Cardinal Ale
Ohio Brewing Company

 

 

A - Starts off looking quite good over an inch of tan colored head atop of a very deep amber brown colored beer. Mild sediment layer may mean I held onto this a bit long but its still good.
S - Quite mild tones of biscuit, some bready malts and some sweet caramel malts. No harsh chemical smells or metallic tarnish so I may have gotten a good bottle.
t - Not as bad as Killians Irish Red for sure. Some metallic notes with mostly bread, dry hops, and some sweet caramel malts in the finish.
M - Light to medium its easy enough to drink.

Overall I guess the bad rating is weighed on old or bad bottles since the bottle I had is quite good. Worth picking up again if you got an infected one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sampled from a bottle. Also infected as many here have noted.

Poured out the six pack. Better beers deserving limited fridge space.
I really am dissapointed as i no longer live in Ohio and i could have brought something else back with me...

Like a great lakes varietal per chance

 

 

 

 

Huge cream head from a slightly warm gusher of a bottle lingers, leaving hints of lacing and condensing into a clear, ruddy amber color. When I could finally empty the bottle, a plume of head 3 inches tall remained indefinitely.

Aroma is citrus hop, toasted malt, and breadcrust. There's a metallic tang evident.

Flavor is tangy, metallic, and soapy. There's an underlying bready malt. I think I got an infected bottle.

Body is moderately light, with extreme carbonation.

Think and hope this was infected. Will update score after another try, if I can find another bottle.

 

It looks nice, a very thick and cloudy deep amber with red-orange hues throughout in color and forming a tight light yellowish hewd about a finger high that leaves patchy lacing in plenty.
The aroma is somewhat muted at first but only needs a few minutes to open up, offering the key red ale profile of balance between light floral hops and toffee/caramel malts with toastiness, much more malty than hoppy. There's also a strong underlying nuttiness. Tangy fruits come out as it warms.
The flavor loses balance, as the malts are there, going grainy, and fruits come out to crush everything else but the nuttiness peeking out. If indeed it did win a gold, I don't know why judges would agree a red ale should be a tang bomb. This is entirely too tangy, and sour to boot. I hope it's infected, but I can't say.
The feel is good, some heft in a medium body with mellow but consistent crispness and regular smoothness.