Madison Irish Red
Madison Brewing Company in Bennington, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular|
Score
6.51
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at the brewpub, this was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice looking hazy to transparent burnt red color. Bar pour’s slim white head dissipates pretty quickly. Ringy lacing clings to the glass.
The smell starts off with rich sweet caramel malts up front allowing gentle roasty nuts and toffee to balance. Light toast as well.
The taste was mainly sweet with a moderate toast and roastiness balancing it all out.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. Carbonation runs nice and low. Sweetness comes across dry on my tongue.
Overall, I say this was a pretty good Irish Red ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Growler from pub: pours brownish red with off white head. Aroma is a bit of toffee and earthiness. Taste was unimpressive. I didn’t think it was gross like others here, but I was still unimpressed.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
dark red. nose is sweet but it’s hard to pick up a lot of nose. very bready, grapey, fruit juice bitter finish.