Ragtime Tavern Red Brick Ale

Brewed by Ragtime Tavern (Gordon Biersch)
Style: Amber Ale
Atlantic Beach, Florida USA

Light malt aroma with a low citrus hop presence. Dark amber/brown in color with a tan head. Biscuit accented malt fore with a decent hop bitterness. Toasty and bready it comes off more as an English pale Ale then an amber ale.

On tap at the brewpub. Dark amber with a tan head. Solid malt nose with a lightly nutty herbal hop note. Flavors follows the nose, and adds a bit of biscuit. Does not seem to really be an amber, but a pretty good brew whatever you call it.

on tap-pours a white ring for a head and copper color. Aroma is sweet medium malt-caramel. Taste is some sweet medium malt-caramel, some peat, earthy/copper hops.

From the tap poured amber with a fair amount of head. Nice flavor with a solid finish.

On tap at the Ragtime brewpub. Pours deep copper to brown with white head. The aroma has notes of crystal malts, roasted malts and a faint caramel sensation. The taste is modestly roasty with maybe crystal malts mixing with a dash of highly roasted maltiness. By midway a thin layer of vague hoppiness helps take this to the finish.

Draft at Ragtime Tavern. Color was a reddish amber with medium frothy head. Aroma was complex hops with a tone of citrus. The flavor and finish was not a strong as the aroma and the finish was small and short. Solid drinkable ale.

Date: 08/23/2003
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Chattanooga

dark red, big creamy head, sweet carmel malt aroma with lots of fresh citrus hops, nice lightly sweet toasted malt flavor, low esb bitterness, extra fine session beer
-------- /> Date: 11/18/2007
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
Score: 3.9 to 2.9

clear amber, fine beige head, bits of lace, light sweet caramel malt aroma with faint citrus hops, sweet caramel malt flavor, light citrus hops, touch of bitterness leaves a light long finish, not as nice as down the street at A1A or the brewfest back in 2003

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Sampled at the 2008 Folio Weekly Beer Festival in Jacksonville, FL. Draft. Pours a dark amber color with a light tan head. Aroma is a bit of malt and a touch of grass. Flavor is similar, it doesn’t follow the usual rules of an amber. Decent to drink, nonetheless.