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

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rAvg: 3.5
pDev: 15.14%
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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 mocktm:

mocktm

Virginia

3.45/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Bottle from fall variety pack, into a pint glass...

Copper red hue, egg-white head that lacks any sort of retention and glass decor. Meh...

Aromas of caramel and some mild fruit and nuts.

Buttery with distinct caramel and toffee flavors, moderate hop bitterness, but malts all the way on this one.

Medium bodied, slight creaminess.

Overall, okay, but nothing to go wild about. Standard Irish style ale.

Serving type: bottle

09-08-2011 21:49:00 | More by mocktm

More User Reviews:

ClayO

Arizona

3.75/5 rDev +7.1%

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

Ceballonegro

Ohio

3.5/5 rDev 0%

05-19-2013 03:46:42 | More by Ceballonegro

LeahM

New York

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