Blood of the Unicorn
Pipeworks Brewing Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - American Rotating|
Score
7.22
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
A selection from Half Time, first time with this brewer. Immediately I can say I like the artwork and also that I am pleased to be drinking a tall boy. Interesting premise, a hoppy red ale. I make the pour into a snifter to view a cloudy, brownish-red body sporting a skim of silvery foam. Good lacing potential. The nose definitely carries a lot of hops, nothing else gets through. The taste? Well, as advertised. Grain, a hint of caramel, plenty of pine and malt. Ambers tend to be similar tasting, this one stands out. The high rating is understandable. I can't recall a better amber.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Dark brown with orange highlights and a large foamy brown head that left good lacing. Rough and piney with notes of windex, spruce and vague spice. Long finish. Medium body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Man in the Moon. Amber with a medium head. Hops, malt, some caramel and some fruit. A decent one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
47 cl. can shared with Rick @ Rick. Clear brownish red with an off-white head. Hoppy aroma with some gentle caramel. Sweet taste with a bitter finish. Great red ale.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Pours deep amber. Caramel, orange, grapefruit, berry, a fairly bitter finish. Medium body. Good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pour is a deep dark red almost brown with a small tan head. Aroma is sweet caramel malt pine hops and a little dark fruit. Flavor is more heavy caramel malt, some pine hops and some black bread. Not as sweet as I thought it was going to be. This reminds me of some Rogue IPA's around 1999. A hoppy beer where you're expecting a heavy malt presence but Pipeworks does not forget about the hops. The only knock I would have about this beer is that it is super heavy and filling.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tall boy, poured brownish amber clear with an off-white head. Medium bodied. Malty aroma with caramel and resin. Bitter grapefruit and pine taste, with medium bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Hoppy Red Ale, from a can. Nice hoppy aroma with plenty of citrus, very IPAish. The flavour has plenty of spicyness. Some maltiness but the hops definitely are on the forefront. Quite a long but mild bitterness lingering afterwards. Great balance of flavours and a really enjoyable beer.
CLW (17000) reviewed Blood of the Unicorn from Pipeworks Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can in a trade with tfontana, thanks Tom. 10/17/19. Real deep red color. Flavor shows me herbal notes, caramel, and toffee. Hearty pine bitterness. Overall, this is a standard west coast influenced amber ale. Pretty boring.