Lengthwise Triple Hop Red Ale

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

Bottle courtesy IrishBoy! Hazy deep ruby orange color, nice initial off-white head, solid retention at a thinned level that covers the entire surface, lacing mediocre. The aroma was rich, strong caramel malts, teabags, floral and pine hops, orange rinds. The flavor was really malty rich, an intense red ale, strong caramel, teabags and orange rinds, followed by a seemingly subtle floral and pine hop presence, only because the beer is so strongly malted and these dry hops (significantly present) get burried a little bit. With an ABV of only 5.X, this sucker sure is thick and heavy, lots of unfermentables, poor retention? Kinda like St. Rogue's Red on more steroids, probably a little over the top, although it is perhaps exactly what the brewer intended? Thanks, Richard, another neat one!

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

This amber ale pours a deep red color from a 22oz bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is caramel and sweet. A medium bodied amber. Malts are fruity, caramel and sweet. Hops are grapefruity and slightly piney. Nice balance. IT malty sweet like an amber, but it has some hope bite and some beer character to it. i.e. ‘It ain’t really an amber ale wink wink nudge nudge.. A west coast amber? Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

NorCal tasting Feb 07 - It was hard to give this beer any good remarks because the taste and aroma was so oxidized it made it hard to get past anything else. Wet soggy papery nose and taste. If you dig a little deeper past the wet paper, there is a hop profile buried under the oxidized rubble which isn't bad. Pours out a clear amber color with a tannish colored head.