Red Car Motorman Reserve

Brewed by Red Car Brewery & Restaurant
Style: American Pale Ale
Torrance, California USA

Draught. Pours clear tawny with a small, rocky, white head, somewhat diminishing with fair lacing. Aroma is average malt (cookie, caramel, cereal), average hop (grass), average yeast (sweat) with notes of apple and pear. Light bodied, mineral texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness.

On tap at the brewery served in a pint glass. Aroma is toasty and just a hint of earthy floral hops. Color is a medium brown, served with very little head. Flavor is more toasty cracker. Some hints of coffee and bittersweet chocolate. Very little sweetness and bitterness is balanced even with the malt. An easy drinking session beer that is light on the palate and drinkable. This beer is more like a lower gravity brown ale or a slightly bigger English Mild.

on tap-pours a patchy light tan head and deep red color. Aroma is mild musty medium malt. Taste is medium malt-roasty, faint hops. Easy drinking.

Draft, consumed at brewery on 01/07/08. Described to me by the bartneder as more of an ESB than an APA. Light brown/caramel coloring. Fast fading head. No aroma. Quite astringent with mild maltiness. Sweet orange finish without bitterness. Unusual and a touch more interesting than the rating might suggest.

Pretty standard American Pale Ale. Very simple but not in a bad way. Overall a good refreshing beer.