Harper's Ruby Red Ale
Aldi (Nord / Süd / Hofer) in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 🇩🇪
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
6.21
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Formerly sold as Harper’s Medusa Red Ale.
Mainly sold in Aldi supermarkets in UK.
Mainly sold in Aldi supermarkets in UK.
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6/10
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jun 2025
at 23:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Aldi. Aroma is malty, toffee, earthy, caramel, berry and plum. Thin body with a slight bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2025
at 14:54
6/10
Tried
on 26 Dec 2024
at 13:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from local Aldi store. Pours dark ruby with beige to cream foam. Aroma: malt, caramel, berries, hoppy hints. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, some berry fruit, caramel, hints of chocolate. Dry-ish on the palate. Moderate, lacks oomph.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2024
at 21:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from the Aldi Dalston. Pours clear copper-ruby with a creamy, khaki head. Light sweet flavour with mellow toasted malts, a hint of dried toffee, mellow leafy hops, English yeast, bread. Light bodied with average carbonation. Decent balance to finish, the impression of semi-dry fruits, more toasted bread, mild leafy bitterness. Drinkable, fine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2024
at 21:56
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Aldi Supermarket, Borehamwood. Dark clear amber-brown with an off-white head Bland malty, although somewhat fresh feeling in the palate despite a relatively high strength. Has some darker malt influence too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2023
at 17:31
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Dark red amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Week fruity notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried
on 01 Apr 2023
at 13:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[50cl bottle from my local Aldi.] A reddish chestnut pour with a loose beige head; berry fruit aroma; soft malty body with cherries and strawberries; then an earthy bitterness with some fruity toffee to finish.
Earlier Rating: 7/19/2020 Total Score: 3.2
[50cl bottle from Aldi, Bracknell.] A dark amber pour with a loose caramel coloured head; caramel aroma; burnt toffee taste, with an earthy malt body; and a gentle woody bitterness. A reasonable attempt to clone Hobgoblin I think.
Earlier Rating: 7/19/2020 Total Score: 3.2
[50cl bottle from Aldi, Bracknell.] A dark amber pour with a loose caramel coloured head; caramel aroma; burnt toffee taste, with an earthy malt body; and a gentle woody bitterness. A reasonable attempt to clone Hobgoblin I think.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2023
at 17:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Aldi, Kidbrooke. Ruby red pour with a beige head. Aromas of toffee apple, dried fruit, red cherries. Red fruit action in the taste, more dried fruit. Malty light bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2022
at 09:57
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Fles gedeeld door Koenzie. Het is een helder amberkleurig bier met een beige schuim. Het heeft een aroma van mout en gedroogd fruit. De smaak is fruitig, zacht zoet en wat vlak.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2022
at 22:23