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Mendocino Red Tail Ale 3.07 664

Mendocino Red Tail Ale

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bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6643.07/5.03.07/5.06.1%68.4English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Red Tail Ale - The Legend is our flagship brand. It is brewed in the traditional "old world" manner, using premium two-row malted barley, hops and our own special proprietary yeast strain. It is an amber ale with a rich complex refreshing flavor and a crisp dry finish. Red Tail Ale is "Bottle Conditioned." Like good wine, Red Tail Ale is a perfect complement to fine dining.
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 TheBeerOrg (1586), Kentucky, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
Jan 11, 2006    Updated: Dec 6, 2006
Pours dark golden with orangish hues. Aroma of sweet caramel, toffee, and floral hops. Taste is sweet, simple, and malty. A few bready and toasted malt notes, but not enough to keep this beer very interesting. The finish is a little hoppy, but it is not very dry. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with light carbonation. Very simple and unexciting.


 slang (406), Columbia, South Carolina, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/103/511/20
Jan 9, 2006  
Hopy aroma. Taste is somewhat weak but does have that slight citrus taste. Not bad, slightly better than average.


 jde123 (715), Washington, Washington DC, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/510/20
Jan 9, 2006  
A bland offering from an overall bland brewery. Pours from the bottle into a light orange bubbly froth, that while drinkable lacks an efervescence that really makes one want to truly imbibe the beer. Rather, I drank it too fast, and ordered another because I didn’t want to hassel the server into finding another obscure beer at the bottom of the cellar. Not great, but when mucking about in mediocrity, do as the mediocritites do...


 jcwattsrugger (5567), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Jan 5, 2006  
12oz bottle-amber color, pours a rich, short light tan head. Aroma is deep malt-caramel. Taste follows with a bit of bite from the secondary hops, very nice, enjoyable. Good carbonation.


 Tmoney99 (4779), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Jan 3, 2006  
Bottle. Poured a deep amber with a large frothy white head that was lasting and produced good lacing. Good well balanced aroma. Medium body. Moderate balanced malt and hop flavor with an average bitter finish.


 ElBorracho (472), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/512/20
Jan 3, 2006  
Bottle. Pours an orange/amber with a thin off-white head. A very faint malty aroma leads the way to a sweet candy malt taste. Not bad, but nothing I need to run back to.


 kfarrnd (112), Oldsmar, Florida, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 30, 2005  
Bottle. Poured a light brownish copper with a thin orangy-tan head. The aroma was filled with caramel and sweet malt. The flavor was initially sweet candied fruit and caramel rounded out with some malt and then a bitter, even a little metallic, hops finish. Medium bodied on the palate, complex enough to merit drinking again. Not a bad amber at all, I continue to like the Mendocino offerings.


 bkurtz (276), Peru
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Dec 28, 2005  
Poured cloudy amber with a decent head. Like a bitter, but thin at the end. Well made and tasty brew.



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