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Red Hoptober
New Belgium Brewing Company
- From:
- New Belgium Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.77 | pDev: 13.26%
- Reviews:
- 177
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 29, 2019
- Added:
- Jul 21, 2012
- Wants:
- 39
- Gots:
- 46
Centennial, Cascade & Eldorado hops
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Ratings by Star80:
Reviewed by Star80 from Illinois
3.76/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.76/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A - pours out a dark copper red color with lots of lacing on the glass. Overall looks impressive.
S - the smell is citric, resiney, piney with a touch of raisin bread-like sweetness.
T - the taste is a lot of citric and somewhat earthy tasting hops. However the hops tastes somewhat dull and muted, not as complex as I would have hoped. Well I could taste a cornucopia of hop Varieties the quality of the Hops themselves are not flowery, leafy whole cone hops.
M - mouth feel is fine not too carbonated pretty smooth and drinkable.
I- overall a nice beer but like too many hoppy beers not nice enough to have me prefer over a Victory or even a Sierra Nevada.
Aug 17, 2012S - the smell is citric, resiney, piney with a touch of raisin bread-like sweetness.
T - the taste is a lot of citric and somewhat earthy tasting hops. However the hops tastes somewhat dull and muted, not as complex as I would have hoped. Well I could taste a cornucopia of hop Varieties the quality of the Hops themselves are not flowery, leafy whole cone hops.
M - mouth feel is fine not too carbonated pretty smooth and drinkable.
I- overall a nice beer but like too many hoppy beers not nice enough to have me prefer over a Victory or even a Sierra Nevada.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by mothmanscott from Georgia
4/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From notes 11/27/12: Pours a clear, very dark amber with red hues producing 2 fingers of frothy, lasting, tan head that leaves exquisite clumpy rings and sheets of lace. Absolutely beautiful! Aroma is biscuit, toast, chocolate and a hint of caramel with grassy, pine and citrus hops hints declining in that order. Taste is fronted by toasted malts with a biscuity burnt bread undertone backed by by pine and grass hoppiness. The finish is a peppery, lightly dry, burnt brown sugar and hop bitterness with a similar but even drier aftertaste that is rapidly predominated by the bitter. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, smooth with moderate carbonation.
Oct 29, 2019Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.45/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.45/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Brown and red look, small tan head over a quarter of an inch. Mild red and nutty aroma, slight hops.
Taste yielded good c hops. A lot of brown and red malts, toasted appropriately. Feels like October, a little malt, still some last hops from the summertime brews.
Dec 25, 2015Taste yielded good c hops. A lot of brown and red malts, toasted appropriately. Feels like October, a little malt, still some last hops from the summertime brews.
Red Hoptober from New Belgium Brewing Company
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
812 ratings
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