Bone Head
Fat Head's Brewery in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.01
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Bonafide Hoppiness
We can boldy say this hoppy double red ale is unlike any other you've tried. Hopped-up to the max, deep ruby in color, with a smooth as silk mouthfeel and a pungent piney aroma. Malts bone-up their magic with a hearty, biscuity, almost rustic touch of flavor and a slightly bitter fruitiness. A creamy head always tops it off.
We can boldy say this hoppy double red ale is unlike any other you've tried. Hopped-up to the max, deep ruby in color, with a smooth as silk mouthfeel and a pungent piney aroma. Malts bone-up their magic with a hearty, biscuity, almost rustic touch of flavor and a slightly bitter fruitiness. A creamy head always tops it off.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle. Copper red color. Small creamy beige head. Brisk pine hop nose. Flavor is toasted caramel malt with a bold, spicy hop blast. Notes of resin, pine, cinnamon toast, vanilla, roasted pecans and raisin skins. Bittersweet hoppy finish. Warming alcohol notes. Quite tasty, this one, Agnes!
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2017
at 23:11
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a clear amber/copper color ale with a nice foamy head. Aroma of citrusy and piney hops with nice floral undertones. Taste is a nice mix of citrusy and piney hops notes with limited bitterness and some nice floral undertones with limited residual sugar notes. Body is full with good carbonation. Another super enjoyable hoppy ale from this brewer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2016
at 14:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Mustard Seed. Pours a deep reddish color with a quickly fading head and aromas that are making the damn fruit fly here go nuts. Lots of caramel and brown sugar, some figs and a hint of passionfruit. Flavor is heavy with brown sugar, caramel and pine. Lots of booze seeping through and warming the throat on this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2015
at 21:20
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 3/26/2015. Pours fairly crystal clear deep ruby red color with a 1-2 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with some light streaming carbonation. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, mango, pineapple, peach, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, caramel, toffee, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/tropical hops and moderate dark malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, mango, pineapple, peach, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, caramel, toffee, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Fair amount of pine/grassy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, mango, pineapple, peach, lemon/orange peel, pine, caramel, toffee, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of bright citrus/tropical hops and moderate dark/malt sweetness; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth, moderately creamy, and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is well hidden with only a small warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is an excellent imperial red ale style. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of bright citrus/tropical hops and moderate dark malt sweetness; and very smooth to sip on for the big ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2015
at 20:52
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
On tap at beermongers. Pours a dark red color with a large white head. A big fruity malty sweet nose. The flavor is big sweet hops, caramel, toffee, big fruit. Solid drinkable beer. Very balanced.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2015
at 00:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Fat Head's Portland, pours a hazy amber with a small off-white head. Aroma brings out a good mix of caramel malts and resinous hops. Flavour reveals a good mix just the same between big caramel malts and resinous hops, slightly favouring the malts. Decently balanced, with good drinkability for the style. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Dec 2014
at 15:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ the source 11/26/14 in a sample glass showing a hazy amber color, thin head. Nose is good amount of pine with toffee malts. Medium body with flavors of toffee malt, toasted grain and lingering earthy pine. The finish shows resiny, lingering hops. If you like pine, you should enjoy this brew, I did.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Dec 2014
at 06:52
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A faint light red creamy head. Astringent pine bitterness. very bitter, piney and a bit of walnut and sweet orange. honey but very harsh. it’s a decent red ale
Tried
on 29 Nov 2014
at 11:23
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
A darker brownish ale from a tap but not dark like a porter, more like a dark iced tea. A mild BO aroma greets my nose. Thin creamy head. Slight co2 and there is this big bitter kick in the face. Especially on the first gulp, hah. Yes, this is ropey bitter mouth coating burn. Happy hop BS. Quite rude overall for this lager lover. Yes, big lick in the jaw, wew.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2014
at 15:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at Gallo’s Tap Room. Slightly hazy copper-amber color with a medium off-white head that recedes steadily to a film. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of roast malt, hops and citrus. Medium to full body with flavors of fruity hops, caramel malt and pine. The finish is malty up front with a resiny hops aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
from Draft
at
Gallos Tap Room
on 31 Jul 2014
at 11:08