2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 arminjewell (8759) - East Lansing, Michigan, USA - JAN 18, 2015
Pour on tap at the brewery, described as an ESB, but red? Anyway, clear dark red pour with off white head, aroma brought notes of caramel, toffee, some toasted bread, hints of grass, pine, but mainly focused on the malt. Taste is similar, some caramel, toffee, toast, and dough into a bit of red fruit, very slight pine, grass in there, finishing bitter, slightly sweet.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 FestDecBeet (412) - - OCT 14, 2014
Look: pours a dark red almost brown. Dull off white head. Slight cloudiness.
Smell: smells like a lager. Very malt heavy. Slight pine.
Taste: pine. Slight bitterness on the back. Malt.
Feel: minimal dryness. Leaves a slight film on the mouth.
Overall: not enough hop flavor for me. Want more than buttering hops.
First drank: home 10/14/14
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 slowrunner77 (7582) - Reno, Nevada, USA - SEP 29, 2014
Redrum (stanley hotel) brew...more amber than bitter, with an odd abundance of chocolate? malt that ends up working well and making this slightly better than it would have otherwise been. definitely on the malty side. pleasant, but no standout
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 kevinsenn (1565) - Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA - AUG 31, 2014
Bottle. Caramalt smell, deep red with thin foamy head. Nice caramalty toasty taste with moderately bitter bite in the finish. Smooth body, nicely balanced.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 HIGHB4LL (837) - Fort Collins, Colorado, USA - AUG 11, 2014
On tap at Estes Park Brewery. Appearance: finger of khaki head, good lacing, copper red color, slightly cloudy. AromaL molasses, floral, caramel, grapefruit. Palate: medium body, average carbonation, light booze, bitter and slightly dry finish. Taste: light sweet caramel into slight metallic taste and into medium bitterness with a slight fruit in the middle of the bitterness. Overall, very alright beer and one of the better ones on tap. Nothing to go out of the way for, but nice after a day in Rocky Mountain.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20 Bulk_Carrier (2889) - Final Resting Place, Vermont, USA - JUL 21, 2014
Reviewed from notes. Consumed June of 2013.
At the brewpub, this was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy burnt orange to ruddy brown color with a decent hazy tinge of amber. Bar pour yielded no head and there wasnt any lacing then.
The smell had some nice earthy nutty to caramel malts lightly sweetened and just a small dose of English malts in there as well.
The taste was a decent blend of sweet to bitter through the malts carrying the flavor.
On the palate, she sat right on the medium side of the body. The carbonation seemed appropriately styled as it was mainly subdued.
Overall, not bad for an ESB made by an American brewer. I probably would have again if available but probably wouldnt necessarily need to seek out either.
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