Holiday Helper Red India Pale Ale
Smartmouth Brewing Company in Norfolk, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Red Regular|
Score
6.88
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Deep, ever so slightly hazy and muddied brown, amber and ruby tinted body with a two to three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, earth, grain, hay and a good dose of nuts but the hops here are nice and do show some grapefruit and pine with the alpha acids. Medium-bodied; Strong and pungent earth comes through at first with a heavy dose of toasted malts and some figs with a pleasant level of sweetness coming from the caramelised sugars and toffee. Aftertaste shows mainly the deep malts and the hops with an earthier and grainy side coming through and a dry, more grassy note towards the end with pine, grapefruit and caramelised sugars are finishing this off, but the bitterness from the hops is still central. Overall, a nice and rich, grainy and pungent, hoppy beer that shows a nice balance throughout and a good sweetness to complement the hops. I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased from Total Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 24-October-2020 for US$2,49 sampled at my house here in Washington on 12-January-2021.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Mild cherry and rosehip nose, not strong. Clear bronze, medium head, nice lace. Rosehip, marigold. Medium body, easy carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Keg at Whole Foods Charlottesville. Hazy red, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of toast, citrus. Taste is resin, toffee, pithy grapefruit. Medium bodied, well balanced. Solid.