Red Tail Ale
Mendocino Brewing Company in Ukiah, California, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.13
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Red Tail Ale - The Legend is our flagship brand. It is brewed in the traditional "old world" manner, using premium two-row malted barley, hops and our own special proprietary yeast strain. It is an amber ale with a rich complex refreshing flavor and a crisp dry finish. Red Tail Ale is "Bottle Conditioned." Like good wine, Red Tail Ale is a perfect complement to fine dining.
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6.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 00:50
5.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 05:17
7/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:50
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Early rating from Beer Buddy app
Tried
on 17 Apr 2022
at 01:37
6.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2019
at 14:15
4.5/10
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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.
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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2017
at 14:46
7.6/10
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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.
Tried
on 20 Jun 2017
at 21:17
6.5/10
Tried
on 21 Oct 2016
at 20:21
6.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2016
at 13:41
6.5/10
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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
Tried
on 11 Sep 2015
at 12:51