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Fort Collins Retro Red

Percentile
55
overall

bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2353.1/5.03.09/5.05.2%70.8English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Retro Red, our hoppiest Specialty Ale, has a ruby red color and a distinct malty flavor, unlike any of our other brews.
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 yemenmocha (413), Glendale, Arizona, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/510/20
Sep 19, 2009  
Pours dark brown, almost a nut brown ale in appearance. Modest head didn’t last. Still, quite aromatic but somewhat unpleasant - the caramelly nutty nose just came across in an "off" way to me. On the palate is a sickly sweet caramel taste with some hop balance, but still it’s mostly a caramel extract like sweetness. Finish is short.


 KAggie97 (2469), Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/54/102/58/20
Sep 18, 2009  
Bottle.
Pours an average mahogany with a thin, almost lifeless body that doesn’t even begin to entice the drinker. Semi-decent head that quickly fades into the body. Aroma is nutty cotton candy, a touch of cinammon, a pinch of nutmeg, and a smidgen of pumpkin. Flavor is a watery mess of nutty malt, pureed vegetables, weak pumpkin, and butter. Weak, lifeless mouthfeel. Blech.


 fluffy (229), Florida, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/54/102/55/20
Sep 12, 2009  
a pale ale disguised as a amber/red ale. bleh. great if you like IPAs and PAs. but yet another company getting too hop happy.


 TeamTrappist (399), jericho, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/103/512/20
Sep 9, 2009  
Tap at blind tiger. Poured copper with a sweet malt nose. Very malty with a touch of swetness thin bodied decent session beer I like the carbonation it throws over ur tongue and pops some flavor over it.


 scoth (283), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Sep 5, 2009  
Pours clear, medium burnt umber, with a medium beige head, fine lacing. Rich aroma of toast, toffee, cherry, and some earthy grass notes. Medium-light body, zesty, crisp, lightly dry. Flavors of grass, toffee and grapefruit. Light bitter finish. Very drinkable.


 arrogantb (707), Denver, Colorado, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Sep 1, 2009  
This thing had the most vicious head, I swear I poured it slowly and carefully and still got a half glass of head. The color is as the label describes ruby red. It smells a little musty, the taste is malty, it is an ok beer but not a great beer. It kinda made me think of Fat Tire at first (not good) but then it became its own distinctive beer. I will still be plowing through Ft. Collins lineup as the Rocky Mountain IPA is so damn tasty. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 08-03-2007 20:36:59


 BREWMUSKCLES (1078), New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 17, 2009  
burnt toffee malt flavor that is buttery. some hops in there and a whiskey and rye type of taste with a hidden touch of old... like ear wax. dishwater & stainless steel with ale. a complementary and flavorful carbonation and body to accompany... a good one.


 drowland (1417), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Aug 16, 2009  
Had from a 12oz bottle into a pint glass. A solid red that leans a bit toward the malty side - not bad at all.



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