Erik The Red
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery

 

 

 

Amber and red in color, mild, light tan head. Almost half and inch. Aroma was standard, only lightly bringing the red malt wood and peat.

Taste, barely noticeable hops, bitterness is higher than that, but not sure if good or bad, given that bitterness may have taken away from the even less desireable stuff they were doing. A little bit of toffee and caramel.

Pretty average beer, in an average style, from an average brewery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amber-red color, thin light tan head, about 1/4" to it, bartender kept pushing the head off of it when it was over 1". Aroma was the standard malt aroma you get in a red, lightly peated.

Taste, mild, run of the mill stuff. Barely hopped, lightly toasted sweet malt qualities. Maybe some crystal malt and grassyness, bitter/astringency is above average, which is nice, gives the beer a little character. Caramel flavor underneath it all.

Pretty standard, no off flavors, felt like I could give this to my mom and she would be able to drink it without making one of those "its got too much flavor" wincing faces. Can't remember if this was from the Chicago or Milwaukee location.

 

 

Bought a growler from the brewery, poured into a pint glass.

The color of Erik the red is a very cool looking dark red color that is pretty clear throughout. There are also a lot of bubbles clinging to the sides of the glass which leads me to believe it's highly carbonated.

The smell of this one is a faint malty sweet aroma.

The taste of this one is a very simple malty flavor that has a good amount of sweetness in it to lend it a nice clean crisp malty taste that I thought was simple yet effective.

The mouthfeel on this one was a ton a carbonation with a lighter/ medium body behind it. The carbonation actually went really well with this beer and I felt it heightened the experience.

Overall this beer is pretty decent to me, the drinkability of it is fantastic and I found that it's quite easy to put down a growler in one sitting and still want more. It's a very simple beer and a decent tasting one at that. I would have it again.

Taster arrives with a clear reddish copper and minimal head. Again from a Rock Bottom beer - very little smell, just a hint of malty smell.
Tastes smooth and malty, slightly bitter finish.
Feels highly carbonated for such a smooth taste - gives this a good balance.
I could drink a number of these. Nothing great about this beer, but it is the best balance of the night of tasting Rock Bottom beers, with the most distinct flavor of the bunch.

Appearance: Erik comes out a dark amber color with a thin film of pure white head. Lacing is basically nonexistent.

Smell: Some pale and biscuity malts in there, caramel and some very faint, slightly spicy hop aromas. Pretty one dimensional.

Taste: Caramel and biscuity malts, with some slightly spicy hop action on the tail end. That spiciness lingers for a bit.

Mouthfeel/Drinkability: Just under medium bodied with very little carbonation. Leads to a smooth drinking beer. This is a decent beer overall, but not something to go seek out.

Pours a medium copper, but very clera. Very puffy light head, great retention....Aroma is strong and dominated by very bready hops, not the typical fresh floral hop you get from a dry hopped beer...The taste is really matly to start, tons of caramel and rye then slowly brings some hops...The feel is very weird, coating and sticky.

Overall, not to bad, brings some new things to the table which makes it worth trying.