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Mendocino Red Tail Lager

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
952.71/5.02.72/5.04.5%62.8Lager glass
Commercial Description:
Lighter in body than our Red Tail Ale, Red Tail Lager is fermented at low temperatures using our traditional lager yeast. “It took 21 years to make a lager worthy of the Red Tail name. Red Tail Lager has a rich refreshing flavor with a smooth light feel and a clean and crisp sweet finish.”

Date introduced: April 2005. Description: Medium body, red hued color, snow white head, lightly hopped, rich refreshing flavor, clean and crisp sweet finish.

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 unclemattie (2411), Georgia, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/510/20
Sep 1, 2009  
12oz bottle. Orange color. white head. Citrus aroma. hints of bread. Some lemon zest. Flavor is a thin malt. followed by a sharp bitterness. Very light, thin bodied. not much going on.


 lithy (1650), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Sep 1, 2009  
Dark copper orange, off white head. Aroma is toasted caramel, grainy. Taste is the same, toasted malt, but overall husky and grainy.


 Ughsmash (4016), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 2, 2009  
Bottled. Poured hazy medium amber with a short-lived cap of whitish head. The aroma picked up toasted grains, caramel, and honey with dry spices and floral accents.. malty overall and pleasant enough. The flavor found light fruits in addition to honey and caramel at the core.. tacky malts with mild floral bitterness on the edges.. a bit tangy on the finish. Lighter-bodied with low-ish carbonation on the palate.. decent balance, but the tacky malts on the back kept it from being refreshing. OK stuff.


 502Flavors (620), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 21, 2009  
A bit of soy on the aroma, but a very nice and refreshing cherry quality on the flavor. Not the best, but a very nice session beer. A very nice LAGER to boot!


 Uglyradio (775), Greenville, South Carolina, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/515/20
Jul 14, 2009  
Cloudy copper pour...Thin white head...Malty aroma...Light body...Crisp carbonation...Slightly sweet...Clean slightly sweet finish...


 ChainGangGuy (2558), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Jun 16, 2009  
Appearance: Pours an ever so slightly hazed, amber body with a smallish, though frothy, white head. Smell: Vague, mild nose of sweet-scented grains with an equally indistinct hint of fruit. Well, gee, I was hoping for a bit more here. Hopefully the taste will promptly deliver me to Flavor Town! Taste: Lightly toasty, lightly bready, lightly grainy malts with, yes, a light sweetness. Then, in comes a watery wash of spring water. Touch of fruit. Faintly citrusy, spicy hops with just a touch of bitterness. The finish is dry and clean but also empty and abrupt. Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: What is this, Amateur Night?! I’m left quietly muttering encouraging comments to try and coax some (any!) flavor out of this thing. Sadly, a sip of Red Tail Lager doesn’t really entice you take another, unless it’s just the abject curiosity to see if it’ll ever somehow deliver in the taste department, which, again sadly, it does not.


 hoppopotamus (185), Santa Cruz, California, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/103/58/20
Jun 1, 2009  
Looks decent: a hazy light brown color, very effervescent with an off-white head. Aroma is weakly malty, and a tad sweet. Flavor is watery, a hint of slightly roasted malt. Water mouthfeel. Pretty boring lager!


 kp (8399), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/102/57/20
May 25, 2009  

Date: May 23, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ticker Tasting
Appearance: hazy copper, fine off white head
Aroma: light sweet malt aroma, light earthy spicyness
Body: body has very low carbonation
Flavor: sweet caramel malt flavor, light spicyness rather than any bitterness
Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 4/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 1.9/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: *+/4



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