Exile Red
Evolution Craft Brewing Company

On tap in a pint glass.

Deep amber red color beer, creamy tan 1f cap that’s durable and leaves soapy lacing.

Irish ale malt aroma, Carmel malt and floral hops. Modest but clean.

Slightly roasted caramel malt flavor. Veggie hops.

Medium-plus body and feel. A touch of astringency in the end.

Overall, a good red/ amber ale. The hops balance the sweets.

Poured from tap into a pint glass at Birrotecha in Baltimore, hon. Pours deep dark red with one inch of foam that rapidly recedes w/minimal lacing. Sweet caramel and burnt notes. Good.

Tasted on draught at The Brass Tap in California, MD.

This was an attractive red ale with nice malt aromas and flavors. Just a hint of roasted grains. Simple and drinkable, but tasty. Everything I expect in an Irish Red.

 

draught
Medium amount of ivory head. Medium chestnut/orange appearance. Slight toffee and caramel note, on a medium toasted malt, flavor bed, with a touch of wood, for the aroma. Off-dry, woody caramel flavor, with the woodiness providing a bite. Also, a decent amount of medium toasted malt.

 

12 oz bottle, poured into a tulip glass. Pours a reddish copper color with an off-white head. Aroma and flavor feature sweet caramel malt, bready notes, toffee, and light floral/citrusy hops. Not very complex, but quite drinkable. Glad to finally try this beer after finally realizing I'd never had it (I assumed I must have had it years ago).

Current review September 2025 (fresh): Nice appearance with copper body and 2 finger head. Aroma has a slight metallic aroma. Taste is a touch bready sweet with a crisp hop balance and a lingering metallic / slightly bitter aftertaste. Decent beer but no Wow factor at all.

Review from 2023 (3.85): In fairness, I acquired this beer from a friends basement and highly doubt that it’s even within 1 year of freshness, thus my rating should be taken with a grain of salt and if I have opportunity to revisit fresh I will update.

Evolution Craft Brewing Co. "Exile"
12 fl. oz. brown glass bottle without production codes or freshness dating
$1.99 @ Total Wine & More, Wilmington, DE

Notes via stream of consciousness: A clear dark copper colored body rests gently beneath a thumb's width of rocky tan foam. The aroma suggests sweetish malt with some caramel character and a hint of leafy hops. The flavor plays that out with a good amount of sweetish malt that displays caramel and a bit of toffee. A touch of apple-like fruitiness and some tea-like hop notes round it out, and a firm bitterness balances it nicely. It finishes with some residual sweetish malt and grassy and tea-like hops lingering. The malt does stay behind but it doesn't build on the palate as there's enough bitterness remaining to keep it in check. It reminds me of a strong English ale, and as someone who loves malty beers I'm quite fond of it. Beyond that, however, it's well-made. The head retention and lacing could both be better but it still scores a 4 out of 5. In the mouth it's medium bodied and dextrinous. Very nicely done.
Review #8,519

Large off white head left a fair amount of lacing over a clear reddish-amber body. Caramel malts obscuring the hops in the aroma although some softer fruit slides in. A bit more balance in the taste. Still getting the sweetness and toastiness from the malts with a degree of bitterness provides contrast. Aftertaste is a little cleaner than many Ambers. Medium bodied, moderately carbonated mouthfeel.

 

 

 

 

12oz bottle, tulip, bottled 1/11/21.

It’s been awhile red ale. You are indeed dark red, auburn maybe, with a red tinted head.

Darker caramel, roasted nuts, maple.

Nutty, woody, and caramel malt. A little vegetal hop and some balancing hop bitterness.

Soft, full, moderate carbonation.

Pretty good for a red ale.

Smooth, malty taste with a hoppy, slightly dry finish.

Copper with some chill haze, off-white head, decent retention, nice lace.
Floral/herbal hops, toasty and caramel malt in the background
Tastes like it smells, which is great!
Medium bodied, appropriate carbonation, clean.
Dang good representation of the style.

 

Great color, but tasteless. Similar to Fat Tire's Amber Ale.

Started the new Premier League⚽️ season with a brace of draught pints at The Brass Tap here in Baltimore. Definitely NOT a Champions of Europe beer - more a middle of the pack brew.