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Rain In Blood Orange Pale Ale
Dark Horse Brewing Company
- From:
- Dark Horse Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #1,070 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 80
Ranked #26,053 - Avg:
- 3.53 | pDev: 11.61%
- Reviews:
- 60
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 21, 2023
- Added:
- Sep 20, 2013
- Wants:
- 7
- Gots:
- 54
Ale brewed with blood orange juice.
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Ratings by connecticutpoet:
Rated by connecticutpoet from Connecticut
3.45/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Jun 19, 2016
3.45/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Jun 19, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by The_Snow_Bird from Michigan
3.45/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.45/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Pours a dark orange/ red with a large white head on top. Gives off a strong smell of oranges and other citrus fruits. Tastes exactly like how it smells.
Mar 02, 2023Reviewed by Nass from Florida
3.25/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
There is no date on the can which is not a surprise coming from Dark Horse. The pour is dark orange. The taste is blood orange, grapefruit, slight coconut, slight vanilla & malt. Cheers! B-
Jan 05, 2020Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3/5 rDev -15%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -15%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Bottled 2/6/15; drank 3/5/15 @ the Yarchives.
Murky orange/red appearance.
HUGE eggshell head; decent lace.
Wheat, yeast &mild orange citrus notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Wheat & mild orange citrus flavors up front; a yeast-y, dry finish.
This tastes like a run of the mill wheat ale; drinkable but easily forgettable.
Aug 01, 2019Murky orange/red appearance.
HUGE eggshell head; decent lace.
Wheat, yeast &mild orange citrus notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Wheat & mild orange citrus flavors up front; a yeast-y, dry finish.
This tastes like a run of the mill wheat ale; drinkable but easily forgettable.
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
3.11/5 rDev -11.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.11/5 rDev -11.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
This one pours a slightly hazy dark orange color, almost amber, with a small head, and not much lacing.
This one smells like blood orange (great insight), with caramel malt and astringent piney hops.
This one is very uninspiring. It's overly malty, and the hop character is just plain boring - with a stale bitterness. It's doesn't pop, it's not bright, it's nothing I want. The blood orange addition doesn't help, it just helps slightly mask some of the most obvious imperfections.
This is medium bodied, and finishes thinly and overly sweetly, with a lower level of drinkability due to this fact.
I can't really recommend this one. It's just not that good.
Jul 12, 2019This one smells like blood orange (great insight), with caramel malt and astringent piney hops.
This one is very uninspiring. It's overly malty, and the hop character is just plain boring - with a stale bitterness. It's doesn't pop, it's not bright, it's nothing I want. The blood orange addition doesn't help, it just helps slightly mask some of the most obvious imperfections.
This is medium bodied, and finishes thinly and overly sweetly, with a lower level of drinkability due to this fact.
I can't really recommend this one. It's just not that good.
Reviewed by beersampler6 from Michigan
3.52/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A little bit of a confusing, muddled beer. Tastes like a hybrid between an orange pale ale, a wheat beer and a weaker Belgian ale. Pours an amber-orange color with a little foamy head and spotty lingering lacing. Smells faintly of malt, grain and a little orange. Taste follows the nose except there’s also a strange taste reminiscent of Belgian yeast. Also a little caramel, hops and bread. Smooth but thin mouthfeel with decent carbonation. Disappointing considering how much I respect this brewery.
Jan 17, 2019Reviewed by dd53grif from Michigan
3.5/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a hazy orange color with a minimal tan head that lasts quite a while. No discernable aroma. Tastes of wheat. Not a lot of orange flavor. Also not very hoppy. Smooth and refreshing. A decent summer beer.
Jul 08, 2018
Rain In Blood Orange Pale Ale from Dark Horse Brewing Company
Beer rating:
80 out of
100 with
352 ratings
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