Sacramento Red Horse Ale

Date: July 06, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: cloudy red, fine beige head, solid lace
Aroma: sweet dark caramel aroma, nice bready character, lots of hops with a touch of citrus
Flavor: big hop flavor backed by the sweet dark caramel malt, earthyness keeps it balanced, light lingering bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Bottle 12fl.oz.
Clear light to medium brown color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, nutty dusty, orange. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, and some orange shell bitter notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20090321]

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of yespr/Ungstrup. Pours a clear deep and warm amber with a small off-white head. Medium-bodied, roasted malt dominates plus a little nuts and burned caramel. The finish has a lightly perfumy hop note that leaves a light bitterness. 210309 and 130709

Bottle, 6.?%. Old fruit aroma. Cloudy dark red brown colour. The flavour is better than the aroma, vinous med some dried fruit. A little dust. Some coriander in the finish. Good, but I would have liked it fresher.

22oz Bottle. A murky amber color with a nice fluffy off white head.,medium carbonation and spotty lacing. Aroma is slightly sweet malty,some yeast, with nice citrus and spice hop notes. Flavor is of sweet toasted caramal malt ,not very bitter as the aroma would lead you to believe but a nice bright hop flavor ,a little bread ,a bit more of the hops on the finish but the aftertaste is sweet malt again quite drinkable. Very nice brew

Bottled. A hazy red beer with a thin lazing beige head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of grapefruity and flowery. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of hops giving it notes of grapefruit and grass on a caramel malty backdrop, leading to a bitter finish.

12 fl oz bottle and tap at the brewpub. Pours dark brown with an orange glare and a minimal and off-white head. Roasted malty and light wooden hops note. Subdued sweetness, liqourice, roasted caramel malt and solid hoppy towards spiced on the back of the tongue. lasting roasted caramel malt finish.

I really don’t understand this brewery. They made some beer for the grand opening of Costco in Woodland, and that was the worst beer I had ever tasted. No acid, no flashbacks please.