Dry-hopped bruised orange opening receives snazzy white pepper spicing as herbal nuance builds. Floral notes (dandelion-rosewood) embitter smoked wood bottom sufficiently.

Wholly organic amber-styled ale guided by musty mildewed malts, mineral grains, and bitter hops. Clustered berry-nut tones underpin subtlest nectar sweetness. At fruity finish, resounding orange peel bittering gathers mossy intrigue.

“A deep-toned full bodied Irish style red ale,” indicates the label. Roasted grains addle rustic hop density and smoky mocha haze, putting this closer to lightweight stout than mid-level red ale. But barley-wheat finish needs better distinction and fuller development. Brewery defunct: 2006.

Fine ruby-coppered ale with piney grapefruit-orange rind uprising given bright spruce-y hop pep and ripe red apple-pear-peach-grape-apricot zest overlaying wheat-cracked caramel malting. Compares to spicier Arcadia IPA and less sharp Fisherman’s Ale, only fruitier.

Resilient dry-hopped 10th anniversary ale appropriates tangy red-fruited luster for piney grapefruit-orange peel bittering. Red grape, wild cherry, and tangerine drape woodsy evergreen prickle before residual melon-nectar sweetness soothes currant-juniper pungency.

Herbal tea spicing placates earthen grains, floral hops, and vegetal backdrop. Chocolate-covered cherry undertones lace cocoa-powdered mocha bitterness surging beneath.

Flimsy pearly-headed straw-hued light body remains astringent and lacks grit. Earthen pale malt sterility, minor citric candied tartness, slight vanilla-banana wisp, and barren herbaceous mist deride arid floral hop spicing.

From its kaleidoscopic bright red label to its refreshingly robust gusto, smooth medium body satisfies both novice and professional tastes. Bittersweet grains pleat maple malts and toasted hops. Only quibble: indistinct finish. Brewery defunct: 1997.

Amber-bodied ales’ initial astringency lifts for sweet malt simplicity, sry barley roast, and faint fruited hopping. But distant honey-toasted caramel panache too indistinguishable for red ale significance.

Though lacking true fruited-hopped red ale essence, barley-roasted chocolate easement provides minor credibility for Irish-styled brew. While imbibing, reddish brown hue seems richer than expectant flavor. And that’s a shame. Needs thicker yeast sinew and denser malt extract. Brewery defunct: 2002.

Soured orange frontage and herbaceous undercurrent stricken by raw honey bitterness deepening dry citric abundance to burnt hop finish.

Pungently strong dark-fruited red ale with extremely dry prune tartness embittered by tannic white grape, oak-aged unripe cherry, and sour grapefruit. Sherry waft augments cherry-berry undercurrent as sour coffee requital infiltrates hazy malt-y finish. For advanced palates.