A1A Aleworks Red Brick Ale

Brewed by A1A Aleworks (Gordon Biersch)
Style: Amber Ale
St. Augustine, Florida USA

The aroma holds malt and fruit skins with a big dose of toasted grains. The body is a rich and dark amber color upon which sits a lasting tan head. More fruit skins and grains in 0t he fore as well as the malt. Has a copper/metallic twinge to it and stale, herbal tasting hops. Caramel notes become pronounced in the finish.

This one is dry and hoppy with less of a sugary, malty taste than I was expecting. But in this case that was not a bad thing. The aroma was sweeter than the taste. The palate was a tad thin but still OK. OK pretty much covers the description of this beer.

Draft... Lightly hazed amber ale with a mid-sized, creamy, off-white head. Fantastic retention. The aroma is of caramel, pine and grapefruit. The flavor is of a solid caramel or Munich malt backbone yielding to numbing, bitter hops. No residual sweetness. Full-bodied and silky with prickly carbonation. Lengthy, bitter, dry finish. Very pleasant surprise!

Draft. Color was a reddish amber with medium frothy head. Aroma was complex hops with a tone of citrus. The flavor and finish was not a strong as the aroma and the finish was small and short. this is a house favorite.

Draft. Reddish color with a big off-white head. Citrus hop aroma with some malt. Balanced hoppy/malty flavor but a somewhat strange aftertaste - not unpleasant, just strange and I can’t put any words to it. Easy to drink if you don’t get hung up on the strangeness.

Man this beer was sour, if you like grapefruit you’ll love it, if not you won’t. I haven’t got one since the first one i tried.

Clear copper body with beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, grapefruit, some caramel. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit, some caramel, berry. Finish has a medium bite of earthy/grapefruit. Medium body, slightly chewy.

Draft at A1A in St. Augustine. This flavor of this beer reminded me more of a true Pale Ale than an Amber Ale. It had a small sized white head that contained fine-medium sized bubbles that quickly and completely dissipated. The body was softly carbonated and transparent with a red hue. The nose was hoppy with a bitter and hoppy flavor. The mouthfeel was fairly smooth and somewhat dry. This was a medium bodied beer in my opinion with sparse lacing.