Big Red Coq
Brewery Vivant in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale Rotating|
Score
6.96
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dwest (2949) reviewed Big Red Coq from Brewery Vivant 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
16oz can - friend brought down from Grand Rapids. Unique in taste and style - liked it
djd07 (28882) reviewed Big Red Coq from Brewery Vivant 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can thanks to Rob. Pours a hazy copper gold with small off white head that lasts. The aroma is citrus and earth. Slick body, grapefruit, pine, earth, lingering resin finish, good.
tfontana (7277) reviewed Big Red Coq from Brewery Vivant 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can pour into tulip glass from Andover Liquors. Appearance is hazy, attractive red-amber with nice sparkle, 3-finger width off-white, rocky foam head with good retention and spotty soapy lacing. Aroma is strong tropical fruit with caramel malt, Belgian yeast. Taste is as aroma. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with thin, frothy texture, lively carbonation, light alcohol warmth and sweet caramel and earthy bitter finish. Overall, the malts certainly stand up to the hops but rather than complement each other to greater heights, they compete for attention.
CoastGuardVet (6205) reviewed Big Red Coq from Brewery Vivant 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured into a tulip, the appearance was a dark red/brown sort of color with a light tan to off white foamy/semi-fizzy head. Light stringy to bubbly lace.
The aroma had some tropical fruit, some pine, dry funky sort of grassy edge and then gets yeasty as it warms.
The flavor was somewhat sweet with a touch of the bitter, the tart and funky maltiness. Grassy edges come in to bump the balance into a slight earthy malty backbone. Crisp grassy hops and funk hit the aftertaste and ride on into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Moderate carbonation. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, leans more towards a Belgian IPA than an IPA, still good for what it is, I wouldn’t mind having again for me.
jcr (3164) reviewed Big Red Coq from Brewery Vivant 10 years ago
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 11
Draft. Deep amber body. Frothy white head. Aroma of citrus, biscuit, orange, vinegar. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Taste of caramel, citrus. Tartness in the finish along with some vinegar and dusty grain notes.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Big Red Coq from Brewery Vivant 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Canned 1/27/15, drunk 12/4/15.
Clear amber-auburn body is topped by a small, light beige head that recedes to a ring.
Candy corn, raspberry/cherry/apple esters and a hint of buttery caramel. Very light tropical notes lingering; obviously the bulk of the hop aromatics have long since passed. Otherwise, no alcohol and pretty simplistic. Very little yeast character in Vivant’s beers.
Crystal malts provide iced tea while there is some yeast interplay creating a raspberry and cherry note. Caramel and butter toffee, rather dry, with a hard texture, moderate carbonation (fizzy, loose) and a touch of pineapple and sweet lime lingering.
Not taking points off for lack of hoppiness, which I certainly wouldn’t expect it to have at 10 months old (the hop character here is actually the best part of the beer). Rather, it has a very hard, nearly husky texture with no malt depth. The "Belgian character" is pretty lacking (though what’s there is admittedly not offensive). Carbonation is loose, fizzy, artificial feeling.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Big Red Coq from Brewery Vivant 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can thanks to my mom! Pours a clear red with a slight amber hue and a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of grain and bread supported pine and some bitter citrus. Flavor has sweet grains, light pine and citrus up front but finish has a nice sweet tropical fruit note.
Drake (22934) reviewed Big Red Coq from Brewery Vivant 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can shared at a tasting. Clear red, large foamy white head, decent retention. Aroma of citrus, tropical fruit, caramel. The taste is tropical fruits, citrus, caramel, mild earth. Medium bodied.
ineedbeer (4099) reviewed Big Red Coq from Brewery Vivant 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Poured from a can dated 05/19/2015. Aroma is malty with some caramel, toasted bread and burnt sugar. Some light raisin notes. Quite a bit of overripe stone fruit and pears with some light cherry. Medium light spicy phenolics. Not very hoppy but some light floral and spicy hop notes with a touch of citrus. Pours a dark, brownish red/auburn with a medium small, moderateky thick, tan head that recedes steadily to the edges. Medium lacing and small legs. Flavor is fairly sweet with some caramel, toasted bread, toffee and nuts. Some spicy phenolics with moderately strong esters. Raisins, stone fruit, pear and red apple are all present with stone fruit and raisins fairly prevalent. Hop notes are floral and somewhat citrusy with medium light bitterness. A light woodsy note. Some lingering phenolic spice and toasted bread. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringnecy and low alcohol warmth. Overall, rather malty with a lot of esters. Perhaps too much yeast character for the malts to show through. An interesting and unique red ale, but not great.
shrubber (15804) reviewed Big Red Coq from Brewery Vivant 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Light toffee malt and strong pine/spruce aroma. Amber with large light tan head. Lightly sweet toffee malt, musty yeast, and mildly bitter pine flavor. Body on the lighter side - nicely drinkable.