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
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.
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz bottle. Near black pour with a skin of creamy beige head. Chocolaty aroma, sweet, hint of bourbon. Roast malst atake over int he taste, dark chocolate , sweet elements and the bourbon barrel creeping up at the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2020
at 01:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bomber pours out dark think block coffee and dark roast. A touch of cold campfire. A thick unfiltered feel. Modestly hopped and very tasty
Tried
on 16 Sep 2020
at 02:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz bottle pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is chocolate bourbon barrel notes vanilla heavy roast. Taste is more of the nice sweet chocolate roast malts bourbon barrel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2020
at 02:01
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Crisp, pure golden and straw yellow coloured body with a thinnish, pure white head. Aroma of very soft malts and sugars with a bigger hit of lemon juice and acidity with a funky yeast and bread quality, right behind. Light-bodied; Strong citrusey and lemony flavours dominate, of course, with a funky malt and grainy showing towards the end, but all very easy-drinking and still crisp with a lot of the lemon bitterness showing through. Aftertaste is crisp, showing a tiny bit of very light, artificial sugars and a bigger dose of lemons, all on top of a very soft maltiness. Aftertaste shows some more lemons, a light bitter and astringent quality and a herbal and dry biting flavour at the end that is a touch funky, perhaps from the yeast. Overall, a dry and crisp beer that shows a moderate amount of flavours for the style, but nothing overwhelmingly good or robust - but an easy-drinking beer that has some lemon flavours and some easy-going malts. Decent enough to sample, but not worth getting again, even in the middle of summer on a 90 degF plus day here in Montana! I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased from Super One [grocery store] in Kalispell, Montana on 26-July-2020 for US$1,67 as a reward for driving the Going-To-The-Sun road in Glacier National Park on 27-July-2020.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jul 2020
at 15:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
On draft at the Tilt Wurks brewery in Miles City. Pours a clear pale mahogany with an ecru head. Aromas are nutty and malty. Flavors are moderately sweet caramel.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2019
at 03:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the brewery. Pours clear golden, white head. Medium hoppiness, grassy, some citrus, medium carbonation, moderate bitterness in finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
at
Sam’s Tap Room -- Red Lodge Ales Brewing Company
on 30 Aug 2019
at 05:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours black with creamy beige head. Roasted malts, chocolate, sweet, some bitterness in finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
at
Sam’s Tap Room -- Red Lodge Ales Brewing Company
on 30 Aug 2019
at 05:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the brewery. Clear golden, white head. Moderate hoppiness, citrus, grassy, caramel malty backbone. Sweetish with medium bitter finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
at
Sam’s Tap Room -- Red Lodge Ales Brewing Company
on 29 Aug 2019
at 19:30
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at the brewery. Unclear orange with white head. Some banana, bit spicy, malty, sweetish, bit bland. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
at
Sam’s Tap Room -- Red Lodge Ales Brewing Company
on 29 Aug 2019
at 18:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Dark brown with beige head. Lots of rum in aroma, some alcohol, malty, caramel, sweetish. Medium+ bodied.
Tried
from Draft
at
Sam’s Tap Room -- Red Lodge Ales Brewing Company
on 29 Aug 2019
at 18:44