7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours very dark for a red ale, i'd call this a brown ale by color. Smooth, creamy and very stable, slightly off-white head. Scent is mild, some crisp milder roast (caramel) from the malts come up, somewhat green aspects from the hops as well (beneath the maltyness). Taste is certainly more roasty than I expected from a red ale. Crisp roast, caramel, brown bread, toasted bread. Very nice balanced bitter side to it, certainly more than the average red ale, but not Typical alchemist hopbomb (of course, this isn't the style to do so). Lovely, easy going beer, but perhaps simply not special enough to trade for again.
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on 26 Mar 2022
at 20:25