Scuttlebutt Sequoia Red Ale

Brewed by Scuttlebutt Brewing Co.
Style: Amber Ale
Everett, Washington USA

A clear amber in my glass at the brew pub. Not much aroma but the flavor is on. Only a bit of hop balance. Essay drinking and not bad. Good with the wings.

Date: September 09, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear copper, creamy beige head, sheets of lace
Aroma: sweet malt aroma, nice dose of citrus hops
Body: light body
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, combination of crystal and caramel characters, robust hoppyness with citrus and earthy hops, plenty of balancing bitterness leaves a lasting bitter finish
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

On nitro at Wallingford Pizza House. Pours clear reddish copper with a decent beige head. Smell and taste are fairly subdued. Mostly roasty biscuit/cookie malts with a slight hop kick and a little caramel sweetness. Faintly hoppy finish.

Brewpub tap; advertised as a crisp grapefruit flavor but I didn’t taste much of the grapefruit but did pickup on the bitterness normally associated with the grapefruit; decent safe beer; also had a Nitro Sequoia Red which made the head really pop and cut down on the bitterness a bit; a bit more enjoyable; I rate the nitro as 3.4. (#33)

On nitro charge at the brewpub in Everett, Washington. Pours a clear copper amber brew with a creamy and soft off-white head that slowly dissolves to a thin and creamy off-white head with excellent lacing from the nitro pour. Aroma of caramel malt, light apples, brown sugar and roasted nuts. Taste is medium bodied, malty caramel and toffee flavors with a touch of citrus zest. Finish is smooth and creamy with a malty aftertaste and then a mild bitterness.

Nitro at Buckeroo:Hazy amber, lasting beige head. Light citrus nose.Start is very sweet, a bit too much so, medium strength hop finish. Great lacing

On tap at Scuttlebutt. Pours a reddish brown hue with a decent slightly off-white head on top. Aroma is slightly yeasty and sweet with hops coming in pretty well. Flavor is pretty hoppy and spicy with a nice sweetness coming in from the malts. Easy on the palate and a middle of the road body.

9/8/07 On draught on WABL Yakima trip. Aroma is malty, sweet forward with a strong earthy noble hop balance. Appearance is a very hazy medium brown. Flavor is a very solid blend with sweet malt slightly dominant but great presence of complex grains, earthy noble hops and citrus. Texture is medium bodied with a medium carb feel and dry finish. Overall, great complexity and a true craft flavor that feels very English in nature.