Landmark India Red Ale

Formerly brewed at River Horse Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Lambertville, New Jersey USA

Date: 04/05/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

hazy dark amber, thin frothy beige head, sweet aroma with lots of earthy hops on a sweet carmel malt base, nice big bitter hop flavor, rich dry malt with just a touch of sweetness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

(12oz bottle) Crystal clear copper body with medium beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, floral, caramel, light grapefruit. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit, caramel, some tea, light orange. Watery light-medium body, very drinkable.

12oz bottle shared courtesy of TomDecapolis. Poured a deep and clear amber color with a small sized off white head. Aromas of strong caramel, toffee, and some pine. Tastes of lighter caramel and citrus.

Totally clear amber hue. Nicely laced beige head sticks to the glass edges professionally. Straightforward rye-like crystal malt nose balances out sappy, grapefruity and piney hops. Nothing complex about this, you’ve had it a hundred times before with a different label, but it remains bright, lively, fresh and pleasant at times. Highly drinkable with its citric bite. Plenty of toasted bread flavours, grainy in their way reminds again of rye. I’m not sure if the slight watery hint right before the finish enhances drinkability even more or if it acts as a cut in the flavour, but we’re left with our mouth empty and a flowery cascade residue. Light-medium bodied, slight creamy feel, smooth carbonation.

Pours a clear copper amber with a thin wispy white head. Has an earthy lightly piney hoppy aroma with some toasted caramel malty presence. Starts semi-sweet with some earthy bittering hops and toasty caramel malty notes before a thinner finish. Fairly true to style, just not all that exciting.

Deep murky peach and squash colored brown. Somewhat creamy but sharp apple cider and pine sap nose. Frothy and semi-thick in texture, roasty bread crust and peanuts give way to a pine resin finish adorned with mildly zesty yeast.

Bottle from the Drafting Room, Exton, PA. Pours deep copper with aroma of bready malt, resiny hops, some citrus and floral spice. Tastes malty at the front, followed by a piney hop and grapefruit burst at mid-palate, giving way to a blanaced finish with more hops, citrus, and bready malt. Very good.

Hazy reddish amber ale with almost no head. In aroma, faint caramel and floral hops. In mouth, more of a classy american ale with nice sustained hops with citrus notes, and good caramel base malt. Wooden notes develop as beer warms. Medium bodied. Bottle is one yr old, from Syracuse.