Leaf Peeper Red Ale
Atlantic Brewing Company - Town Hill / Mainely Meat BBQ
- From:
- Atlantic Brewing Company - Town Hill / Mainely Meat BBQ
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
Ranked #100 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #32,312 - Avg:
- 3.64 | pDev: 14.01%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 9
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 25, 2024
- Added:
- Oct 09, 2009
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
Leaf Peeper Red Ale is a 5% ABV, English style red ale that uses German noble hops (Saaz) to create a smooth session beer with a mild sweetness on the finish. In addition to the pale and Caramunich malts, we put in 10% crystal malt to achieve a ruby red color that is reminiscent of Maine fall foliage.
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Reviewed by FreePal88 from Niger
4/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Flavor notes I immediately get: caramel, apple, toffee, bread/biscuit. Right out of the fridge, it tastes quite (borderline very) hoppy. The taste probably opens up and gets more complex as it warms a bit. I'll see next time.
Sep 25, 2024
Reviewed by LifesAnesthesia from Virginia
3.92/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
L - Reddish with an off-white head
S - slightly earthy, bitter hops and pine, some malt, caramel notes
T - follows the nose - earthy, piney, bitter hops intermixed well with bready malt and caramel notes
F - medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Smooth
O - a decent session red ale
Oct 10, 2023S - slightly earthy, bitter hops and pine, some malt, caramel notes
T - follows the nose - earthy, piney, bitter hops intermixed well with bready malt and caramel notes
F - medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Smooth
O - a decent session red ale
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
3.61/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.61/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Best by 3/08/16
Pours a decent fluffy foamy 1/2 finger head that fades at a med pace, decent lacing notes, mostly clear cranberry red color.
NOse big crystal malts, toasty reddish malts, caramel, candy, plenty of red toasty malts, little sweet smelling, with herbal spicy hops as well.
Taste brings herbal earthy hops, a little vegetal herbal hop character, mild to fair bitterness, very U.K. style herbal hops. Then sweet malts, candy caramel, little biscuity, toasty reddish malts, sweet and a little syrupy. Pretty simple. Finish drier, lingering herbal earthy vegetal hops, more crystal malts, caramel biscuit lingering too.
Mouth is med bod, mild syrupy like, lots of small bubble carbonation.
Overall eh, OK but not really my style, lots of herbal earthy U.K. hops, blended with big crystal malts, so basically delivers what it wanted to, but not really my style of beer, also very simple and a bit boring.
Jan 23, 2016Pours a decent fluffy foamy 1/2 finger head that fades at a med pace, decent lacing notes, mostly clear cranberry red color.
NOse big crystal malts, toasty reddish malts, caramel, candy, plenty of red toasty malts, little sweet smelling, with herbal spicy hops as well.
Taste brings herbal earthy hops, a little vegetal herbal hop character, mild to fair bitterness, very U.K. style herbal hops. Then sweet malts, candy caramel, little biscuity, toasty reddish malts, sweet and a little syrupy. Pretty simple. Finish drier, lingering herbal earthy vegetal hops, more crystal malts, caramel biscuit lingering too.
Mouth is med bod, mild syrupy like, lots of small bubble carbonation.
Overall eh, OK but not really my style, lots of herbal earthy U.K. hops, blended with big crystal malts, so basically delivers what it wanted to, but not really my style of beer, also very simple and a bit boring.
Reviewed by Newbeergeek1 from Maine
3.65/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I am sitting here at Mainly Meat BarBCue (nicely joined at the hip with the brewery) scarfing down this very pleasant seasonal draft. I live in the area and have not had this before. Certainly worth drinking and I would buy again in a bottle form. Some lacing, nice smell, wicked good look, and it feels good going down
Sep 01, 2015
Reviewed by Cavanaghty from Maine
3/5 rDev -17.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -17.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Poured from a bottle into a pint glass.
Appearance: Dark red with a thin beige head. No lacing on the glass.
Smell: Heavy malts and some hops.
Mouthfeel/Taste: Smooth medium bodied. Heavy malt flavors with some hops and pine notes. Barely maybe too.
Overall: Not a bad beer. Glad I tried it.
Jun 15, 2014Appearance: Dark red with a thin beige head. No lacing on the glass.
Smell: Heavy malts and some hops.
Mouthfeel/Taste: Smooth medium bodied. Heavy malt flavors with some hops and pine notes. Barely maybe too.
Overall: Not a bad beer. Glad I tried it.
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