Ray Street
North Park Beer Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
6.87
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Alengrin (11609) reviewed Ray Street from North Park Beer Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
American amber ale featuring the classic combo of Amarillo, Centennial and Chinook hops, sampled at Gents Bierfestival. Medium thick, egg-white, opening head, clear orange blonde robe, close to actual amber but not quite. Aroma of dried orange peel, dough, soggy peanuts, hard caramel candy, crisp fried apples. Sweetish onset, cleanly fruity as befits an Anglo-Saxon ale, sweet mandarin and mango aspects, slick and softly carbonated body. Peanutty malt base underneath a growing New World hoppiness, eventually shifting to a long citrus peel- and pine-like, almost old school West Coast hoppiness, thoroughly bittering. Unremarkable for an American craft beer in this day and age but it has to be mentioned, this is actually a very well-made example, if closer to 'red IPA' or anything IPA-like in general than to what I traditionally see as American amber ale...
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Ray Street from North Park Beer Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draught Accajou beer, clear, under a good dense cream-coloured head, leaving textbook lace. Nose suggesting clean bitterness, along some caramel. Harsh-ish, resiny, horsechestnut bitter; dry, bit empty finish, but very good main taste. Hints at dry dark bread and even some bitter chocolate. Warming up, it presents choice New World hops. Light body, bit undercarbonated. Excellent red ale, difficult style to make shine.
mike_77 (15875) reviewed Ray Street from North Park Beer Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Light brown colour with foamy head. Aroma and flavour have a nice balance of malt and hop. Moderately bitter.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Ray Street from North Park Beer Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as North Park Ray Street (by North Park Beer Company):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
18/VIII/18 - on tap @ Gents Bierfestival - BB: n/a (2018-1047) Thanks to the Belgian Ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers!
Clear orange to amber beer, small creamy off-white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: pretty fruity, some pineapple, grapefruit, tropical fruits, some caramel malts, nice stuff! MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty bitter, grapefruit, hoppy, bit resinous, very hoppy. Aftertaste: dry, bitter, hoppy, bit resinous, bit medicinal, very bitter.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Ray Street from North Park Beer Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pours rather clear amber. Médium white head. Smell is bit stale, malty. Mild hops. Taste is fairly bitter, bit orange, tad stale. OK.
theplanck (7492) reviewed Ray Street from North Park Beer Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Not so great for a dark ale, too bitter, not enough body. I don't recommend, SD pub ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone