The Phoenix
Ascension Brewing Company in Novi, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.92
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superspak (10160) reviewed The Phoenix from Ascension Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16 ounce can into pint glass; no can dating, but is a recent release. Pours slightly hazy deep orange/copper/amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky cream colored head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, plum, pear, and red apple; with lighter notes of roast, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. A bit too fruity/yeasty, but not overwhelming. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready/light roast malt, fruity yeast, and light earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of plum, pear, red apple, roast, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal, floral, grassy, spicy hop; and roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, light fruits/roast, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roast malt, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Light-medium carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Minimal warming alcohol for 5.5%. Overall this is a delicious Irish Red Ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roast malt, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Nicely clean and rich English malt complexity; restrained fruity English yeast and mild earthy hop balance against sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
rouhlas (5047) reviewed The Phoenix from Ascension Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
From tap at the brewery. Light hazy dark amber to copper color with off white head. Malty aroma, caramel, bread, light fruity. Sweet and light bitter taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was dark amber color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that fell off at a moderate pace. Speckled lace.
The aroma leaned towards the malty sweet side, some nuttiness, light grassy hops and a little bit of butterscotch.
The flavor seemed to bring out the hops a bit more, nice bitter presence but not too much. Butterscotch came back but seemed quite blended. Not much of any aftertaste, but the finish was a combined earthy to butterscotch sweetness.
The feel was about medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt good.
Overall, pretty nice amber ale worthy of having again if I could get it.
Edwgallo (6795) ticked The Phoenix from Ascension Brewing Company 9 years ago