2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: MAY 6, 2007 Bottled April 12, 2007. Pours clear golden with small head that flits away. Aroma is sharpish grain and hops - lager like, but inoffensive. Flavor is slight malt and slight hops. Similar twang that I don’t like in Bass Ale. This beer is little better than an average lager. Palate is a tad above light, and sticky. Never had a rye that I could rave about; this one fits into that pattern.
1.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
On tap at MacGregor’s. No head or aroma to speak of. Kind of flat tasting. Was it a dirty draft line at the bar?
1.7 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Best thing about this was the cool dispensing sprinkler head like that that would attach to a garden hose. This device was used to pout the draft. But unfortunately the beer was very bland, odorless and tasteless.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Really just pretty average with a small hint of rye in the aftertase. Pretty malty, but it is a Redhook! I like it, but not something that I will go for regularly....
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 6/20
Pours a light golden color into the glass with a quickly disappearing head. Has no aroma to really speak of, a bit of grain a pinch of hops. The flavor is about the same. I probably wouldn’t buy this beer again
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft at Old Chicago, Downtown Minneapolis. Flavors of grain (must be the rye) with malty tones and no bitterness whatsoever -- probably why it’s not going to appeal to the everyday RedHook ESB drinker. Even I who despise super-hopped beers found this ale a touch lacking in the traditional beer flavor department. Nice smooth body for summer drinkability; maybe a touch watery. Worth a try but not a buy -- doesn’t really stack up to the better summer wheat beers.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Sampled at their brewery. Was not very impressed. It lacked flavor that most of their other brews have. The aroma was nice but i was left desiring more when I drank it. IPA and ESB are much better.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Pours a hazy yellow pale color with a small white head. Aroma is of lemony/lime grains,rye bread with a hint of malt. Unfiltered. Taste is lemony rye with a malty and grainy backdrop. Weak and not very good. Poured most of this into the toilet bowl.
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