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Rainbow Red Ale
Trout River Brewing Company
- From:
- Trout River Brewing Company
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 74
- Avg:
- 3.16 | pDev: 17.72%
- Reviews:
- 80
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 02, 2020
- Added:
- Jul 21, 2002
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 12
Rainbow Red Ale: our flagship brew. A well-balanced, easy drinking American-style red ale with fruity esters, nutty malt flavors, and a soft, clean finish.
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Reviewed by illpass78 from Maine
2.92/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.92/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
12 oz. bottle poured into a tulip.
Appearance: Pours a dark, murky amber with a very minimal head that is gone almost immediately. No lacing to speak of.
Smell: Smells of caramel, candy, raisins, dark fruits, soy sauce, and sweet malts.
Taste: This beer has a weird flavor that isn't totally to my liking. It sort of tastes like a a Charleston Chew melted into a not-too-good beer. Also lots of those raisin and soy sauce notes. It gets slightly more appealing as it warms, but it's a little bit too sweet overall, with accents on the wrong notes.
Mouthfeel: It's kind of chewy and reasonably dense for the style.
Overall: This kind of feels like a rough draft of a beer or a home brew effort. The taste is inconsistent and there are some unappealing flavor accents that are a little too strong. I want to like this, because it's from a cool part of Vermont that I've always wanted to visit and has a cool bottle design, but it's just not there. I'll try other stuff from this brewery in the future in the hopes that they iron out some of the kinks.
Jun 29, 2014Appearance: Pours a dark, murky amber with a very minimal head that is gone almost immediately. No lacing to speak of.
Smell: Smells of caramel, candy, raisins, dark fruits, soy sauce, and sweet malts.
Taste: This beer has a weird flavor that isn't totally to my liking. It sort of tastes like a a Charleston Chew melted into a not-too-good beer. Also lots of those raisin and soy sauce notes. It gets slightly more appealing as it warms, but it's a little bit too sweet overall, with accents on the wrong notes.
Mouthfeel: It's kind of chewy and reasonably dense for the style.
Overall: This kind of feels like a rough draft of a beer or a home brew effort. The taste is inconsistent and there are some unappealing flavor accents that are a little too strong. I want to like this, because it's from a cool part of Vermont that I've always wanted to visit and has a cool bottle design, but it's just not there. I'll try other stuff from this brewery in the future in the hopes that they iron out some of the kinks.
Rainbow Red Ale from Trout River Brewing Company
Beer rating:
74 out of
100 with
158 ratings
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