Idle Coast
Redline Brewhouse
- From:
- Redline Brewhouse
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American Lager
- ABV:
- 4.6%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.53 | pDev: 9.07%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Sep 08, 2019
- Added:
- Sep 02, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.73/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.73/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
473 mL can from the LCBO; dated XX/05/19 (it's smudged) and served slightly chilled.
Pours a clear golden-blonde colour, topped with one finger of foamy white head that fizzles off within a minute or so. A foamy collar of modest proportion encircles a filmy layer upon the surface; not a speck of lace to be seen, though. Immaculately clean aroma, with nothing but grainy, bready pale malts and a hint of grassy hay.
A very nice lager, and an absolutely crushable one. The nose pretty much told the whole story - it tastes of the same clean, grainy malts and bready sweetness that I just spent a few moments sniffing, with the grassy, floral hops following soon thereafter. Clean, dry finish. Light in body, with average carbonation levels that provide a bit of crispness to the mouthfeel, which is generally smooth. A few of these in a row would be no problem at all.
Final Grade: 3.73, a B grade. Redline's Idle Coast is rather good if taken as a standard pale lager, but the side of the can calls it a Munich Helles, which I guess I can sort of see. It definitely has German influences, but as someone who drinks Hofbräu Original regularly I'd say this brew is at least a tier or two down from the top Deutsch exports. Still worth a try if you appreciate pale lagers, German or otherwise - I'd consider picking it up again, though I've never seen it locally.
Sep 08, 2019Pours a clear golden-blonde colour, topped with one finger of foamy white head that fizzles off within a minute or so. A foamy collar of modest proportion encircles a filmy layer upon the surface; not a speck of lace to be seen, though. Immaculately clean aroma, with nothing but grainy, bready pale malts and a hint of grassy hay.
A very nice lager, and an absolutely crushable one. The nose pretty much told the whole story - it tastes of the same clean, grainy malts and bready sweetness that I just spent a few moments sniffing, with the grassy, floral hops following soon thereafter. Clean, dry finish. Light in body, with average carbonation levels that provide a bit of crispness to the mouthfeel, which is generally smooth. A few of these in a row would be no problem at all.
Final Grade: 3.73, a B grade. Redline's Idle Coast is rather good if taken as a standard pale lager, but the side of the can calls it a Munich Helles, which I guess I can sort of see. It definitely has German influences, but as someone who drinks Hofbräu Original regularly I'd say this brew is at least a tier or two down from the top Deutsch exports. Still worth a try if you appreciate pale lagers, German or otherwise - I'd consider picking it up again, though I've never seen it locally.
Reviewed by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.6/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours classic gold colour with a small head. Smells sweet. The taste is a bit bitter, a bit sweet, with faint hops and caramel in the background. A quite nice lager
Jan 2 2021
Jul 05, 2019Jan 2 2021
Reviewed by pootz from Canada (ON)
2.82/5 rDev -20.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.82/5 rDev -20.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
On tap- Taps a clear golden hue with a smallish white cap that collapses too soon. Weak nose - some bread dough and grassiness is faint. Fluid mouth feel, watery body. Flavor is malt forward but a tad sweet without proper balance - fast uneventful finish. Misses the lemony-honey-buscuit bite of a Munich Helles and the gravity is too light for the style - Helles is my favorite drink and this misses the mark....no off tastes or anything just off the mark style wise in not a good way.
Sep 03, 2017
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