Old Market Hot Tamale Ale

Brewed by Old Market Pub and Brewery
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Portland, Oregon USA

Name: Hot Tomale Pepper Ale
Date: September 22, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: hazy gold, creamy white head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet feet aroma, hint of buttermilk
Flavor: sweet malt flavor is quickly balanced by a hot peppery character, touch of feet lingers from the aroma, long hot pepper finish
Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 2.1/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: *+ /4

On tap at the Old Market Portland OR. Pours out a light amber topped with a very small head. Nothing much going on for aroma. Tast not much going on and them Bam it hits the back of your mouth. Pretty cool beer.

on tap clear litght yelloe amber with snall white hed. plain liht geain aroma and no ecidence of thepepper untill the after tasteNis

For what this is, this was exceptionally tasty. Although it is somewhat vegetal and earthy, with some inherent spiciness, but it never overdoes itself, it is not extremely overpowering. It does however have a couple of levels of spiciness, the first spiciness hits you right in the nose and burns a little bit, and then the second wave rushs over your palate and then fades away.

Tap. Lightly opaque. Medium to light amber in color with a decent white head and fail lacing. Aroma is malty and somewhat vegetal. Light bodied. Flavor is Cave Creek Redux. Not quite as harsh and painful as Crazy Ed’s elixir but still this is a pepper dominated beer in flavor. A very quick malt sweetness is erased quickly by the capsaicin. Long medium hot burn. Fair, but you are better off having food with this one.

On tap at the Old Market. Pours golden with a medium white head. Aroma is sweet, lots of pepper, hint of lime and some other fruitiness. Taste starts quickly sweet, then the pepper burn starts, really hot and long lasting. Quite a nice pepper beer. I think it could use a bit more beer taste to it, but still a great spicy brew.

RBSG 2004, on tap at the brewpub: Amber with a small white head. Flowers and hot green peppers in the aroma, long mellow burn that is followed by a strong pepper burn in the aftertaste.

(RBSG04) Hazy golden with off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, some berry, light jalapeno. Taste is medium sweet up top, turns jalapeno mid-tongue and gets quite hot/burn into swallow. Light-medium body.