A1A Aleworks Red Brick Ale

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

Date: 11/18/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

clear amber, creamy beige head, lots of scattered lace, sweet crystal and caramel malt aroma with citrus and floral hops, rich caramel malt flavor, bready character, touch of caramel sweetness, growing butterscotch in the sweetness, well balanced by citrus hops, lasting bitter finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

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.

on tap-pours an off white head that laces and amber color. Aroma is citrus-grapefruit, secondary light/medium malt-caramel. Taste is citrus-grapefruit hops with some bite, secondary light/medium malt-caramel.

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.

TheDM and Hotstuff vacation brew 50. This draft brew was enjoyed at the brewery in Saint Augustine Florida. This brew poured a small head of fine to large sized mostly diminishing bubbles that left behind a transparent light brown colored uncarbonated body and a fair lace. The aroma was mildly malted while the mouthfeel was tingly from the hops. The flavor was malty, hoppy and contained some caramel and red beer notes to it.

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.

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.