Brick Red Cap Ale

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

This is one of the many brews that I have tried again after about 40 years of not seeing it. This was one of those classic cheap beer that every Canadian kid in the 50s and 60s was after because it was cheap. The Brick version is a milder tasting brew when compared to the old Carling version. A transparent yellow beer that has a frothy white head. The aroma is primarily grainy but there is a little hoppish twist. The flavour isn't as bitter as the 60s brew, but I'll adjust!

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

Im too young to remember beer in stubbies. Tis a decent fair priced lager but nothing to write home about. Lagerish flavour, a little better then lakeport and its compatriots.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 8

Ah yeah... the stubby bottle ! Pours a golden-yellow colour with a medium white head that dissipates quite quickly, leaving minimal lace. Heavy carbonation of average-size bubbles. The nose is dominant of sweet malt and slowly going toward a grainy malt. Smooth with slight fizz mouthfeel. Starts off with some mild sweet malt, then goes through this hoppy light bitterness to then end with a grainy finish. Hints of apples and pears. Definitely more punch then a lager, and quite a decent smooth ale I enjoy every time at the Dominion Bar in Ottawa.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

"Can or draught or bottle....it's our favorite brew...we love Carling Red Cap.... we are drinkers true! That 70s something Carling ad jingle was an anthem for a generation of pale ale snappers in Ontario and Quebec. This reincarnation of Carling's Red Cap ale by Jim Brickman's brewery has all the sharp pale ale taste of the old Carling Red Cap but tastes a bit “new/green” by my memory at least. Let’s pull out the beer snob adjectives: spicy! Zesty! Daringly dry! Tart mouth feel!….all this means poot….grab a R-cap and enjoy. It’s a Canadian tradition that has been brought back for a generation of beer drinkers who never had a chance to quaff “Dad’s Ale”. It even comes in an old Canuck “stubby” bottle. Wazz that tell ya? Can't get any more Canadian than that. If you never had a chance to drink Carling's Red Cap in it's heyday, when it was on most Ontario patio tables and on tap in most pubs, words will never describe the sharp, tart taste but smooth mouth feel and soothing effect this ale has on a hot day or after a night of street dragging the Camero ;-) This is truly a Hoser right of passage experience. Brick did a fair job of replicating the original but it lacks the smooth drinkability that the original did when it was "THE" ale in Ontario taverns.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 9

The "Bring back the stubby" marketing campaign not-wtih-standing, this is a great beer, probably the best thing Brick ever made. Great draft beer-reminded me of 50. In Toronto, The Dome restaurant on Queen West by The Drake is the only place I have seen with this and Brick yellow on tap. For $2 a pint, you can't go wrong.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Canadian Stubby bottle - dont remeber Red Cap, but do remember Molson in stubbies. Pours clear straw-yellow color, short white head which is gone in a minute. Average macro "beer" smell - slight grain, but not much else. Taste has light toasted grain or grass, on the sweeter side, no hops to balance. Sharp taste with a slightly sour finish. Thin, almost watery which makes it refreshing and easy to drink.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

A good little beer from one of Ontario's micro-brewers. A novelty as they switched to "stubbies" a few years ago. A safe ale to enjoy once in a while. Fun to watch your pals as you hand them the old style bottle. Middle of the road for taste and aroma.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Not a bad ale. I thought it would be better though. I would drink on sale, just not out of the blue. Great for a change, just not a beer you will be totally happy with. KMB

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

One of Jim Brickman's better beers