Hook and Ladder Pipe & Drum Irish Ale

Brewed by High Falls Brewing Company
Style: Irish Ale
Rochester, New York USA

Nothing offensive about it, nothing memorable. Pretty average. Smooth, malty, a typical irish ale, nothing to impress. What’s wrong with those irish?

Pours a browinsh/red color with a off white head. Aromas of malt and maybe some hops. Flavor is of dry malts with some caramel and a hint of hops.Medium body, nicely balanced.

Presentation: It was poured from a brown 12oz bottle into a pint glass. Appearance: It has a deep dark amber colored body with good clarity. The head is small and fades out quickly leaving no lacing behind. Smell: The aroma is light with some light hints of sweet caramel malts. Taste/Mouth feel: The overall flavor has a mild sweet malty character with a touch of caramel and some light spicy/leafy hops for balance. The hops come in more towards the finish of this medium bodied brew. The mouth feel is well rounded, smooth with a light balance of carbonation. Notes: Overall this is a nice average beer.

(bottle - 12 oz) Deep ruby red pour with a thin tan head. Aroma is hoppy at the start with some mild smoke notes and some caramel. Flavor is malty at the start with some smoke coming through the middle. Finishes a little bitter and lingers for a while on the palate.

Pours a reddish brown crested by a huge foaming light tan head. Aroma is hops with a hint of cream. Taste is malt, carmel, chicory and coffee. Not overly carbonated and thin on the viscosity meter. No noticable aftertaste. A rather average Irish ale but nonetheless a good companion to a light lunch, snacks or shepherds pie.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a nice amber color with a foamy white head. The head subsides leaving behind good lacing. Malt, caramel, and a little wet cardboard in the nose. Medium carbonation with a medium light mouthfeel. Bits of wood, smoke, light brown sugar, and just a touch of bitterness on the palate. The malt lingers awhile on the tongue. It says it has a smooth dry finish, but I seem to be missing the dry. Good drinkability. I would be willing to sit around and have a few of these.

Pours a deep amber with a smaller head. Aroma is dull, though malts are detectable. Flavor is mostly malty, with a little generic fruitiness in the body. Not bad. I can dig it. Overall, good.

Poured this beer from the bottle into a pint glass to drink. It had a clear copper to dark-amber color with a big foamy white head that had long retention and average cling. The beer had a grainy and earthy hop aroma with some barley and caramel malt. The taste was a somewhat sour earthy-rye taste with some sweetness and a bit of bitterness too. It had a decent fizz and was a bit thin and light, slightly on the dry side.