Red Lodge Ales

Microbrewery in Red Lodge, Montana, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Sam’s Tap Room -- Red Lodge Ales Brewing Company

Established in 1998

Contact
1445 North Broadway, Red Lodge, MT, 59068, United States
Description
Red Lodge, Montana has a long history with beer. Before the times of Prohibition, Red Lodge Brewing Company made great local beer. Many years later, Sam Hoffmann started Red Lodge Ales Brewing Company in downtown Red Lodge. By using soft, glacial water, heated by a solar thermal array, adding Montana grown and malted barley and naturally cooled by cold Beartooth Mountain air, Red Lodge Ales produces quality beer for today’s discerning beer lovers.

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7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft at Schweitzer Fall Fest. Pours clear golden with a two finger pillowy white head with good retention. Aroma is grassy, peppery. Taste has mild bitterness backed by mild bready malt sweetness. Really well made.
Tried from Draft on 30 Aug 2025 at 22:17

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
12oz can from HomeBrewStuff. Bright, clear golden pour with a huge fluffy white head. Biscuity, grainy aroma, some faint fruity notes. Taste is bready, grainy, sweet with a small bitter bite at the finish, clean.
Tried from Can at Homebrewstuff Bottleshop & Taproom on 02 Apr 2025 at 07:00

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Trip to Yellowstone. Copper-gold in color with a three-finger head. Aroma is pine and grapefruit. Taste is also pine and grapefruit.
Tried on 21 Jan 2025 at 05:38

6.6/10
Tried on 12 Jul 2023 at 21:00

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
2021 can from Brix Bottle Shop in Kalispell, MT. Pours a clear dark bronze color with a small beige head and good retention. Decent lacing. Malty aroma. Strong caramel malt flavor with a light bitterness in the finish. Medium body and medium carbonation. This can is past its prime, but still pretty good. I'd like to try it fresh.
Tried from Can on 14 Aug 2022 at 21:28

7/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
12 oz. can from Brix Bottle Shop in Kalispell, MT. Pours a dark brown color with a small beige head and good retention. Very little lacing. Light nutty aroma. The taste is dark malt and nutty too. Tastes more like a brown ale versus a porter. Subtle and mellow overall. Medium-light body. A little thin for a porter. Low carbonation and low bitterness. Very smooth and easy drinking. I like it, but I question the style.
Tried from Can on 20 Jul 2022 at 23:34

Tried from Draft on 11 Mar 2022 at 21:29

7/10
Tried on 12 Feb 2022 at 18:10

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Sample during the ElkMoose Me, But Why Is Your Glass MT? event on 07/10/2020. Black pour with some brown around the edges and a medium tan head that recedes steadily to a wispy film. Small patches of lace. Aroma of bourbon, malt and chocolate. Medium to full body with flavors of oaky bourbon, roast malt and chocolate. The finish is oaky with a bourbon and chocolate aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried on 10 Nov 2020 at 22:07

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Part of a number of solo cans purchased at a store in Canyon Village in Yellowstone. This was stickily malty with no real hop presence. Light copper and clear with off-white head.
Tried from Can on 24 Sep 2020 at 04:52