Thin honey-toned red ale languishes through mild phosphate delineation before blanched crystal malt sweetness, roasted barley crisping and floral piquancy lamentably block walnut-dried black cherry adjunct.
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LAGUNITAS IMPERIAL RED ALE
(MEXICANA) RED PIG MEXICAN ALE
Unlike typical moderate-bodied Mexican lagers, richer raw-honeyed grain-embedded ruddy-hued ale maintains bitterer backbone, plying earthen barley-hopped parch to profuse pumpernickel-rye toasting. But vegetal off-taste depletes leftover Graham Cracker sweetness as harshly oxidized ethanol finish unfolds.
OTTO’S RED MO ALE
ROGUE WILD IRISH ROGUE
Rich mocha persistence and mellow chocolate creaminess consume mud-thickened coffee-stained ebony ‘Wild Irish’ rogue (with the light brown head). Ashy tar-like residue and bitter charred hops counter silken oak dryness while excellent spring water provides lovely crisp vibrancy. Strong coffee-tinged aftertaste compares favorably to Guinness Stout (minus some bitterness).
STEAMWORKS LIZARD HEAD RED
ABITA RED ALE
BURGERBRAU WOLNZACHER ROGGENBIER
DEVIL MOUNTAIN FIVE MALT ALE
HARPOON HIBERNIAN STYLE ALE
LAGUNITAS LUCKY 13 RED ALE
Terrific strong ale boasting 8.3% alcohol rigidity celebrates brewers’ 13th anniversary. Sweetly spiced spruce malts energize syrupy peach-nectarine zest and pine resin-y grapefruit bittering. Soil-y rye-tinged grains underscore brown sugared Baker’s chocolate splurge while candied citric tang endures to creamy finish. A fortuitously fated find.