2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A clear copper pour, carbonated but no real head. Not much aroma to speak of either. Decent flavor with a malty, warm finish, but not much character. Light hops, medium body, drinkable, but...
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Poured a nice amber with lasting frothy head. Nice carbonation. Its a flavorful beer but it really doesnt seem "strong" to me. They really managed intentionally or not to mask most of the alcohol. Its really only in after taste does any of it hit you. I really didnt know too much about Redhook coming in and always passed it up but I am pleased so far.
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Clear amber body with a tiny off-white head. Lightly sweet, toasted nose with cracker, munich malt and caramel. The flavor is lightly sweet, lightly bitter with cracker, dough, caramel and herbal hops. Medium body is a bit thin with moderate, loose carbonation.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a nice copper-gold with quickly vanishing head, mild lacing, and very fine suspended sediment. Nose is mildly citrusy hops, biscuit malt, slight caramel sweetness. More of the same on the decent bodied palate, hops veering more towards grassy/herbal in the finish. Pretty easy drinking. Pinned this as a stronger ESB, seems mostly right. Not bad.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Amber color with an average head. Floral hop aromas balance well with the malts. Some spiced and hops in the taste but not a whole ton of flavor overall. A very moderate beer more like an average amber ale.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Good overall strong Ale. light spicy taste with clean finish. Would drink this one again.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
2-8-08 bottle.
Clear orange amber with little head and okay lacing. Smell is average - nothing really there at all. Metallic and bland with a slight hint of lemon in the flavor and a nice lemon citris bite too. Not horrible - just nothing too memorable and not at all what I would imagine and English Strong Ale to be - that seems really strange to me
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a clear amber to copper with a small beige head. Looks thin in the glass. Smell is light, but malty and faintly spiced. Decent nose. Taste mild, lightly spiced, but not much so, malty with maybe the faintest twinge of tartness and/or alcohol and spice. Actually isn’t too bad for the style.
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