Famous Red Ale
Berghoff Brewery, Inc. in New Berlin, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.30
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This copper-reddish beer belongs to the category of the American pale ales, which are of medium bitterness with a slightly malty character still present. Berghoff Amber is made with Brewer’s Two-Row Malt, Caramel 40 Malt, Carapils Malt and domestic hops.
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5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 3.5
Pours amber with a slight orange tint....short, off-white head. Bready, peppery aroma. Caramel, spice, cloying fruit, apple-peel.... Sweet and malty.... APA? I think not.
Tried
on 30 Aug 2013
at 16:14
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Just like name - Red. Just a hint of hops, easy to drink. overall decent but nothing stands out to separate from the crowd.
Tried
on 10 Mar 2013
at 16:39
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 4/9/2013. A moderate gusher upon opening. Pours fairly clear reddish copper color with a small foamy white head with decent retention, that reduces to a thin lacing cap that lingers. Minimal lacing on the glass. Aromas of raisin, prune, apple, caramel, bread, toast, molasses, and light herbal. Decent aromas with good strength and decent balance; very malty and fruity. Taste of caramel, raisin, toast, apple, bread, toffee, molasses, and light herbal. No bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, raisin, apple, toast, bread, toffee, molasses, and herbal on the finish for a bit. Decent flavor balance and robustness; with minimal cloying flavors present on the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium bodied; with a creamy and slick mouthfeel that is ok. Alcohol is well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this as a decent amber, though it seems to be more like a Belgian. This was a little better than I expected it to be. Decently enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2012
at 18:11
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Draft. Hazy amber color, tiny white head. Aroma of very subtle hay. Taste is watery caramel with a finish of subtle bitter cardboard. No.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jun 2012
at 10:48
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Light caramel malt , sour apple, and toast aroma. Amber with a small fizzy off-white head. Cloying sweet malt, metallic fruitiness, and a very light underlying bitter flavor. Medium body. Overly sweet for my taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2012
at 13:35
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
@ ORD. Berghoff Amber? Dull, dark amber. Thin head. Bland aroma leaning towards caramel. The caramel palate is pretty bland, with a hint of that caramelly sweetness. Ok, but kind of macro-ish.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2012
at 07:46
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle from Woodmans West Madison with the Rock River Red label. Pours a clear copper color with a medium sized creamy white head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of caramel malts and earthy notes. The taste is caramel, berries, nutty notes and leafy hops. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2011
at 19:45
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 8
Overall 2
12oz bottle from Woodman’s poured into a shaker. Labeled as Rock River Red Ale. Pours a burnt amber color with almost zero head. Aroma is slightly hoppy...herbal if anything. Not much there in the way of malt. Taste is lighlty bitter and medium sweet. Kinda gross. Almost reminds me of a flat Blue Moon. Definitly not what I would call an APA. Medium bodied with a thick, creamy texture. Lively carbonation and not much to speak of by way of finish. There is a very mild hop bitterness at the very tail end of the finish. Overall, this one is pretty gross. Way too sweet for my palate. Gonna give it to my girlfriend to finish because I honestly couldn’t. I have a feeling they used water from the Rock River and forgot to filter it first...
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2011
at 20:34
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Bottled. Clear amber color, short off-white head. Aroma of some hop, corn, malt. Slight bitter, sweet, caramel malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2010
at 11:26
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
On draft at the airport Light amber color with gold inflections. Head is thin and disappears quickly. Great sweet malt scent. I get too much banana on the end, which is a surprise. Tastes a little off with the malts less pronounced than expected. Taste drops off quickly at the finish with some tingly carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2009
at 08:31