Ale
Magic Hat Brewing Company in Rochester, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular|
Score
6.29
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle. Earthy caramel typical magic hat yeast tones. Filtered amber-brown body. Foamy off-white head. Medium bodied, pretty easy drinking. Thankfully mellow with the amber malt. Almost OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2016
at 01:11
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
A rich red ale, loads of oily rich maltiness. Slightly bitter, but also mineral-y. Okay beer.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2016
at 16:40
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Clear reddish with a quickly fading head. Smells of caramel malts, leaves, bread. Taste is caramel malts, copper, green and brown leaves. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2015
at 16:11
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle. Clear copper, large frothy tan head, good retention. Aroma of toffee and grain. The taste is caramel, toffee, berries. Thin-medium bodied, moderate carbonation. Simple, but, a bit of a sentimental favorite.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2015
at 22:29
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
From a bot a little dull on the uptake. What a simple name. Has a pretty amberish look about it but its not really dark brown. Yes, rather malty. Appreciatively good sizzle. Not bad overall. Decent, went down pretty easy but perhaps a little thinner than an irish ale, WDIK? It hides its alky pretty well in the end but sometimes could be thought of as a little medicinal.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2015
at 17:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 7/15/2015. Pours fairly crystal clear deep ruby red color with a 2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/roast, light pear/apple, and herbal/toasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/roast, light pear/apple, and herbal/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/roast bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/roast, and herbal/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness, complexity, and balance of dark/bready malt and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 4.6%. Overall this is a very nice Irish Red ale style. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on to style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2015
at 20:35