Red Tail Ale
Mendocino Brewing Company in Ukiah, California, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.14
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottled, pours........amber. Aroma is hops and some honey gingerish. Taste rather similar to the aforementioned. I liked it. --- Beer merged from original tick of Red Tail Lager on 20 May 2025 at 00:56 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6. Original review text: Bottled. Pours a red gold with smallish head. Some light hops, a bit of malts, clean finish.
tnkw01 (4059) reviewed Red Tail Ale from Mendocino Brewing Company 11 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Since I am a malt lover this beer was slightly disappointing. I loved the initial taste but the strong hops overtook the first taste way too much. Good beer otherwise and should be enjoyed at least once and even though it is not very hoppy it may be enjoined by those who like hops. --- Beer merged from original tick of Red Tail Lager on 24 Mar 2025 at 05:17 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5. Original review text: Bottle. OK, taste like a good massed produced lager. I guess I was slightly disappointed because I expected more. It is worth one try though.
mcm1 (3805) ticked Red Tail Ale from Mendocino Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
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jimgreen (21510) reviewed Red Tail Ale from Mendocino Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle at the Hop House, Hong Kong. Poured a hazy medium amber with a short-lived frothy white head. The aroma is toffee caramel malt, woody hop. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a grainy, light toffee, woody hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
From Dec 2006
Poured from 12oz bottle(room temp) a clear reddish gold with a large head of foam that shrank to a broken layer that remained mainly in the center of the glass.
The smell is on the weak side but I note some sweet malt.
The taste has sweet malt tones but I detect a graininess more than anything else. Further sips only enhance the taste of grain and it makes for a rather dull, imo, Lager that has a pretty decent colour for the style. This one is just *not* working favourably on my palate. Others may like it and that's a good thing but it's not working for me at all.
Bottom line: I'm not fond of this Red Lager at all. Try it and see what you think --- Beer merged from original tick of Red Tail Lager on 08 May 2015 at 18:17 - Score: 6. Original review text: Pretty standard American Amber.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
From old tasting notes. Cloudy, reddish orange color. Small creamy beige head. Fragrant malt/hop aroma. Spicy toasted malt flavor. Complex malt flavor upfront.nAssertive hop finish is dry and crisp. Long bitter aftertaste. Nice balance.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12oz bottle from Beer52.com. Golden amber with a loose white head; malty aroma; malty body with a crisp citrus taste; and a sweet citrus finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Light amber with a white head - Malty aroma with hints of hops - Malty body with some caramel notes and some hop bitterness - malty finish with caramle and hints of hop bitterness - This was nice
superspak (10160) reviewed Red Tail Ale from Mendocino Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly hazy reddish copper color with a 1-2 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness/toffee, pear, apple, herbal, grass, light pepper, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast, and earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of caramel, brown sugar, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness/toffee, pear, apple, herbal, grass, light pepper, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Fair amount of earthy/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness/toffee, light pepper, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast, and earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, fairly creamy/bready, and slightly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this a very good English style amber ale. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast, and earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.