Buoy Beer Company NW Red Ale

NW Red Ale

 

Buoy Beer Company in Astoria, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  Amber / Red Ale Regular
Score
6.38
ABV: 6.7% IBU: - Ticks: 15
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from Downtown Liquor in Salem, OR. Pours clear amber with a large tan head. Aroma is roasty/toffee with some citrus. Arguably med body. It's not all that dry. Moderately bitter. Amber/roasty/toffee malt with some spicy/floral and arguably citrus. Decent amber.

Tried from Can on 09 Aug 2024 at 23:54


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

Red pour with thin white head. Bread aroma with a pine note. Malty, biscuit aroma with another hop bit. Full finish.

Tried on 24 Feb 2019 at 23:48


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On tap at Moe’s in Cannon Beach Hazy reddish Amber small fleeting light beige head. Typical red malt flavors and fairly agressing hop bite. Not much flvor though.

Tried from Draft on 05 Jun 2017 at 17:53


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Dooger’s in Seaside, OR. Pours nearly clear amber with beige foam; leaves some lace. Aroma is toasty, some caramel. Taste is lightly malty sweet, toasty, finishes lightly bitter; kind of minerally. Kind of thin. Average.

Tried from Draft on 31 Mar 2016 at 23:28


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

Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2014, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Buoy NW Red Ale ].Unclear medium to dark red amber color with a average, open and frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet malt, brown sugar, light to moderate hoppy, wood notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet with a long duration, candy sweet, brown sugar, wood, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140814]

Tried from Cask on 13 Jun 2015 at 07:56


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draft at the Great British Beer Festival 2014, Day 3 - London. Pours clear amber-gold with a bubbly head. Some juicy citrus characteristics, bready malts, watermelon. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly resinous to finish with more watermelon, citrus fruits, bready sugars. Very good beer.

Tried from Draft on 01 Feb 2015 at 15:37


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

From cask. Pours cloudy orange with a small off white head. Aroma is toasted malty, toffee and light sweet caramelish. Bitter, herbal and toffee malty. Bone dry and malt dense finish.

Tried from Cask on 27 Dec 2014 at 17:42


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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

On tap at Buoy Beer Co., pours a clear golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is way too sweet and medicinal. Flavour is the same - rather medicinal, sweet and dental floss like. Not good at all - something way wrong here.

Tried from Draft on 22 Dec 2014 at 15:16


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask gravity @ GBBF 2014. Pours a dark amber reddish color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity grapefruit hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grapefruit hoppy flavor with hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit finish,

Tried from Cask on 06 Dec 2014 at 00:50


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

How: Cask.
Where: GBBF 14.
Appearance: Hazy amber colour with a minimal tan head.
Aroma: Caramel, hops, fruit.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Caramel, citrus, bitter, some fruit.

Tried from Cask on 01 Oct 2014 at 22:09