Ale
Switchback Brewing Company in Burlington, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular|
Score
6.26
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Using only traditional ingredients, Switchback Ale is a reddish-amber ale which is particularly well-balanced, allowing for complexity of flavor coupled with an unusually smooth and refreshing character. Five different malts, select hop varieties, and our own specially cultivated yeast create an ale which leads with hop flavors and a subtle impression of fruit (our yeast's contribution), followed by a palate pleasing malty finish. Our own special process uses the yeast to naturally carbonate the beer, and we leave it unfiltered. The result is a satisfying brew full of flavor with a remarkably clean and smooth finish.
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6/10
Gold pour. Bran flavor with weeds and lemon grass. Bran palate and bitter finish. Easy carbonated.
Tried
on 22 Jun 2021
at 01:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Stubby: Bran cereal nose. Relatively clear copper with fine floaties, medium head. Bran cereal, dried leaves toward the back end, fairly dry throughout. Grass finish. Medium body, easy carbonation. Pretty sessionable.
Tried
on 22 Jun 2021
at 00:12
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
From a 12 oz stubby. Pours a hazy copper with an off white head. Aromas are malty. Flavors are mildly bitter with sweet toffee.
Tried
on 21 Apr 2021
at 17:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz stubby from Halftime. Murky, dark amber pour, thin off-white foamy head. Light malty aroma, brown bread. Taste is pure malts, gentle, smooth like a UK pale. This is a simple, straightforward ale, light and tasty. If I was in the distro area for this, it would become my lawnmower beer. Surprised at the low scores here.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2021
at 03:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
$2.15 bottle, WW. Hazy amber with a soft beige head. Caramel malt, honeycomb, light citrus nose. Flavor is bready, caramel, brown leaf, light caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2020
at 22:45
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draught @ Ginger Man (10/25/19). Hazy dark amber with large creamy light beige head, very faint doughy aroma, high carbonation, medium bitter light caramel taste, dusty mouthfeel, thin body, long finish. Not very exciting.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2019
at 13:03
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
Sweet smell with a foamy head. Interesting palate. Tastes kind of like an IPA if most of the hops were removed.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2018
at 01:22
6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
12 oz stubby bottle bought in NH. Murky dark gold pour with a khaki head and decent retention. No lacing. No real distinct flavors. Crisp and smooth with almost no bitterness. Lightly sweet and light fruity hops. I would have guessed this was a weak pilsner. This beer doesn't know what it wants to be.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2017
at 18:16
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2017
at 20:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared in MV. Pours clear orange with a fairly tight, foamy off-white head. The aroma holds toasted grains, some English yeast, a few leaves, citrus peel. Light sweet flavour with more toasted grains, more orange rind, a little grassy bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with some further leafy hops, citrus peel, further lightly toasted grains, more bread. Not bad overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2017
at 01:07