My Bloody Valentine
(has 3 batches)
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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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Hazy brown with a lasting light brown head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and rather hoppy - pine. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 110415
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2015
at 17:38
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Post-Easter Procrastination, Ulfborg. Pours clear dark ruby with airy but stable beige head. Clear aroma of caramel malt and fruit, with notes of hops. Sweetish, malty and caramellish flavour, with notes of fruit and bitter, hoppy and dusty touches. Citric touches. Bitter and slightly sweetish and citric aftertaste. A very good beer for the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2015
at 17:38
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
[2/19/15] Cask at Alesmith in San Diego. Deep reddish amber-brown. Aroma of leafy hops and caramelly and biscuit hops. Sweet malty flavor with weird leafy hops and some bitterness. Medium-bodied.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Mar 2015
at 13:18
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sampled on draft at 3R6P this beer poured a red-brown color with a large foamy tan head that left good lacing. The aroma was malty, dryish and a bit woody. The flavor was dry, malty, crystal malt, a bit of dark fruit and bread crust. Meidum length finsih. Medium body. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Mar 2015
at 10:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
New England Bucket List Trip #155. Bomber from Winooski Beverage Warehouse. Damn we killed a lot of beer that night. Pours a dark red with a large frothy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of grainy malt, piney, citrus and candied citrus hops. The taste is raw malt, piney, citrus, tropical hops. Medium bodied, mild lingering bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2015
at 23:08
4/10
Hoppy aroma and sweet finish. Good be better.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2015
at 11:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber to english pint glass. Aroma of heavy caramel and biscuit mallt, with a moderate low amount of floral and perfume hops. Beautiful clear garnet red with a very light-tan head that lingers and leaves slight patterns on the glass. Flavor is rich malt with moderate perfume hops. Sweetness lingers on the tongue. Hops become more pronounced in the flavor as it warmed.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2015
at 23:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22 Oz bottle pour split at a tasting. Pours a super dark red color with a rich malty aroma. Really leafy malt flavor. A bit of a candy sweet flavor on the finish. A little floral. Interesting take on the style on my opinion. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2015
at 17:45
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(tap) clear, bright dark amber colour with a small brown head; light aroma of grapefruit; balanced flavour
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Oct 2014
at 21:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber - typical hoppy American red ale, but a decently constructed one, I suppose - malts are toasty and sweet (caramel, pumpernickel, some raisin) - some acidity through the middle braces for the earthy, woody hops and bitterness that follows - finish is a little watery - it’s good for what it is, but I can walk into plenty of brewpubs across the country and get pretty much the same beer.
Tried
from Can
on 14 May 2014
at 19:33