St. Stans Red Sky Ale

Brewed by St. Stans Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Modesto, California USA

Reddish brown. Light bodied, bubbelgum estery, roasty, well balanced.

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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Reddish brown color. Slightly caramelized malts. Slightly hoppy, some malt sweetness. Good balance. Finish is clean. Aftertaste is slightly bitter, some sweetness.

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.

I really enjoyed this amber! It’s very mild and drinkable - sort of a summer beer as user_ex says. The bitterness doesn’t show up until late in the aftertaste. Nice red color, too. Could be confused with a lager, taste-wise.

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.

Bottle. A pleasant deep reddish brown color with a diminished tan head. A candy malt nose with a sticky malt flavor. This amber ale overcomes the dominant weakness in the style in that it is not thin and watery.

Alright beer, cool label. Not a special beer, but still respectable. It looks old school and i respect that.