West Coast Red Ale
North Brewing Co.
- From:
- North Brewing Co.
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
- ABV:
- 6.7%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.93 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 21, 2020
- Added:
- Apr 17, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Collaboration with Brew York.
Bringing us out of winter and towards spring we have our collaborative brew with York based giants Brew York. Together we cooked up a warming West Coast Red Ale using a range of speciality malts to create a glowing hue with a smooth, chewy and incredibly quaffable body. This beer had almost all of its hop additions in the kettle during the boil and whirlpool. Both Chinook and Simcoe bring an abundance of rich sticky hop oils to the party resulting in a spike of bitterness and tons of dank piney spice.
Bringing us out of winter and towards spring we have our collaborative brew with York based giants Brew York. Together we cooked up a warming West Coast Red Ale using a range of speciality malts to create a glowing hue with a smooth, chewy and incredibly quaffable body. This beer had almost all of its hop additions in the kettle during the boil and whirlpool. Both Chinook and Simcoe bring an abundance of rich sticky hop oils to the party resulting in a spike of bitterness and tons of dank piney spice.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Snowcrash000 from Germany
3.93/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours a slightly cloudy, deep, dark ruby red coloration, almost shifting to mahogany, with a large, creamy head. Smells of biscuity, caramel, slightly grainy malt and some red berry notes, with just a hint of pine coming through as well. Taste is a good balance of sweet'ish biscuity, caramel, very slighty grainy malt and somewhat lighter, resinous, citrus hops, with notes of red berries: strawberry, red currant, grapefruit and pine. Finishes bittersweet, with a medium bitterness and some sweet malt, red berries and pine lingering in the aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel with a medium body and carbonation.
Quite a nice Red Ale with a good balance of sweet malts and bitter, resinous hops, although perhaps just a tad too sweet for my personal taste, with that sweetness still being balanced out nicely by the bitterness in the finish though, while some red berry and citrus notes provide a little extra character here. Reminds me a little bit of Arrogant Bastard without quite reaching its glory.
Apr 21, 2020Quite a nice Red Ale with a good balance of sweet malts and bitter, resinous hops, although perhaps just a tad too sweet for my personal taste, with that sweetness still being balanced out nicely by the bitterness in the finish though, while some red berry and citrus notes provide a little extra character here. Reminds me a little bit of Arrogant Bastard without quite reaching its glory.
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