar to the ESB, but better. It was both darker in color and lighter/crisper in flavor than I expected. Not a complicated beer, but I liked it and would drink again in a heartbeat.

aroma of light grapefruit and malt - thick frothy head - nice malt profile belnds with the citrusy hops well

12 oz. Bottle. Pours an amber color. Light head. Light aroma. Not bad but not great beer. Average.

Pours amber with a nice off white head. Aroma is light and caramel malts. Flavor is caramel, with a little bit of strange astringent hops. Not bad but not that good.

2009 Bottle - Pours a clear orange amber with a small off white head...aroma is sweet malt and a bit of spice...flavour is similar, bitter and burnt nutty, earthy malt....pretty bland for a seasonal, whatever...