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Redhawk Ale
Rockyard Brewing
- From:
- Rockyard Brewing
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 78
- Avg:
- 3.29 | pDev: 17.33%
- Reviews:
- 14
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 29, 2017
- Added:
- Oct 02, 2003
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 6
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Tone:
Reviewed by Tone from Missouri
3.05/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.05/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Pours a cloudy, copper color. 2/3 inch head of an off-white color. Good retention and spoor lacing. Smells of hops, grain, rice, and slight citrus. Fits the style of an American Amber / Red Ale. Mouth feel is sharp and crisp, with an average carbonation level. Tastes of slight sweet malt, pale malt, rice, hint of grain, slight hops, and a hint of citrus. Overall, body and aroma dominated by slight citrus and grain/rice flavors.
Dec 02, 2011More User Ratings:
Reviewed by KTCamm from New Jersey
3.47/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
June '17 - a bronzed finish, almost red with a nice ring of foam. Light malty nose. Simple clean malty taste. Likened to an english pale., more classic. Tasty malt too. Nicely pulled together.
Jul 29, 2017Reviewed by Beaver13 from Colorado
1.7/5 rDev -48.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
1.7/5 rDev -48.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
12 oz bottle. Pours light golden amber with a small fizzy white head that goes to a thin film that leaves little lacing.
The aroma is sweet fruity caramel malt with some grassiness and a little peat.
The flavor is sweet vegetal malts with a little grassy peat. The mouthfeel is a bit thin and watery.
Overall, not very good.
Oct 24, 2016The aroma is sweet fruity caramel malt with some grassiness and a little peat.
The flavor is sweet vegetal malts with a little grassy peat. The mouthfeel is a bit thin and watery.
Overall, not very good.
Reviewed by dcscientist from Colorado
2.93/5 rDev -10.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.93/5 rDev -10.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
I didn't really get the flavors that the label promised me on this one. Instead of a malty, nutty red, I got a straight amber with a pretty metallic aftertaste. They were likely going for a lighter version of the style anyway, given the 5% ABV, but it didn't quite hit the mark for me.
Apr 23, 2015Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
3.09/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.09/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Very clear reddish copper body but the head fizzed away very quickly. Warm, toasty grain aroma. Light malt flavors with a stronger hop bitterness throughout, especially at the finish. Medium-light body yet it still seems somewhat thin and watery; crisp, dry finish.
A pretty mediocre Scottish ale (that's the style shown on the label). Virtually no head or lacing really detracts from the appearance, but worse yet is a pretty flat and uninspired malt profile with a tea-like aftertaste.
Aug 26, 2013A pretty mediocre Scottish ale (that's the style shown on the label). Virtually no head or lacing really detracts from the appearance, but worse yet is a pretty flat and uninspired malt profile with a tea-like aftertaste.
Reviewed by allforbetterbeer from Colorado
3.03/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.03/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Poured from an undated bottle into a stange glass.
Pours with three fingers of light tan head that slowly falls to a scrappy layer on the surface. The body is almost exactly copper in color, and is very clear.
Smells of toasted barley and a little hint of hop bitterness and a faint touch of peat. Simple aroma.
Perhaps a little light on flavor, what I do taste reminds me of an American-style red ale more than a Scottish ale. Caramel, crystal malt, and a kiss of fruity simple hops. Not much in the way of deeper more complex malts and smoky tones often found in Scottish ales.
The mouthfeel is rather light and fizzy. Not a whole lot of character.
Conclusion: I was expecting more from this beer because the label states it is a Scottish ale. What it seems to be is a rather generic American red ale (in line with Killian's Irish red), which isn't bad, it just isn't what I was led to believe it would be.
Apr 03, 2012Pours with three fingers of light tan head that slowly falls to a scrappy layer on the surface. The body is almost exactly copper in color, and is very clear.
Smells of toasted barley and a little hint of hop bitterness and a faint touch of peat. Simple aroma.
Perhaps a little light on flavor, what I do taste reminds me of an American-style red ale more than a Scottish ale. Caramel, crystal malt, and a kiss of fruity simple hops. Not much in the way of deeper more complex malts and smoky tones often found in Scottish ales.
The mouthfeel is rather light and fizzy. Not a whole lot of character.
Conclusion: I was expecting more from this beer because the label states it is a Scottish ale. What it seems to be is a rather generic American red ale (in line with Killian's Irish red), which isn't bad, it just isn't what I was led to believe it would be.
Redhawk Ale from Rockyard Brewing
Beer rating:
78 out of
100 with
28 ratings
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