Hyde Park Rough Rider

Formerly brewed at Hyde Park Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Hyde Park, New York USA

My fav of the beers sampled, Nice red pour with a small head, ncie carmel flavor with some nice hops at the end. Pretty good

Grainy, cereal malts with some bready notes and herbal hops in the nose. Clear amber-copper coloured body is topped by a low, fine bubbled, off white head that recedes to ring. Sweet caramel and bready malt flavours with very light finishing bitterness. Medium light body with moderate, soft carbonation. Sampled on tap at the brewpub with Olivier_MTL and Rastacouere.

Couleur cuivrée aux reflets orange foncés. Faible mousse laissant un fin cerceau sur le rebord du verre. Arômes de malt caramélisé, d’épices, de pain grillé et de levure. Saveurs sucrées tuant ainsi le houblonnage. Notes de pain grillé, de poires et de caramel mais sans l’épaisseur du malt pour venir donner un support à celles-ci. Semble vite fait. En fût à la brasserie, N.Y., Septembre 2005.

Shy white head covers a clear orange body. Sweet sweet bakery nose, toasted bread, fruits (peach) and spices.. Quickly fatiguing in mouth, feeling almost artificially sweetened. Hops feel initially earthy and citrusy, but they’re absolutely overshadowed and inefficient. Slick, thin, overdone mediocrity. Quite bad, highly husky, extremely sweet example, typical for the brewpub in that regard.

Sample at brewpub. Ok nose, carmel,apple,nutty. Orangy,brown bronze color. Sweet bitter flavors. Same as aroma. Thin body, crisp yet smooth mouthfeel. Dull bitterness on finish. Tasty enough, but doesn’t excite me though.

Draft at the brewpub: Orangish/copper in color, with a medium, off-white head. Aroma of malt, toffee, caramel, fruit, biscuits. Tastes malty, fruity, with finishing caramel and nuts. Decent complexity.

On Draft at the Brewpub, NY, April 2004: Dark amber color, light carbonotaion, little head. Huge butterscotch nose, toffee and cheese taste.