Beach Chalet Riptide Red

Brewed by Beach Chalet Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
San Francisco, California USA

Gorgeous brassy red appearance with a fine head. Mildly toasty malt aroma. Very toasty flavor, not sure if I like it. Unusual toasty profile with slight peatiness. Ok in small quantities.

Sampled at the brewhouse. A well crafted ale with smooth hops and a strong malty base. Taste is slightly toasty but leads to a good dinner beer.

Deep amber body and off-white head. Mild malty aroma is hard to detect. Nutty and malty flavour with a hint of sweetness. Average body, average beer.

Another bold beer. It’s got the strong malt flavors of the oktoberfest but with quite a lot of alcohol to back it up. Not bad.

(On tap) Warm, dark amber colour with a creamy, off-white head leaving laces. Weak aroma of roasted malt. Medium body with lightly sweet malts. In spite of an underlying sweetness the beer ends dry. 270307

Draught at the brewpub. Clear amber color with off white head that laced the glass. Coppery metallic aroma which was not unattractive, but didn’t really draw me in. Despite this, the flavor was very nice; spicy, nutty, and a bit roasty. All in all not bad.

"I have to say up front that Reds aren’t one of my favorites to begin with. This one was probably better than many others I’ve had though. The pour was a see through red color with a decent head. The aroma was malty with a very faint hop presence. The taste followed suit, with a pleasant malt flavor that dominated. This beer is one dimensional and boring--but not bad."

This beer just had nothing to it. There was very little flavour of any sort, no malt, no hops. As far as I’m concerned, I would actually prefer miller light; it has some flavour, and at least it doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not.