Reddish amber with an airy quickly fading light beige head. Aroma of caramel, alcohol and nuts. Taste of caramel, pale malts and mild nuts. Not too exciting.

Aroma – Malty aroma but missing the complexity of the roasted grains. Appearance - Pours a beautiful amber with a nice white head, after that it’s all down hill.<br /> Flavor – Bland. No complexity, no roasted character at all and not the slightest hint of rye to be found.<br /> Palate – Watery and dry with spiky carbonation on the tongue.<br /> Overall – I found this to be a poor example of an Irish Red and further more was greatly disappointed when I found out it was brewed by Goose Island. Tastes mass produced and to me seems as if it displays a pilsner base malt profile that is not appropriate for the style, should have a more bready body from the use of English base malts such as Marris Otter. On the palate its watery dry as if too much corn sugar was used or as if it was over attenuated. The dryness should be accentuated by the roasted malts which were nowhere to be found.

Bottle from Trader Joes. Pours a red malty weak beer. Aroma is just malty and the beer is just simple watered down malt with some light hops. Pretty boring beer

This beer poured a reddish brown body with a medium sized white head. It had aromas of lightly roasted malts, coffee grounds and caramel. It ended with a long slightly hopped finish.

<b>Date:</b> 05/10/2008<br /> <b>Mode:</b> Bottle<br /> <b>Source:</b> Tasting, Cellar Party<br /> <br /> <b>Appearance:</b> clear amber, fine beige head, <br /> <b>Aroma:</b> sweet caramel malt aroma balanced by light eartjyness and a nice peppery spicy character, <br /> <b>Flavor:</b> sweet malt flavor, lots of balancing hops with the peppery character, light bitterness, <br /> <br /> <b>Aroma:</b> 6/10; <b>Appearance:</b> 6/10; <b>Flavor:</b> 6/10; <b>Palate:</b> 6/10; <b>Overall:</b> 12/20<br /> <b>Rating:</b> 3/5.0<br /><b>Drinkability:</b> 8/10<br /> <b>Score:</b> *4<br />