Alpine Beer Company McIlhenneys Irish Red

Brewed by Alpine Beer Company (CA)
Style: Irish Ale
Alpine, California USA

Poured with a dark body and traces of a head. Aroma of oranges and tobacco. The taste was full roasted peanuts and some grass.

Pours a dark red, no head. Aroma of moss cherries, and malts. Flavor is acidic, lots of cherries and lemons, smooth, easy drinking.

Bottle. Clear ambery red color, with a nice lightly malty aroma. Caramel flavors, and some very light fruit flavors as well. Finished with a light bitterness.

Nice looking clear reddish copper, with a very small head. Aroma of toast and caramel, with the caramel comming through in the flavor, as well. Vary rich, malty body, with a dryish finish.

This is probably the best Irish Ale Ive had to date. A dark reddish brown appearance with a moderate head. The flavor was rather complex with some bitterness present. I tasted cherries, nutmeg, and grapefruit. From the looks of it, I enjoyed this more than most people.

no real aroma for me, but then again this was after the new glarus went up my nose. not as good as most alpine i have had. tastes like soda

My nose scents a combination of items making the aroma such related things as the flower of a rose, butterscotch, honey and malt. The flavor was also interesting being a nature of caramel and other sweet malts. The malt here had somewhat of a chocolate aftertaste and the hops gave a hinder to bitterness across the tongue. Also gave an impression of red licorice during the dry finish. Was a lovely amber red and had a minimum amount of head occurance. I’m not a fan of Irish ales, but Alpine Beer Co.made me relish their version.

Poured an amber color with a red tint. Aroma was malty sweet with caramel and lightly smokey. Flavor starts malty and sweet and finishes semi-dry with a light bitterness. Light to medium body.