Crescent City Red Stallion

Brewed by Crescent City Brewery
Style: Vienna
New Orleans, Louisiana USA

This brewery has the same kind of taste as the Apollo brewery in Copenhagen. This is a pretty average vienna.

a very pretty, amber-colored vienna, with a good malt/hop balance in the nose. flavor is well balanced and nicely understated-this is not a "big" style. easy to drink, with enough going on to keep you interested.

Dark amber in color. Malty and satisfying. Very drinkable. View from the balcony as I enjoyed this beer was nice too.

Good beer in a land of cheesey hurricanes, Bud, and Abita, the local brew. While not particularly complex, this is a decent marzen-style lager that I enjoyed.

Draught: It isn't quite red, as the name might make you think. It was more of a dark golden color, with maybe a tinge of red to it. It had a big, strong head that had good lacing. The nose was somewhat weak, with no hops there at all. Some sweetness to the nose. The taste was a bit sweet. Not bad, but not real exciting either.

This is the "red" beer that every american brewpub must have. Why are they always marketed as "red" anyways? Is there something about the word that they think will make inexperienced drinkers go for it? Not much here, just some malty bitterness accompanied by a dry hop finish.....not bad I guess, but not too impressive.

If they would add a bit more hop to the balance, this would almost take on a style of it's own; and don't let the "red" in the title fool you. I gave it a couple points simply for the uniqueness, but otherwise very ordinary.

Golden yellow with light, sweet malt aroma. Strong grain flavor/malty sweetness. Very nice bitter in the finish. Not as big as the Great Lakes, but a very well balanced beer.