Alpine Beer Company McIlhenneys Irish Red

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

Thanks smokepot23. Pours a glowing red orange with a one finger offwhite head. The nose has some peanut shell, malt dominant, caramel sweetness, chewy, bready, off character. Flavor is malty, sweet, caramel, earthy, slightly off character, peanut shell. Palate is slick. Kind of weird, didn’t really like it.

Bomber poured a clear reddish amber with a lasting amber head and great lacing. Aromas of carmel, light fruittiness and a hint of spice. Palate was medium b odied and smooth. Flavors of carmel, light cocoa and light spice with a smooth malty finish.

Poured an orangy-amber with a fizzy egg-shell head. Nose is terrible, smells of cheese and butter with hints of PNW Hops. Really an awful nose. Taste is better than the nose, tastes like it is brewed with purely late addition hops, has tons of hop flavor in comparison to the bitterness, Lacks the sweetness i’d like in a red ale, a little more attenuated than most irish ale i’ve had. Also an off flavor of rotten vegetables.

Bottle. Pours a clear reddish-brown with a thick foamy off-white head that lingers. Big sweet malt aroma, with wood, grass, pine hops, and sugar. Taste is sharp and sweet, of caramel, malt, citrus, wood, brown sugar. Lingering sweet malt that ends a bit watery. Tasty.

On tap. Clear amber golden with an off-white head leaving laces. Sweet caramel aroma. Medium body, sweet caramel notes, but again distinct moldy accents. No bitterness. I wonder if Pizza Port Solana has a problem with keeping their tap lines clean - this was the third mildewy beer in the same day. 080709

From tap at Pizza Port in Solana Beach. Pours clear and golden deep amber with a small white head. Light roasted and caramelish malt aroma. Sweet caramelish and light toasted malt flavoured. Good light bitterness to this. Ends with a light creamy impression and a lasting light dry hoppy and light malty mix.

Draught at Toronado SD. The only non-IPA that I’ve had from these guys. Weird. Darker red brown color with a small off-white head. Rich, nutty malty aroma with caramel and toffee. Toasted grain and caramel malty flavor, lightly burnt edge, and low hops. I went back and forth between thinking that this had a good malt robustness, and that it was a little too sweet. The body and carbonation were both good, but it just could have finished a little dryer or more bitter. I think just a tad more bittering hops would have really dialed in the balance.

From Growler. Pours a dark copper with red hue. Small off white head that quickly fades away. Aroma sweet carmel malts, spices, cinnamon and mild hops Flavor is carmel, toffee. syrupy,but very thin kinda watery like.