Home Brewer's Special Copper Mallet Red Ale
Saimaa Brewing Company in Mikkeli, South Savo, Finland 🇫🇮
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Special Out of Production|
Score
5.91
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The winner of the home brewing competition in 2016 got to brew a full batch at a commercial facility.
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4.4/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 4.5
Texture 4
Overall 4
December 2017: 330 ml bottle, from Alko Karigasniemi. ABV is 5.9%, 40 IBU. Malts are Vienna, Red Ale and Crystal. Hops are Magnum, Perle, Centennial, Cascade, Citra and Styrian Goldings. Cloudy reddish brown colour, moderate off-white head. The malty aroma is somewhat unfresh, notes of caramel. The flavour is also slightly unfresh, noticeable hops, but the beer appears unbalanced and uninteresting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2024
at 23:38
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled. Deep hazy reddish amber colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is rye, some rubbery tones with mild herbs and earth. Flavour is rye, some crysta malts, citrus and a strange harsh dusty/rubbery hoppy touch to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2023
at 18:09
5.5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Smell of malt, sugar. Muddy brown colour, beige head. Aroma of malt, yeast, earth, sugar, cough mixture. Bitter, also sweet. Lively carbon.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2018
at 20:25
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle 0.33l at home, Oulu. Colour is cloudy light brown with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Caramel, fruits, hops and malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2017
at 10:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
A murky and brown beer. A head is almost medium sized and beige. Aroma has caramel, red berries, some wood. Taste has toffeeish maltyness, wood, some bitterness. Medium bodied. This not so rough as usually from Saimaa, but overally, only decent. Easy to drink, anyway.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2017
at 03:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bollet 330ml (Alko)
Dark hazy red color, small steady off-white head, lace. Harsh, ryeish aroma. Medium-bodied. Crystal malts, some citrus, harsh bitterness. Lingering hoppyness but in a very typical Saimaan "harsh way". Very similar to Joker Hops but more robust and malty. Maltyness is ok.
Dark hazy red color, small steady off-white head, lace. Harsh, ryeish aroma. Medium-bodied. Crystal malts, some citrus, harsh bitterness. Lingering hoppyness but in a very typical Saimaan "harsh way". Very similar to Joker Hops but more robust and malty. Maltyness is ok.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2017
at 11:35