Roundhouse IRA | Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Brewed by:
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Michigan, United States
bellsbeer.com
Style: American Amber / Red Ale
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 7.50%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
Substantial amounts of late-kettle hop additions and dry-hopping yields a heady blend of fruity aromas of pineapple, peach and citrus. Those aromas continue into a crisply bitter hop presence across the tongue, but the judicious use of toasted and caramel specialty malts prevents the hop intensity from overwhelming the palate.
Locally sourced Michigan honey creates a smooth, dry finish that pulls everything together.
The India Red Ale style is a variation on the IPA, but with more caramel and toasted malt character and a reddish hue.
Roundhouse was first brewed at our original brewery in downtown Kalamazoo in 2009.
Added by luciusgilmer on 02-25-2009
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Ratings: 534 | Reviews: 113
4.28/5 rDev +7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Nice thick caramel pour with a foamy head, partially my fault on head size. Easy smell, nothing super dank. Real smooth taste with not much aftertaste. Great beer out of a can!
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Nice thick caramel pour with a foamy head, partially my fault on head size. Easy smell, nothing super dank. Real smooth taste with not much aftertaste. Great beer out of a can!
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3.58/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
4.35/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
The clear reddish amber colored beer pours out into a Duvel glass with a 1 1/2" light tan fluffy head with lots of bubbles that merge to be come larger ones while leaving behind a ring and a few long leggy patches of lacing as it recedes to a thick ring around the glass and some persistent foam on the surface. Sipping clears the side of the glass leaving a few small scattered patches of lacing.
The aromas feature the citric hops with some additional fruit such as pineapple supporting the citrus. The malts are in here as well with a nice caramel and toasted character.
The flavors are much as expected from the nose with some bitterness along with the citrus and pineapple. Some sweetness from the toasty caramel malt softens the bitterness a bit.
The mouthfeel is medium bodied with a touch of slight prickliness from the persistent small bubbled carbonation. The finish begins as the citrus, pineapple and toasty malt sweetness move to the back of the palate and fade away leaving the persistent bitterness that becomes a nicely dry ending that goes on for quite a while.
On the whole a well made beer that is enjoyable to drink and I'd like to have it again. However, the flavors are just intense enough that I'd probably not have more than one an evening.
Worth a try.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
The clear reddish amber colored beer pours out into a Duvel glass with a 1 1/2" light tan fluffy head with lots of bubbles that merge to be come larger ones while leaving behind a ring and a few long leggy patches of lacing as it recedes to a thick ring around the glass and some persistent foam on the surface. Sipping clears the side of the glass leaving a few small scattered patches of lacing.
The aromas feature the citric hops with some additional fruit such as pineapple supporting the citrus. The malts are in here as well with a nice caramel and toasted character.
The flavors are much as expected from the nose with some bitterness along with the citrus and pineapple. Some sweetness from the toasty caramel malt softens the bitterness a bit.
The mouthfeel is medium bodied with a touch of slight prickliness from the persistent small bubbled carbonation. The finish begins as the citrus, pineapple and toasty malt sweetness move to the back of the palate and fade away leaving the persistent bitterness that becomes a nicely dry ending that goes on for quite a while.
On the whole a well made beer that is enjoyable to drink and I'd like to have it again. However, the flavors are just intense enough that I'd probably not have more than one an evening.
Worth a try.
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4.02/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
1.9/5 rDev -52.5%
look: 1.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.75
look: 1.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.75
3.67/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.14/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
I am on a CANQuest (tm) for a little while to give myself a break from eradicating The Bottle Backlog here at Chez Woody. I've been away for so long that it's good to be back.
From the CAN: "India Red Ale Brewed with Honey"; "This IRA frestires bright, juicy, tropical fruit and citrus aromas balanced with a judicious amount of toasted and caramel specialty malts."
I am becoming accustomed to a gentle Glug following the Crack! since I just do not feel like ChANcing a mess that I will have to clean up afterwards. My in-glass swirl led to the creation of two fingers of puffy, foamy, light-tan head with decent retention. Color was Deep Amber/Light Copper to Copper (SRM = > 13, < 17) with NE-quality clarity. Nose was an interesting mélange of caramel & honey sweetness, tropical fruitiness, light citrusiness and an AmeriCAN hoppy bitterness. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste began with a honey & caramel sweetness, but slowly, the tropical fruity & grapefruit hops flavors began to assert themselves. I liked the way that so many varying flavors worked so well together. It was a really interesting take on a passed-over style from the early days of microbrewing. Finish was semi-dry and it was an eminently drinkable beer. I could see this being kind of dangerous in the cooler at the beach, given its ABV and drinkability.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
I am on a CANQuest (tm) for a little while to give myself a break from eradicating The Bottle Backlog here at Chez Woody. I've been away for so long that it's good to be back.
From the CAN: "India Red Ale Brewed with Honey"; "This IRA frestires bright, juicy, tropical fruit and citrus aromas balanced with a judicious amount of toasted and caramel specialty malts."
I am becoming accustomed to a gentle Glug following the Crack! since I just do not feel like ChANcing a mess that I will have to clean up afterwards. My in-glass swirl led to the creation of two fingers of puffy, foamy, light-tan head with decent retention. Color was Deep Amber/Light Copper to Copper (SRM = > 13, < 17) with NE-quality clarity. Nose was an interesting mélange of caramel & honey sweetness, tropical fruitiness, light citrusiness and an AmeriCAN hoppy bitterness. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste began with a honey & caramel sweetness, but slowly, the tropical fruity & grapefruit hops flavors began to assert themselves. I liked the way that so many varying flavors worked so well together. It was a really interesting take on a passed-over style from the early days of microbrewing. Finish was semi-dry and it was an eminently drinkable beer. I could see this being kind of dangerous in the cooler at the beach, given its ABV and drinkability.
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3.75/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.15/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.5/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
3.92/5 rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
P- Poured from a 12 oz can,into a Funky Buddha snifter.No date on the can.
L- Frothy light khaki colored head that stands 1 finger tall,with very good retention and sticky lacing.Hazy ruby red body with low clarity,and distorted light showing through the glass.Heavy amount of carbonation.
S- On the nose I get caramel and toasty malt notes,backed up by some light tropical fruit and cherry notes.
T- On the palate I get bitter pine hops up front,toasty caramel malts in the middle,and cherries on the back end with some more toasty malts to balance it.
F- The mouth feel is medium bodied and slightly sticky,with a good amount of oxidation on the tongue.Slightly dry on the finish.
T- This is a pretty decent beer.Nit something I would drink all the time,but something I would drink again.Give it a try and decide for yourself.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
P- Poured from a 12 oz can,into a Funky Buddha snifter.No date on the can.
L- Frothy light khaki colored head that stands 1 finger tall,with very good retention and sticky lacing.Hazy ruby red body with low clarity,and distorted light showing through the glass.Heavy amount of carbonation.
S- On the nose I get caramel and toasty malt notes,backed up by some light tropical fruit and cherry notes.
T- On the palate I get bitter pine hops up front,toasty caramel malts in the middle,and cherries on the back end with some more toasty malts to balance it.
F- The mouth feel is medium bodied and slightly sticky,with a good amount of oxidation on the tongue.Slightly dry on the finish.
T- This is a pretty decent beer.Nit something I would drink all the time,but something I would drink again.Give it a try and decide for yourself.
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Roundhouse IRA from Bell's Brewery, Inc.
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534 ratings
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75