Blackstone Red Springs Ale

Pours a deep copper color with a tan head. Aroma is caramel, toast, floral, and slight grassy hop notes. Flavor is malty, caramel, some biscuit, and a bitter grassy, almost astringent, hop finish.

Sampled at Schlafly Repeal of Prohibition festival. Pours copper with a soapy tan head. The aroma has sweet toasty malt, nuttiness and overall clean smoothness. Medium crisp body with light carbonation. The flavor starts like the aroma, but is a bit metallic and medicinal. The finis is very minerally and a touch sour.

(draft at Schlafly Repeal of Prohibition) Dark amber with malt aroma, some hops. Flavor is mostly caramel malt but a definite floral hops presence.

Dark amber with a beige head. Floral hop and sweet malt aroma. Floral hop and pine taste but finish is sweeter than bitter. An excellent amber with some hop kick.

On tap at the brewpub. Clear red body with a thin off white head. Aroma is basic malts, caramel. Taste is great sweet caramel body with a floral grassy bitter finish.

2009 Tap. A lower end amber ale. Surprising amounts of hoppiness that clash with the malts that typically predominate amber ales. Aroma of strong hops with a light maltiness. Dark orange-brown with not much head. Not that great.

Date: November 08, 2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear deep red, fine white head, thick spidery lace
Aroma: sweet bready aroma, nice floral hops
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, nice caramel sweetness, bready character, lots of floral and citrus hops, touch of earthyness, light bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

Clear red amber pour with little head. Sweet malty toasty aroma. Flavor has a touch of alcohol and a a weird hop flavor. Lingering bitter finish. Average. Bleh.