Braaaaaaaains - Ruby Red
Drekker Brewing Company
- From:
- Drekker Brewing Company
- North Dakota, United States
- Style:
- Smoothie Sour Ale
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.26 | pDev: 5.16%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 19, 2026
- Added:
- Apr 26, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Ruby Red Braaaaaaaains is stuffed with grapefruit and cherries and then of course we hit it with our double secret smoothie treatment of sea salt, lactose, and vanilla.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by colts9016 from Idaho
4.47/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.47/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Review: 2199
Name: Braaaaaaaaains Ruby Red
Brewery: Drekker Brewing
Location: Fargo, ND
Style: Fruited Sour
ABV: 6%
Canned: 03/28/2024
Date: 12 Sept 2024
It's one of my favorite kettle sours before I crest 2200 beers. I am using a tulip glass and serving the beer at 44 degrees. The pour created a frothy, one-fingered, pinkish head with poor retention. The quick dissipation left bits of fruit on the glass. The color is pinkish-red and opaque, with lots of fruit floating within. The appearance is average for this style.
When I sniff the glass, I smell grapefruit, tart cherries, and berries. There is a lot of fruity sweetness. Other aromas are vanilla, lactose, earthy, floral, and lightly toasted malts. This is a straightforward, simple, fruity kettle sour with a touch of sourness.
Oh wow, the tart, juicy cherries mingle with a succulent grapefruit. The tartness of both fruits does not clash, but they mingle like best friends. The malt profile is lightly toasted with some bread notes. Other flavors are earthy, lactose, vanilla, light sourness, and fruity sweetness.
The mouthfeel is tarty with some sourness finishing sweet but tannic. The body is chewy and has medium carbonation.
This is a wonderful fruit combination, probably in my top three of this series. I love how the cherries and grapefruit work well and are balanced. It is a lovely beer for this damp Idaho night.
Sep 13, 2024Name: Braaaaaaaaains Ruby Red
Brewery: Drekker Brewing
Location: Fargo, ND
Style: Fruited Sour
ABV: 6%
Canned: 03/28/2024
Date: 12 Sept 2024
It's one of my favorite kettle sours before I crest 2200 beers. I am using a tulip glass and serving the beer at 44 degrees. The pour created a frothy, one-fingered, pinkish head with poor retention. The quick dissipation left bits of fruit on the glass. The color is pinkish-red and opaque, with lots of fruit floating within. The appearance is average for this style.
When I sniff the glass, I smell grapefruit, tart cherries, and berries. There is a lot of fruity sweetness. Other aromas are vanilla, lactose, earthy, floral, and lightly toasted malts. This is a straightforward, simple, fruity kettle sour with a touch of sourness.
Oh wow, the tart, juicy cherries mingle with a succulent grapefruit. The tartness of both fruits does not clash, but they mingle like best friends. The malt profile is lightly toasted with some bread notes. Other flavors are earthy, lactose, vanilla, light sourness, and fruity sweetness.
The mouthfeel is tarty with some sourness finishing sweet but tannic. The body is chewy and has medium carbonation.
This is a wonderful fruit combination, probably in my top three of this series. I love how the cherries and grapefruit work well and are balanced. It is a lovely beer for this damp Idaho night.
Rated by Jaccident from Massachusetts
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Delicious fruited sour had a really nice balance of sweet and tartness.
Apr 26, 2024
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