Rollin' Derby
Florida Avenue Brewing Company in Wesley Chapel, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - American Regular|
Score
6.97
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Come along for a sweet ride with this malt-forward amber ale. Notes of caramel and toffee are balanced with a mild floral hop finish.
Awards
Silver Medal, US Open Beer Championship
Bronze Medal, Best Florida Beer
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Nice, a very Britishy-American red ale. Biscuit malts hint at caramel just a touch but the beer leans dry to semi-dry, with a nice herbal bitter finish, they report using EKG and Pahto hops. I'm not too familiar with the latter but I understand its a bittering hop so the flavors here lean hard into EKG and that's pretty cool, its been awhile! I can just barely get them in the nose too, lightly herbal and earthy to go with light caramel and dough. I can't quite pin down the fermentation profile here, its mostly pretty clean, maybe just a tiny bit of ester. Real easy drinking. Summary: dry bitter profile with biscuity malts and British hops. Nice dark red to copper color.