Redhook CopperHook Spring Ale

Brewed by Redhook Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Woodinville, Washington USA

Sample at breck beer fest. Pretty average. Caramel and sweet malt, toffee aroma, mild bitterness.

Pours golden and effervescent with a thin off-white wipsy head. Aroma of sweet sticky malts, light honey and caramel malt. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, slightly sticky with foamy carbonation.

Looks like a carbonated slightly more yellow macro, thin white slightly creamy head. Smells skunky/basement. not a good sign. Yeah, definitely tastes like a macro brew. This is disappointing. RedHook’s stuff is usually quasi solid, this is just gross.

On tap at Bocktown-This was awful. No taste to speak of. Literally none. There was a faint malt taste but it was covered up by the seltzer water texture/taste. No aroma either. Blah.

Red Hook Copper, on tap at the Bocktown. Looks like any other ubiquitous pale yellow American beer. Has a big white head with both small and large bubbles. Aroma is slightly copperlike (!) and almost hoppy. Perhaps I smell a little fruitiness also. A taste of mild hops greets yer taste buds. Has some flavors of brown ale or Belgian doubles. Seem to be a little watered down at times. However there is nice medium carbonation. No bitterness on the back of the throat even tho it has a slight hoppiness on the initial flavors. The finish is mildly bitter but does not hang or linger. A likeable and repeatable beer. Just as good as Great Divide Ridgeline Amber Ale (Arapahoe Amber). The emphasis is on flavor rather than feel.

Bottle. Pours an orange/amber color with minimal head. Not much lacing on glass. No real distinguishing characteristic, but still an enjoyable, drinkable beer. Little bitterness, thin mouthfeel.

Draft at Flying Saucer Nashville. Pours amber orange with a nice off white head. Aroma of british malts and fruity ale yeast. Medium-light carbonation and British bitter like mouthfeel. Flavor of toffee and caramel, with some faint tart citrus. Very mild hoppiness on the finish, along with some mild sourness. Overall this is a decent beer, but it is not very memorable either.

clear gold pour with a medium sized fizzy white head. nice sweet, hoppy, candy aroma. flavor is nicely hopped with a grainy malt underneath. light bodied and crisp.