Element Brewing Company Red Giant

Red Giant

 

Element Brewing Company in Millers Falls, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular
Score
6.87
ABV: 8.0% IBU: 50 Ticks: 41
Deep ruby in color, Red Giant contains caramel malt sweetness combined with significant hop bitterness and leathery aroma, resulting in a balanced flavor profile. Not a singular beer, Red Giant’s complexity offers a new flavor with every sip.
 

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7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle, 13C. Clear dark amber with a beige head. Aroma of stewed fruits, sherry, oranges, leather, toffee - quite old ale-ish with a dash of doppelbock. Sweet with balancing bitterness. Medium-bodied, just slightly syrupy. Very nice modest carbonation. As much dried fruit as caramel, definite aged notes - a touch of sourness as well as oxidation. Some sweetshop/ medicinal spices at the end. After a while the sweetness starts to defeat the finish. Going somewhere unusual for a US beer and pretty much succeeding. Interesting beer.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2012 at 07:39


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled@Black Heart (rockpub around the corner from Brewdog Camden). After ordering all the big abv bottles at Brewdog Camden, it was probably the perfect thing to go and order a big bottle of beer in this cosy pub... Reddish brown colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is leathery, sour wooden, with some sweet malts and mild earthy notes. Flavour is rather similar in good balance. My notes have a few more sentences added by the end of the bottle, but the coding is too hard for me to interpret...

Tried from Bottle on 13 May 2012 at 03:18


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draught@The Ginger Man, NYC
My first beer from this brewery! Clear ruby color, steady off-white head, lace. Light caramelly nose is also berryish. Medium-bodied. Feels lighter than 8 %. Caramel, some alcohol, sticky hoppyness. Lingering, a bit harsh and bitter aftertaste.

Tried on 11 Mar 2012 at 01:47


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle @ Skjold Burne tasting. Pours dark amber with a small offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, chocolate, dried fruit, slight boozy. Taste is malt, caramel, dried fruit, pears, oaky, honey. Thin to medium body, lively carbonation. 250112

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2012 at 03:03


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Beer Temple. Dark reddish amber colour, creamy off white head. Aroma of varnish, alcohol, phenols, liquorice root, dried fruits. Flavour is light sweet, light floral, phenolic, sharp, light fruity, dried fruits, dry earthy bitter finish. Medium bodied. Not very refined, but tasty enough.

Tried from Draft on 18 Dec 2011 at 11:21


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

on tap-pours a light tan head and copper color. Aroma is slightly sweet medium malt. Taste is slightly sweet medium malt-caramel, some spice hops.

Tried from Draft on 08 Dec 2011 at 04:15


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle @ Open Bottle Night, Beer Temple. Red brown color, off white head (not much). Aroma: red fruit, sweet, malty , a hint of spices. Flavor is roasted and bitter-ish. Medium bodied. Finishes suddenly very bitter. Not very well balanced but quite nice.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2011 at 13:01


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle 750ml.Clear dark red amber colour with a huge, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, dusty grass. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dark malt, caramel, dark hops. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111001]

Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2011 at 10:06


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle @ Autumn Tasting, Ulfborg 2011. Pours clear amber with a full creamy head. Very malty and yeasty. A bit of warmth from alcohol. Caramel, fruit and alcohol. Medium bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2011 at 14:41


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Hazy dark amber with big beige head. Aroma is malt, caramel, fruit and hops. Flavour is malt, caramel, bitter, fruit, hops and bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2011 at 14:38