Colorado Red
Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England 🏴
IPA - Red Regular|
Score
6.99
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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.
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Andy_TF2 (1138) ticked Colorado Red from Thornbridge Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
SHIG (13887) reviewed Colorado Red from Thornbridge Brewery 5 years ago
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.
Grumbo (24737) reviewed Colorado Red from Thornbridge Brewery 5 years ago
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.
Wendigo (6360) reviewed Colorado Red from Thornbridge Brewery 5 years ago
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.
nathanvc (7053) reviewed Colorado Red from Thornbridge Brewery 5 years ago
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.
TDA (6998) reviewed Colorado Red from Thornbridge Brewery 5 years ago
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.
TBone (30380) reviewed Colorado Red from Thornbridge Brewery 6 years ago
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.
Marduk (26455) ticked Colorado Red from Thornbridge Brewery 7 years ago
Martin Lindström (24359) ticked Colorado Red from Thornbridge Brewery 7 years ago
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hawthorne00 (9917) reviewed Colorado Red from Thornbridge Brewery 9 years ago
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.