Three Beavers Imperial Red Ale
Howe Sound Inn & Brewing Company

Nose caramel, toffee, molasses. Taste toffee, caramel, hoppiness, nice clean dry finish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poured from the large swing top bottle into a Spiegelau IPA glass. No obvious bottle dating.

Deep chestnut brown, almost mahogany dark with a hint of orange at it's thinnest for the body color. Head is tan an easily makes four fingers tall with swiss cheese and clumpy retention. Big Island cap and an impressive appearance.

Nose is malt forward, giving to thick sticky caramel, a little bit of banana like esters also. Real nice malt quality, so where's the hops for aroma? No grapefruit here... but an interesting juiced up fruit quality just barely peaking out.

Palate comes with much accents in the malt realm. SLightly toasty, but more of a thick bodied caramel and English herbality. Little hints of herbal green, sage somewhat, and very leafy, finishes with those aromatics on the swallow. Mild sugared syrup body, but not too bad and giving the right amount of thickness. Hardly any bitterness on this at all, with some very big malt sweetness.

Overall. It's got one angle going, but where's the other half? Where are the hops on this beer?

 

Quite possibly the reddish red ale I've ever had. Four fingers of level oatmeal colored dense foam. Nice drippy lacing. And a terrific resealable quart plus bottle.

Deep aroma of fresh bread and cookies, with a bit of candy sweetness.

Big deep sweetness, good depth, not pixie-stickish. Fruits and nuts follow. Hop snap at the swallow. Sweet finish.

Medium to heavy mouthfeel. Solid and smooth.

A big and tasty malty imperial red. Give it a try.

 

 

This ale pours a dark cloudy ruddy brown with a thick, but short-lived dark tan head. The head is pretty sticky, though, and leaves some decent lacing. The aroma is very malty, with dark caramel and sweet dark fruits. The taste matches closely, with some biscuit notes and a little hops bite on the finish. It had a nice thicker feeling on the palate and slight crispness. Reminds me very much of English ales.

Poured a one finger head of a copper like body with minimal head and lace. Aroma is mixed and balance of sweet malts and earthy hops, and I find that the light body replicates the aroma with a more sweet edge than most in a red ale but the hops are still there. Really simple, probably not a red ale for most as it's not overly sweet at all but definitely not as hoppy either. Just kind of falls in the middle with a mix of sweet and minor hops and a tiny, dry finish that is fine. I really enjoyed drinking this beer alot.

1L bottle purchased as a single from Beverage Warehouse, Winooski, VT.

Poured into a large glass stein, formed a 1 1/2" reddish tan head over the slightly cloudy reddish brown brew. Dense head recedes very slowly, with chunky lacing. Aroma is sweet and floral.

Taste is sweet upfront, fruity in the center, balancing bitter to the close. Mouthfeel is smooth, and drinkability is way easy. Well put together brew, abv well hidden.

Pours into a becker a deep amber/brown with a large thick creamy off white head that settles very slowly,first thing I notice in the nose is the lack of hops i was expecting in a hoppy amber,some carmale and a bit of dark fruit mainly.The lack of hop presence dominates the flavors although the malt gives some nice flavors,deep brown sugar and caramel toffee with a hint of dark bread,the hops provide light drying and leafiness but really dont stand out at all.I had higher hopes from this beer,probably the first Howe Sound beer I have had that left me wanting a little more.Not a bad beer but it's not the hoppy red I was lookin for.

 

Howe Sound Brewing ' 3 Beavers Imperial Red Ale' @ 7.5% , served from a 1L pot-stopper bottle purchased for $9.50

A-pour is a hazy dark amber with a small off white head leaving a streaky lace along the stein

S-malty ,

T-crisp and smooth tasting at first , followed by an impressive kick , ah Imperial

MF-mild medium carbonation , full bodied

Ov-GOLD - marketing campaign , SILVER - taste , BRONZE - yes I'd buy again

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