Lengthwise Triple Hop Red Ale

Brewed by Lengthwise Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Bakersfield, California USA

Pours an amber colour with a small creamy off white head. Aroma of light citrus hops and minor funkiness. Initial taste has a fizzy mouthfeel with grapefruit hops and sweet toasted malts. Finishing with light bitter hops that fade quickly. Minor head retention and lacing. Medium body and dry finish.

the appearance is a dark red amber with no head at all nor is their any laceing. the aroma is very hoppy and bitter with hints og grass. as you drink it there is some mild malt which makes it sweet initially and then there is a burnt bitter hoppy finish. also there are some woody dry hints mainly oak which makes the palate very dry and the palate duration is not that long.

Was my 2nd favorite from Lengthwise when I used to live in Bakersfield. Not quite hoppy enough, but darn good anyway. I’m looking for this bottle here in CT.

Courtesy mgumby10. Poured a deep amber color with a meidum sized frothy white head. The aroma was of sweet malts, candy sugar, and caramel. The flavor follwed the same with a big sweet malt profile with some fruits in there. I didn’t get much malts in there at all, so I’m not sure why they call it triple hop. It was medium bodied that went down smooth with a sweet caramel flavor left behind. This was a really nice amber, I enjoyed this one.

Courtesy irishboy. Pours a dark amber color with a medium, foamy, off white head. Smells of sweet carame malts, and sugars. Pretty appealing smell actually. The flavor was much the same, pretty sweet, big malty character, with some dark fruits, and sugars. This is really solid for an amber in my opinion. I didnt have that high of hopes, but was pleasantly surprised. Easy drinking, not much alcohol, and sweet on the tongue. Solid for the style.

Name: Triple Hop Red Ale
Date: February 23, 2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade
Appearance: dark red
Aroma: lightly sweet earthy hop aroma
Flavor: good hop flavor on a nice dry malt base, solid dry carmel character, long bitter finish

Name: Triple Hop Red Ale
Date: July 13, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
Appearance: clear dark red, fine beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma, touch of breadyness, light earthyness
Flavor: rich caramel malt flavor, just a touch of sweetness well balanced with earthy hops, nice bitter finish

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Score: **4

The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Bottle thanks to IrishBoy. Reddish-amber color with a smallish off-white head. Aroma of floral-earthy hops, caramel, citrus, and other "earthy" scents. Taste is well-hopped with some nice earthy flavors and some caramel, sweet, & medicinal tasting malts. Nice, but this one (like most "Red" ales) doesn’t quite do it for me due to that slight medicinal flavor. Still a solid well-hopped brew.

Bottle courtesy IrishBoy! Hazy deep ruby orange color, nice initial off-white head, solid retention at a thinned level that covers the entire surface, lacing mediocre. The aroma was rich, strong caramel malts, teabags, floral and pine hops, orange rinds. The flavor was really malty rich, an intense red ale, strong caramel, teabags and orange rinds, followed by a seemingly subtle floral and pine hop presence, only because the beer is so strongly malted and these dry hops (significantly present) get burried a little bit. With an ABV of only 5.X, this sucker sure is thick and heavy, lots of unfermentables, poor retention? Kinda like St. Rogue’s Red on more steroids, probably a little over the top, although it is perhaps exactly what the brewer intended? Thanks, Richard, another neat one!