DuClaw Misfit Red

Brewed by DuClaw Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Abingdon, Maryland USA

Draft, Bowie. Pours a dark, rust-colored appearance; off-white head with decent lacing. Light aroma, predominantly candy sugar. Light-to-medium mouthfeel: chewy malts, light citrus; basic, drinkable amber ale. Mildly dry finish, less dry and crisp than one would expect.

Draft at Arundel Mills location Not much aroma. Pours dark amber with a faint off white head. Flavor of toasted malt and caramel, nicely balanced by spicy hops. A simple beer designed to pair with food.

On tap @ Arundel Mills-Poured a clear amber color w/a very slight head. Had some lacing, not a lot. Kind of a "standard" amber. Roasted malt up front w/a somewhat bitter finish. Nothing wrong w/it, but there are a lot better examples of this style out there. Average brew.

Rerate-Was here again this Christmas & found this brew much more enjoyable this time, don’t know if it was them of me. Seemd much fresher w/a crisper malt flavor. Definite sesson Ale.

Tap @ Bowie. Amber color with a moderate head. Aroma is fairly split between malt and hops. Somewhat sweet, but relatively balanced. Easy drinking. Average and unoffensive.

Deep brown-red and clear. Can’t smell it over the cigarettes at the bar, but it’s lightly sweet-malty. Briny , dry, lightly astringent. A soapy flavor in the back of the palate which makes me wonder if the glass wasn’t washed well. Not very bitter. medium body. Better fizz than the others here.

I really liked this beer. It was Rock Bottom’s Racoon Red, without as much hop presense. It wasn’t their best, but a very strong/solid offering.

Less hoppy, but still almost as bitter as the Venom sampled that day. This was the "middle of the road" beer for the 6 beer sampler. If slightly less hop and more malt, I would recommend it as a session beer. Slight sweetness on the togue and just creamy (not as a stout or porter, but moreso than a typical ale) on the tongue. Probably the third best beer of the patch (Octoberfest and Bare Ass Blonde topped for this go ’round) (Tap 11/11/2006)

[Draft at the Bowie location] An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is light with notes of caramel - too light for my liking. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and bread, and with a light note of metal in the finish. I find it kind of boring - lacking character.