Orlando Brewing Right On Red

amber with a thin head. aroma is somewhat similar to a scottish ale, kinda malty and grassy. flavor is of light caramel, somewhat floral but had a odd chemical finish that hits the back of your tongue. a little hoppy bite in the end, but overall its kinda unbalanced. better red ales out there.

12oz bottle from Whole Foods (Tampa, FL). Pours a generally clear dark amber color with thin white head. Aroma is light and slightly malty with notes of cooked veggies, some bready yeast and hints of honey and caramel. Flavor is sweet and malty with night notes of floral esters, caramel, funk, some burnt toast and maybe spicy honey. Generally light to medium body with a strange finish. Not a great ale.

12 oz bottle, labeled Orlando Brewing Red Ale. Deep copper color, white fluffy head. Doughy aroma. Not much of anything. Light malt. Some woody hop. Hint of nuttiness. Flavor is sweet, nutty. Nice caramel malt. Creamy texture. It is like pralines, but without the overwhelming nut of sugary flavors, HUH?

Bottle at MCO lounge. Light copper pour. Touch of hops and sweet malt aroma. Taste is sweet malt and a little roastiness. Not bad, but not the greatest.

Tap @ brewery pours cooper, white head. Aroma hops, fruity character, and light malts. Uninteresting until I got the unfiltered version. The unfiltered version had a much nicer aroma. Taste, malty, light roast, some bitteri hops and citrus fruits while keeping a maty profile.

On tap at the Florida Brewers Guild BeerFest 2009. This was not listed as their Right On Red and smell and tastes different too. Pours clear garnet with off white head. The aroma is hoppy with what smells like pine, maybe spicy hops . . . not sure, the hops are there but seem a bit vague. The hops are followed quickly by some solid roastiness. The taste is much the same with an initial hop pulse to go along with an adequate amount of roasty malts and some malt sweetness in the background. I get no sense of the organic wet cardboard off notes I usually taste and smell with these organic brews. All of the ingredients seem pretty fresh. Tasty beer.
Earlier Rating: 3/12/2008 Total Score: 3
Pours kind of deep copper leaning toward amber hues with moderate, somewhat lasting, off white head. The aroma is sweet, malty and mildly roasty. Overall a mild meek aroma. The taste is roasted 90L to 120L crystal malts and sort of gets watery about midway. Starts to taste and feel like unfermented lightly roasted wort. There is some vague hoppiness too working with the malts. Not too bad really considering the style.

Pours amber with a small white head. Flavor is malt and caramel. Thin in the mouth feel. Not much going on with this beer.

Bright copper colour. Very caramelly, maybe some diacetyl in the nose. Sweet palate with a good dose of diacetyl, caramel. Slight dryness in the finish but I couldn’t get this away from me fast enough. I hate butterbeer.