Big Sticky Red
Woodland Empire Ale Craft

Look: Cloudy dark amber with a huge beige head that pillows up to 1 ½ fingers and slowly settles, leaving sticky lacing behind
Aroma: Pine, grapefruit, rich brown bread, toffee, some earthy notes, and sweet dark malt notes
Taste: Pine sap and citrus rind come together for the initial hit with rich, sweet bready maltiness following. Waves of toffee and earthiness join the fray coming and going before a nice, pine sappy bite closes it out
Mouthfeel: Full bodied, a little chewy, medium-high carbonation, and some hop bite sharpness and dry finish keep this sticky, chewy beer from being cloying
Overall: Really stellar beer here. One of my favorite sucker styles (hoppy red ales) and not a common one to find these days. This was new to me last year and haven’t seen it since so jumped on it when I did. A rich darker malt bill paired with old school pine and citrus hops is the easy way to describe this and I’ll just call it delicious

this is one of the most popular woodland empire brews from what i can gather. its really solid and widely available. to call it an irish red though, as its listed here, i think is incorrect, as this is very much the definition of a red ipa, nice and malty at the base sure, but hopped to high heaven, it doesnt drink anything like a traditional irish red, dont be misled! a rich and fuller copper color to this, medium body for what it is, and a nice frothy head. aroma is piney and dank, really woodsy and somehow autumnal to me, less sweet than the color had me thinking it would be, but the grain is bready and toasted, just fermented out pretty dry, which i like with all the hops. some grapefruit on this, some bushy outdoor weed, pine pitch, spruce tips, and honey. delicious. the balance is there, even though this is really hop driven and kind of big, its past old school malty ipa to intentionally a red at the base of it all, full commitment. the hops have some resinous character, some oil in the feel, a slickness, and really are quite intense, maximally fresh here too. i really thought this was a nice beer, did well with spicy food, was fairly priced, and is a nice example of a style i dont think we see enough of. woodland is killing it, all of their hoppy stuff is this good!

 

 

 

 

 

Definitely sticky: clinging mouthfeel that nonetheless isn't cloying; big dry-grassy and wet, inside-of-grain-tower aromatics, redolent of malt and tinged with a note of damp tarragon; resinous red background that serves as a clear-eyed vessel for the sage, prairie-grass, thyme, and almost junipery leafy bittering characteristics. Puts on a nice show in the tulip, as well, flaunting strong turbidity under the moderate but long-retained head; buffed-and-burnish auburn hue.

I wouldn't say smooth, exactly—but challenging in the right way, with tasty but likewise parsable complexity. Existing somewhere between the empires of sessionable and sip-only, it seems both true to name, style, and a Woodland spirit.

 

Overall, this was a pretty good RIPA. Good amount of caramel malty sweetness to balance out the nice blend aof grapefruity hops, great feel, and easy to drink. Cheers!

 

 

Pours a deep amber with a thick tan head. The Forrest awaits your nasal passages. Big pine, woody resin on the nose as well as first taste. There is a bit of grapefruit rine in there too and you even catch a little bit of sweet malts in there. Well balanced medium to heavy mouthfeel. Finishes with some light stickiness (hence the name) but quickly dryers up and leaves you reaching for another sip. Great beer

 

Draft @ Woodland Empire BOI. Citrusy aroma with a touch of sweet. Dark copper color with thick, very light tan head and great lacing. Nice balance of hops and malt in flavor, citrusy hops. Full bodied. Overall, a very enjoyable IPA.

 

 

 

 

I feel like I am giving this red Ipa a low score for what this beer is. First off you don't run into a hoppy red ipa as good as this one. Yes, other breweries do red ales all the time but, this one I like more then most. Its a got a dark red color this very clear and has a great red look in the light. This beer has the malty taste it should have with a nice hop kick to balance it out. With a nice smoothness in the beginning with a little bitter kick in the end. Woodlands for sure know how to brew a really good red ipa. I would say its the best beer from Idaho that I've had.