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King Kitty Red
Coalition Brewing Co.
- From:
- Coalition Brewing Co.
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
- ABV:
- 5.74%
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.43 | pDev: 18.37%
- Reviews:
- 7
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 15, 2019
- Added:
- Jul 02, 2010
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 5
59 IBU
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Reviewed by NickSMpls from Washington
3.01/5 rDev -12.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.01/5 rDev -12.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Faintly hazy, dark amber pour with a solid but shallow head. The aroma is faint and undistinguished except for a faint beer-y note. Taste is flat, malt-forward but bitter and slightly harsh. This beer needs some work.
Sep 10, 2018Reviewed by jacob_daniels from Oregon
2.09/5 rDev -39.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.09/5 rDev -39.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
jesus christ when i smelled this beer i almost shit myself. odors of muskrat and spoiled fruit. gotta say though, that beer poured nice, just as nice as the immigrants pouring into western europe. it looks like a amber/red hybrid should, like hot diarrhea toilet water after a night of binge drinking and eating fast food. last time i eat 6 crunchwrap again. anyway, it tasted so shitty i finished the first pour and then butt chugged the rest in the bathtub cause momma didnt raise no fool. well wishes
Sep 19, 2017Reviewed by Hydrophobic from Oregon
3.22/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.22/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Poured from a 22oz bomber into a large 'pint'
Appeared an opaque mahogany with thick, creamy off-white head. Millions of small bubbles all over. Head reduces to fluffy islands and has pretty good lacing all the way down.
Hard to pick out the nose, but as you sit with it for awhile there are some flat/subtle dark fruit and hints of candy sweetness.
I tasted an earthy old-ness, bright fruit, and malt that descends quickly into a pretty unpleasant bitter lingering finish. The beer sat softly in the mouth but was lively on the tongue.
Overall, I could be more impressed. I've had too many NW reds to really feel as if this was deserving of a better rating, and furthermore the bottle seemed past its best by date. To its credit, it got better with time, sips, and warmth.
Jul 07, 2015Appeared an opaque mahogany with thick, creamy off-white head. Millions of small bubbles all over. Head reduces to fluffy islands and has pretty good lacing all the way down.
Hard to pick out the nose, but as you sit with it for awhile there are some flat/subtle dark fruit and hints of candy sweetness.
I tasted an earthy old-ness, bright fruit, and malt that descends quickly into a pretty unpleasant bitter lingering finish. The beer sat softly in the mouth but was lively on the tongue.
Overall, I could be more impressed. I've had too many NW reds to really feel as if this was deserving of a better rating, and furthermore the bottle seemed past its best by date. To its credit, it got better with time, sips, and warmth.
Reviewed by Fatehunter from Oregon
2.8/5 rDev -18.4%
2.8/5 rDev -18.4%
Pours two fingers of head on a cloudy dark straw colored body. The aroma is damp grains and lemon. The taste starts with sharp bitter note, quickly gets malty but not too sweet. Finishes with a slightly metallic bitter note. The texture is crisp. It’s fine, malty ale.
Oct 22, 2014Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington
4.06/5 rDev +18.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +18.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into a Seattle Beer Week pint glass. Pours a medium to dark reddish bronze amber with a two finger off-white head with great retention and lots of lacing. Nice malty aroma; caramel, light biscuit, hints of cocoa and grassy hops. Flavor is caramel and biscuit malt with hints of toastiness, developing an interesting and surprisingly strong grassy hop bitterness that has odd notes of charred coffee and cocoa. Long resiny, grassy hop finish. Great medium creamy body. A very interesting take on the red ale style, pretty much nailing the malt, light stone fruit and light hops at first, but then transitioning into a more hop driven finish with flavors that would not be out of place in a porter. I was surprised and pleased with this and will seek other ales from this brewery.
Jun 23, 2014
King Kitty Red from Coalition Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
80 out of
100 with
33 ratings
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