Brewer's Special Alabama Red IPA (3.5%)
Saimaa Brewing Company in Mikkeli, South Savo, Finland 🇫🇮
IPA - Red Regular|
Score
5.78
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Canned (from S-Market Maalahti). Deep amber colour with a mediumsized foamy beige head, which leaves lace. Aroma is floral, wooden, mildly earthy and some grainy notes. Flavour is floral, some toasted caramel, burnt sugar and mild harsh bitterness towards the finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Smell of hops, grapefruit. Deep red / copper colour, high beige head. Aroma of spruce, grass, some tobacco and citrus peel. Very light body. Lively carbon. Very bitter. Not bad for this ABV.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Can 500ml (S-Market Pori)
Dark amber colour, medium-sized beige head. Some caramel, typical Saimaan harsh ryeish aroma, I wonder where fine American hops went from aroma ... Light-bodied, watery. Starts with mix of caramalt and harsh bready notes. Then decent but rough bitterness. Very typical Saimaan house flavours in this product.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
50 cl can @ Seinäjoki. BBE 03.11.2018. Aroma has resin and fruity hops. Also grain. Flavour has minerals, resiny notes. Finishes with milky grain. Slightly watery and a bit too dry but not bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Can at home, Vantaa. Enjoyed straight from the can. Aromas and flavors: Grass, some fruits, some caramel and malts. Very boring.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
50cl can.Poured coppery color with a thick off white head.Caramel, nutty notes, hops in aroma. Quite harsh hoppy finish. Malty, caramelly flavor. Not much fruityness coming from the hops used here. Harshness is disturbing. Ok food beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
A copper beer, a head is big and beige. Aroma has citrus, caramel, some pine. Taste has slightly caramelly body, strong bitterness that's harsh, no fruitness. Light bodied, slightly harsh. Nice bitterness but it's not aromatic.