Hook and Ladder Pipe & Drum Irish Ale

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

another decent brew from hook and ladder. sweet malt, caramel, with a hint of hops in the after taste. A fine start to the Irish season.

Poured a deep red/brown with a medium/large froathy head. Aroma was malty and sweet. Taste was fruity with some grapes and pale malts. Not too bitter, mainly sweet. Clean aftertaste. Maybe too much carbonation. Overall pretty flavorfull and decent.

Clear copper appearance with a large, off white head and very good lacing. Muted aroma, mostly caramel malts. Gently hopped, toasted malt taste with a fairly short lived. Medium bodied and moderately carbonated mouthfeel that is smooth and easy to drink. Almost marzenesque.

Smells of dark malts and not much else. Tastes of dark malts, somewhat bitter and earthy. Tasty.

Pours a dark red brown amber color with slight offwhite head. Aroma is toffeelike with slight hoppiness. Flavor is a bit sweet and biscuty. Overall, not bad.

Bronze-amber with a suitable head. Musty Britt hops and some malt in the aroma seems ordinary and likely to disappoint, but it has a good mouthfeel with toasted amber malt and some biscuit notes along with a warming quality. Modest character and a decent rendition of a generally lackluster style.

Pours a nice bright reddish amber. The aroma is of caramel and spicy hops. The flavor is caramel malt, toast, and light peppery bitterness. Little lingering caramel and hop finish.

Pour from a bottle a crystal clear burnt orange with a nice cream-colored head. There is some hint of carmel in the aroma and also a touch of hops. This is a very smooth beer and has some subtle flavors of caramel, but nothing really stands out. The palate is medium and the taste remains for some time. A decent beer.