Cambridge House Scanlon's Red
The Cambridge House Brewpub

on cask 4/18, dry-hopped with amarillo hops.. 55 degrees for one week i think is what steve said..

1.054 5.8%

cloudy red pour with distinct orange highlights.. although very murky with the standard cask-drawn force bubbles adorning the surface. grainy hay-like aroma cradled by a hoppy tropical peach bomb. taste on this cask version is extremely fruity.. pineapple, peach, and mango flavors coexist nicely. what a party of a beer.. and all this from some fresh hops. the best part is that the beer itself is not sweet, just essentially aromatic and bearing fruit flavor. the rest is a pleasant, lighter beer with rich malt accents. finishes with a charismatic, yet rough, bitterness.. like dirt. something also in the finish like dry cereal.. odd but balancing the natural sugars nicely. overall a tad phenolic (pretty much my only complaint here.. and why?) complex and amazing- a far cry from the slightly above average draft version.

the best cask to come out of cbh yet, lets hope they keep up with the cask experimentation.

I had this on draft a few weeks ago and am finally getting around to putting it in BA.
The beer arrives in an english pint glass with a dark chestnut to crimson color and a soft creamy beige head of 1 cm resting on the surface. The head fades quickly to a surface layer.
Aroma is malty carameland toffee with some piney hops mixing in as well.
First sip reveals an average body and fine tingly carbonation. Flavor starts of with sweet caramel and even a bit of chocolate and then roasted grains dominate. I detect the piney hops in the background and on the burps but the roasted malt flavors linger after each swallow. The beer is very easy to drink and would be quite sessionable I think.

Draught @ Brewpub: I'm a little late with this one, as I had it a week ago. This one pours a fairly clear dark reddish-amber color. There was a small head on my sample. The aroma was decent, but not too strong. Notes of malt and a whiff of grassiness to the nose. The taste was good. A touch of roastiness in there, along with a hint of bitterness. Perhaps a bit more hopiness than you would expect from an Irish Red, more along the lines of a West Coast Amber. I hope this stays in the regular rotation!

Dang it! I wanted to be the one who entered this beer... oh well, at least I get to be the first reviewer. Had this one at lunch today.

This beer had a very thin film of foam, which managed to last at least halfway through the pint. It was a clear, reddish-brown brew, just like one would expect from an Irish red.

The aroma was slightly fruity, with a blend of medium-bodied malts underneath. A little faint, but it was served somewhat cold. I let it warm a little before moving on.

The flavor started out with roasted malts with a bit of a hop bite. The finish was pleasantly bitter, and lasted for a while. A little heavier than expected, but good.

Mouthfeel was refreshingly dry.

Drinkability was good... this one went down well with an order of chili cheese fries. It nicely balanced the spiciness of the chili. I would have had another, but I was driving.

A worthy way to salute St. Patrick's Day.