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.
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a clear mahogany with a small head of off white foam that doesn’t last long.
I get some grain, chocolate, and toffee with some rich caramel malt in the smell.
Malty and grainy taste with some good caramel notes that don’t get too sweet. A bit of chocolate and toffee rounds out this well crafted Doppelbock.
Nice mouthfeel. .heck, everything is nice aboot this Red Lodge offering. Worthy of a repurchase.
I get some grain, chocolate, and toffee with some rich caramel malt in the smell.
Malty and grainy taste with some good caramel notes that don’t get too sweet. A bit of chocolate and toffee rounds out this well crafted Doppelbock.
Nice mouthfeel. .heck, everything is nice aboot this Red Lodge offering. Worthy of a repurchase.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2015
at 18:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Has a caramel accent, a bit earthy, and a touch of sweetness. Mellow, balanced, a decent amber, if not really like any altbier I know.
Tried
on 15 Jul 2015
at 10:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Deep amber maroon color, tan head. Aroma of nutty cocoa and caramel. Taste has sweet toffee and chocolate. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2015
at 20:45
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
It pours a clear light gold with a small and quickly shrinking head of foam. Lacing is spotty.
Lots of lemon citrus in the nose, that and some bread.
Very lemon citrus forward in the taste with a mild back up quality of bread. 2 dimensional and not the 2 that I expected for the style at all.
Light bodied, medium carbonation.
I’m glad I picked a bottle for a build your own 6 pack and not a dedicated one. This is not something I would want to revisit.
Lots of lemon citrus in the nose, that and some bread.
Very lemon citrus forward in the taste with a mild back up quality of bread. 2 dimensional and not the 2 that I expected for the style at all.
Light bodied, medium carbonation.
I’m glad I picked a bottle for a build your own 6 pack and not a dedicated one. This is not something I would want to revisit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2015
at 16:32
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
A clear deep amber coloured brew with a small head of foam.
The smell is decidedly malTy with nice grainy notes and suggestions of fruit.
Dang, the malt character in this Alt is so delicious. Backed by a good grain bill and again, more than a hint or 2 of fruit which I find mostly in the finish.
Smooth mouthfeel. .I reckon I will buy more Glacier soon. A Very well crafted example of the style.
The smell is decidedly malTy with nice grainy notes and suggestions of fruit.
Dang, the malt character in this Alt is so delicious. Backed by a good grain bill and again, more than a hint or 2 of fruit which I find mostly in the finish.
Smooth mouthfeel. .I reckon I will buy more Glacier soon. A Very well crafted example of the style.
Tried
on 19 Nov 2014
at 14:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
A clear straw yellow with a 1 finger head of foam, nicely lacing.
A sharp bitter hoppy nose with a mild malty sweet presence.
Full flavoured with a sharp Noble hop bitterness intertwined with a sweetish and earthy malt taste. This is very good indeed, very much like a Czech Pils.
A sharp bitter hoppy nose with a mild malty sweet presence.
Full flavoured with a sharp Noble hop bitterness intertwined with a sweetish and earthy malt taste. This is very good indeed, very much like a Czech Pils.
Tried
on 05 Nov 2014
at 14:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
It pours a deep reddish brown with a finger’s worth of foam.
The nose is mild but I do get some caramel malt, grain, and a bit of fruit. And some smoke.
Overall, I get a mixed bag of sweet and bitter in the taste. The fruitiness is kind of weird but I like it. Slight smoke..more of it and that seems to turn me off the style so I’m glad it’s slight.
Hmm...I really have very few of the style that I have a liking for and this one gets not so good reviews. Oh well.
The nose is mild but I do get some caramel malt, grain, and a bit of fruit. And some smoke.
Overall, I get a mixed bag of sweet and bitter in the taste. The fruitiness is kind of weird but I like it. Slight smoke..more of it and that seems to turn me off the style so I’m glad it’s slight.
Hmm...I really have very few of the style that I have a liking for and this one gets not so good reviews. Oh well.
Tried
on 05 Nov 2014
at 14:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle shared by Levi. Very clean IIPA. Filtered, light orange tan. Soapy head, steady. Restrained, but clean and enjoyable. Straightforward and classic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2014
at 20:31
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Yellowstone Grocery at Old Faithful. Pours amber with a white head. Aroma of citrus and light caramel. Med body. Flavor is fairly citrus with some mildly roasty malt backdrop. Clean. Nicely bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2014
at 18:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
I bought a 6 pack at Star Liquor in Sheridan. Bottled on date of Sept 20, 2013.
A slow pour brought a 2 finger head of foam sitting on a deep golden coloured brew.
The smell is hoppy with notes of grapefruit and orange backed by a mild malt sweetness.
The taste is mildly bitter hops, again grapefruit and orange, the malt is kind of nonchalant; sometimes a sweetish flavour comes into play and then is gone. I think the hops are just beginning to fade from, what I’d think they were like, when fresh but not enough to where you get that grainy, kind of sickly sweetness old IPAs usually end up suffering from.
Nice mouthfeel here and it is certainly easy to drink. It’s a good brew and decent IPA.
A slow pour brought a 2 finger head of foam sitting on a deep golden coloured brew.
The smell is hoppy with notes of grapefruit and orange backed by a mild malt sweetness.
The taste is mildly bitter hops, again grapefruit and orange, the malt is kind of nonchalant; sometimes a sweetish flavour comes into play and then is gone. I think the hops are just beginning to fade from, what I’d think they were like, when fresh but not enough to where you get that grainy, kind of sickly sweetness old IPAs usually end up suffering from.
Nice mouthfeel here and it is certainly easy to drink. It’s a good brew and decent IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2013
at 07:28