Liberty Rockets Red Ale

Brewed by Liberty Steakhouse & Brewery
Style: Irish Ale
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina USA

Tap (Columbia). Cherry vanilla and malt aroma. Red-amber color with small head. Lightly sweet cherry vanilla and barley malt flavor with a moderate hops finish. Unusual in that diacetyls are at a minimum - nice fruity irish ale.

Hazy copper/ruby pour with aroma of caramel malt, some cabernet, some cherries. Tastes fruity, with a red wine presence backed up with hopcit and caramel malt.

Growler. Nice fiery orange, small bubbles standing in for a head. Orange citrus and malt aroma - mild. Nice fresh malt taste - surprisingly fresh tasting given that the growler was three weeks old. Standard red/amber/irish ale, but very refreshing and drinkable.

Draught at Liberty Taproom in Columbia. Pours red orange with a small ivory head. The aroma is dreid apricots, some sweet cookie, and some diacetyl. The flavor is apricot and caramel with some general hop bitterness and light diacetyl. Clean finish. Reasonable brew.

Draught. This is red. The description sure sounds good to me. However, the most striking thing about it after an analysis is its similarity to their nut brown ale. The malt qualities sport much of the same nut/toast thing going on. I’d say a dash of biscuit character may be found. Not much at all in the way of hops, perhaps the finish could be considered grassy. Really, it’s not bad. meh.

Date: 12/17/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Myrtle Beach

amber with a slight haze, scant head, light malt aroma, dry caramel malt flavor, nice balance with some earthy bitterness, hint of fruity sweetness, simple and drinkable
-------- /> Date: 12/20/2006
Words: Draft
Words: Brewpub
Words: High Point

cloudy orange, fine beige head, lots of lace, sweet caramel malt aroma, nice light caramel malt flavor, light sweetness balanced by lots of earthy hops, the sweetness grows and develops a nice fruity character

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Pours a nice deep ruby amber color with a small, quickly dissapating amount of whitish head. Aroma is malty and slightly dark fruity. Flavor is rather mild, a bit malty, a bit cheryish, but no dominant flavor. Overall, I found it to be a decent brew.

Tap at the steakhouse. Pours out a slightly cloudy reddish copper color with a small lacing white head. Slight sweet malts on the aroma, but not a whole lot going on aroma-wise. Taste is of some sweet malts, slight hops, little bit of caramel, drinkable, especially on a 90+ degree day like the one I was just there.