Redd's Green Apple Ale
Miller Brewing Co.

 

Appearance: Clear medium golden orange body, with a small white head, which soon collapses into nothingness. Lacing is all but absent, with only sparse, scattered, fine-beaded bubbles. The carbonation is slight, offering only a few fat bubbles, drifting lazily to the surface.

Aroma: I can only say that this smalls like Jolly Rancher Sour Green Apple candies dissolved in vodka.

Taste: Its green apple from start to finish, including the rind, Sweet alcohol offers a backdrop, but it is as supporting player, and does not dominate. Surprisingly little warmth is present from the alcohol. Finishes with a juicy, sour and sweet green apple note,

Mouth feel: Surprisingly full, and pleasant, with just a hint of carbonation.

Drinkability/notes: More a cider than an ale, I think, but Miller Brewing Company calls it an ale, so an ale it is. That being said, it is cheap, well less than three dollars, and good, so to complain seems like being a scold.

Presentation: Packaged in a twenty-four ounce aluminum can, served in a South American-style Pilsener glass,

I'm glad people like this one and I'm no one to take that away from you, but for my friends and I one night a few years ago, it was not for us.

It was AKon 2015. Three of my friends and I were going to go to Friday night's rave and decided to pick up some dranks for pre-gaming. The liquor store was closed, so we took a sweltering walk (2015 had a crazy hot summer here in Texas) to a corner store. My dude Jim wanted Angry Orchard, but this was the closest thing they had. We lugged two six-packs home and honestly weren't impressed.

Maybe we got a bad batch or it just wasn't our thing. Obviously tasted nothing like AO as it's an apple ale and not a cider, that's a given. It just had this really stale, bitter taste combined with artificial green apple. We only finished about eight of them between us with me drinking the most of it. In my own personal opinion it wasn't horrible, just really disappointing as I usually love green/sour apple drinks. My friends on the other hand, weren't fans at all. Had to let them have some of my Myx.

Not dissing anyone who likes this, it just wasn't my thing.

Appearance: Pale amber. Little suds and no lace. Feels very thin.

Aroma: Artificial green apple.

Taste: Sweet and a tad sour, appropriately. Green apple flavoring is pretty spot-on here, with a light caramel touch for balance. Body is thin, taste lingers a bit. Not altogether terrible.

Incredible! I have been working diligently to eradicate The Bottle Backlog here at Chez Woody as well as getting The CANQuest (tm) back on track. This has enabled me to CANduct a number of brewery horizontals, but even I was incredulous when I realized that I have a slew of Redd's Ales of various stripes with which to not only perform a horizontal, but also a number of bottle/CAN side-by-sides.

From the CAN (seCANd, but The CANQuest trumps al): "An Exceptionally Crisp Apple Ale".

The Crack! was really loud & so I took my ChANces & CANducted an inverted Glug, but to no avail. The fizzing, bone-white head dissipated so quickly into wisps that I found myself wondering if it had even been there in the first place. Like I need hallucinations on top of everything else! Nose had the tart scent of a Green Apple Jolly Rancher CANdy. Mmm. Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium, slightly bigger than it had been from a bottle. The taste was evocative of Granny Smith apples, tart, but not overwhelming. You could slice them & eat them with cheddar cheese, but I always preferred them for baking into pies. They hold up well & add a tart dimension to the dessert. In fact, I was suddenly wishing that I had a morsel of cheese to acCANpany this beer. This one was head & shoulders over its earlier, regular Apple CANterpart, plus it was in a CAN! Finish was lightly tart, very dry & quite refreshing. I could really get behind this one.

From the Bottle (first): "An Exceptionally Crisp Apple Ale".

Once more, I was denied even the Pop! of the cap as this had yet another screwed-up screw-top cap. Grrr. I performed a quick, aggro pour which produced a brief finger of fizzy, bone-white head with very low retention. Hmm. Color was solid Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9) with NE-quality clarity. Nose smelled like a green apple Jolly Rancher, but it was in keeping with what I expected from this one. Mouthfeel was thin, not horribly watery, but lacking any kind of presence. The taste was tart, very evocative of green Granny Smith apples & while it may not have been my cuppa, it was spot on in terms of its flavor. Its tartness also imparted an inherent dryness, which really hit the spot on this hot, humid summer's day. Finish was dry, but not puckering. It was a really pleasant apple taste & I am anxious to see how it does from a CAN.

 

 

It's been at least six months since I've had a regular redds but from what i remember this one tastes almost exactly the same, this one might be a little bit more tart.

 

 

 

 

Clear golden color with a instantly departing white head and no lace.
Smell is pungent green apple.
Taste is sweet tart and green apple. Think of Jolly Rancher green apple with a touch of SweeTarts candy combined.
Mouthfeel is light and very strong carbonation. Finish lightly dry and tart.
Overall a tasty drink. Not sure I could pick out any beer qualities though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Didn't pour it, but if you have a bottle, it's a clear bottle you know what it is.
Smelled like green apples.
Tasted sour and like green apple. Not much if any alcohol taste.
Smooth, crisp, refreshing, great on a hot day, or on a cold day sitting in the hot sun in your grandmothers kitchen.
Pretty good, but is it a beer? lol

 

 

 

Watched on the TV and wanted to try it. Clear amber color in the glass, the same as in the bottle. Not may bubbles or foams though. Smells like green apple cide, a little pungy, quite sweet, definitely not like any typical beer aroma, or maybe just lacks of it. First taste is rather crispy, sweet and then a little sour. After that, it is just like an apple cider bought from Giant. Do not think it really has 5% ABV. I kind of like it, not as a true beer of course. Overall it is a different experience to me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poured from can into a pint glass

Appearance – The beer pours a light golden amber color with a one finger head of fizzy white foam. The head fades almost instantly, leaving just a trace of lace on the sides of the glass.

Smell – The beer smells almost dead on to a sour green apple jolly rancher. It has a sweet green apple taste mixed with a good deal of caramel and candied sugar sweetness. Other than these smells there is just a hint of a yeasty smell.

Taste – The taste is rather strong sweet but lightly soured green apple taste. There are also some flavors of a candied and sour sugar taste at the start, which again, give the overall flavor profile a jolly rancher/sour patch kid like apple sweet/tartness. With a little bit of a floral flavor and some light grain coming at the very end, one is left with a candied green apple taste to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is on the thinner side with a carbonation level that is on the slightly higher side. For the sweet and tart green apple candy flavors of the brew the feel is rather appropriate, making it a rather soda like drinker.

Overall – Again, like the rest of the reds this really isn’t too much of a beer, but resides much more on the sweet cider side of things. It is sweet and green apple jolly rancher like in flavor which makes for a good brew as a desert or a sweet snack, but if looking for something more beer like in nature I would say this is not for you.

 

 

As a green apple flavored wine cooler this drink was great. But as an ale with a taste of green apple - not so much.

The Drink had absolutely no head to it no matter how hard I tried to pour one. There was absolutely no scent of ale to it, although he did have a very nice green apple odor. And did pack a decent punch but as a beer I was left completely lacking. Certainly not the worst thing I've ever had but certainly not a beer either, in my opinion.