Red Herring
Green Jack in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England 🏴
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular|
Score
6.74
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Red Herring is a rich, fruity red ale, brewed with Oak and Beech smoked malts, giving the beer its subtle smokey flavour and dry smokey finish. Red Herring is brewed with inspiration from German 'rauch' beers.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Deep amber with a moderate off-white head. Yes! Smokey from the off; nice bonfire night smoke rather than the weird pepperoni of your Schlenkerla’s. Lots of fruitiness behind too, I’m thinking homemade apple and rhubarb crumble eaten after a warming jacket potato cooked on a bonfire. Crisp autumn leaves too in the mildly dry finish, and a little chilli. This is Autumn in a glass. Shame it’s at a Spring beer festival, but loved it nevertheless. Yes!
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Apr 2014
at 16:43
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Wetherspoons Victoria Station, JDW, Victoria SW1. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with weak smoky hints. Has a fruity malty weak smoky caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Apr 2014
at 12:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at The White Lady. Pours clear red-brown, foamy white head. Aromas of smoke and red fruit. Taste is more smoke, light cane sugar, lingering coal fire. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Apr 2014
at 12:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Square Peg; dark mahogany brown pour with a creamy off white head, mellow smoke aroma, taste has light smoke and dark fruit, moderate bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Apr 2014
at 03:42
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Deep copper with a thin scummy looking beige head; aroma of smokey bacon crisps; sweet and fruity in the mouth with a clean wood smoke taste; and a dry savoury finish. A fairly subtle attempt at a Rauch Beer, and therefore more approachable than most.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Apr 2014
at 09:01
8/10
Tried
on 09 Apr 2014
at 09:41
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
2nd April 2014
Hamilton Hall Spoons. Cask. Clear deep amber beer, small pale tan head. Palate is light and semi dry. Mild fine carbonation. Dry malt with mild white smoke. Tangy dried fruits, turning sweeter. Smoke comes back and with a mild hop bitterness in tow. Dry finish.
Hamilton Hall Spoons. Cask. Clear deep amber beer, small pale tan head. Palate is light and semi dry. Mild fine carbonation. Dry malt with mild white smoke. Tangy dried fruits, turning sweeter. Smoke comes back and with a mild hop bitterness in tow. Dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Apr 2014
at 01:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask @ Wetherspoons, MK. Copper with a big tan/grey (smoky?) head. Aroma of blackcurrants and wood smoke. Taste is a bittersweet fading quickly to a bitter finish. The sourish aftertaste jars and spoils the experience a bit. I could go for an Arbroath smokie right about now.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Apr 2014
at 23:32
5/10
Tried
on 28 Mar 2014
at 19:53
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at the Crosse Keys, JDW - London. Pours clear, rich gold with a foamy white head. The nose has some berries, mild smoke, bread, citrus. Medium sweet flavor, nice peat smoke, bread, ripe berries. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, nice brown bread and berries, balanced smoke. Solid offering.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Mar 2014
at 13:59