Ard Ri
Upland Brewing Company in Bloomington, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.17
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Ard Ri (pronounced Ard like hard and Ri like bee) means High King in Old World Gaelic and certainly lives up to its name. Like all Irish Red Ales, Ard Ri gets its distinct color from roasted barley used in the brewing process, but we’ve stepped up the malt and hops to make this imperial version of the style.
This brew is slightly sweet with a complex malt character, balanced by a large hop addition to make it perfect for the big beer lovers and hop heads alike. Recipient of a Gold Medal in the 2007 World Beer Championships.
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Bitterbill (4330) reviewed Ard Ri from Upland Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From Apr 2008
I got this in a trade with joe1510. Thanks Joe!
This pours a hazy reddish colour with a 1 finger head of foam and some good sticky lacing.
The smell is mostly citrus hops with a dash of sweet and roasted malt there as well.
The taste...umm...it's big. The first thing I notice is huge notes of caramel and roasted malt that brings on the sweet but doesn't go too far in that direction; some nice hoppy flavours, grass and some slight citrus stop it in its tracks and brings on some good balance. I also get a sense of some fruit. Nice.
Hey, this is hefty son of a gun at 9.5%abv and I do feel some warming after the swallow but that's about it and I'd better keep just sipping on it or I'll be in trouble. ;^)
It has a medium mouthfeel, the carbonation is fairly light, and it finishes with another nice caress of roasted malt and grass. This is a darned good Red Ale
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Ard Ri from Upland Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at Pint House during a tap takeover. Dark reddish-amber color with a medium thick foamy light beige head that diminishes slowly. Patches of lacing on the glass. Aroma of bready malt, hops and fruit. Medium-bodied with flavors of grainy malt, earthy hops and fruit. The finish is moderately bitter with a lingering hoppy aftertaste. Decent overall.
westchesterco (2480) reviewed Ard Ri from Upland Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Appearance cloudy amber airh a white head aroma bready and hoppy taste bready with a bitter after taste that lIngers on the palate
iphonephan (11575) reviewed Ard Ri from Upland Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From a 22 oz bottle shared at home. Pours a cloudy amber with a fine ecru head. Grassy hop aroma. Nice caramel notes moderating the hops. Bitter after taste.
queenholly (3622) reviewed Ard Ri from Upland Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Butterscotch malt and light hops aroma. Cloudy amber with a small tan head, suspended sediment. Boozy, buttery caramel malt, burnt toast, herbal hops flavor. Medium body and carbonation. The hops and burnt toast combination was a little too harsh for my taste.
shrubber (15804) reviewed Ard Ri from Upland Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Buttery toffee malt and light alcohol aroma. Amber color with moderate head. Sweet toffee/butterscotch malt flavor with moderate astringent alcohol finish. Nice.
radagast83 (13490) reviewed Ard Ri from Upland Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Shared bottle with friends. Poured a small off-white head with a slightly cloudy red/ruby color. Aroma is sweet malts. A bit of a harsh, alcohol burn. Was a bit better as it warmed up.
jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Ard Ri from Upland Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
750 bottle-thanks hbmason for sharing-pours a tan head and hazy amber color. Aroma is medium malt-caramel, resin. Taste is medium malt-caramel, resin.
thegreenrooster (7275) reviewed Ard Ri from Upland Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pour is a dark red with a small white head. Aroma is of toffee and of roasted malts. Flavor is a decent roasted malt with with a bit of caramel and a nice helping of chocolate toward the end. I don’t know if this style needs an "imperial" version but this is tasty and the alcohol is hidden well.
nimbleprop (16712) reviewed Ard Ri from Upland Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
22oz bottle pours a translucent copper red with a creamy white head. Aroma is malty, spicy. Flavor is very spicy, malty, sweet. Finish is medium bodied and malty.