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Fort Collins Retro Red

Percentile
55
overall

bottled
common

on tap
available

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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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 bu11zeye (5608), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
May 5, 2009  
(12oz bottle) Pours an amber-brown body with a spare off-white head. Aroma of caramel, dust, and bread. Flavor of caramel malt, mild hops (earthy, light citrus), and some cocoa.


 ScottyP (314), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
May 2, 2009  
Clear amber poor with white head, nice lacing. Sweet fruitiness with malty notes. Taste of roasted malts with some hop bitterness. Decent red ale.


 unclemattie (2431), Georgia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/102/512/20
May 1, 2009  
12oz bottle, mixed 12pk. Deep copper pour, tan colored head. Large scent of toasted malt. Sweet with hints of caramel malt, and floral hops. Flavor is a watery malt. Finishes with a nice toasted grain flavor and a decent hop bitterness. It is OK.


 blipp (1700), Newark, New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 20, 2009  
Bottle. Pours red with a beige head. The aroma is hoppy, floral and spicy, with a hint of sweet malt. The flavor brings an herbal and floral hop profile with sweet malts and a hint of rye bread. Pretty good.


 beerchugger (306), Colorado, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/103/511/20
Apr 19, 2009  
Pours an attractive red with a decent head forming. Head dissapates immediately, but leaves behind nice lacing. The smell is of malts and...metal? Slight biscuity flavor intermingled with some malt background. However, the taste is rather bland overall. Finishes smooth and is a very drinkable beer.


 nick76 (2676), Tampa, Florida, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/59/20
Apr 17, 2009    Updated: May 12, 2009
The aroma is decent with sweet caramel malt and grassy hops but somewhat weak. The appearance is deep amber with an average head. The flavor is like the aroma. It does have a bit of malt but it has grain husks and there is a definite paper taste as well. The palate is smooth. Overall this is an average beer. This one is better draft than in the bottle.


 Narnad (718), Wonder Lake, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/515/20
Apr 14, 2009  
Pours a brown and red color with a very nice frothy, off-white head. Aroma is strong of Munich malt, some apple fruit notes with some nice nuttiness to it as well. Flavor has a lot of straw/grass flavors, Munich malt roasted notes, light sweet fruit flavor and a really heavy walnut ending. Beer has low carbonation and a moderate density to it. Overall the nutty aroma and flavor dominate making it a pretty enjoyable beer.


 sebletitje (1971), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 14, 2009  
courtesy of Tony at OTH. pours copper/brown, beige head. Aroma light malts and caramel. Taste, caramel, malts, some hops. Is it the Ft Collins version of Fat Tire? Simple and easy to drink.



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