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Switchback Roasted Red

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2313
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Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 12   MEAN: 2.64/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.68   ABV: -
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
A deep mahogany red colored ale. Unfiltered and naturally carbonated, this ale uses a combination of caramel and roasted malts and specially selected hops to create a beer with a flavor that leads with a rich malty sweetness balanced with a bold hop signature, followed by a luscious chocolate/cocoa roasty finish.


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3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
KyotoLefty (4732) - Kyoto, JAPAN - AUG 10, 2012
Draught. Pale amber color, low head. malty caramel nose. light fruit, some esters. sweet malt flavor, caramel, not cloying though. Tangy fruits as well. Decent.

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Ernesto987 (2375) - Connecticut, USA - MAY 5, 2012
On draft at reservoir, odd Minty flavors, murky malts, murky finish. Vermonts red headed step brewer

2.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
czar (2232) - Québec, Quebec, CANADA - AUG 23, 2011
on tap at reservoir, waterbury. hazy deep golden, small off-white head, no retention or lacing. floral-piney hops, nutty. slightly malt-lacking. light body, aggressive carbonation.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
alobar (2300) - Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA - JUL 25, 2011
Cloudy amber color with no head. Aroma of caramel and hops-minimal. Soem caramel malt flavor with some pine and just a hint of hop bite.

2.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
williamstome (517) - Somerville, Massachusetts, USA - OCT 14, 2010
Pours opaque brown. Little to no aroma. Flavor is caramel malt with some hop bite. High carbonation, medium body.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
rocbyter (1768) - Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - JUL 26, 2010
Light but robust spicy malt aroma. Cloudy golden color with a small white head. Bitter beginning the gets stronger in the finish.

2.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
altonbrownd (4210) - Brussels, BELGIUM - MAY 13, 2010
On tap at a dive bar in Brattleboro. Amber brown body with slight head. Sweet caramel nose. Quite malty and sweet. Notes of chocolate. But too weak. Okay.

1.8
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
Rastacouere (6045) - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA - DEC 26, 2005
Deep amber pour, off-white head. Greenish vegetal hops bathe in diacetyl, caramelly malts and butter. It quickly grows overwhelming, sticky to the roof of the palate and leaving bready malts lasting aftertaste that fatigues. Light bodied, sparse carbonation.

2.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
tiggmtl (4516) - Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - DEC 22, 2005
Caramel, butterscotch, toffee aroma. Clear amber brown body with a low off white head that recedes rapidly to ring. Cola like sweetness to the flavour but also plenty of caramel and butterscotch and some notes of chocolate. Medium body with somewhat low carbonation. Sampled on tap at American Flatbread with beerbuzzmontreal, MartinT, muzzlehatch, Rastacouere and Yowie.

2.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
beerbuzzmontreal (3490) - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA - DEC 6, 2005
Pours a clear amber color with no head. The aroma is overly sweet, cloying, on the verge of disgusting. The flavor isn’t better with it’s cloying sweet malt, eeech. The palate is light and oily. Not good at all.


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