Southern Oregon Woodshed Red

Brewed by Southern Oregon Brewing Co.
Style: Amber Ale
Medford, Oregon USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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pours a semi-cloudy brown with a small tan head, and some lacing. smell is of spice, malt, caramel, a few hops in the back, and some brown sugar. taste is creamy, spice, toffee, malt, and a tad amount of roastiness. ends smooth, and nicely spicey.

650ml bomber bottle pours a dirty amber color with a 2 finger off-white head that leaves some decent lacing on the glass. Aroma is caramel and citrus with some earthy notes. Taste is a caramel malty sweetness beneath a rich citrus and earthy hop bitterness. Nicely balanced flavors with a medium body and generous carbonation leaving pleasant sensations on the palate. A very well done amber that is worthy of a sampling or two. Tasty.

Clear dark amber color with beige head. Tea leaf, dust, spicy caramel aromas. medium body. Tangy tea leaf flavors with spicy, sharp, dry caramel. bitter finish--decent

22. Pours murky, somewhat grainy dark brown. Loose string of off-white fish eyes around the top. Light drippy lace. Caramel and brown bread nose, showing a little bit of gingerbread as well. Creamy medium body with a bit of carb. Toasty caramel mid palate with a bit of the brown bread and a surprisingly roasty element. Big iced tea finish. Gets a bit sharply acetic near the end with the iced tea and the roast. Admirable effort to keep it from being just another wet little amber, but this one’s a bit too far the other way and out of balance as a result.

Bottle:   Deep amber, copper hues, moderate frothy off-white head, spotty lacing, very little carbonation.   Hoppy nose, a little barnish, a bit musty and stale.   Not all that sharp.   Certainly a malty Pale Ale.   A bit biscuity on the tongue, moderate hop bitterness.   Slight wet paper back on the backside, but tiz minor.   Certainly more of a Red than an Amber in its lack of heavy malt and abundance of hops.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate.   Decent quaffing beer, but not different enough to stand out from the crowd.   I like my Reds hoppy, but just as malty as a good Amber.   This one lacks the malt depth I would have liked.   Otherwise, a decent interpretation even if a little on the hoppy side.   Who would have thought, me living in the PNW asking for a Red to be more malty.   Oh well, could use a bit of malt to lift up the body.

Sparkling amber,small lasting beige head.Salty sweet nose.Mellow malt profile, medium strength lasting hop finish

Autumn brown-amber color with dense, off-white head. Fruity hop nose with some cardboard and a stale grain quality. Nutty brown ale body, burnt caramel and bitter roastiness combines with bitter hop to emphasize the acerbic bite at the end. Raw, bitter, green leafyness. Ok.

22oz bottle, purchased at Harry & David Medford. Pours a medium, copper-amber color; highly effervescent; solid, fine-bubbled light-tan head with nice retention and lacing; good-looking pour on this. Not a particularly effusive nose: some overt ethanol at the front, lightly vinous, followed by deep red fruits (sweet cherries) and a light toffee note; again, not particularly forward aside from the alcohol, and the hop aroma isn’t very strong (especially given the 65 IBUs); restrained vinous alcohol with a bulky red ale behind it. Medium to medium-full body; medium or higher carbonation; definitely some alcohol present in the mouth, warming and vinous; here, that candied cherry note and modest toffee (approaching a caramel note, but not quite) really pop, as does an emergent mineral and earthy hop bitterness and flavor; that alcohol, though, really is a dominant player here, and overshadows a lot of other more nuanced notes; the balance here is excellent: a crisp, zesty hop character coupled to a toasty and fruity malt core; less alcohol and this would be excellent (on other occasions of sampling this beer, I didn’t think the alcohol was nearly so pronounced, fwiw). Lasting finish, again with a lot of overt ethanol, red fruits, and a lingering and citrus-tinged bitterness.

Bomber from Lifesource Salem,Oregon In appearance its a clear dark amber almost hazelnut beer with a good sized frothy creme head. Good caramel and bready malt aromas. Smells very fresh, Taste is strongly malty..semi-bitter, but there is a substantial hoppiness to give balanceing fruity,juicy tones to the taste. OK on the palate a descent feel to it. Overall a very nice "Amber" I found it very drinkable. I think this is no longer just a spring seasonal.

Rich aroma highlighted by grassy hops. Beautiful copper body with an ecru head. Deep, hearty malt backbone with very light caramel sweetness. Bready with a slight earthen nuttiness. Light hop resins and a smidgen of citrus. Clean and dry finish. Fairly one dimensional, but very good in its execution.