Big Hop Red
Rascals Brewing Co in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
6.82
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A hoppy red ale, a smash up between zesty, piney hops and sweet caramel malts. Big Hop Red is late and dry hopped with lots of American aroma varieties; Cascade, Chinook and Equinox as well as Citra and Magnum. The hops offer pine and resin on the nose with lots of fruity citrus, pine and resin in the flavour which is finely balanced by caramel and biscuit malt notes.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Paisley beer festival 2017... Dark copper brown.. Thin white lacing lacing.. Soft sweet toffee fruit nose.. Long soft toffee malts.. Big biscuity
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Apr 2017
at 08:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at praf 2017. Pours deep amber, nose is malty, earthy, taste is sweet, toffee, caramel.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Apr 2017
at 08:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Clear medium amber colour, tall creamy off-white head, half-way lasting, good lacing. Aroma pale malts, lemon, light grapefruit, bit basement. Taste medium sweet and bitter, malty, citrus, hint of pine. Dry bitter finish, herbal touch, medium body, watery to oily texture, soft carbonation, decent.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Aug 2016
at 12:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
250 ml. draft @ Chez Moeder Lambiek Fontenais. Dark amber with a big & solid creamy tanned head. Nose is big pine resin hop goop with a thick raw herbal edge to it, thick caramel quality, adding some sweetness. Taste is initially herbal pine, strong & pleasant, very thick caramel, toffee, thick goop, finish is bitter resin & a strong burned cough syrup & burned dark bread which starts to dominate a bit too much towards the end & the more you drink of it which is a shame & takes the whole a bit down. Still better than the 3 other beers that I tried from these guys. Thick herbal & bread body.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jun 2016
at 07:35
7/10
Irish Beer Weekend
Tried
on 11 Jun 2016
at 21:01
6/10
Tried
on 23 May 2015
at 12:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draught at the Black Sheep. Cloudy red with a firm head, good lacing. Aroma is jammy, caramel. Flavour is pine, a little chocolate, tangy dry base and a long dry finish.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2014
at 14:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Post EBBC14 tasting at Norseman [290614] beers from BeersIveKnown. Cheers!
Reddish brown, thin white head, cleat
Aroma of soft caramel, soft berry fruits, touch of hedgerow fruits, slightly spicy
Taste of light caramel malts, soft red berries, soft sweet fruity malts, light soft citrus
Palate - Soft carb, medium body. Finish a bit dry.
Overall - Thanks for BeersIveKnown for carting a sample of this beer in a paper cup across the streets of Dublin...need to re-rate this one day properly...seemed to be quite a decent amber
Reddish brown, thin white head, cleat
Aroma of soft caramel, soft berry fruits, touch of hedgerow fruits, slightly spicy
Taste of light caramel malts, soft red berries, soft sweet fruity malts, light soft citrus
Palate - Soft carb, medium body. Finish a bit dry.
Overall - Thanks for BeersIveKnown for carting a sample of this beer in a paper cup across the streets of Dublin...need to re-rate this one day properly...seemed to be quite a decent amber
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2014
at 14:05