Elector Ale
New Albanian Brewing Company in New Albany, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.04
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Excessive hopping rendered moot a modest plan to brew a seasonal winter warmer, and since the original batch was brewed on Election Day, 2002, Elector continued to make democracy pointless and redefine the Imperial Red category.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Grapefruit and a little caramel. Clear maroon pour without much head. Very bitter end. Tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Nov 2023
at 23:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at New Albanian, pours a cloudy amber orange with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out lots of resinous hops upfront, followed by caramel bready malt and some sticky toffee. Flavour is along the same lines, with resinous hops galore upfront, and a big caramel bready malt backbone. Excellent interplay between the hops and malt. Chewy and balanced. Really good.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2017
at 21:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tap. Pours clear reddish orange, small beige head, good residual and lacing. Aroma is piney hops, caramel. Flavor is medium sweet, full bitter, pine, floral and perfume hops, caramel malt. Medium body, some acidity. Lingering bitterness. Meh
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Apr 2016
at 18:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz bomber, courtesy of shrubber85, pours with a clear ruby red amber body that supports a nearly tight tan head of foam. The aroma offers up a mix of sweet caramel, molasses, crisp ripe red apples, pine hops and some ripe cherry notes. This has a pretty sweet aroma but the molasses to toffee notes takes this to a better place. The taste starts with sweet malts, sweet caramel malts and ripe cherries before pine hops and a dash of roasted malts join in to provide some balance. It gets a touch toffee and molasses like here and there too for adding richness and interest. Pretty nice.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2013
at 21:50
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
5 oz sample draft at the New Albanian Pizzeria and Public House in New Albany, Indiana. The pour is a slightly hazed copper reddish with a light tan head. The aroma is big malt grain, warm cereal. The taste is big on the grain, cereal fresh, lightly caramel along with a bright, almost chemical astringent bitterness. The palate is medium bodied, soft carbonation, and a bit of alcohol heat on the dry finish particularly as the warmed. This was well made though not totally my type of beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Sep 2013
at 07:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
shared by jtclockwork-tan-amber. A-sweet med malt-caramel, spice. T-sweet med malt-caramel, spice hops. Drying, lots of carbonation.
Tried
on 03 Feb 2013
at 04:20
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours reddish amber with off white head. Nose/taste of sugar cone, white sugar, resin, sweet and sugary malt, birch sap and caramel malt. Lighter side of Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2012
at 19:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at the source. Cloudy golden amber color, small white head, solid lacing. Aroma of slightly medicinal and spiced caramel. Taste is herbal brown bread.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Nov 2012
at 10:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
On tap at brewery. Sweet caramel malt aroma. Clear copper, off white head, nice lacing. Smooth malt, spice, light hop flavor. Yummy!
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2011
at 12:04
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Tap at brewery. Sweet creamy toffee malt aroma with a hint of hops. Clear amber color with small head and nice lacing. Sweet light cherry malt and moderate bitter orange peel finish. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Oct 2011
at 17:13