Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at the Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens on 08/03/2008 on day three of RBSG 2008. Clear caramel body with a small fizzy white head. Caramel and dry spice aroma. Spicy belgian flavor with some dry caramel. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
From tap at Stone Bistro. Pours hazy orange with a lacing white head. Aroma is orange fruity and mild spiced. Smooth caramel and mildly spiced initial flavour. Lingering smooth spiced and caramel malt into the finish.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Rita Red Ale from Backstreet Brewery (Irvine) 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sample at the Irvine brewpub. The beer is a clear dark reddish-amber color with a thin and creamy beige head that burns away slowly. Stringy lacing. Aroma of caramel and toasted malt. Medium, clean body with flavors of sweet caramel malt, nuts and mild hops. The finish is roasted nuts and malt with a lingering sweetness left over. Slightly above average overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at the Irvine brewpub. Pours clear orange with a medium thin light beige head that dissipates steadily. Top ring of lace with spots under. Mildly bitter hops aroma with some sweet fruit. Medium-bodied with flavors of hops and citrus primarily, and some sweet malt as well. The finish is citrusy hops with a lingering bitter aftertaste. Decent overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Sample at the Irvine brewpub. This beer is a cloudy yellow color with a medium thin bone white head that dissipates slowly. Top spotty ring of lacing, with nothing underneath. Aroma of wheat and fruit, with a touch of malt. Medium, clean body with citrus and wheat flavors. The finish is fruity with a light wheat and clove aftertaste. Pretty standard fare overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
This cleverly named Pils pours a clear dark golden color with a medium thin and fizzy white head that burns away steadily. Thin rings of lacing on the glass. Spicy Saaz hops aroma. Light-bodied and moderately hoppy with some malt backbone, as well as some spices. The finish is hoppy with a lingering hops aftertaste. Average overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Sample at the Irvine brewpub. This brew is a clear pale gold color with a thin and fizzy white head that dissipates quickly. Spotty lacing. The aroma is lightly hoppy with some grainy malt. Light-bodied and effervescent with mild floral hops and malt flavors. The finish is lightly hoppy and spiced with a short lightly bitter aftertaste. Barely average overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Hazy and golden. Mostly saaz and light diacetyl in the nose. Warming diacetyl on the palate. There’s a lot of saaz, medium bitterness for style, and fairly full-bodied malts. My misgivings are the diacetyl (acceptable in the style, but not to this high an amount IMO), and the lack of voluptuousness in the malts (they get a bit doughy).
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
on tap-pours an off white head and copper/red color. Aroma is mild medium malt-caramel/hint of chocolate/molasses, peat. Taste is medium malt-caramel/molasses, secondary earthy hops, hint of fruit.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
on tap-pours a retaining thin white head that laces and pale yellow color. Aroma is mild lemon, grain. Taste is light body, crisp, lemon, grain, OK hint of ‘cream’. A lawnmower beer.