Score
7.40
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On tap at 4th Ave Pub. Pours copper. Malty, biscuit, little red fruit, little toffee. Medium body. Pretty good.
Bottle from Livonia Liquor. Pours a clear golden amber with a finger of off-white head that lingers. Malt-forward nose with toasted caramel and bread standing out. Some peppery, piney hop notes come out as it warms. Some rooibos tea notes on the palate, drying finish.
From tap. Dark amber reddish color with off white head. Aroma is malty and hoppy, caramel, piney citrusy fruity, grapefruit, grassy. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Draught @ Mikkeller & Friends. Pours hazy reddish brown with a creamy offwhite head that slowly dissipates while leaving a small trace on the glass. Smell is malty and hoppy with caramel, sweet dark bread, biscuits, pine needles, resinous wood, lemon zest and grass. Taste is sweet and bitter with sweet dark bread, biscuits, caramel, orange peal, pine needles, grapefruit rinds, resinous wood and subtle hints of alcohol. Motuhfeel is round, soft, tiny dry, tiny astringent and light to medium bodied. Finish is tiny sweet and bitter with sweet dark bread, caramel, biscuits, resinous wood, pine needles and grapefruit rinds.
22 ounce bottle into pint glass, Spring 2013 bottling. Pours lightly hazy reddish orange color with a 2 finger fairly dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of caramel, raisin, apple, toast, toffee, biscuit, brown sugar, grapefruit, orange zest, floral, grass, slight pine, and light yeast earthiness. Fantastic aromas with all around great balance and complexity of malt and yeast ester notes; with moderate hop presence and good strength. Taste of caramel, apple, golden raisin, grapefruit, orange zest, toast, toffee, floral, grass, light pine, biscuit, and floral earthiness. Fair amount of pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, light fruits, citrus, floral, grass, toast, toffee, light pine, and floral earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic balance and complexity of malt, hop, and yeast ester flavors; with zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a creamy, fairly crisp, and slightly sticky mouthfeel that is very nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with hardly any warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic Irish Red style! All around great complexity and balance of malt, hop, and ester flavors; and extremely smooth to drink. A highly enjoyable offering.
Bottle shared at tasting. Pours clear amber with an off white head. Aroma of grassy hops, citrus, resin and a little caramel. Flavour is medium sweet and bitter. Medium to full bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
66cl bottle shared with friends. Lovely hoppy aroma. Thin white head. Slightly hazy amber/blond pout. Very nice!
Acquired in a Three Floyds super trade around the Dark Lord Release. Stuck it in the fridge and am now enjoying a wine goblet.
A - Very nice dark brown to amber pour. Solid white tight bubbles that fade quickly.
S - light citrus and pineapple aroma. Kiwi and nutty roasted malts.
T - Up front hop bitterness of Amarillo and Citra hops followed by a big toffee like candy finish that’s dark, deep and malty. Very pleasant.
M - 100% carbonation on the mouth swish. medium body and bitter sweet finish.
O - This is a nice beer! I think 3F has better beers but this one is quite nice. I’d get it again but not something I’d seek out.
Bottle @ home, courtesy of drfabulous. Always a pleasure, Jeff! Pours a clear, copper orange apperarance with a pillowy tan head. Fair amount of piney, citrusy hops and lots of toasted caramel malts in the aroma to go with a touch of char and a bit of earth. Richly, toasty caramel malty flavor with lots of toffee, organic/piney hops, and some citrus fruits that’s a touch spicy as well. Kind of prickly carbonation. Very easy drinking, fun Irish Ale to drink though it does stray from the style somewhat.
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ home.Clear medium orange amber colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dried berry, wood, light alcohol. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dried berry, woody. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110604]