JosephsBrau Drive Thru Red
Trader Joe's in Monrovia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Gordon Biersch Brewing CompanyAmber / Red Ale - American Regular
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Score
6.39
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Inspired by the majestic "drive thru" Chandelier giant sequoia tree, our Drive-Thru Red Ale is layered with a rich, malty body and dry hopped with noble Tettang hops.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle from Trader Joe's in Princeton, NJ. Bright copper red with a small beige head. Toasted malt nose has earthy, noble hop notes. Bright, floral notes. Spicy, crisp and flavorful, with caramel, bready notes. Quite tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2018
at 05:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12 Oz bottle from the Dana Point Trader Joe's, poured into a Corsendonk glass on 16th Jan 2018, just up the road at my daughters. Red mahogany body, beige blanket of foam on top. Malty front with a good hop bitterness, this isn't one of those sweet ambers you see everywhere in the US, this has a bit of a hop bite to it. Another beer from Trader Joe's that punches well above its price.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2018
at 20:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from Trader Joe's. Pours copper red with large foamy off-white head, faint caramel aroma, mildly bitter caramel malt taste, thin body, long bitter finish. Not bad, the dry hopping perhaps has not provided the effect desired though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2017
at 11:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
What happens on the day you decide to start being healthier? You buy beer. $1.09 Bottle from Trader Joe's. Pours amber with a large beige head. Aroma is light fruit, black tea, orange. Flavor is lightly sweet orange, black tea, caramel, nuts, and brown leaves. Quite good, especially considering price.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2017
at 15:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Trader Joe’s in Davis, CA. Pours bright copper with a creamy beige head. Aroma is floral, a spice note and an underlying unpleasing malt. Ambers! Med body or so. Flavor is floral/spice and the malt adds a faint chocolate note. Dislike that. And any number of underhopped ambers. This is probably good for amber lovers. Not enough hop to hide the malt IMHO. Nice try tho. Comes closer than many ambers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2017
at 19:01