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Spring House Atomic Raygun Imperial Red Ale

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RATINGS: 35   MEAN: 3.37/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.28   EST. CALORIES: 249   ABV: 8.3%
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Atomic Raygun Imperial Red is a big, aggressively hopped Red Ale. It starts out with piny aromas and citrus flavors courtesy of the generous hops, and finishes with a nice rich, malty sweetness that balances the crisp hop bitterness.


3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Damico (2985) - Royersford, Pennsylvania, USA - JAN 19, 2014
This is really good because it is so smooth for an imperial red. Aroma is piney smooth hops with light sweetness. Pours amber with a big creamy sandy head and great lacing. Flavor and body again are super smooth with buttering hops that please and settle well on the palate.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
jsmerig (1366) - Pennsylvania, USA - NOV 6, 2013
Pours a dark, dark red with a frothy tan head. Aroma is dark with chocolate notes and a touch of cinnamon. Taste is dark and robust with a smokey sweetness followed by a palate cleansing hop bitterness. Strong. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
BillKismet (3562) - Seattle, Washington, USA - OCT 17, 2013
Deep red brown body topped with an appealing beige head. Easy-going roasty amber malting with moderate PNW hoppiness in the nose that continues into the body. Strong, but fairly well-ballanced and true to style--an amped up red ale.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
kramer (5441) - Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA - DEC 17, 2012
Tap, taproom, backlog. Pours a dark ruby amber body with a small fizzy off-white head. The nose is actually pretty light compared to what I was expecting. Some toasted and grainy malt with light to moderate citrusy and floral hops. The flavor is well balanced as far as sweet-bitter goes, but not a whole lot beyond tons of toasted malt going on. There must be a lot of malt in here, but it doesn’t do anything exciting. Light to moderate resiny hops that linger a bit on the finish. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with some lingering resin. Fine and slightly fizzy carbonation. This one doesn’t do anything much for me.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
reberiii (445) - Pennsylvania, USA - DEC 14, 2012
Best red I’ve had in a while. Thick toasty head off tap, hops upfront that linger throughout. Deep, dark red - so dark it’s almost opaque.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
PhillyCraft (4285) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - AUG 4, 2012
Tap sample at Boilermaker. Pours a clearish red copper color with medium head/lace. Aromas and taste of wonder bread, floral hops, fig, piney citrus. Rich malty finish left on the palate. Medium bodied.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
tcane7 (1670) - Pennsylvania, USA - JUN 4, 2012
On draft at Standard Tap. Pours clean amber orange light off white head. Aroma is caramel malt, a little bready; light pine and citrus hops. Hoppiness up front - citrus and pine, with a little basement funk, and caramel

2.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
Thorpe429 (5016) - , Illinois, USA - APR 24, 2011
Bottle consumed at a recent DC area tasting. Served in a SAVOR snifter. Pours a moderate amber-brown color with a really thin off-white head and no lacing as it goes down. The nose is a bit strange. There are some good hoppy notes there as well as some bready malt; however, there’s a strange offness to the back-end of the profile, reminding me a bit of clothes that have been left in the washer for too long. This continues in the flavor, which does have the components of a nice beer with some good American hops, but the off flavor really kills things. Same goes for the mouthfeel, which is saved by some bitterness. Not a big fan, though I’d certainly try this again to see if it was a problem with this bottle/batch, as I have enjoyed everything else from Spring House in the past. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 03-31-2011

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
MrChopin (3727) - Baltimore, Maryland, USA - APR 20, 2011
translucent tan with oily white light sugar, tea. Flavor is burnt caramel, cardboard, light hop and a bit brighter in finish.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
nimbleprop (6173) - SouthWest, Washington, Washington DC, USA - APR 7, 2011
750ml bottle pours a translucent, deep brown with one ring of white head. Nose is malty, light earthy hops, crackers, caramel. Flavor is malty, light citrus, crackers. Medium bodied, lightly watery finish.


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