Halfway decent malt-fruited ruddish-clouded ale insignificant amongst strong stylistic competition. Needs sharper barley-hop bite.  Brewery defunct: 2001.

Delicately rustic barley roast insistence and mellow wheat-toasted malt flow integrate satisfying spice nut finish that’s closer to a soft-toned brown ale in comparison. Brewery defunct: 2005.

Peculiar maroon-ruby-hued medium body places buttery brown sugared Scotch malts atop smoked peat waver, black cherry-soured red grape tartness, and mild chestnut-peanut roast. Bittersweet baker’s chocolate absorbs faded Band-Aid mouthfeel. Metallic astringency compromises acrid earthen hop dryness.

Eye-squinting oaken cherry tartness and tangy orange pith souring give ultra-dry copper-hazed Flemish-like red ale blunt acidity beleaguering ester-y white grape parch, green apple acridity, and dehydrated fig recess. Funky earthen grains secure soft-tongued grassy-hopped citron prickle.

Buttery auburn-hued Celtic brew could be mistaken as medium-bodied copper ale, gaining off-dry earthiness, sweet prune variance, mild tobacco-peat merger, and ashy chocolate roast to moderate caramel finish.

Bright auburn complexion and buttery caramel aroma introduce soft-textured, deep-grained, peat-malted complacency. Illusions of walnut and tobacco come and go ’til fruited hop finish. Goes down easy, leaving infrequent dry sherry and bittersweet peach vibrancy. But it’s not as distinct as finer available red ales.

Fine ruby-coppered ale with piney grapefruit-orange rind uprising given bright spruce-tipped hop pep and red apple-ripened peach-pear-nectarine tang. Red and purple grape esters also overlay wheat-cracked caramel malting. Compares to spicier Arcadia IPA and less sharp Fisherman’s Ale, only fruitier.

Bottled version of Reading brewpub’s affable dry-hopped red ale tethers congenial floral spicing to toasted barley-wheat base, absorbing bittersweet peach-tangerine-grapefruit tang. Latent metallic swagger depletes tertiary honeyed nut, fruitcake, and pear-apple illusions.

Circuitous cola-hazed moderate body with fizzy round-bubbled head and prolonged Cascade hop frisk goes beyond stylistic inclination. Delicate raisin, nutmeg and toffee illusions enhance toasted caramelized barleymalt efficiency to cocoa-buttered finish. Serve as subtle alternative to creamier barleywines. Located afresh chocolate-pecan finesse, earthen dried tobacco regress, cooked vegetable passivity and hemp oil residue while quaffing ’07 Spring Ale version.

Translucent amber medium-bodied pap as plain and indistinct as its soured malt palate, sterile barley roast, thin maize midst, and drably dry fruited hop finish.

Sweet caramel apple tongue welcomes amber-hued moderation. Nice butterscotch touch and meager red grape reminder done in by diacetyl finish.

Honeyed malt sweetness and earthen tea-tobacco dryness promptly counter spiced hop bitterness of burgundy-hued medium body. Unripe cherry, red apple, and peach tones abruptly usurped by orange pith midst, but astringent ester finish induces serrated acridity.