Left Handed Giant Brewing Co. Red 5

Red 5

 

Left Handed Giant Brewing Co. in Bristol, Bristol, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Amber / Red Ale - American Regular Out of Production
Score
7.12
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 18
Admin Note: Retired in 2021. For ratings 2021 onwards please find LHG Brewpub Red 5 instead.

A refreshing hop forward west coast red with a sweet, strong malt backbone and big citrus and resinous hops. The strong malt and hop flavours combine to create an aggressive yet highly drinkable beer.

MALT: Maris Otter, Carapils , Caramalt, Crystal, Munich, Chocolate
HOPS: Chinook, Mosaic, Columbus
YEAST: US05
ALLERGENS: Barley, Wheat, Gluten

Unfined beer suitable for vegetarians and vegans
 

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8/10
Really well made
Tried at The Ale House on 29 Sep 2015 at 20:32

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask @ Baum, Rochdale. Dark amber with a frothy head. Has an interesting fusion of pale malts, some earthy flavours, and most predominantly inoffensive tropical fruits including mango and limes. Quite fruity in its aroma.
Tried from Cask on 28 Sep 2015 at 07:53

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg at small bar bristol for the tap takeover. Hazed reddy / amber coloured pour with a lasting sticky off white head. Aroma is juicy citrus and tropical fruit hops, mango and orange rind, medium caramel malts. Flavour is composed of biscuit, light caramel malts, orange rind, mango with a little pine, tobacco, nice and juicy. Palate is medium sweet, moderate carbonation, little creamy.
Tried from Draft on 20 Sep 2015 at 07:48

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at fynefest. Pours hazy amber, nose is floral, sweet toffee, light orange, taste is dry, orange, sweet.
Tried from Cask on 14 Jun 2015 at 13:09

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask at the hanging bat... Hazy red amber... Small tan head... Soft sweet toffee orange fruits nose... Soft soapy fruits...zezt pine fruits
Tried from Cask on 29 May 2015 at 10:12

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at the Fox E8 - London. Pours mostly clear amber-ruby with a frothy white head. Bready malts on the nose, some berries, orange, butterscotch. Medium sweet flavorbwith grainy malts, some gooey pine, bread, ripe orange. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Resinous finish, bready, with oily pine and more ripe orange. Not bad.
Tried from Cask on 28 May 2015 at 13:25

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at the Fox. It pours hazy red with medium beige head. The nose is sweet, juicy, strawberry jam, dank, grassy filth and caramel. The taste is bitter-sweet, piney, resinous, earth, varnish, sticky, red fruits, jam , pepper and light caramel with a drying finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Good bitterness. Solid red.
Tried from Cask on 28 May 2015 at 13:07

8/10
Tried on 28 May 2015 at 13:06