Rochester Mills Rochester Red

Tap: Sweet aroma. Nice colour. had a carmel taste, and a bit of a malty aftertaste.

A beautiful looking and smelling beer when first poured from the bottle. A sweet coffee aroma was wonderful, but struck me a quite strange for an ale. Unfortunately this is where the compliments end. The flavor was weak and uninteresting, and the finish difficult to describe. It seemed to me that this beer either needed to be aged longer in the barrel, or needed more blending: peculiar. I can’t understand a rating of 3+ for this beer, other then to say that this beer benefits from being a USA microbrew.

well its that time of the year where the dog goes outside and drinks the rain water out of an upside down garbage lid, but its not the time where your beer smells like your wet dog, quality control is an issue with this beer, the scent is of wet musty shih tzu and has a souring tartness that no american red (amber ale?) should have, i choked it down and im not any better for it...

On tap: Light malty aroma. Transparent amber with an off-white head. Nice lacing. Malty caramel up front with a chocolate hop finish. Some nuttiness in the finish. Moderately hopy aftertaste. Seems like a cross between an amber and a brown ale.

Nice bit of head and good lacing. Solid red color to the glass that makes the entire experience good. This is, without a doubt, my favorite from this brewery.