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Mendocino Red Tail Lager 2.72 95

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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 vyvvy (2068), Hazelwood, Missouri, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Dec 29, 2006  
Pours copper with a good sized soapy light tan head. The aroma is grainy pale malt, light butter and light spice. Medium body with lots of semi-soft carbonation. Starts wtih smooth malt, butter, some spice and light smooth fruitiness. If this had more of a grainy taste and less butteriness it would help tremendously. The finish adds a bit of spicy hops. An okay lager.


 hayduke (1661), Eureka, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Dec 22, 2006  
Bottle. Pours a rich golden color, with a foamy white head and decent lacing. Nose of hops, malts and not much else. Mouthfeel is clean and crisp. Flavor is just what you would expect from a lager. Pretty darn nice for a lager.


 bhensonb (4347), Woodland, California, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/512/20
Dec 17, 2006  
Decent malt aroma. Darkly pale golden color. A frothy white head that sticks a while and even laces a bit. Swishes to a decent mouth feel. It finishes with enough hop to balance malt. The carbonation is not overwhelming. I just can’t figure out how to describe the start - everything seemed to arrive at once. Good for a lager.


 BückDich (4854), McCall, Idaho, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Dec 12, 2006  
Bottle: Bronze color, light head and lacing. Nose is floral and hoppy, nice malts, some toast, the flavor is balanced, very rich in pale malt with a balanced hop background. Medium body, solid finish. Tasty lager. Premium indeed.


 nick76 (2676), Tampa, Florida, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/510/20
Oct 30, 2006  
The aroma has both malt and hops in plentiful amounts giving it a sweet yet grassy quality. It also has the smell of leaves. The appearance is deep gold with a sight bit of amber. The head is small but foamy and persistent. The flavor is sweet with a hint of toasted malt and just enough bitterness to keep the sugars from being cloying. The palate is smooth. This was an enjoyable lager.


 daboskabouter (1470), Fergus, Ontario, Canada
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/57/20
Oct 22, 2006  
Golden colour with little to no fizz. The nose is slightly fruity with some apple. A spritzy body is sprinkled lightly with fruit and a light bitterness towards the end. A below average, uninspired lager.


 Tmoney99 (4776), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Oct 11, 2006  
Bottle. Poured copper color with an average off-white frothy head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate toasted maltand hoppy aroma. Medium body. Medium balanced flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration.


 zach8270 (2127), Henrietta, New York, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 9, 2006  
(bottle - 12 oz) Cloudy orange in color with a thin and fizzy white head. Aroma is slightly grassy and lightly sweet with some decent hops under it all. Flavor begins with a nice and bitter hoppy flavor that goes away quickly to a malty middle and a fizzy and kind of sweet finish. Aftertaste is dry and grainy with some bitterness.



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