Redbridge - Anheuser-Busch

BeerAdvocate

Massachusetts

3.08/5  rDev +14.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Review from BeerAdvocate Magazine March 2007.

Mainstream media is all over this beer because it's being marketed as gluten-free, but, oddly, the label doesn't use that term. Regardless, it's good to see another brewery catering to beer lovers who have celiac disease.

Pours with a hefty, off-white lace and leaves a patchy, web-like trail down the glass. Crystal-clear, copper-col- ored brew is darker than we thought. Clean, candy-like sweetness--almost a fresh bubble gum or plain taffy aroma--with a light, floral perfume tone in the back. Crisp and slick on the pal- ate, with a light-to-medium body. A peculiar sweetness comes forward first--sug- ar with a faint mineral bite similar to molasses. Quick snapback from the hops, but then more sweetness; slightly cloying but not in the same way as malt; a little more complex. Within the sweetness is a mealy grassiness that just won't shake off. Finishes steely and sweet.

An acquired taste, but if you have celiac disease, this would be your savior right now. Set aside all of that and Redbridge is a most interesting beer, and worth a try if you like your beer on the sweet side. We could see pairing this with a slow-cooked pot roast and roasted root vegetables.

Serving type: bottle

04-07-2010 19:03:30 | More by BeerAdvocate

Darkmagus82

Montana

2.25/5  rDev -16.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.25

Poured from bottle into a pint glass

Appearance – Pours a nice amber color with big carbonation bubbles seen streaming through the clear body forming a fizzy white head upon pouring. The head fades very fast leaving no lace on the sides of the glass.

Smell – The aroma is sweet with a decent apple cider like smell mixed with a bit of caramel. With these aromas are some other aromas of white wine and a bit of a pear smell.

Taste – The taste begins very light in flavor with hints of apple cider and some bitterness of a vinegar like taste. The bitterness gets a bit stronger as the flavor advances with the fruit transitioning a bit to a apple/pear like flavor blend. In the end a mainly more apple cider vinegar flavor with some odd malt like flavors and a paper flavor are left on the tongue. Overall there is very little flavor here with just a hint of sweet fruits, vinegar, and a bit of malt/grain.

Mouthfeel –The body of the beer is very thin and watery with a carbonation level that is a bit on the lower side. The thinner body, while decent for the odd flavor profile, was actually rather too thin for my liking with a carbonation level that was far too low for its drinkability.

Overall – Nope. Not doing this one again that is for sure. Not too nice drinking.

Serving type: bottle

05-10-2013 00:33:08 | More by Darkmagus82

Bill235

Ohio

2/5  rDev -25.9%

05-09-2013 19:23:34 | More by Bill235

Kelp

New Hampshire

2/5  rDev -25.9%

05-09-2013 05:32:18 | More by Kelp

Chucker17

South Dakota

1/5  rDev -63%

05-05-2013 00:19:00 | More by Chucker17

bmosh99

Michigan

2.25/5  rDev -16.7%

05-02-2013 00:38:28 | More by bmosh99

Bear1964

Nebraska

3/5  rDev +11.1%

05-01-2013 22:10:36 | More by Bear1964

UstickM

Michigan

1.78/5  rDev -34.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

When I first smelled this beer, I thought the smell was off like burnt rubber and sweet. When poured, the beer was an amber color with little to no head that disappeared quickly. The mouthfeel was very light and tasted watered down with sorghum flavors, but still lacking a lasting flavor that would make me want to drink. In this case, I wouldn't choose this beer to drink with a gluten allergy.

Serving type: bottle

04-20-2013 18:53:59 | More by UstickM

MichaelProcton

North Carolina

3/5  rDev +11.1%

04-17-2013 06:30:01 | More by MichaelProcton

skyisland

Missouri

1.5/5  rDev -44.4%

04-09-2013 01:05:42 | More by skyisland

David1492

Iowa

1/5  rDev -63%

04-04-2013 02:33:59 | More by David1492

Nyskizy

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev +38.9%

03-24-2013 21:11:47 | More by Nyskizy

vegasmac99

Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev +20.4%

03-23-2013 15:46:15 | More by vegasmac99

Herky21

Iowa

1.25/5  rDev -53.7%

03-22-2013 22:42:33 | More by Herky21

WissBrauSean

Pennsylvania

2.73/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75

The bottle looks nice. I like the label, but it's a useless screw top.

It pours a clear thin amber colour with very little head that disappears pretty quick and leaves no lacing.

The aroma is almost medicinal and apple-like with some caramel sweet base to it with notes of fresh white bread. I can't get past the medicinal hint up front.

The taste is basically like a thin apple cider with some of that sorghum flavor that tastes a bit like licking an orange peel. There is a black peppery finish with some decent dryness.

Mouthfeel is thin with that familiar sorghum slimy feel on the tongue. It's overly carbonated and I think that lends to the medicine like smell and feel to this beer. It almost smells like when you open up a fresh band-aid or use that topical antiseptic Mercurochrome? Iodine maybe. Mixed with lysol. It's just not that good. After a Pliny the Elder I don't even want to drink this to tell the truth. I'm being hard on it though as I do believe that I have had one worse from New Planet.

Overall, average for a Gluten Free. If you class it with real ambers like they have it on Beer Advocate it would be pure sh!t. I'd only give it a 2 tops. But for a Gluten Free, a 3 out of 5.

Serving type: bottle

03-17-2013 04:08:53 | More by WissBrauSean

patre_tim

China

3.75/5  rDev +38.9%

03-11-2013 23:25:46 | More by patre_tim

tastymug

Ohio

3/5  rDev +11.1%

03-11-2013 15:28:14 | More by tastymug

orangesol

Pennsylvania

2.25/5  rDev -16.7%

03-08-2013 00:24:31 | More by orangesol

spinrsx

Ontario (Canada)

2.78/5  rDev +3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75

12oz Bottle from Bevmo La Quinta CA for 2$

Appearance - Clear light copper colour with a very small size fizzy off-white coloured head. There is an average amount of carbonation showing and there is no lacing. The head lasted for around 2-3 minutes.

Smell - Apples, malts?, bread

Taste & Mouth - There is an above average amount of carbonation and I can taste a bit of caramel, apples, and some bread. There is also a light grassiness and something along the lines of malts. It ends with a apple/bready aftertaste.

Overall – Hey, not bad for a gluten free option. In this category, beggars can't be choosers. Rating by style, it's above average in my books.

Serving type: bottle

02-26-2013 23:31:27 | More by spinrsx

bsopko

New Jersey

1/5  rDev -63%

02-16-2013 17:53:17 | More by bsopko

randylangford

Pennsylvania

2.25/5  rDev -16.7%

02-14-2013 02:08:57 | More by randylangford

matjack85

Illinois

3/5  rDev +11.1%

02-12-2013 02:13:14 | More by matjack85

LooseMoose1978

North Carolina

1.75/5  rDev -35.2%

02-04-2013 01:33:04 | More by LooseMoose1978

Metz

3/5  rDev +11.1%

02-02-2013 20:11:50 | More by Metz

josejose

2.5/5  rDev -7.4%

01-27-2013 18:48:25 | More by josejose