Temptation Red Ale
Boxing Rock Brewing Co.
- From:
- Boxing Rock Brewing Co.
- Nova Scotia, Canada
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
Ranked #127 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #24,224 - Avg:
- 3.84 | pDev: 5.73%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 27, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 09, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
Full bodied and rich, Temptation Red Ale is a sultry jazz singer in your glass. Continuously hopped during the brew and dry hopped after fermentation, this beer features a single hop varietal and has a uniquely full flavour profile.
Enjoy Temptation Red Ale with BBQ meat, cheese, pasta and other full flavour, rich foods. Also great enjoyed on its own to savour the rich malt and hop flavours.
Enjoy Temptation Red Ale with BBQ meat, cheese, pasta and other full flavour, rich foods. Also great enjoyed on its own to savour the rich malt and hop flavours.
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Rated by eberesford from Canada (ON)
3.96/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
On the light side for a red both in colour and mouth feel, but good malty nose, full and tasty with subtle hop spicing
Jul 17, 2018
Reviewed by ewpass from Canada (PE)
3.78/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Clear orange-amber with a smallish head. Mostly malt on the nose with a hint of spicy hops. Taste is of a good red ale with some added hoppiness, pushing to the edge of a Red IPA style. Feel is just crisp enough.
May 20, 2018
Reviewed by Ryften from Pennsylvania
3.56/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.56/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Gorgeous color. Nose is virtually nonexistent. Very hop-forward, yet malty. Feels more akin to an IPA, save for a bit of caramel on the backend. Solid drinker, but definitely left-of-center for a Red.
Jul 02, 2016
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.7/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.7/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
On tap at the brewery taproom.
Very clear, red-copper body with a good head and some sticky lacing.
Medium body and lively carbonation. The aroma is more hop forward than the flavor. Nicely balanced flavor with spicy hops mixing with bready malts. Faint coffee and roasted nuts notes.
Overall: A well crafted but rather undistinctive red ale, although the flavor may be a touch more hoppy/spicy than average for style.
May 29, 2016Very clear, red-copper body with a good head and some sticky lacing.
Medium body and lively carbonation. The aroma is more hop forward than the flavor. Nicely balanced flavor with spicy hops mixing with bready malts. Faint coffee and roasted nuts notes.
Overall: A well crafted but rather undistinctive red ale, although the flavor may be a touch more hoppy/spicy than average for style.
Reviewed by souvenirs from Canada (BC)
4.06/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Excited to see something from Boxing Rock in a six-pack at the NSLC!
A: Copper and crystal clear. Lots of head.
S: Citrus, maybe a touch of caramel.
T: Grapefruit rind balanced with caramel.
F: Fairly crisp on the tongue.
Aug 30, 2015A: Copper and crystal clear. Lots of head.
S: Citrus, maybe a touch of caramel.
T: Grapefruit rind balanced with caramel.
F: Fairly crisp on the tongue.
Reviewed by mtomlins from Canada (ON)
3.94/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A decent brew but just lacking a bit of depth. Nice caramel malt backbone and a non-descript bitter hop punch. Easy drinking but not raising eyebrows.
Jul 25, 2014
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