SKA Pinstripe Red Ale

Brewed by SKA Brewing
Style: Amber Ale
Durango, Colorado USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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caramel, herbs, red, clear, white foam, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, medium body, thin feel, lively, a well balanced all day beer

Bittersweet balance
Earthy hops and nutty malt
This Red is OK

Fucken hell.

May 2010: My third and final beer at Mia’s Lounge in Flagstaff during my road trip. A pint glass of a copper/amber/orange (not red) beer, no haze, clear and almost bright. The head was a thin off-white bubble covering which tried to stay the distance. The smell was a mini mix of hops and malts, as was the taste. In fact the whole experience was a mini mix of flavours without any heavy substance. Pleasant, but no world beater.

Dried leaves aroma. Cloudy orange, thin head. Dried leaves and clay flavor, finishes mossy.

Lovely amber and orange colour. Aroma has caramel notes with some great light crystal malt aromas. Not a lot of hops in the aroma. A medium bodied beer with great malt flavour and some nice but light richness to the flavour. the hops are there, this is a well bittered and well attenuated beer. This combines makes the beer a very drinkable one.

pours apple juice with a white head. Flavor is kinda grassy and earthy. not a whole lot going on here.

Pours reddish orange with a finger of off white head leaving some lacing. Aroma was some caramel and grass. Taste was bready, caramel, and some pine. slight bitterness. Not bad overall.

Tasted from bottle at The Handle Bar in Saint Louis, Missouri. Poured a transparent, reddish, deep amber color with average off-white head. Aromas of bread, caramel, light hops. Flavor was rich, bready, caramelly malt-sweetness with mild hops and fruity ale yeast esters. Light-medium body, creamy mouthfeel, average carbonation, fairly long-lasting bittersweet aftertaste. I’m glad Ratebeer categorizes this as an American Amber Ale, despite the bottle’s "Red Ale" label. Even though it has some reddish color, it is not roasty, tart, and dry like a true Irish Red Ale. If comparing to historical beer styles, the aromas and flavors are pretty close to Oktoberfest/Märzen. Nothing extreme or surprising here, but Pinstripe is a tasty everyday drink.

Bottle- Pours a dark red-ish color, Aroma id Fresh with Malts and light Caramel, The taste is malty with hits of pine and light caramel , Palate is light and malty..This is a pretty easy drinking beer and more than decent red ale

Pours orange brown with a thin off-white head and a fruity aroma. There is a dry caramel malt flavor with a slightly bitter finish.