Ruby Redbird
Spoetzl Brewery (Shiner) in Shiner, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
5.45
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Shiner Ruby Redbird is brewed with genuine Texas Rio Red Grapefruit, the signature sweet citrus of the Rio Grande Valley, and ginger. This lager beer features grapefruit tartness and finishes with a ’lil kick of ginger. With Texas Ruby Red Grapefruit and Ginger, Shiner Ruby Redbird is a crisp and refreshing summer beer. Available year-round.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Light gold pour. Grapefruit flavor with hint of hops. Grapefruit palate light carbonation and light bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Oct 2025
at 23:54
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle, this was just too weird for me. Light reddish color. Don’t really like grapefruit so didn’t like. Aroma was grapefruit also. Portably ok but not for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 04:43
6/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:53
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Take home flight of 12 oz cans from the local liquor store. Saved this for the hottest day of the year. Nice refresher. Subtle juicy grapefruit flavors. Thought this would basically be a grapefruit seltzer, but there are soft beer notes hidden in there. Barely a straw grain overpowered by ruby red. In the right setting, this is quite nice, but I have to be in the mood for something like this.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Aug 2023
at 01:03
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 2
Overall 4.5
11/4/2022. Can shared by minutemat, cheers. Pours clear pale orange gold with a small, short lasting frothy white head. Aroma of pink grapefruit, light ginger, leafy notes. Medium sweetness, light bitterness, touch of ginger warmth. Light body, watery, foamy.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Apr 2022
at 08:05
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
355ml can @ blackhaddock's beer cave. Very pale misty yellow appearance with modest white foam atop. Pleasant but light grapefruit aroma, soft ginger. Continues to taste to form a light, thin-bodied vague grapefruit character, a touch watery but fine for what it is. One saved for the mother in law.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2022
at 18:47
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle at a tasting with the boys. Very watery, medium carbonation. Med-low bitterness, slightly metallic. Light grapefruit tartness - almost no flavour though. Mostly like making love in a canoe. Eh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2021
at 15:43
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 5
Bottle at BBT, thanks. Grapefruit aroma and taste, medium bitter, watery texture, grapefruit bitter finish. Not tastes like a beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2021
at 15:40
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Shared at Bratislava tasting August 2021. Clear golden color. Aroma: mostly ginger, soap. Taste: ginger, tonic, oxidized. Drinkable but not a shiner.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2021
at 15:35
2.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 1
At first according to the aroma I thought it may not be too bad but then I tasted it. Some weird fake grapefruit watery thing going on and it's a drain pour.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2021
at 04:04