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Gravel Road
Rahr & Sons Brewing Company
- From:
- Rahr & Sons Brewing Company
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- Altbier
- ABV:
- 7.25%
- Score:
- 79
- Avg:
- 3.46 | pDev: 17.05%
- Reviews:
- 34
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 16, 2020
- Added:
- Jul 09, 2011
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 8
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Reviewed by Premo88 from Texas
3.05/5 rDev -11.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.05/5 rDev -11.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
12 oz. bottle poured into "craft beer glass" (wide-mouthed stick)
[no dating on bottle; drank on 12/4/13]
L: dull murky brown that turns orange-amber up to light; minimal head of caramel foam that dissipates quickly; lots of floaties that turn it opaque
S: caramel; sweet sugary malt ... vanilla
T: caramel ... perhaps an older malty mess, very sweet but you can taste the alcohol
F: solid all around, good carbonation
O: if somebody told me this was an American imperial IPA, I'd have believed them. it seems to follow none of the altbier's textbook characteristics other than it's definitely a malt-forward beer -- but here the malt seems very mangled up and messy. it's possible I had this particular bottle well past it's prime
Mar 05, 2014[no dating on bottle; drank on 12/4/13]
L: dull murky brown that turns orange-amber up to light; minimal head of caramel foam that dissipates quickly; lots of floaties that turn it opaque
S: caramel; sweet sugary malt ... vanilla
T: caramel ... perhaps an older malty mess, very sweet but you can taste the alcohol
F: solid all around, good carbonation
O: if somebody told me this was an American imperial IPA, I'd have believed them. it seems to follow none of the altbier's textbook characteristics other than it's definitely a malt-forward beer -- but here the malt seems very mangled up and messy. it's possible I had this particular bottle well past it's prime
Reviewed by brurevu from Texas
3.5/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
From my tasting notes: The Gravel Road was a deep reddish amber color that’s not too heavy despite its 7% alcohol content. I tasted a malty sweetness and slight caramel as well. It went down fast and easy and was a good introduction to Rahr & Sons. Not a great Alt but not bad either.
Dec 09, 2013
Gravel Road from Rahr & Sons Brewing Company
Beer rating:
79 out of
100 with
108 ratings
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