Rock Art American Red Ale

Brewed by Rock Art Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Morrisville, Vermont USA

NICE LOOKING RED AMBER THAT IS DARK AS CHERRIES. also keeps a slight beige head. good aroma and a nice body with an interesting bitter flavor of hops wood and quality malt. this beer may or may not work well with a slight uptake on the flavor volume. this beer has a good body quality carbonation and is mildly fruity. a tough beer to rate as it is between average and good.

Bottle -- Poured deep, woody and red with a big creamy-foam head. The aroma hints at chocolate and coffee, interestingly. Indeed this drinks like a firm Irish red, full of flavors like coffee and chocolate, with a sweet finish. If this had a little more body, it would be much better. Perfect side for an Irish stew or some bangers and mash. (#3113, 9/30/2007)

Poured from a longneck bottled in June. Pours saddle brown with ephemeral head. Smells malty with a bit of caramel. I like the body: medium with a fair amount of carbonation. Slightly roasted malt flavor and slightly sweet. Only a hint of hoppiness. This is very easy to drink, but otherwise a pedestrian ale.

Pours a deep crimson brown with an initially fluffy head of beige that whittles itself down to a milky film. Bready aromatics with a hint of yeastiness. A fair amount of cocoa powder it seems. Flavors tingle the roof of my mouth with each sip (!) and give a yeasty bread dough flair. A touch roasty. More cocoa notes. Ample hoppiness gives this amber a quality zing. A worthy red.

12 oz brown bottle courtesy of jjpm74, thanks dude! In the description, the nick name for this beer is Super Glide. As the owner of a super glide I am intrigued. Pop the lid and you get a whiff of berries, that fades into a yeasty beery aroma. Color is darker brown with light orange hints and tinge. The initial flavor is good beer impact. With the first taste I wanted to say it was hoppy, but it is not. A complex evolution of flavors takes place with this brew. Has a roastyness to it like no other. Impressive yet not overwhelming. Though I can’t definitely say it is fruit, there is some interesting, quite different appeal to this. An earthy friendship abounds. After a while, a light building to medium, bitterness begins to appear on the back of the palate. I think while I drink this I get the feeling that the winds of Kokopelli are blowing thru my hair while I ride my Harley around the northeast US. Finish is a rather distant relationship with some sassiness. Mild to medium malty lingering bitterness is noticeable for a few moments after the last swallow. Thanks John, this was quite an experience. An amber ale almost as mild as Grolsch Amber Ale and much better than the oppressive bitterness of Mendocino Red Tail Ale

I liked the yeast and hints of gingery sweetness. I thought it well balanced, if a little under stated.

Poured a dark amber, relatively clear, nice thick off white head. Smell was bready, sweet and yeasty. Not very enjoyable as it was pretty bland and overcarbonated. Maybe the combo of dark and light malts and didn’t do it for me.

Bottle - from sampler pack. Dark copper color. Pretty good. Tastes/looks more like a brown ale than a red or amber.