Pour slowly heavily carbonated penny-coppered medium-bodied German or risk overly foamy head. Thick grain foundation punctuated by peripheral rye restraint, floral clove jab, lemony hop tang, and chewy butterscotch finish. Sourdough yeast clumps cluster firmly entrenched earthen bottom.

Opulent five-malt ale with chewy mocha creaminess and dwindling African black honey extract boasts efficient full-bodied retention. Scruffy fizz overwhelms fruity tartness and gentle grain base as black licorice finish finds middle ground between red ale and malt liquor. Brewery defunct: 2000.

Complacent tan-headed bronze-bodied Irish-styled red ale succumbs to slick malt souring, slack grain starkness, musty maize murk, and floozy floral fling. Rusty tinniness at oily finish undermines bittersweet orange-citrus tang.

Terrific strong ale boasting 8.3% alcohol rigidity celebrates brewers’ 13th anniversary. Sweetly spiced spruce malts energize syrupy peach-nectarine zest and pine resin-y grapefruit bittering. Soil-y rye-tinged grains underscore brown sugared Baker’s chocolate splurge while candied citric tang endures to creamy finish. A fortuitously fated find.

Out of the Middle Ages comes this very fine ruby red ale. Perfect blend of mild chocolate nuttiness, sharp mineral graining, and bitter hop dryness provide firm foundation. Light coffee singe speckles supplemental fruit-spicing for added resilience.

Mild crimson amber Irish Red Ale with polite chocolate roasting, almond toasting, and caramelized vanilla coasting lacks fruity resilience but not penetrating spice hop bittering. Serve to toasted lager enthusiasts. Brewery defunct: 2010.

Dry red ale clenches candied sweetness to juxtapose mild hop bite, but unspecific pale malt quality and diffuse wheat tuft bring mediocrity.

Puckered oak-aged cherry sourness tops bruised orange tang and white grape esters. Latent dry Scotch lick rises to surface unexpectedly.

Sweet mocha waft, splendid roasted barleymalt influence, and explosive carbonation up-front. Hints of caramel chocolate perk up mild grain finish but more body and lengthier aftertaste would suffice. Yet they’re priced right at your local store.

Billowy beige-headed auburn-hued fruit-scented Alaskan incisively spice-hopped and sharply grained; reminiscent of mildly bitter red ale. Deceivingly strong, despite watery auspices, gaining creamy malt richness and slim orange tang mid-palate.

Prune hue, good head retention, and slim yeast particles visible for flatly carbonated barley roasted amber ale stylistically closer to a ‘maltier’ E.S.B. But raisin-esque middle lacks body and initial malt sweetness fades.

Voodoo isn’t quite vibrant and flavorful enough to compete with most international red ales as modestly-hopped earthy grains limp to murky cherry-raspberry finish.