Beach Chalet Riptide Red

From tap at the brewpub. Pours clear and deep amber, golden, and with a small tan head. Toffee butterish and slight roasted caramel/breadish malt aroma. Sweet malty flavoured, light roasted note and a hint of liqourice. Butter notes disappear in the flavours. Ends mild bitter and with a reappearing butterish note from back of the nose.

Name: Riptide Red Ale
Date: July 09, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear dark amber, fine beige head
Aroma: light sweet caramel malt aroma, light earthyness
Flavor: sweet caramel flavor, nice earthyness, sweet butterscotch
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Tasted at the brewpub on 7/9/2009. This amber pours a medium amber red color. The aroma is caramel and fruity and sweet. A medium bodied amber. The malts are caramel and sweet. The hops are earthy and floral. Nice balance. Decent carbonation. A slightly sweeter than average amber. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is sweet.

I had this on draft at the Beach Chalet brewpub. Nice dark red color, good malt & carmel flavor.

Tap at the brewpub: Deep copper amber pour with a fading tan head. Simple aroma of deep caramel and dark grains. Rounded carbonation with a malt forward flavor- toasted and lightly caramelized malts with an almost chocolaty note. A bit over attenuated and fizzy. Not much hop actions at all. Grainy and one dimensional.

Draft @ the brewpub. Pours a reddish amber color with a small off-white head. Has a malty nutty caramel aroma. Sweetish malty nutty hoppy flavor with some hints of caramel. Has a sweetish malty hoppy finish.

The body was pretty mahogany with a yellowish khaki head. The aroma was malty with walnuts and caramel candy. The taste was sweet with hazelnuts. A stewed tea finish hurts the overall package.

Reddish amber colored. Aroma is caramel, some citrus, toast, lightly fruity. Medium to light body, moderate bitterness. Ok.