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Pony Express Tornado Red Ale

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Pony Express Tornado Red Ale - Amber Ale

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 Percentile 
36
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Formerly brewed at Flying Monkey Brewing
Style: Amber Ale

Olathe, Kansas USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
442.89/5.02.88/5.0-39.2English pint, Shaker
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Commercial Description:
Kansas City's great amber ale is sweeping through the Midwest again. Munich and European crystal hops and grains grown here in the heartland give Tornado Red Ale aggressive hoppiness followed by a rich, smooth malt flavor. It's the flavor that won the Silver Medal at the Great American Beer Festival, and only Pony Express has it.
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 SledgeJr (2957), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/102/59/20
Aug 17, 2007  
In the bottle from Dirty John’s. Orange red in color with a thin white head. Very mild toasted caramel aroma, but not much else that I can pick out. This is watery and fizzy. As a filler, soy does not seem to do much in the beer. Just adds graininess like any other adjunct, it seems to me.


 jimhilt (1664), Bow, New Hampshire, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Jan 15, 2007  
Pours a three finger off-white head that fades slowly leaving a good lace. Clear amber color. Light carbonation and light bodied. Slight malty nose. Starts almost sweet with hint of hops, some bitterness at finish. $1.39 for a 12oz bottle from John’s Grocery Iowa City, IA.


 KingpinIPA (842), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/513/20
Jan 12, 2007  
Orange amber color. Smell of wheat/grains, malt, hops and copper. Taste of very light hops and malt, corn, copper, rusty nails and a hint of chocolate, but very faint.


 brewblackhole (1367), Muskego, Wisconsin, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jan 2, 2007  
Very light grain malt aroma, light grain malt taste,with just a touch of sweetness, a little hop bitterness in aftertaste,very much on the light side,needs more malt and hop body


 BeerandBlues2 (3201), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/511/20
Aug 15, 2006  
12-oz. bottle from tjthresh. Pours amber with a thin edgy and patchy off-white head, poor attempt at lacing. Aroma is caramel malt (biscuit, cereal, meal) and yeast (dough, sweat) with some floral hoppy notes, brown sugar near the end. Mild sweetness that fades as the medium acidity and bitterness take over, caramel malt body with yeast and spicy hops at the end. Light bodied, fizzy and spicy palate.


 harlequinn (2745), Tacoma, Washington, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/102/511/20
Aug 2, 2006  
Interesting amber, but never really comes together and remains unbalanced throught the entire bottle. Has a vitamin bottle aroma, with some odd fruit flavors. Grainey texture, with some sweet caramel maltiness, and some fruity hop characteristics. I don’t know what to say about this one, other than it is hard to finish a Pony Express beer.


 jsquire (2086), St. Marys, Ohio, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/512/20
Mar 17, 2006  
Vaguely hazy orange/amber color with a thin off white head. Nose has some orange peel and wet grain. Water dominates the initial swallow with some grainy sweetness, orange juice, toast, and a finish of old orange rinds. Thin beer with oddly disjointed flavors. I got this out of a friends beer of the month box.


delmecum (87), Western Illinois, Illinois, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/511/20
Jan 29, 2006  
Better than most reds but a tad bit sweet for my liking. Seemed a little waterery at times, but I was also drinking a better red while having this one



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