Roughneck Red Ale
Shale Brewing Company in North Canton, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
6.53
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cheap (9607) reviewed Roughneck Red Ale from Shale Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Got this bottle from kroger. Clear iced tea color. Smell is malty. Taste is malty too, and a little medicine. Its over 5% and it lets you know. Something more like 6+%. Comes across more like an old english ale, malty, sweet, near cloying. Did anybody think peat moss? Yes, probably even more like an irish red. Does have very good cutting carbonation that pushes off the typical ale rudeness. Nice label BTW. In the ends its another of those typical ales.
superspak (10160) reviewed Roughneck Red Ale from Shale Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours crystal clear deep orange/copper/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, and toasted biscuit; with mild notes of roast, nuttiness, pear, apple, herbal, grass, and toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good complexity of dark/bready malt and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, and toasted biscuit; with mild notes of nuttiness, roast, pear, apple, herbal, grass, and toasted earthiness. Mild herbal/roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, light nuttiness/roast, herbal, grass, and toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, and slightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.9%. Overall this is a delicious American amber ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter finish. Very flavorful with a great body/mouthfeel for the low ABV. Clean and rich crystal/Munich malt flavors; with mild earthy hop balance against sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.