Scarlet Lady Ale
Stoudts Brewing Co.

Scarlet Lady AleScarlet Lady Ale
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From:
Stoudts Brewing Co.
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
Ranked #104
ABV:
5%
Score:
82
Ranked #24,956
Avg:
3.62 | pDev: 12.15%
Reviews:
377
Ratings:
681
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 29, 2024
Added:
Nov 12, 2001
Wants:
  15
Gots:
  42
This English-style ale is brewed with Marris Otter and Caramel malts for a rich, reddish-copper color and smooth malty palate. The use of bittering and aroma addition hops balances the regal, sweet maltiness and imparts a softly perfumed aroma.
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Ratings by ppvora:
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Reviewed by ppvora from Pennsylvania

3.41/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a chilled 12 oz. bottle.

Appearance: Brown, no aeration, half a finger of head that disappeared very quickly. No aeration.

Aroma: Sweet, malty aroma. A lot of mango and a little bit of peach. Gorgeous aroma. Loved it!

Taste: Malty, some hops. Despite the mango/peach and sweet aroma, no sweetness in the beer and no fruitiness. If you love the smell of fruit but don't necessarily like to taste it in your beer, this is the perfect beer for you. No complex flavors here.

Mouthfeel: Held the taste for a while, nothing significant to report.

Overall: A straight and narrow ale. Despite the "ESB" moniker, this beer is not bitter at all. Malty taste with a little bit of hops towards the end. Fruity aromas don't make their way into the taste of the beer.
Aug 24, 2013
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Reviewed by Lexluthor33 from New York

3.53/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Copper color with a foamy head and lace.
Aroma of malts, fruit and caramel.
Taste of toast with malts and caramel followed by bitterness.
Mild sweetness with medium carbonation.
Medium body with a good balance.
Feb 29, 2024
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Rated by crazyspicychef from Pennsylvania

5/5  rDev +38.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Awesome ESB!
Aug 27, 2022
 
Rated: 3.54 by generallee from Virginia

Nov 14, 2019
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Reviewed by mjp1305 from Pennsylvania

4.09/5  rDev +13%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
Tasty beer, have enjoyed drinking this for many years, have always loved all of Stoudts offerings, as my cousin from Germany would say "Lets get some of the beer from that Carol Stoudt!"
Sep 26, 2019
 
Rated: 3.93 by Boone757 from Virginia

Aug 10, 2019
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Reviewed by Scrapss from Pennsylvania

3.48/5  rDev -3.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Poured from the bottle into the glass.

A: Clear copper with less voluminous head that dies down to a 2mm of bubbly foam with minimal lacing.

S: Light hop note, floral and very light earthy note. Medium malt note like toffee.

T: Follows nose with more maltiness and faint, subtle floral and herb notes.

M: medium-light bodied, not filling, mildly hoppy bitterness on ultimate finish.

O: Nice example of the style that I am pretty sure I can get at the local store for a welcome break from non-nuanced, imbalanced and unsubtle brews.
Jun 18, 2019
 
Rated: 3.56 by Phoodcritic from Michigan

Apr 07, 2019
 
Rated: 4.1 by heerboth from Pennsylvania

Mar 14, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by caahare from West Virginia

Feb 24, 2019
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Rated by JohnWesolowski from Connecticut

2.73/5  rDev -24.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Although others with me liked this, it was a bit to much carmel sweetness.
Aug 19, 2018
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Reviewed by witster18 from Tennessee

3.86/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
warning, if you spill this beer on you - you will smell like beer like a skunk smells like a skunk after it has been hit by a car. There's no hiding it. THis FINE BREW is what the long-time beer drinker wants... just beer... choco and piney hops and a bit of metallic funk(phenols?) that somehow just add to the ridiculously wild and flavorful beer bomb. Not as sessionable as their helles(one of the finest american lawnmower beers to be had), but for someone weary and tired of all the fancy-pancy, fruity-tooty, same-old-same-old... well... this is wayyyy past due. GRAB A FEW! Grainy? Yes. Malty? Yes. Hoppy? Yes. ANy questions? No. You drink your raddler or sour, and I'll drink one of these...
SHow me a 5 percenter with more "beer" flavor... let me hibernate.
Apr 21, 2018
 
Rated: 3.92 by madelf66 from Pennsylvania

May 18, 2017
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Reviewed by Dragginballs76 from South Carolina

3.94/5  rDev +8.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance - Pours deep copper color with thin quickly dissipating off white head. Spotty lacing all around the glass.

Aroma - Light malt aroma mixed with some floral notes. Caramel finishes off the nose.

Taste - Nice malty, slightly bitter nutty flavor. There are mild flavors of caramel and some floral flavors as well. All the flavors other than the malts are well balanced, the malts do not over power but are more prominent.

Feel - Medium body soft carbonation, pretty dry finish, bitterness lingers a bit.

Overall - A solid ESB, great flavors well balanced a very easy drinking beer.
Apr 16, 2017
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Reviewed by Harrison8 from Missouri

3.84/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a dark burgundy with just a little fog to it. Finger and a half of off-white head, with good retention and barely any lacing. Aroma is toasted, and nutty malts with a bitter bite. Flavor profile is a non-dynamic display of toasted, and nutty malts with pine hops. Nothing very loud, just a consistent flavor profile from start to finish. Mouth feel is medium-thin with a slightly watery edge. Overall, a beer that drinks simple enough to be easily sessionable, or an easy-going, post-work beer.

Served in a 12oz snifter.
Apr 14, 2017
 
Rated: 3.4 by Timtac from New Jersey

Feb 17, 2017
 
Rated: 4.27 by Categart from Pennsylvania

Jan 04, 2017
 
Rated: 3.74 by csurowiec from Maryland

Dec 26, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by cyber_phoenix from Pennsylvania

Sep 17, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Wer34truh from Minnesota

Jul 11, 2016
Scarlet Lady Ale from Stoudts Brewing Co.
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