SKA Pinstripe Red Ale

Brewed by SKA Brewing
Style: Amber Ale
Durango, Colorado USA

Pours a thick, amber/orange with a fast, ecru head that left a little lovin’ on the glass. Wicked label bumps the appearance up to a "5" (graphix so nice, I’m forced to <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/View-User-18655.htm&g my avatar). Circular aromas run from milk chocolate malts to grapefruity hops to spicy yeast... very well-rounded, I’d say. Flavor was smooth & rich, hopped like an IPA with caramel-coated goodness to even it out & ending with a hopcit-hit. A helluva brewski.

Pared down review: Wicked circular goodness.

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Sweet malty aroma. Golden/darker shade of orange to body. Decent head but disipated and good lacing left on glass. Flavor is sweet at first with the hops on the finish. Kind of dry on the palate but not a bad beer.

Pours copper/amber in color. Aroma is basically malty as is the flavor. Simple. Perhaps this was stale??

cool bottle design. other than that, nothing really stands out about this beer. malty, and drinkable (as was the blonde i just drank). pours out orange colored with a small head that goes away after a while. taste is kind of fruity and it is pretty drinkable. not a bad beer, just nothing to make it stand out from the other long list of amber beers.

Pours orange with thin off-white head that quickly diminishes leaving interesting lacing, almost heiroglyphic patterns on my glass. Nose is very mild malt notes underlying a faint odor of musty socks left in the gym bag too long. Flavor is very mild, creamy, with slight caramel flavors but again very musty. It is as if the creamy malt flavors are slightly... stale. Watery, bland mouthfeel and finish. Neh.

Tap @ 16th Colorado Brewfest. Pours mahagoney with a tall creamy tan head. Floral fruit hop aroma. Caramel malt and fruit hop flavors. Medium bodied and creamy palate.

Pour was light copper amber with a nice off white head...smell is caramel and mild soap...taste is very bland with some smokey malt quality with a touch of hops that sort of wipes the blandness from the tongue...

Orange amber color. Small sized white foamy head. Aroma is caramel, toffee and slightly sweet. A medium bodied amber. Malts are fruity, caramel and toffee. Mostly sweet. Hops are mild and slightly spicy. A sweet and earthy amber. Mild flavors, perhaps a little watery, but for an amber its fairly tasty. For the lack of a better term it seems very neutral in taste and balance. Not boring, but neutral. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.