Runabout Red Ale
Sebago Brewing Company

Runabout Red AleRunabout Red Ale
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From:
Sebago Brewing Company
 
United States
Style:
American Amber / Red Ale
Ranked #322
ABV:
4.4%
Score:
80
Ranked #26,310
Avg:
3.49 | pDev: 12.03%
Reviews:
53
Ratings:
188
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 17, 2023
Added:
Aug 09, 2009
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  25
Runabout Red Ale is a classic! Our Red Ale has a malty sweet taste that comes from 3 different types of caramel malt. It is a clean, well-balanced beer that started as seasonal ale that we only brewed from March until July. It was so popular with our regulars that we started brewing it year round in 2002. Our red ale is made with only two hop additions to the kettle as opposed to three in most of our other brews and the malt character shows this. Please enjoy our staff favorite!

37.4 IBU
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Ratings by DeadeyeOTDO:
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Rated by DeadeyeOTDO from Arizona

3.5/5  rDev +0.3%

Oct 15, 2014
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Reviewed by FreePal88

2.6/5  rDev -25.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25
Has a strong butyric acid taste. A charitable interpretation of that sentence is that it has a funky twang along the lines of very strong cheese; an uncharitable interpretation would be "stomach acid and partially digested food." This brewery is usually very good, and I'm frankly rooting for the handful of New England breweries who don't have political crap all over their sites and can artwork. But either something's wrong with the batch I bought or this needs work.
Nov 17, 2023
 
Rated: 3.66 by Taenim from Maine

Jun 28, 2023
 
Rated: 4.08 by JohnhatesIPAs from New Hampshire

Sep 30, 2022
 
Rated: 3.75 by LAM01833 from Massachusetts

Jul 31, 2022
 
Rated: 3.25 by Elicoleman from Colorado

Sep 30, 2019
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Reviewed by akaizer from Virginia

3.29/5  rDev -5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Had as a pour at the Portland location. Had a thin head that left a bit of lacy white foam on the sides of the glass. Color was rust-red with a moderate degree of opaqueness. Scent and taste were both malty up front with a bit of hop notes on either side. I found myself desiring the beer to have either more maltiness or more hoppiness in both taste and smell and found the end result was a beer that hewed too close to the middle of both flavor profiles to have either really jump out.
Aug 31, 2019
 
Rated: 3.59 by hopley from Massachusetts

Jul 24, 2019
 
Rated: 3.67 by O-Meg from New York

Jul 21, 2019
 
Rated: 3.78 by Arg914 from New York

Jul 21, 2019
 
Rated: 4.48 by fret13 from Ohio

May 27, 2019
 
Rated: 3.48 by S_McAteer_95 from Ireland

May 12, 2019
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Reviewed by vinicole from England

3.65/5  rDev +4.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottle. Clear amber with a thin head.
Sweet caramel malt and hops. Light leaf and grain.
Mild malt flavour. Leaning towards sweetness.
Medium body. Light carbonation.
A reasonably refined red ale.
May 03, 2019
 
Rated: 3.49 by KMcGrath from Massachusetts

Dec 04, 2018
 
Rated: 4.03 by Bitburger from Vermont

Jan 27, 2018
 
Rated: 3.92 by BenMorse from Maine

Jan 17, 2018
 
Rated: 4.23 by Babydave from New York

Jan 17, 2018
 
Rated: 3.52 by Jcbroome from Florida

Oct 24, 2017
 
Rated: 3.77 by hockeypuck from Maine

Aug 10, 2017
 
Rated: 3.05 by Nucleosynthesis from Massachusetts

Aug 05, 2017
Runabout Red Ale from Sebago Brewing Company
Beer rating: 80 out of 100 with 188 ratings