Uncle Rusty
Columbus Brewing Company in Columbus, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.10
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Bold, Red, and Hoppy
This bold Imperial Red Ale is brewed with a blend of our favorite English crystal malts, providing a sturdy balance to the firm bitterness and citrusy, floral hop aroma. Brewed with Simcoe, Centennial, and Amarillo hops.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours deep amber red with a beige head. Aroma: sweet malts, caramel, grass, pine, booze. Taste: light sweet & moderate bitter bitter, malty, caramel, boozy, light pine. Medium body with soft carbonation.
superspak (10160) reviewed Uncle Rusty from Columbus Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 1/7/2019. Pours lightly hazy deep orange/copper/amber/light reddish color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with amazing retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick cream/soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Insane appearance. Aromas of big red grapefruit, mandarin orange, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, blueberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, honey, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, light toffee/nuttiness, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of huge red grapefruit, mandarin orange, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, blueberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, honey, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, light toffee/nuttiness, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of red grapefruit, mandarin orange, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, blueberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, honey, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, light toffee/nuttiness, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Mild increasing warmth of 9.3% after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic imperial red. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the big ABV, with the moderately bitter/resinous/drying finish, not overly aggressive. Amazing Simcoe, Centennial, Amarillo profile. Extremely juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hop complexity; with a great balancing dark/bready English malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing west coast feeling style example all around.
GRM (7524) reviewed Uncle Rusty from Columbus Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Glass, 1/3 of a pint, keg, at BrewDog Cardiff, trip to Swansea, Amsterdam and Paris with Louise, savoured on August 20 2016 ; eye: ruby, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of tan head, light lacing; nose: fruity, malt, slight citrusy, caramel; mouth: fruity, malt, slight citrusy, caramel, finale in caramel with good presence of malt, medium body, below-average carbonation, lightly bitter, mildly sweet, silky texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Verre, 1/3 de pinte, keg, bue chez BrewDog Cardiff, voyage à Swansea, Amsterdam et Paris avec Louise, savourée le 20 août 2016; œil : rubis, limpide, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse fauve, légère dentelle; nez : fruité, malt, très léger citrique, caramel; bouche : fruité, malt, très léger citrique, caramel, finale en caramel avec bonne présence de malt, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, légèrement amère, moyennement sucrée, texture soyeuse; en résumé : bien
ben4321 (11522) reviewed Uncle Rusty from Columbus Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at Brew Dog-Birmingham, 6/1/16. Darker amber color. Tan head and heavy lacing. String malt presence with caramel, toffee, and a bit of toast. Hops and booze come through as well. Heavy malty and boozy DIPA. Could probably use a little balance, but not bad overall.
Fin (18365) reviewed Uncle Rusty from Columbus Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Keg at Brewdog, Birmingham, Saturday 4th June 2016 Pours reddy brown with a creamy white head. Really thick in the mouth, alcohol shows but doesn’t intrude. Very much in the vein of an American IPA, hoppy with almost a floral edge. Really good. A7 A4 T7 P5 Ov14 3.7
allmyvinyl (21071) reviewed Uncle Rusty from Columbus Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at the Brewdog AGM, 2016. Pours clear amber with a thin beige head. Aromas of peach, pine. Taste is bitter, resinous, pine, caramel. Sticky finish.
Stuu (34525) reviewed Uncle Rusty from Columbus Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at brewdog agm. Pours deep amber, nose is citrus, Parma violet, taste is sweet, floral, caramel.
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Uncle Rusty from Columbus Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Keg at brew dog agm 2016... Copper red... Thin tan head... Soft sweet floral fruit.. Soft sweet toffee fruit.. Sweet spicy malts.. Caramel toffee
Scopey (25115) reviewed Uncle Rusty from Columbus Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Keg, 9.2% at the BD AGM 2016. It pours deep red with a thick light tan head. The aroma is soft, sweet, juicy, toffee, stewed orange, peach, blood orange and candy. The taste is smooth, bitter - sweet, bitter, pine needles, dank, resin, stewed orange, peach, toffee, peppery spice and some alcohol boost through the finish. Medium + body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Juicy and boosty. Good fun.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Uncle Rusty from Columbus Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On draught at the brewpub. The beer is a mostly clear dark amber-brown color with a medium foamy beige head that recedes slowly. Jagged patches of lacing on the glass. Aroma of candied oranges, malt and hops. Medium body with flavors of citrus, burnt sugar, malt and hops. The finish is soft and fruity with a mild hops aftertaste. Overall this beer isn’t quite up to par with the rest of the beers thus far in the Hop Odyssey, but it is a decent brews.