John Martin Gordon Finest Red

Gordon Finest Red

 

John Martin in Genval, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Lager - Amber / Vienna Regular
Score
5.37
ABV: 8.4% IBU: 35 Ticks: 66
Ruby red, Gordon Finest Red astonishes with its inimitable and pronounced fragrance. Its darkly tinted colour matches its fiery temperament. Neither brown nor pale, it is reminiscent of sumptuous Scottish landscapes, falling asleep with the sheep in the dusk, as the sun sets over the never-ending Highlands. Gordon Finest Red, round and REDoubtable by nature !
 

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3.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

50cl can. Pours clear dark amber with a lasting, small, off-white head. The aroma contains caramel, sugar, some nuts and red fruits, and alcohol. It tastes heavy to medium sweet and light bitter, with an astringent, bit dry, alcoholic finish (the typical ’Gordon’s Finish’ which I’ve already encountered in the Finest series). Surprisingly light body for 8,4%, watery/sticky texture, fizzy carbonation. Not as bad-tasting as some other beers by Gordon, but never likeable. Wonder what those "finest ingredients" are...

Tried from Can on 21 Aug 2017 at 12:47


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

On tap at a restaurant in Genoa. Pours red/brown with a small off white head. Aroma is spiced, malt, and caramel. Medium sweetness, somewhat tart bitterness. Medium body, sticky texture. Heavy going really and seems to punch above its abv - would perhaps work better on a park bench than with good Italian food...

Tried from Draft on 18 Oct 2016 at 14:28


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Varias botellas 33 cl. En la antigua internacional Oviedo. Colección. Etiquetadas como Gordon Halloween. (r187) tomada en noviembre diciembre 2002. Fcpref 21..08..2003. Lote 01..39321H1. 8.8 vol. Alcohólica con cuerpo medio seco. No estuvo mal en su momento.

Tried on 06 Aug 2016 at 10:54


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

F: long lasting off-white, huge. C: dark amber to dark red, clear. A: grassy, malty, caramel, hint of red fruit. T: malty, grassy hoppy, caramel, hint of molasses, almost no alcohol tones, very drinkable, medium body, average carbonation, not bad at all.

Tried on 18 Nov 2015 at 02:44


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

50 cl. can @ home, bought @ Intermarché, Givet. Clear brownish red with an off-white head. Caramel aroma. Sweet taste. Cheap tasting and simple but not horrible.

Tried from Can on 24 Oct 2015 at 15:07


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Ambar oscura, cobriza. Aroma a malta y caramelo. Sabor algo metálico y bastante alcohólico en lo negativo, y caramelizada y lupulada en lo bueno. En conjunto no está mal, para comer. Sola puede resultar bastante cansina.

Tried from Can on 10 Jun 2015 at 15:53


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Brown color with a white head with short duration. Aroma has notes of caramel and toasted malts. Flavor with dry fruits hints, toasted malts and burnt sugar. Mild bitterness in the final.

Tried on 02 Jun 2015 at 16:35


5.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Helder roodbruin bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is sterk en licht kruidig, caramel en drop. Blijft helaas niet lang hangen.

Tried on 18 Jan 2015 at 07:06


3.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Also tasted as Gordon Halloween. Malt liquor-like interpretation of the Vienna lager style, with off-white, thin and unstable foam and pure copper colour, cristal clear. Doughy sweetish aroma, dry cookies, lots of anything but subtle liquorice, candied cherries, apple peel. Very caramelly taste, sweet with resinous mouthfeel, sugary, smooth and slick, thin finish with gin-like, almost astringent alcohol and insufficient hops. Awful and artificial like the rest of its range, but I guess the alcoholics at which it is aimed, could care less about that.

Tried from Can on 19 Aug 2014 at 08:54


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Can, consumed at Nic and Anna’s leaving party, Merton, Oxon, Saturday 12th July 2014 Drinking this straight from the can at about 2-3am when if truth be told I didn’t need anymore, so no idea on colour. Sweet malty with a fair bit of toffee and caramel. The can gives it a very industrial look which fits rather well. A6 A3 T5 P3 Ov10 2.7

Tried from Can on 13 Jul 2014 at 01:45