Fox Rocker
Crystal Lake Brewing in Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
6.94
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poisoneddwarf (5469) reviewed Fox Rocker from Crystal Lake Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
Aroma is bready, caramel malt. Taste has a moderate caramel malt sweetness backed by plenty of hop bitterness. Some noticeable apple-ish fruity esters. Above average for a red ale.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Fox Rocker from Crystal Lake Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12oz can. Unfiltered amber-copper body. Soapy off-white head. Soapy, rindy, classical hops. Medium bodied, pretty standard example of a US Amber. Good, drinkable. middle of the road.
superspak (10160) reviewed Fox Rocker from Crystal Lake Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12 ounce can into pint glass, no can dating. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy medium orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/pepper, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt and light-moderate citrus/earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/pepper, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, pepper, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and light-moderate citrus/earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol for 5.5%. Overall this is a good amber ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and light-moderate citrus/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Nicely rich malts with balanced citrus/earthy hop complexity. A nicely enjoyable offering, and classic tasting style example.