 LaChad (1375), San Francisco, California, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Feb 11, 2002 Nice aroma, somewhat plain taste. A little bit malty, some hints of nut flavoring.
JMerritt (1327), Macomb, Illinois, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Jun 30, 2004 Sampled at the Chicago location. Clear red with a small, off-white and mostly diminishing head. Good lacing. Light molasses aroma, with some light pine and grapefruity hops intermixed. Lightly bitter flavor, with a lightly acidic finish. Medium bodied and slightly oily on the palate.
golubj (1301), Sunnyvale, California, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Mar 12, 2007 Draft. The Erik the Red Ale I had was a dry-hopped american red ale, not an american dark lager. Either way, it wasn’t very good. The hop was nice, but the malty flavor was bad (reminded me of a bad amber ale).
awaisanen (1279), Irvine, California, USA
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Mar 23, 2006 On tap at Rock Bottom Chicago. Transparant, orangish red coloring with a small, almost non-existant ring of white head. The aromas aren’t unpleasant, but are very mind-numbingly typical: Some sweet maltiness accompanies a light grassy hoppiness. Thin, watery texture, but the light caramely flavors are well balanced with the gentle mown lawn hoppiness. Clean finish.
heykevin (1269), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 9, 2003 Tap, Chicago. Beautiful cascade aroma. Nice caramelly malt flavor with some depth. Fairly estery.
WISEGUY572 (1252), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 22, 2007 By the time I got to this one I really wanted to like one of the Rock Bottoms. This was cloudy dark reddish copper, some lacing, no head. Nose was musty, malt, and floral. Taste was a little better, with good malt backbone and adequate hopping. I would have called it an ale rather than a dark lager.
OKBeer (1159), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 19, 2006 On tap at RB Chicago. Red colour with an off white head. Nose and initial flavour come up empty, but a nice floral and fruity hoppy finish. Light bodied, dries out in the finish.
piscator34 (1137), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 24, 2004 Red in colour with very little aroma. Sweet malt flavor with very little hops. Quite bland and uninteresting.
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