Mesabi Red
Lake Superior Brewing Company

 

I love this beer! A year-round favorite, but best for sitting around the fire pit in the Fall with friends. Substantial amber two-finger head that laces nicely. Honestly, it reminds me of Fat Tire, but with a little more hop bite and maybe a little Northwoods peat. A truly unique ale.

Growing up in the Duluth area, I did my above-average share of shipwatching, since many of the residents sailed the Lakes. The iron ore color of the US Steel and Interlake boats and the taconite water in the harbor are reflected perfectly in the color of the ale.

Has a faint musty smell that made me do a double take; almost detected a Scotch smell in it. Another sip gives me a very woody smell (and an oak taste)! Very malt forward and the hops settle in nicely. Excellent work!

 

This beer pours a ruddy amber with a large head. The aroma is sweet and rich with notes of walnut, date, figs, banana bread, and bran muffin. The flavor starts sweet and rich with plenty of sweet bread, dates, and figs, but then dired out to a woodsy, minty hop character, with a raw cinnamon flavor. The mouthfeel is rich an soft with foamy carbonation. Overall this is a really tasty and classic red ale, with rich sweetness upfront but a dry finish.

 

 

 

 

 

12 oz bottle poured into sensory glass. Pours a dark red color, with a medium sized tan head which dissipates into a thin layer that sticks around with a bit of lacing left behind.

Smell is very heavy on sweet malt, syrup, molasses, dark fruit, and hops.

Taste is rich with sweet malts up front, more dry bready in the middle, and finishes with some hop bitterness. Well balanced. Mouthfeel is smooth, creamy, and medium bodied.

Overall, a nice red ale. Not my favorite style, but this is a good one.

 

 

 

Pours a clear amber color with a khaki head. Smell has toffe ,hops malt and barley. Taste follows nose with a fair amount of sweet caramel and dank hops. Medium carbonation with a citrus bitterness, and malty finish.