St. Stans Red Sky Ale

Phenolic iced tea nose. Mild diacetyl on the palate with a touch of caramel and hopp.

Name: St. Stan’s Red Sky
Date: 01/04/1996
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, Sandy Springs

amber-red ale, hop aroma, hop taste with sweet start slight bitter aftertaste

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Score: **+/4
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The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

On Draft @ The pub. Pours a light brownish color with no hint of red. The color really looked like someone soaked one of those barrel- shaped root beer candies in water. There was no aroma what-so-ever. The flavors seemed to me to be all over the place. Very lively, almost sour in a way. The aftertaste kind of reminded me of vinyl or plastic. Nice lacing on the glass though

Small head, moderate lacing, with a dark orange color. Aroma was almost non-existent. Flavor was a little sour, maybe a little skunky, on the front, and no hops evident.Unpleasant aftertasted that I couldn't place. Both this and the alt I got in my beer of the month club, and they were all below average, so I wonder about whether they were past their prime or light struck.

The beer pours a vaporous red-orange color, the head is mediocre in size, frothy in consistency and the color an off white, lace is a nice sealing sheet. Nose is sweetly malt, almost like cotton candy, fresh and clean with the start quite sweet and malt laden, top is middling in feel to the palate. Finish is biting in is acidity, the hops are purposeful in their spicy bite, dry and somewhat bitter and long lasting aftertaste. A drinkable beer, but nothing special.

Poured a brownish amber with a medium sized off white head. Aroma of Green Giant corn in a can. Very malty taste. Not quite sure why it smelled like that. This is a strange one for sure.

Bottled. Not bad for a red. This had a flavor that I couldn't pinpoint but it was good. Little on the sweet side.

I found this beer to have a unique flavor, and it was moderately enjoyable. It seemed to be a beer that didn't quite know what it wanted to be. I just couldn't rate it as highly as most other tasters.