Samuel Adams Irish Red - Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)

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rAvg: 3.5
pDev: 15.14%
Reviews: 942
Hads: 845

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Brewed by:
Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)

Massachusetts, United States

Style | ABV
Irish Red Ale | 5.80% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (939), on-tap (2), can (1).

Notes:
Pale and Caramel malts, and East Kent Goldings hops.

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Reviews by Bookseeb:

Bookseeb

Washington

3.1/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Appearance has a reddish amber hue supporting a dissipating head leaving a thin film and spotty lace. Smell is light on the nose of light sweet malt, honey, tea and light hops. Taste again having the light sweet malt while sucking on a bitter tea bag having a dry finish. Mouthfeel is lightly medium with good carbonation. Not a bad brew, just one I personally wouldn't go after again.

Serving type: bottle

04-25-2012 01:41:34 | More by Bookseeb

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cantstandya65

Georgia

3.25/5 rDev -7.1%

05-23-2013 15:55:20 | More by cantstandya65

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3.25/5 rDev -7.1%

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3.25/5 rDev -7.1%

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Oklahoma

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Arizona

3.75/5 rDev +7.1%

05-19-2013 22:17:57 | More by ClayO

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4/5 rDev +14.3%

05-19-2013 03:22:01 | More by LeahM

tbone1384

Wyoming

3.75/5 rDev +7.1%

05-19-2013 01:11:51 | More by tbone1384

jbarletto

Massachusetts

3/5 rDev -14.3%

05-18-2013 14:43:03 | More by jbarletto

Hopfenpeter

Maryland

3.25/5 rDev -7.1%

05-16-2013 03:02:28 | More by Hopfenpeter

RoamingGnome

Wisconsin

3.95/5 rDev +12.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Samuel Adams Irish Red

Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a shaker pint glass. Served chilled...

A) A nice vibrant red with a good finger slightly off-white head. Nice retention, ample lacing. Looks good...

S) Nice malty sweetness... A little caramel, bready, a bit of toast. Not much hops on the nose, but still very pleasant.

T) The tastes follows the nose. A malt forward brew, with a nice amount of grassy/floral hops presence in the flavor.

M) Medium body with lighter carbonation. This was soft on the palate. Smooth and easy drinking.

O) I've had quite a few different red ales and ambers recently. This was one of the more enjoyable for sure. As far as Samuel Adams goes, I put this right up there with Boston Lager, Oktoberfest, and Winter Lager, as one of my favorite offerings from their brewery.

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2013 22:28:46 | More by RoamingGnome