Metro Red
Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Red Regular|
Score
6.93
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Metro Red® is an American Red IPA with notes of sweet citrus and pine in the aroma. This medium bodied brew has flavors of dark caramel and citrus, finishing with a smooth West Coast hoppy bitterness
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Red brown pour. Some fruity bread and caramel and grapefruit. Pretty decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
1-27-23 Grand
Tried
on 28 Jan 2023
at 03:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours copper. Toffee, strawberry, caramel, orange zest. Medium body. Fine.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Apr 2022
at 22:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Dried leaves and tea nose. Cloudy brown, medium tan head, little retention. Tea, maple syrup, tree bark, dried leaves. Medium body, moderate carbonation.
Tried
on 14 Aug 2018
at 23:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Rich, hazy amber coloured body with a lighter copper glow, and a tall, but very fast-dying tan head, only a centimetre tall. Aroma of caramelised sugars, toffee, earth, metal, malt and a good deal of astringent notes throughout with a lot of sugars and some alcohol around as well. Medium-bodied; Strong malty flavour at first with a lot of caramelised sugars, some astringent and pungent funk and a lot of bitterness, mostly from malts, but a little from some bitter hops. Aftertaste shows a relatively robust flavour of caramel, toffee, earth, metal and a good deal of pitted fruits and a dose of funk at the end. Overall, a relatively well-balanced beer with a lot of caramel flavours, a nice sweetness, but a deep and astringent beer throughout that shows some funk at the tail end. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Washington (Foggy Bottom, Eye St NW), D.C. on 07-July-2017 for US$2,49 sampled at home in Washington on 27-October-2017.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2017
at 02:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A little hops and some light rust. Well worked in. Pours amber with good head and lacing. Basic style done well like no-frills tomato sauce. Light bitter finish with a bit of tang. Bottle pour at beer festival.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2017
at 15:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle from Wegman’s Lake Manassas, 5/28/16. Hazy dark rust, thin creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of caramel, toffee, floral hops, earth. The taste is toffee, earth, cherries, caramel. Medium bodied, mild bitterness, well balanced. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2016
at 12:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle from Whole Foods Market Fair Lakes Aroma: citrus, caramel, floral, spicy Appearance: hazy amber with a beige head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: medium body, sticky, soft carbonation, long finish, Tasty
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2016
at 16:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle pours a clear amber with some white head. Nose has malt, caramel, mild pear. Flavor is sweet, malty, a bit soapy too. A little odd.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2016
at 17:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 3
From a bottle share at the DC gathering May 1, 2016. It is a Clear amber with a slight head. The aroma is slightly malty
And the taste is strong and bitter with some hints of grapefruit
And the taste is strong and bitter with some hints of grapefruit
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2016
at 08:31