Rusted River Irish Red Ale

Bottle 22fl.oz. @ chrisos Back In The UK Tasting.Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, berry, cereal. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20100522]

bottle at Chris-O ... brown ... soft swet toffee malt nose ... dry toffee fruits soft malt ... ok

Sample at the "Portland? Psh More Like Beerland" tasting on 03/10/10. Pours a slightly hazed brownish amber color with a medium off-white head that recedes steadily. Spots and strings of lacing on the glass. Light caramel malt aroma. Medium body with flavors of bready malt, fruit and faint hops. The finish is short and sweetly malted. Barely average overall.

From a bomber that I got from the Vintage Estates, boy what a nice place! Barely any pressure release when I pop the lid. Smell is strongish with some candy hints on the olfactory. Poured into a big 22 oz mug. Color is darker brown but kighter than a stout. Has no sediment on the bottom of the bottle. No visible carbonation and no head to speak of. First taste is mildly roasty and there is some creamy carbonation present. Has a fairly light body for a darker beer. Tho I do not detect much bitterness per se, there is some bitterness that develops on the palate after the slug is swallowed. This beer is relatively easy to drink, rather friendly for an Irish ale. This beer is much better and more fun than; Samuel Adams Irish Red Ale, Great Lakes Conways Irish Ale, Flying Bison Aviator Red, Carlow OHaras Irish Red and much much better than Wexford Irish Cream Ale. The small amount of carbonation is very welcomed. Halfway thru the bomber I still find myself wanting to drink more. Well mannered. Overall, a decent beer drinken experience. On par with some of the best irish ales I’ve tasted including many local brews, Murphys Irish Red Beer and Saranac Irish red. Better in a few respects when compared to harpoons, smithwicks and Michelobs Irish red. Thank you rust belt, Phil & company!

Bomber. This is the first rating for this beer and for this brewery. Pours a very nice brown with red highlights and a dense finger of tan head. Aromas are fairly interesting... some nutty earthiness and a very distinct floral presence... like roses or something. Flavor is pretty good... a nice mix of nuts, toast and toffee on the malt side and a bit of that odd rose presence on the other with a little bit of a bitterness. Still, it doesn’t come through quite robustly enough... I wouldn’t say that it is watery, it just seems to flag at a couple of points as it races across the palate. Still, if this is the first of the offerings from Rust Belt, I’m eager to try the rest.