Mermaid's Red Ale - Coronado Brewing Company

tonistruth

Nevada

3.83/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A- copper with light amber hues, 1/2" thin creamer like head, decent retent, leaves white lacing streaks on glass.

S- carmel & toffee

T- roasted toffee, toasted malts, pleasant hop flavor, grass and pine, burnt sugar, toffee at finish, nice balance, flavor has a richness to it

M- light bodied and smooth

D- yummy flavor, easy drinking, flavor may be a tad to rich to session this brew, very good red ale though, i'd recommended fans who enjoy a maltier red over a hoppier red

Serving type: on-tap

04-03-2007 06:23:10 | More by tonistruth

Westsidethreat

California

2.83/5  rDev -21.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

A: Looks like rootbeer with tomato juice added to it. Some bubble activity occurring at the bottom of the glass. Head is an inch tall, khaki color made up of medium sized bubbles.

S: Caramel, fresh dough, cantelope, red fruits and some soapiness. As it warms, a cooked vegetable aroma really takes shape.

T: Tastes a lot like it smells. Begins like raw dough with caramel swirled through it that just happened to have gotten spiked by some stray soap. What a bummer too, because soapy tastes in beer sucks. Moves towards a stewed veggie type thing reminiscent of carrots, yams and spinach. Finishes with raw almonds, more veggie malts and cloying cider like qualities around the sides of the tongue.

M: Medium body with a full mouthfeel…just a bit fuzzy.

D: This cooked vegetable aroma/taste is killing me. I’m going to finish this beer but its under duress.

Serving type: bottle

03-12-2007 01:48:29 | More by Westsidethreat

dbalsock

Vermont

3.33/5  rDev -7.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Pours very dark amber with an alright head that mostly disappears. Some stays around though, and that's nice.

Smell: Great caramel malt aroma with a hoppy balance that mixes well. If it tasted just like it smelled, I'd be quite happy.

Taste: The hops are too intense for me to handle without the proper malt balance. It's almost bubble-gummy in it's attempt to balance and it's near butter at the same time. This is kinda strange.

Mouthfeel: Medium light bodied, quite bitter, but with a subdued aftertaste.

Drinkabilty: I like my red ales sweet and mildly bitter... this one was the opposite.

Serving type: bottle

12-31-2006 05:53:16 | More by dbalsock

nvsblman

Arizona

3.68/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Clear reddish brown with a full light brown head. Grassy hops are most prevalent in the aroma. There is also a caramel sweetness with a touch of nutmeg. The sweet malt flavor is well balanced with a lingering bitterness. There is a little bit of a metallic finish. Full bodied and well carbonated. This is pretty refreshing, and one I would have again.

Serving type: bottle

09-22-2006 21:15:46 | More by nvsblman

RoyalT

Ohio

3.13/5  rDev -13.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Appearance – This is a dark brownish-red in color with a moderate off-white head. It’s thick and murky but the reddish highlights show daylight.

Smell – There’s a mild but pleasant hop nose to this one. It’s a strong citrus with maybe a hint of grain.

Taste – The hops come over well at the taste and the grain isn’t bad, but there’s a strong Spree-like spanking of sugar that seems out of place . . . in any beer.

Mouthfeel – This is a solid medium-bodied with some pretty-good carbonation and some residual bitterness from the hops.

Drinkability – Some of the flavors like the hop and grain are OK but others like that rank sweetness is just awful.

Serving type: bottle

09-07-2006 01:47:12 | More by RoyalT

scottoale

California

3.43/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

From a 650ml. brown bomber pours a deep coppery-red with 1/4 inch of foamy off-white head. It has decent carbonation and a bit of lacing.

The smell is faint...sweet toasty malt and bubblegum with the hops barely coming through. Even as it warms a bit the smell is very faint.

Very much the same taste wise. Mild sweet caramel malt that tastes somewhat roasty and very much like bubblegum. Then the hops blend in to give a bittery twang to the finish. Fairly well balanced but seems to lack flavor overall making it rather bland. It tastes good, just needs a little umph to make it shine.

Good body to it, alcohol is not noticeable, the mouthfeel is creamy and slick that ends up with a hop bitter bite. It's worth a try, but they call this one their flagship? My tastebuds favor their Porter and Islander IPA over this one.

Serving type: bottle

07-26-2006 11:45:50 | More by scottoale

IntriqKen

California

2.35/5  rDev -34.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2

Whoa...this was strange
Poured a nice milky reddish amber with a finger full of tan head that melts to a nice lacing.
Aroma is predominately bubblegum, followed by toasted malt.
Taste is....strange....sweet fruits....bready yeasts....and a very drying hops that is unidentifiable to me, but not pleasant.
Mouthfeel is creamy with carbonation and drying.
I won't finish this bomber so I can't rate very well on drinkability.

Serving type: bottle

04-14-2006 04:18:46 | More by IntriqKen

DogFood11

California

3.2/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I'm liking the fact that if you bring in the label off the bottle to the restaraunt you get 10% off. Nice little marketing swing. Forms a large rocky, sticky tan head. Dark brown with some reddish hue.

Had the smell of a fresh batch of malted grain. Caramel.

Toasted malt taste comes through more in the flavor than I was expecting. This is pretty heavy, doughy, malted with out much of a balancer, although the carbonation is powerful and needed. A light fruity presence if I dig deep, not much of a factor but pleasantly in the background.

I enjoyed it but it was just OK for me. This has some serious potential to be a great red, A tweek here and tweek there and it will be a star.

