Sacramento Red Horse Ale

01-Jul-08 (12-oz bottle: Purchased 27-Jun-08 for $1.59 at the Pizza Port Bottle Shop in Carlsbad, CA) The nose is toasty, grainy, husky, and off-the-charts caramely with a faint, but pleasant hop aroma in the background. As caramely as the beer smells, it’s less sweet than expected. Caramely malts still play a major role here, but the beer is dry, toasty, smoky, and even a little roasty. A touch of hops in the finish adds light bitterness, but unfortunately, the beer shows a fair amount of huskiness, more so than in the nose, and the resulting astringency may be what is triggering the perception of light roast. On the palate, the beer is medium in body and carbonation, but slightly astringent from the husky quality, though this is minor enough to only be a slight distraction. Amber-brown in color with good clarity, and the off-white head rises to half an inch before settling to a wide ring. A loose patchwork of stringy remains on the glass throughout the session. Aside from aforementioned huskiness, this is quite a nice amber ale, bold, enjoyable, and balanced. Not your typically boring amber ale. Unfortunately, the husky flavor of spent grains needs to be cleaned

On tap at OBF 2008--Poured a deep amber-chestnut body with medium beige-tan head. Bold, hoppy, floral nose. Grapefruit bitter, creamy, sweet palate. Nice malt spine beneath the hop top. Lingering citrus and sweet malt notes. Yum.

From a bomber. The body was dark copper to brown with a tan colored head. The aroma was floral with some grpaefruit and tea. The taste was orange peels with some pecans. A strange and off putting ABC gum finish.

Tasted at Linkery courtesy of Bahajia - Thanks. Copper red with a fizzy tan head. Good malty and citrus hops aroma and taste . good smooth palate. Not bad.

dark copper body; dead pour, feels flat; tastes like a sweet tea; the aroma is nice--sweet biscuits; mmm, tea and biscuits.