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Fireman's Brew Redhead Ale
Fireman's Brew, Inc.
- From:
- Fireman's Brew, Inc.
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 74
- Avg:
- 3.18 | pDev: 17.61%
- Reviews:
- 29
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 14, 2018
- Added:
- Aug 23, 2009
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 23
No description / notes.
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Ratings by scottoale:
Reviewed by scottoale from California
2.88/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.88/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
12oz. brown longneck with no freshness date, but an inked bottling code on the bottle below the label. It pours a darkish coppery-red with a short lived, ivory colored finger of foamy head. Good carbonation is evident, but the brew has no head or lace whatsoever after less than ten minutes.
The smell is faintly sweet malts with a dose of insecticides? Not really sure what this smell is but it reminds me of a Holiday fogger...very strange. This is the third bottle out of a six-pack, I don't recall the first bottle having this strange of a smell or flavor for that matter, but it was consumed out of the bottle, not poured into a glass. The flavor is somewhat balanced but leans a little towards the malts. Not a whole lot going on in the flavor dept. really. Let's just say that it looks much better than it tastes for sure.
Pretty watery mouthfeel, might just be desireable if your truly parched after fightin fires though. Drinkability is average at best, that's all I got. I will give the Blonde a try for comparison's sake.
Note: This ale is contract brewed by Indian Wells Brewing Company. That's all folks.
Aug 23, 2009The smell is faintly sweet malts with a dose of insecticides? Not really sure what this smell is but it reminds me of a Holiday fogger...very strange. This is the third bottle out of a six-pack, I don't recall the first bottle having this strange of a smell or flavor for that matter, but it was consumed out of the bottle, not poured into a glass. The flavor is somewhat balanced but leans a little towards the malts. Not a whole lot going on in the flavor dept. really. Let's just say that it looks much better than it tastes for sure.
Pretty watery mouthfeel, might just be desireable if your truly parched after fightin fires though. Drinkability is average at best, that's all I got. I will give the Blonde a try for comparison's sake.
Note: This ale is contract brewed by Indian Wells Brewing Company. That's all folks.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Offa from California
3.64/5 rDev +14.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev +14.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
This is a good, solid malty ale. Reddish brown, it has a nice, medium pale tan head slowly shrinking, hint of lace.
Aroma is malty earthy fruit.
Taste is malty, lightly caramelly-toasty fruit faintly wine-like, with light earthy-woody bitterness. It is fairly well balanced, slightly light on the hop-bitterness. Feel is slightly full but a touch flat. It's a nice, enjoyable beer, not exciting or complex but well-made and reasonably characterful.
My batch says it was brewed in Ukiah, CA.
Apr 14, 2018Aroma is malty earthy fruit.
Taste is malty, lightly caramelly-toasty fruit faintly wine-like, with light earthy-woody bitterness. It is fairly well balanced, slightly light on the hop-bitterness. Feel is slightly full but a touch flat. It's a nice, enjoyable beer, not exciting or complex but well-made and reasonably characterful.
My batch says it was brewed in Ukiah, CA.
Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
3.75/5 rDev +17.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +17.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
It pours brilliant amber to medium brown. Streams of bubbles scurry to the join a 1" tan cap with good retention.
It smells malty with some light toast and caramel with some light fruit aromas in the background.
T: The flavors start with rich malt, light toast, caramel, fruit and raisin. Hop bitterness is medium low. Fireman's Redhead Ale dries on the finish. The bitterness is not aggressive but provides balance to the hops and helps pull the beer together.
F: It is very creamy with a medium body and carbonation.
O: While nothing stands out, the beer is flavorful and easy to drink.
Jun 27, 2017It smells malty with some light toast and caramel with some light fruit aromas in the background.
T: The flavors start with rich malt, light toast, caramel, fruit and raisin. Hop bitterness is medium low. Fireman's Redhead Ale dries on the finish. The bitterness is not aggressive but provides balance to the hops and helps pull the beer together.
F: It is very creamy with a medium body and carbonation.
O: While nothing stands out, the beer is flavorful and easy to drink.
Rated by Beerucee from Texas
4.5/5 rDev +41.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +41.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Election night blues
Nov 09, 2016Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.53/5 rDev +11%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev +11%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a dark brown color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of toasted malts, bread. Taste is bready malts, light hops, smooth and easy drinking. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall a little light on the hops, but this is a pretty good beer.
Nov 15, 2015
Fireman's Brew Redhead Ale from Fireman's Brew, Inc.
Beer rating:
74 out of
100 with
103 ratings
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