Serving type: bottle

01-28-2006 03:07:55 | More by DogFood11

beersarang

California

3.55/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Pours a red with a light tan head. Decent lace. Pretty average red overall, retention is nothing to write home about.

Sweet butterscotch caramel aroma, not much else.

Sweet malts, almost cloying, but then a reasonable amount of bitterness kicks in. Hop character is slightly piney. Hints of caramel and grain in the malts. Finishes grainy with a lingering bitterness from the hop oils on the back of the tongue. An interesting red for sure.

Smooth bodied, medium, velvety. Pretty nice texture overall.

I wouldn't buy it again, not that reds are usually that great anyway, but this just isn't amazing. Worth a try though.

Serving type: bottle

09-11-2005 06:10:29 | More by beersarang

rowew

Colorado

3.15/5  rDev -12.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

On tap at the CBC. Aroma is hops and a sweet maltiness. Hazy red color. Mouthfeel was a bit thin. Taste is caramel flavors with a nice hoppy finish. This one wasn't bad - if the mouthfeel was stepped up just a little bit I would have enjoyed it a lot more.

Serving type: on-tap

04-24-2005 17:31:33 | More by rowew

winomark

Missouri

2.88/5  rDev -20%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Very inviting deep reddish copper with a fluffy light tan head. Lots of malty richness. Reminds me a little like Killian's. Very mild hops in the background. All malt, all the time. No perceptable hops. Somewhat grainy with slightly cereal notes in the finish. Dry mouthfeel, with a long, dry finish. Interesting brew. Too dry throughout for me. No hops, but no sweet malt either. No need to hunt for this one.

Serving type: bottle

06-30-2004 14:53:55 | More by winomark

Zorro

California

3.53/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Pours a clear dark brown brew.

Smell is malt and dark roasted grains; touch of fruit scent is present.

Taste is malt and hops in a death match to see who will survive at first. Flavor is a bit of rye and very well caramelized malt with a fairly strong hop finish. Imagine a scotch ale and then toss in a good bit of cascade hops, that is what this tastes like.

Mouthfeel is good.

Drinkability is lessened by the finesse of this mix. This isn't Mozart; this is ACDC playing Mozart. It has its moments, but it could be better.

Serving type: on-tap

05-25-2004 05:15:14 | More by Zorro

TheLongBeachBum

California

2.98/5  rDev -17.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Presentation: 22 ounce standard “Bomber” that attracted my attention without even moving in the Cooler. A very colorful plastic like label has the requisite red-haired beauty politely holding a large glass of frothing ale in front of what should be her naked breasts. Labeled as Coronado Mermaid’s Red Premium Ale. No freshness or strength listed.

Appearance: A reddish brown body easily supports a very light tan frothy head which soon settles down to a creamy thin collar affair.

Nose: Sweet freshly baked Scones and some dark biscuit traits with a caramel hint hiding in the background.

Taste: Faded hoppiness, like an old tired Pale Ale with a hint of caramel sweetness. Feels a tad unbalanced and “knackered” at times. Awkward and not quite Red in feel, taste or complexion.

Mouthfeel: Above average feel, mainly from the Caramel I imagine. Decent carbonation though lends some vitality to the tired tastes.

Drinkability: I dispatched the 650ml reasonable easy, but this is far from drinkable. As a ‘one-off’, it was more of the investigative tasting adventure that precipitated the completion of this one. A second bottle would have been harder to finish for sure.

Overall: Not one I would try again – was this an tired old sample I had, without any date on the bottle I cannot even give Coronado the benefit of the doubt and mark accordingly. Rather boring and tired to be honest.

Serving type: bottle

04-20-2004 05:13:25 | More by TheLongBeachBum

Boilermaker88

California

3.08/5  rDev -14.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Presented in a 22oz bomber with an attractive label but no freshness date. Appearance was a clear ruby red with a modest frothy off-white head that dwindled down to a broken skim and thin collar in a matter of seconds.
The nose was somewhat fruity and had some nuttiness intermixed with an earthy malt aroma that had my thinking of black farm soil. Hops aroma noticeably subdued, more so than expected. Slightly phenolic note present also.
A few tastes and I'm still waiting for something to really assert itself. It's got a raisiny flavor up front which is quickly supplanted by a grainy, caramel-tinged malt and nut flavoring. Then the dirt taste rears up. Finished with a modest hops bitterness. A bit of a medicinal bite slapped my tongue as this brew warmed up a bit. The feel was medium-bodied, smooth and a bit slick.
Overall, this brew didn't possess any kind of inspiration or panache for this style. Drinkability suffered from the medicinal notes in the nose and taste. Nothing I'd get too excited to see again.

Serving type: bottle

04-10-2004 23:07:22 | More by Boilermaker88

oggg

California

3.88/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Part of a 9 part sampler

Warm ruby red/brown. Nice and clear. Limited head due to 4 oz glass. Nice sweet and hoppy smell. Flavor is stronger than in most of the other CBC beers. Well hopped with a thick caramel backbone. This is medium to full bodied. This is their flagship beer. Hearty. Drinkable. Fairly strong.

Serving type: on-tap

03-08-2004 06:21:21 | More by oggg

AtLagerHeads

Ohio

3.65/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A pretty solid red ale with a nice ruby-tinged amber body and off-white head. Small lace deposits noted. The flavor is largely caramel maltiness, an attribute largely foretold in the aroma. Small hop notes peek through and make the balance with the malt an effective feature of the beer. Nice mouthfeel from the medium body with a clean, dry finish. Very drinkable ale.

Serving type: on-tap

11-15-2003 03:09:24 | More by AtLagerHeads