Robo Ruby
Parallel 49 Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

Good - but Gypsy Tears is a better balanced beer.

Too strong & hoppy for me. I much prefer tears the Gypsy Tears.

 

 

 

Bomber poured into a tulip glass. A ruddy orange-red color with ample rich beige foam on top, leaving nice lacing on the glass. Aroma was a standout for me, hop-forward and tropical, immediately evoking dried mangoes and orange rind, with hints of caramel and pears and a pleasant floral perfume. Taste is similarly fruity and sweet but the hops are refined and gentle (yet still flavorsome), with some medicinal pine showing up late but mostly a melange of fruit leather, tobacco, and spiced orange peel against a raisin, toffee and honeyed breakfast cereal backbone. Faint whiff of chocolate brownie? Fairly fizzy and just over medium bodied, the overall effect is on the light side rather than syrupy or cloying although considerably sweeter than its little brother Gypsy's Tears, with less menthol cough candy flavor. Also less spicy and tangy than some other "imperial reds" of late but I'll take the bright hop flavors and sweet malts here.

 

 

I missed this one until now, despite that P49 is one of my favourite breweries. That's what I get for doing my beer shopping mainly at the BC Liquor Store. I picked this up at Brewery Creek for $7.45 + deposit.

650 ml bottle with an unappealing sexy robot cartoon on the label. She's got a flower in her hair and a tear on her cheek, suggesting that this is a modified version of Parallel 49's Gypsy Tears Ruby Ale. Given that that's one of my favourite beers, I'm not sure I see the need for any modification, but we'll see what I think once I've tried it... Perhaps I should be sampling them back to back for a true comparison.

A: Clear dark amber with head that doesn't quit.

S: Citrus, pine, toffee sweetness.

T: Grassy hops, mixed with toffee/caramel sweetness. This one's definitely sweeter than Gypsy Tears Ruby Ale.

F: Smooth and medium bodied with a bitter finish.

O: I think I'd prefer Gypsy Tears, but this is good too.

 

 

Poured from a bomber bottle into a tulip glass. Purchased for ~$8 at B's Craft Beer Lounge in Langley, BC. I love the label, They've listed the ibu in scientific notation, the best served at temperature in degrees kelvin, and an RGB code for the color. There's also a string of binary, which translates to "all your beers are belong to us." Nice.

Appearance - Dark Red/Orange, almost clear. Big ol' creamy head. Spotty lacing.

Smell - Sweet, but not overly so. Grassy hops, citrus and pine, but also large malt presence with caramel/toffee and roasted grain.

Taste - Palate is dominated by malt flavors - bready caramel, toffee. The hops manifest as grapefruit, orange, lemon zest, resinous pine and floral notes throughout. Wonderful. Mildly bitter, not excessive.

Mouthfeel - a bit boozey. Medium carbonation and body, a bit creamy and quite quaffable.

Overall - Thoroughly enjoyed this one. Its a shame it won't be sticking around. Really good stuff. I would recommend picking up a bottle of this if you can find one.

Appearance - Pours a deep copper hue with two fingers of foamy beige head. Nice lacing left behind on the glass.

Smell - Caramel malts, citrus hops, pine resin, grapefruit.

Taste - Sweet caramel malts with mild citrus hop bitterness and hints of grapefruit and pine. Malts are the real star in this brew.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.

Overall - An imperial red IPA with a solid caramel malt base. Hops could be more pronounced. In comparison to the Gypsy Tears, I find this to be a little sweet and heavier on the malts than expected.

650ml bottle poured into tulip 15/4/14

A clear dark amber, just a few visible bubbles but there's enough to pump out a big cream colored foam that lasts for a few minuets and leaves random lace deep down the glass

S iced tea powder, brown sugar, leafy and herbal hops, grapefruit, pine, a little nutty, red ju-jubes, and some booze

T a little sweet, not as much citrus, lots of malt, bread, caramels, nutty, not far from the nose, earthy with pine and booze

M lighter then expected for a 9%er, bitter, boozy on the way down, bubbles stop short of foam

O a little boozy and I like it less as it warms, I thought Gypsy Tears was great but this ones just good

not a bad beer but I thought it would be better, booze keeps popping up and its far from hard to drink but takes a little longer then to sip back then many