Colorado Red
Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England 🏴
IPA - Red Regular|
Score
6.99
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Coinciding with the release of his bottled range in the UK market, Doug joined the Thornbridge team to recreate a version of his Red Ale, which has recently medalled at the World Beer Cup and North American Beer Awards. The 5.9% beer is crammed with speciality malts and with a twist on the popular American Red Style, it has been hopped instead with a massive amount of oil-rich English hops including Admiral, Bramling Cross, Phoenix, Pilgrim and First Gold.
“We wanted to take a great US style of beer and put a bit of a British twist on it,” says Brewery Manager, Kelly Ryan. “We don’t want people to dismiss the fantastic breadth of flavour and aroma that UK hops can give to a beer... not every beer should be about US or NZ hops. It was also amazing to work with such a stalwart of the US microbrewing industry”.
Colorado Red, as the beer has been named in tribute to Doug’s brewery, will be released on Monday August 2nd at a Meet the Brewer event in the Cask and Kitchen in Pimlico, London. The beer is described as having hints of subtle toffee malt, complimented by a heady mix of dried fruit, candied peel, hop resin, rosewater and a fantastic blend of herbal UK hop notes. The bitterness is well rounded and the beer finishes with hints of citrus and roasty malt characteristics.
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“We wanted to take a great US style of beer and put a bit of a British twist on it,” says Brewery Manager, Kelly Ryan. “We don’t want people to dismiss the fantastic breadth of flavour and aroma that UK hops can give to a beer... not every beer should be about US or NZ hops. It was also amazing to work with such a stalwart of the US microbrewing industry”.
Colorado Red, as the beer has been named in tribute to Doug’s brewery, will be released on Monday August 2nd at a Meet the Brewer event in the Cask and Kitchen in Pimlico, London. The beer is described as having hints of subtle toffee malt, complimented by a heady mix of dried fruit, candied peel, hop resin, rosewater and a fantastic blend of herbal UK hop notes. The bitterness is well rounded and the beer finishes with hints of citrus and roasty malt characteristics.
Thornbridge’s very own UK Brewer of the Year!
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a orange brown with a tan head. Aroma is hoppy, malty. Taste is light bitter hops, sweet caramel malts.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2021
at 18:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2/1/2021. Bottle from Morrisons, Ipswich. Pours clear dark amber / red with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma of rye, malt, bread, caramel, biscuit and dried fruit. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, slight creamy texture, average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2021
at 12:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Hoppy aroma and taste, pine resin, riped fruit, medium bitter. Medium body, malty and hoppy bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2020
at 21:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Geers. Clear red with a thin, foamy, off-white head. Aroma of blood orange, orange peel, red apple, pomegrenate, biscuit, peanut. Taste has sweetish red apple & pomegrenate, bitter blood orange, a bit piney, soft biscuity malt. Dry, piney hoppy finish, lingering red fruit & fruit rinds. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. Very agreeable example of this style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2020
at 13:03
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, big bubbly head, clear beautifull copper orange color, aroma of mandarine, peach and caramel enveloping, caramel bready flavor with hints of Butter candy and fruitiness, empathic mellow medium shrubby bitterness. Excellent take on a classic style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2020
at 19:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled 330ml (Alko web)
Ruby-copper colour, small beige head. Nose has light fruits and caramalt. Light to medium-bodied. Clean palate, some fruits and caramalt. Light bitterness. Combination of British ESB and American Red Ale.
Ruby-copper colour, small beige head. Nose has light fruits and caramalt. Light to medium-bodied. Clean palate, some fruits and caramalt. Light bitterness. Combination of British ESB and American Red Ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2020
at 20:01
6/10
Tried
on 01 Mar 2019
at 09:16
7/10
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Tried
on 13 Sep 2018
at 13:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Copper with a cream head. Aroma of dried and some stewed fruit, orange and lemon peel, bread crusts, the meadow. Medium bodied, quite creamy texture. Dominated by herbal and citrus flavours with the malt and dried fruit taking too much of a back seat for me. But it is tasty. Quite bitter with some moderate roasted flavours à la old ales. Must have again - quite like it, may be a grower. Clearly very clever - its Englishness asserts itself to two different audiences at the same time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2017
at 07:07