Nostalgic copper-toned ’90s-styled microbrew retains crisp tobacco-roasted amber graining and candied yellow, orange and red fruiting as well as golden raisin smidge in dewy peat setting given mild hop astringency.
DOGFISH HEAD MID-90’S RED ALE
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CHURCH STREET RIGHTEOUS RED ALE
Part of brewers’ Sanctuary Series, classic Euro amber ale places caramelized Vienna/ Maris Otter malting, spicy molasses-tinged rye breading and dried cocoa across coarse grassy-hopped astringency that ruins oncoming leafy autumnal dewiness. On second passing: tucked-in brown apple, red cherry and grape whims flutter.
CENTRAL WATERS OUISCONSING RED ALE
Dewy peat and crisp tobacco roast join dried orange spritz dabbed by light floral perfuming of amber-grained moderate body.
GROOVE SCRANTON FRINGE ALE
Tidy red ale/ hazy IPA blend forwards straight-up lemony orange, apple and peach tanginess to mild grapefruit-peeled piney Chinook hops (of an IPA) with lightly spiced toasted amber graining (of a red ale).
ANGRY ERIK ARROWHEAD RED
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, orange-oiled cider sharpness and sour creamed walnut dryness top biscuit-buttered amber grain base. A tad uneven and stylishly nebulous.
ALLAGASH SWIFTLY HOPPY ALE
Described as a ‘red India Pale Ale,’ its honeyed amber graining seeps into sharp grapefruit, orange and pineapple bittering plus resinous hop herbage to contrast wispy coriander spicing underscoring perfumed apple, pear and honeydew sweetness in a dewy setting.
TAYLOR BROOKE NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS RED ALE
Dewy earthen mossing frontloads English brown ale-like cocoa-dried bittering, nut-roasted hop astringency and brown-leafed tobacco roast, drowning out its amber grain-sweetened red and orange fruited expectancy.
OUTER LIGHT LONESOME BOATMAN ALE
Better on tap where its phenolic astringency’s kept to minimum. Otherwise, sweet caramel-toasted oats and sourdough malts nearly drain murky red apple, peach and tangerine illusions and latent almond sweetness.
MEAN MAX ARTISTS ROCK RED ALE
Stylish caramel-spiced barley roast gains wavered candied orange tartness, herbal hop restraint and woodsy sawdust wisp for mannerly middling moderation.
FORT NONSENSE BENEDICT AMBER TRAITOR RED ALE
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, British pub-styled red ale lets toasted amber grains and leafy hop foliage crowd sweet brown apple bruise and sharp citric-soured lemon rot.
OURAY 550 RED ALE
Initial roasted caramel spicing retains soft-toned creaming for tidy moderate-medium body. In the recess, mild almond, pecan and walnut tones battle back fig-plum-currant conflux and earthen rye breading as well as tertiary red grape and red cherry snips.
