Fort Collins Renos Retirement Ale

Beer pours a clear, pale, gold with a tiny head and a little bit of lacing. The aroma has a beautiful, sweet malty overtone and notes of honey, straw and lightly roasty grain with a trace of grapefruit and green apple. The flavor is mild and very sweet with an average-length lightly bitter finish. The palate is light with a watery texture and a lively carbonation.

Bottle courtesy of Ernest. Pours golden into a kolsch glass with a nice big foamy head that takes a few minutes to subside. Smells of straw, grapefruit, early autumn wet grass, and appley. There are also some straw like qualities present on the nose. Taste is orangey with some very nice appley notes. Some herblike tastes also stick out and last on the palate. Finish is long lasting with a bittersweetness to it. I wish I had another bottle.

09.19.05 12oz bottle thanks to Ernest. Pours a clear and lively gold coor with a lingering film of white head. Vibrant aromas of peach, lemon custard, honey. Flavor is rich but the body is crisp and refreshing. Lots of grapenuts cereal, and underlying flowery/herbal/grassy note throughout is springlike and pleasant. Lingering flavor of banana Runts (holy crap I can’t believe someone else got that exact same flavor), and cereal. It’s like a little glass of breakfast. Nice one, thanks Ernesto.

Bottle thanks to rater #2971. Clear straw body with small, lazily ascending bubbles. Thin (but long-lasting) white head. The aroma is of sweat (seriously), lemon, and corn bread. The soft and ample carbonation really helps this beer out. It gives it a fluffy, full feeling without being over-tingly. Lime, biscuit malt, and stemmy, leafy hops in the flavor. Sort of a sandy, bitter finish. ’Ol Reno got a pretty good beer named after him!

Yellow liquid underneath soft white foam. Rich grains, lemon, herbs and Pinot Grigio in the nose. Dry and herbal character, with soft fruit flavors (Runt’s bananas) and well extracted grains. Quite good, really.