Red Smiddy
Kelburn Brewery in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland 🏴
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular|
Score
6.32
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Named after a local blacksmiths, this beer is complex in character as is fitting for a championship winning ale. Red Smiddy is a smooth, dry ale with a unique spicy aroma and flavour. Its reddish hue, warm glow and tight head gives it a presence that makes it stand out against its competitors.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Cafe royale. Pours clear copper, nose is floral, toffee, taste is sweet, toffee, crisp, dry, light fruit.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Apr 2015
at 14:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the standing order. Pours clear amber, thin white head. Aromas at malt, light citrus. Taste is caramel, more light citrus. Biscuit on the finish. Pretty standard stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jan 2015
at 10:27
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Blackfriars, Glasgow. Pours orange with white head. Grapefruit hoppy aroma. Carmel malty, fruity, pine hoppy. Bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Blackfriars
on 05 Nov 2014
at 12:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask pint in Cafe Royal, Edinburgh on 25th Oct 2014. Ruby hue to the reddy/brown body, on top a full off-white blanket of bubbles. The nose had a semi-sweet fruitiness with a Rye like dryness in the taste. Add some mild spice and subtle nuttiness to the flavours and you are getting there in the taste. Ends with a very dry and bitter finish. A tidy and different brew.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Nov 2014
at 03:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A kind of ’red bitter’ or ’Scottish red’ if you will, caramel malty beer with smoky and toasty flavours, honeyish, buttermilk (diacetyl) and long bitter finish with both hop bitterness and roasted bitterness. Interesting.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2014
at 12:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Aroma: Weak aroma of red fruit and lightly roasted malt.
Appearance: Hazy rose body with a thin off-white head. No visible carbonation. Great lacing.
Taste: Malty with juicy strawberry and plum hints. Light, soft flavours.
Palate: Thin to medium body with an oily texture. Flat carbonation.
Overall: A fruity, moreish Bitter. Easy drinking without having a great deal of flavour.
Appearance: Hazy rose body with a thin off-white head. No visible carbonation. Great lacing.
Taste: Malty with juicy strawberry and plum hints. Light, soft flavours.
Palate: Thin to medium body with an oily texture. Flat carbonation.
Overall: A fruity, moreish Bitter. Easy drinking without having a great deal of flavour.
Tried
on 09 May 2013
at 03:50
6.5/10
16/8/2012. Cask at the 30th Ipswich Beer Festival.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Aug 2012
at 23:00
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap @ the Haymarket. Pours amber with a proportionate head. The nose is fruity rather than biscuity, and this follows through to the taste. There is a little toffee too! The palate is medium bodied and textured, clean but just slightly. astringent on the end. Overall, solid but not amazing, a light summer bitter I think!
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Apr 2012
at 12:14
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask. Creamy white good mostly klasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Mar 2012
at 00:01
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ The Dog and Duck. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, hops, fruits and malt. Light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Mar 2012
at 02:01