My Bloody Valentine
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - American Rotating|
Score
7.38
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Released shortly before Valentine’s Day, My Bloody Valentine is the red-blooded cousin of our Halloween specialty ale, Evil Dead Red.
Caramel-sweet malt is delicately balanced with floral American hop varieties for a truly unique drinking sensation. A deep mahogany red color and a big, aromatic hop profile are the signatures of this seasonal ale.
Caramel-sweet malt is delicately balanced with floral American hop varieties for a truly unique drinking sensation. A deep mahogany red color and a big, aromatic hop profile are the signatures of this seasonal ale.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Huge, very fine, dense and stable, lacey darker yellow-cream head over opaque redbrown beer. Rich C-hops nose with oranges, passion fruit, alcohol & fusels, Mandarine Napoléon, caramel, treacle. Bitter, hoppy with a finish of near-sweet coloured malts; caramel, burnt caramel, preserved orangepeel. Rich feel, suggesting more than the devilish ABV; very slick and smooth. Oh dear... an amber ale worth a(n excellent) barley wine!
Tried
on 14 Jun 2015
at 10:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Kihoskh, Copenhagen. Pours ruby amber with a small creamy white head and lacings. Lots of malts. Toffee, dark fruit, chewy caramel and bread. Smooth and full bodied. Sticky hoppy bitter finish. Awesome!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2015
at 09:40
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours redish brown with yellowish head. Nice maltyness, smooth milk chocolate, fudge and hint of rosted malts. Descent amount of hoppyness with oranges and some pineapple. Like a lighter, smoother arrogant bastard.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2015
at 12:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber bought @ Kihoskh. Pours tiny hazy red with a frothy offwhite head that slowly dissipates while leaving some dense spotty trace on the glass. Smell is malty and fruity with dark bread, caramel, biscuits, grapefruit juice, mango, moist grass, pine needles, black currant tea and lemon zest. Taste is slightly sweet, bitter, slightly malty and fruity. Mouthfeel is soft, round and medium bodied. Finish is slightly sweet and bitter with dark bread, biscuits, caramel, grapefruit juice, mango, moist grass, pine needlkes, moist soil and lemon zest. Tasty amber... Solid malts and hops and no red apples or compost.
Tried
on 26 May 2015
at 10:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
650ml bottle from Beergium
Bottled 12/19/14 - Pours dark copper reddish with a foamy head. Aroma of caramely malts, toffee, syrup, hints of hops and grass. Taste is crisp, slightly hoppy and caramely with some toffee and syrup. Finish is malty, caramely and syrupy with some toffee and berries. Okay.
Bottled 12/19/14 - Pours dark copper reddish with a foamy head. Aroma of caramely malts, toffee, syrup, hints of hops and grass. Taste is crisp, slightly hoppy and caramely with some toffee and syrup. Finish is malty, caramely and syrupy with some toffee and berries. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2015
at 09:29
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
65 cl bottle @ lusikka. Bottled 19.12.2014. Aroma has baking stuff and toffee. Flavour has caramel, woody notes, resiny hops and toffee. Also hints of caramel. Like the first one, not as sweet as american reds usually. But more sweet than the first one anyway.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2015
at 09:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle Dark amber colour with medium head.Aroma is toasted with hint of tobaco and chocolate and even ananas,good full body and sweet slight vinious mouth feels,really nice overall beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2015
at 05:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
65cl bottle shared by Arve_Christian - thanks a lot! Pours clear ruby to amber with modest, off-white head. Hoppy and caramelly aroma with resin, pine, hints of citrus and sweet caramel. Sweet, hoppy and malty with a nice bitterness. Tasty stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2015
at 14:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
CBC weekend opener, morning tasting @Ronny & Alex’s appartment - cheers team, 30/04/15. Reddish amber with a decent beige covering. Nose is rye bread, pine, earthy hops, bitter orange, straw, caramel malt. Taste comprises pine needle, earthy hops, caramel malt, red grapefruit, straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent hoppy amber.
Tried
on 12 May 2015
at 15:53
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
29th April 2015
Mini tasting at Ronnie’s Flat, Copenhagen. Hazy deep amber beer, fairly big cream colour head. Palate is airy and mildly dry. Modest fine carbonation. Fluffy light malts, some creamy sweetness and mild caramel - toffee. Good piney hops with orange and orange peel backing them up. Mild hop skunk and hop spice. Finishes light and semi dry. Comes together really well, could have necked the whole bottle.
Mini tasting at Ronnie’s Flat, Copenhagen. Hazy deep amber beer, fairly big cream colour head. Palate is airy and mildly dry. Modest fine carbonation. Fluffy light malts, some creamy sweetness and mild caramel - toffee. Good piney hops with orange and orange peel backing them up. Mild hop skunk and hop spice. Finishes light and semi dry. Comes together really well, could have necked the whole bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2015
at 05:33