Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
(473ml can from a friend) Pours slightly murky reddish-pink with a huge fine pale pink head and a little lace. Aroma of earthy ground cinnamon with a little tart berry and lactic vibe behind, cinnamon almost completely dominates. Flavour is moderately tart with acidity building into the finish, red/blue forest berries, sour oranges and a little lemon, odd melon/cucumber quality, some earthy berry skin tannins, cinnamon not punchy compared to the nose but present in the finish and aftertaste. Light to medium body, soft creamy carbonation. Decent enough flavoured kettle sour, easy to drink as well.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(473ml can from a friend) Pours lightly hazed medium gold with a thick white head and lace. Notes are strangely dominated by Belgian-like yeast ester vibes, lots of ripe banana and sweet orange overall, candied notes, lightly bready malt, no real hop bitterness though some citrus oil hits, maybe a touch of vanilla, sweet overall through the sip and drying only slightly in the finish. Light to medium body with average plus carbonation. Okay but not really an IPA or a milkshake for me, I would have called it some sort of Belgian blonde if I'd been asked to define it.
neongolden (4415) reviewed Red Lantern from Banded Goose Brewing Co. 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(473ml can from a friend) Pours nearly clear gold with a decent white head and some lace. Aroma is earthy coffee beans, soft cacao, green bell pepper, maybe a little fruity ale yeast ester but basically just the coffee. Flavour is also coffee bean driven, earthy dusty coffee and unsweetened cacao bitterness, a little green pepper, quite dry overall with no real malt sweetness and a little cereal, hints of yeast esters but otherwise not much base beer coming through. Dry rather mineral dusty lightly bitter finish with earthy coffee bean into the aftertaste. Light body, above average carbonation, watery rather than creamy. Okay but just not something I really feel is needed, the base beer is light enough that it’s just coffee beans in a glass.