Red Bellied Black
Bacchus Brewing Co.
- From:
- Bacchus Brewing Co.
- Australia
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.51 | pDev: 11.97%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 23, 2014
- Added:
- Dec 27, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia
3.5/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
On tap at the Quarrymans Hotel.
Pours a dark brown with reddish tinge. Clear. Head is beige, dense but just a thin rim. Good retention though and nice lace.
Smells big and hoppy. Lime citrus with pine and strong caramel maltiness. Quite pleasant.
Taste is big and boozey. Notes of hop acid with citrus, passion and some mango but yeah a big sweet boozey heat which really detracts, as the other flavours aren't quite big enough to complement, especially the malt. So big, bits of tang but the big flavours feel like they're battling in your mouth rather than melding together.
A bit dry, slightly boozey and hot on the back.
Too big, but the flavours are right. They don't quite meld well though. Id like to try the 7-8% version of this, I think it would be bang on the money.
Dec 29, 2013Pours a dark brown with reddish tinge. Clear. Head is beige, dense but just a thin rim. Good retention though and nice lace.
Smells big and hoppy. Lime citrus with pine and strong caramel maltiness. Quite pleasant.
Taste is big and boozey. Notes of hop acid with citrus, passion and some mango but yeah a big sweet boozey heat which really detracts, as the other flavours aren't quite big enough to complement, especially the malt. So big, bits of tang but the big flavours feel like they're battling in your mouth rather than melding together.
A bit dry, slightly boozey and hot on the back.
Too big, but the flavours are right. They don't quite meld well though. Id like to try the 7-8% version of this, I think it would be bang on the money.
Reviewed by lacqueredmouse from Australia
4.04/5 rDev +15.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.04/5 rDev +15.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This is an "Imperial American Red Ale" weighing in somewhere between 10-12%. The picture I have of the Quarrymans beer list, where I had it, listed it as 12%. It may change from batch to batch. Tried at the Quarrymans during Sydney Craft Beer Week.
Pours a deep, vivid dark red colour with perfect clarity. Weight is heavy but slick in the body. Head forms a pale yellow solid thickness that leaves bug sheets of lace. Lots of fine carbonation working its way through the thick body. Looks really impressive.
Nose is big. Big booziness, some spice and a rounded, fleshy sweetness—some fruit perhaps, more like apple brandy with salted caramel. It's powerful and heavy. I love it.
Taste is sharp on the entry with peppery booze notes, and a hint of chemical bitterness. This is well and truly wiped out in the mid-palate, as the sweetness well up. Figs, dates, heavy toffee and orange hard candy. Booziness on the back, with a hint of menthol and tobacco, but still with huge lingering sweetness. It's impressive if bombastic.
Smooth and boozy in the feel, with a tingle, partially from carbonation, but I feel mostly from the alcohol.
This is rich and full of flavour—it demands respect, and manages to stay fairly balanced even so. I guess it's about as reasonable as you can ever get from a beer weighing in at 12%.
Dec 27, 2013Pours a deep, vivid dark red colour with perfect clarity. Weight is heavy but slick in the body. Head forms a pale yellow solid thickness that leaves bug sheets of lace. Lots of fine carbonation working its way through the thick body. Looks really impressive.
Nose is big. Big booziness, some spice and a rounded, fleshy sweetness—some fruit perhaps, more like apple brandy with salted caramel. It's powerful and heavy. I love it.
Taste is sharp on the entry with peppery booze notes, and a hint of chemical bitterness. This is well and truly wiped out in the mid-palate, as the sweetness well up. Figs, dates, heavy toffee and orange hard candy. Booziness on the back, with a hint of menthol and tobacco, but still with huge lingering sweetness. It's impressive if bombastic.
Smooth and boozy in the feel, with a tingle, partially from carbonation, but I feel mostly from the alcohol.
This is rich and full of flavour—it demands respect, and manages to stay fairly balanced even so. I guess it's about as reasonable as you can ever get from a beer weighing in at 12%.
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