New Almaden Red
Santa Clara Valley Brewing in San Jose, California, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter Regular|
Score
7.16
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared with Yanick. Pours reddish amber with white head. Nose/taste of pine, resin, nutty toffee and caramel. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2014
at 15:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle. Surprised I am the first rater for this, but here goes! Pours crystal clear ruby amber, really beautiful, actually, with a medium creamy tan head that slowly dissipates leaving nice lacing. Aroma is pine, caramel, grapefruit, toffee. Flavor is the same, pine/spruce hops blending with a caramel toffee malt base to result in something medium sweet and medium bitter with a lingering bitter finish. Lots of tree sap going on here. Medium body, but a very oily smooth mouthfeel. Opened up as it warmed and really became quite nice. A solid beer for sure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2014
at 23:17