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Ciel Rouge A Nuit
Grey Sail Brewing of Rhode Island
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- From:
- Grey Sail Brewing of Rhode Island
- Rhode Island, United States
- Style:
- Flanders Red Ale
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 76
- Avg:
- 3.13 | pDev: 24.6%
- Reviews:
- 8
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 27, 2015
- Added:
- May 12, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Treyliff from West Virginia
3.25/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Poured into a snifter
A- pour clear and brown with a small foamy head, reduces quickly leaving a ring
S-tart and fruity with notes of red apple, cherry and grape skin. Caramel undertones, perhaps from aging, a hint of yeasty must
T- puckering up front with tart cherry and apple, grape, earthy yeast , finishes dry with a yeast linger that seems a bit off, tastes like paper
M- light body with low carbonation, puckering mouthfeel with a dry finish
O- decent, strange aftertaste
Mar 30, 2014A- pour clear and brown with a small foamy head, reduces quickly leaving a ring
S-tart and fruity with notes of red apple, cherry and grape skin. Caramel undertones, perhaps from aging, a hint of yeasty must
T- puckering up front with tart cherry and apple, grape, earthy yeast , finishes dry with a yeast linger that seems a bit off, tastes like paper
M- light body with low carbonation, puckering mouthfeel with a dry finish
O- decent, strange aftertaste
Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut
3.53/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.53/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Pouring a cellar temp bottle into a snifter, the beer is a deep mahogany hue with some ruby highlights on the edges of the glass. The beer has fairly mild aroma with some tart cherry and a bit of musty blanket wet straw scent.
There is a bit of a frothy beige head that foams up and is gone almost immediately and the glass has no bubbles on the surface or rising as I sample the beer.
First sip reveals an average body and slight syrupy texture with very fine and tingly carbonation.
Flavor is sweet cherry for an instant, moves to tart acetic fruit, then the musty funky blanket hits my palate. The finish dries out and leaves a very nutty finish, almost like I was eating almonds or walnuts with the intensity of the nuttiness. AT first the nut flavor is a little off-putting, but it grows on me and I enjoy it by the end of my glass.
I dont get any booze, it is a lower ABV, and I dont have any problems drinking the bottle down solo tonite.
The beer is an interesting style that isnt brewed often, so that gets points for the brewery right away.
I think it is a good introduction to the style and I wish there was a little more fruitiness in the beer, but overall it is a solid one.
Check it out and share with someone not familiar with the style.
Feb 09, 2014There is a bit of a frothy beige head that foams up and is gone almost immediately and the glass has no bubbles on the surface or rising as I sample the beer.
First sip reveals an average body and slight syrupy texture with very fine and tingly carbonation.
Flavor is sweet cherry for an instant, moves to tart acetic fruit, then the musty funky blanket hits my palate. The finish dries out and leaves a very nutty finish, almost like I was eating almonds or walnuts with the intensity of the nuttiness. AT first the nut flavor is a little off-putting, but it grows on me and I enjoy it by the end of my glass.
I dont get any booze, it is a lower ABV, and I dont have any problems drinking the bottle down solo tonite.
The beer is an interesting style that isnt brewed often, so that gets points for the brewery right away.
I think it is a good introduction to the style and I wish there was a little more fruitiness in the beer, but overall it is a solid one.
Check it out and share with someone not familiar with the style.
Reviewed by angrybabboon from Massachusetts
3.19/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.19/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Consumed 8/30/13
Split with Goblinmunkey7
Appearance: Pours a dark, dark red with some dark brown highlights - pours with a small, beige head, fades to a few wisps of a cap, leaves some streaks of lacing
Smell: Caramel and some darker malts, with some weird funk - caramel and some amber malts serve as the foundation - sour and funky aromas, somewhat lactic - a range of other aromas including leather, nuts, vinegar, cherry pits, dark fruits, wood, and a musty old basement
Taste: More attractive than the aroma - not a lot of sourness, but some - tart, like cherries, with some wet, musty, lactic sourness, with some vinegar - some musty funk - a lot of nuts and some earthiness - caramel and amber malts
Mouthfeel: Light to medium body, nice carbonation, pretty drinkable
Overall: Kind of tastes like Rhode Island... very wet and musty
This tastes like it could have used some more time souring. It's interesting, and not a bad Flanders Red, but it's not particularly exceptional in any way. Might be worth a try, might improve over time.
Aug 30, 2013Split with Goblinmunkey7
Appearance: Pours a dark, dark red with some dark brown highlights - pours with a small, beige head, fades to a few wisps of a cap, leaves some streaks of lacing
Smell: Caramel and some darker malts, with some weird funk - caramel and some amber malts serve as the foundation - sour and funky aromas, somewhat lactic - a range of other aromas including leather, nuts, vinegar, cherry pits, dark fruits, wood, and a musty old basement
Taste: More attractive than the aroma - not a lot of sourness, but some - tart, like cherries, with some wet, musty, lactic sourness, with some vinegar - some musty funk - a lot of nuts and some earthiness - caramel and amber malts
Mouthfeel: Light to medium body, nice carbonation, pretty drinkable
Overall: Kind of tastes like Rhode Island... very wet and musty
This tastes like it could have used some more time souring. It's interesting, and not a bad Flanders Red, but it's not particularly exceptional in any way. Might be worth a try, might improve over time.
Reviewed by Goblinmunkey7 from Massachusetts
2.85/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75
2.85/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75
Thanks to angrybabboon for sharing the bottle.
Appearance: Hazed dark reddish copper. Small off-white collar. Moderate carbonation on the pour. No lacing.
Smell: Sweet vinegar. Acetic coupled with a dark fruitiness. Mainly cherry flesh. Slight hints of leather and funk. Mild tartness builds as it warms. Slight oakiness with some leafy grass. A touch earthy. Very mild balsamic.
Taste: Neutral. Slight nuttiness through the back. Lightly acetic with worn leather. Some tart cherry flesh. Very minor funk with a slight malt sweetness. Oak, but barely. Tart and citric on the back. Lemon juice. Warming builds then citric element and leaves it with a straight lemon juice finish. Weirdly earthy and nutty, like cashew. Very slightly tart, like watered down Warhead. Burst of flavor up front leaves nothing.
Mouthfeel: Medium to light body with a slightly above average carbonation. Surprisingly clean and slightly bubbly.
Overall: French for lemon juice.
it's citric and decent up front but has no depth or complexity. That's about it.
Aug 30, 2013Appearance: Hazed dark reddish copper. Small off-white collar. Moderate carbonation on the pour. No lacing.
Smell: Sweet vinegar. Acetic coupled with a dark fruitiness. Mainly cherry flesh. Slight hints of leather and funk. Mild tartness builds as it warms. Slight oakiness with some leafy grass. A touch earthy. Very mild balsamic.
Taste: Neutral. Slight nuttiness through the back. Lightly acetic with worn leather. Some tart cherry flesh. Very minor funk with a slight malt sweetness. Oak, but barely. Tart and citric on the back. Lemon juice. Warming builds then citric element and leaves it with a straight lemon juice finish. Weirdly earthy and nutty, like cashew. Very slightly tart, like watered down Warhead. Burst of flavor up front leaves nothing.
Mouthfeel: Medium to light body with a slightly above average carbonation. Surprisingly clean and slightly bubbly.
Overall: French for lemon juice.
it's citric and decent up front but has no depth or complexity. That's about it.
Ciel Rouge A Nuit from Grey Sail Brewing of Rhode Island
Beer rating:
76 out of
100 with
32 ratings
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