Red Ryan's Dead
Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- From:
- Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Irish Red Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.62 | pDev: 0.55%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 17, 2021
- Added:
- Apr 23, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.6/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours dark amber in colour and headless. The smell has hints of rye and perhaps cocoa. The taste is hoppy/bitter but not overly so. Still get the caramel and rye notes. Mouthfeel is a little thin
April 17 2021
Apr 17, 2021April 17 2021
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.64/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bomber picked up at the brewery earlier this week; served slightly chilled. Named in honour of a local theatrical production, based on the story of Norman "Red" Ryan - a 1930s Canadian gangster who was shot dead by police in Sarnia.
Pours a foggy copper-amber with ruby red tinges under the light. An inch of foamy, light beige-coloured head is produced, but fades within a few minutes; a creamy cap remains in place for considerably longer. Minimal lacing. Toasted nuts and bready, biscuity malts on the nose, along with notes of brown sugar, coffee and earthy hops. About what I expect from this style.
The flavour is along the same lines; bready, biscuity malts and sponge toffee dominate for most of the sip, with some muddled orchard fruit esters coming through as well. Some earthy, dirty hoppage begins to show up on the back end, with an almost coffee-like bitterness at the finish. Lightly sweet aftertaste that doesn't linger. Light-ish in body, with moderate carbonation levels that continuously agitate the palate, producing a borderline crisp mouthfeel. Inoffensive and very easy to gulp.
Final Grade: 3.64, a B grade. Red Ryan's Dead is a fairly good example of a typically mundane style. I wouldn't get into a gunfight at a liquor store to obtain more bottles, but for a red ale it drinks smoothly and lacks any glaring flaws for me to latch onto. Reminds me vaguely of Smithwick's, except cleaner and with a more robust hop bill to counter the sweet malts. Honestly I don't expect a whole lot from Irish reds in general, so the fact that I find this to be a relatively boring beer doesn't mean it isn't deserving of a reasonably good grade. A respectable session ale.
May 01, 2016Pours a foggy copper-amber with ruby red tinges under the light. An inch of foamy, light beige-coloured head is produced, but fades within a few minutes; a creamy cap remains in place for considerably longer. Minimal lacing. Toasted nuts and bready, biscuity malts on the nose, along with notes of brown sugar, coffee and earthy hops. About what I expect from this style.
The flavour is along the same lines; bready, biscuity malts and sponge toffee dominate for most of the sip, with some muddled orchard fruit esters coming through as well. Some earthy, dirty hoppage begins to show up on the back end, with an almost coffee-like bitterness at the finish. Lightly sweet aftertaste that doesn't linger. Light-ish in body, with moderate carbonation levels that continuously agitate the palate, producing a borderline crisp mouthfeel. Inoffensive and very easy to gulp.
Final Grade: 3.64, a B grade. Red Ryan's Dead is a fairly good example of a typically mundane style. I wouldn't get into a gunfight at a liquor store to obtain more bottles, but for a red ale it drinks smoothly and lacks any glaring flaws for me to latch onto. Reminds me vaguely of Smithwick's, except cleaner and with a more robust hop bill to counter the sweet malts. Honestly I don't expect a whole lot from Irish reds in general, so the fact that I find this to be a relatively boring beer doesn't mean it isn't deserving of a reasonably good grade. A respectable session ale.
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