Ruby Extra Amber Ale
McNeill's Brewery in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.43
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Ruby is a more fully blown version of the amber style. While beefier than the Firehouse, it contains a deep Ruby color, a powerful nose and a flavor of concord grapes and loads of carame. 2006 National Champion Amber at the USBTC.
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9/10
Better amber than Abita. Yeah. Shots fired.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:49
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Malt aroma. Malt and light cocoa flavor with light backing hops. Medium bodied. Malt and light cocoa linger with light backing hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2019
at 22:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
dark yellow grapey nose. Sharp mineral taste with grape and strawberry and kiwi quite liked this one.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2014
at 15:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours muddy caramel orange with off white head. Nose and taste of caramel toffee, malt, orange peel and citrus. Touch of sea salt. Finishes bitter. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2013
at 18:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from Carl. Pours hazy dark ruddy amber with 4 finger foamy creamy beige head. Aroma of roasted malt and mixed fruit - mostly citrus? Med body. Flavor is very smooth dark roast malt, much like an American Strong Ale. Hop is mixed fruit. The malt is too intense for me to imagine concord grape, but maybe that’s in the mix. This is a beer that deserves to go Imperial! While there’s a lot of malt, there’s certainly enough bitter to render this very, very drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Sep 2011
at 17:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap at Sunset Grill. Pours hazy orange with with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity and slight citrusy. Mild spiced and slight citrusy, Bitter, dry and yet fruity flavoured into the finish. Ends dry and bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2011
at 14:20
3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bomber pours amber in color with huge infected head. The aroma has mild notes of malt and crystal malt sweetness under a curtain of acidicness. The taste shows some promise as I can pick out some nice malty notes underneath the tart to sour infection. Seems like a good beer might be hiding in here somewhere.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2010
at 17:17
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
22oz bottle Tampa Wkly Gathering @TampaPourhouse Thanks Ibrew2or3-pours a light tan head with copper color. Aroma is fruity, light/medium malt. Taste is sour fruit (production issue again? I’m with rudolf), light/medium malt, spice hops. Was going to be generous @2.0 but 1.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2010
at 17:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Pours bright mahogany into a shaker. Off-white head recedes leaving spider lacing. Mild caramel aromas. Crisp and slighly sour with caramel from in the slightly hopped finish.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2009
at 17:23
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
A reddish, yes, ruby, dark amber ale with a thin lacing light moka head. Aroma of caramel malt, cinnamon, perfumey, and light boiled veggies. In mouth, a sweetish malt with oily mouthfeel, very grainy, not hoppy, with some light acidity. Medium bodied. Bomber from Brattleboro Food Coop, 4$.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2009
at 13:59