Barrel Reserve Irish Red Lagered Ale
Railway City Brewing Company
- From:
- Railway City Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Irish Red Ale
- ABV:
- 5.6%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.44 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 22, 2016
- Added:
- Feb 19, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.44/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.44/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Foil-capped bomber picked up at the brewery; best before Aug 6 2016 and served slightly chilled.
Pours a translucent, sediment-flecked reddish-amber hue, with half a finger of loose, bubbly, short-lived foam at the surface. A thin collar remains, but that's about it. Looks plain, and the aroma is not a huge improvement, though to be fair this is not a typically aromatic style to begin with. I am getting notes of butterscotch, bready malt, dried fruits and an earthy quality.
A decent red ale; flavours of caramel, toasted gritty grains and bready, biscuity malt sweetness are the name of the game here. A little nutty, too, with hints of fig and date growing as it warms. Finishes with a leafy bitterness and some oak tannin astringency that helps to counteract the generally sweet lean of this "lagered ale". Lightly sweet aftertaste with hints of wood and caramel that gradually fade from the palate. Light-medium in body, with restrained carbonation that weakly prickles the palate, resulting in a smooth, somewhat slick mouthfeel. It gulps down admirably, but I don't think I'd want to drink more than one of these in a night.
Final Grade: 3.44, a B-. Irish reds are a style that I have never really appreciated all that much - I'll take a bitter or an English pale ale over these any day - but for what it's worth, I think that this Irish Red Lagered Ale from Railway City is more than acceptable. The oak flavours are subtle, and overall the beer itself is a decent, if unexciting amber ale. A bottle or two of this would get St. Patrick's Day off to a good start, but I'm more of a Sham-Bock guy. Fine to drink, but not something to go out of your way for.
Feb 22, 2016Pours a translucent, sediment-flecked reddish-amber hue, with half a finger of loose, bubbly, short-lived foam at the surface. A thin collar remains, but that's about it. Looks plain, and the aroma is not a huge improvement, though to be fair this is not a typically aromatic style to begin with. I am getting notes of butterscotch, bready malt, dried fruits and an earthy quality.
A decent red ale; flavours of caramel, toasted gritty grains and bready, biscuity malt sweetness are the name of the game here. A little nutty, too, with hints of fig and date growing as it warms. Finishes with a leafy bitterness and some oak tannin astringency that helps to counteract the generally sweet lean of this "lagered ale". Lightly sweet aftertaste with hints of wood and caramel that gradually fade from the palate. Light-medium in body, with restrained carbonation that weakly prickles the palate, resulting in a smooth, somewhat slick mouthfeel. It gulps down admirably, but I don't think I'd want to drink more than one of these in a night.
Final Grade: 3.44, a B-. Irish reds are a style that I have never really appreciated all that much - I'll take a bitter or an English pale ale over these any day - but for what it's worth, I think that this Irish Red Lagered Ale from Railway City is more than acceptable. The oak flavours are subtle, and overall the beer itself is a decent, if unexciting amber ale. A bottle or two of this would get St. Patrick's Day off to a good start, but I'm more of a Sham-Bock guy. Fine to drink, but not something to go out of your way for.
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