Tasted 9/24/08. 12oz bottle. Thanks Keir! Filtered with a ruby amber hue. Medium ring of bone white head. Grainy malts aromas. Mildly soapy. Medium bodied with bright malts. Slightly spicy with a good dose of hops. Finish is lingering with cocoa malts and piney hops. Earthy hop characters. Good moderate malt roast. Tart yet sweet. Good rolling palate with a intermixed juxtaposition of sweet and bitter. Mildly cloying finish. Good caramel malts. Good woody, piney hops. Slight graham cracker and mild cola note in the malt profile. Very tasty and hoppy Red!

This one was dark copper in color with a short lasting head that I sampled at the Chocolate Moose in Ely, Mn. Malty with a nutty roastiness and sweet coffe. Hops were barely noticeable. You could drink a lot of this.

Poured gold copper color with 1 finger head. (not very red) Nose is malty and floral. Sweet malt taste then floral hops. Flowery and mildly bitter finish. Not a bad beer but not what I was expecting in a red ale.

Pours a very hazy amber brown with very little head. The aroma is surprisingly present. Aromas are of malts and roasted nuts. Flavor is definite malts and nuts with sweet coffee and dark chocolate undertones. Surprising amount of flavor for a red.

Hazy deep reddish brown color. Wow, this red has some bite! Nice toasty roasted malts, a bit of dark chocolate and coffee, and a dry hop backbone. Medium bodied. I really wasn’t expecting much from this beer, as most "red" beers are pretty weak, but this is a decent surprise.