Red Rose Amber Ale - Baird Brewing Company / Fishmarket Taproom

jeranbrews

New York

2.63/5  rDev -31.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Served on tap at Baird Nakameguro Taproom

A - A small finger of very thick yeasty fresh tap head. Lots of clarity in this beer. Color was red, similar to rose hip herbal tea. Strong lacing that blankets the sides of the glass like carpet bombing

S - Smells were thick and complex. Enticing me with the glory that was to come. Lots of yeast lots of hops. Plenty of crystal malts. Some grassy hop tones and some more bitter hop tones also prevailed.

T - The smells were pleasant and alluring, but the taste was a disappointment. Tons of hop but too little malt too little yeast. The balance was off. The bitterness overpowers everything to the point of making other flavors immaterial. If hop, malt, yeast are all instruments in this band...then the hop needs to turn down his amp. He's getting feedback. Aftetaste as you can guess was hoppy.

M - A bit loose and watery. Bitter aftertaste dominates the experience.

D - Poor balance. Would be fine in a situation where you needed a hoppy beer to chainsaw through other flavors. I was mostly disappointed because the smells of this beer are great. Tastes not so much.

Serving type: on-tap

11-23-2009 02:13:43 | More by jeranbrews

matjack85

Illinois

2.93/5  rDev -24.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I found this single 12oz brown bottle at the Binny's store in Bloomingdale, IL for the rather steep price of $4.99 a bottle. No freshness date but the label is cool.

Expecting a rose colored brew considering the name and style, but instead got a murky dark honey colored beer with a nice 2-finger white head that lasted several minutes and left some good lacing.

Not a lot of aroma here. Some swirling and a big whiff gave me some brown sugar and a little fruitiness, but not much else.

If your looking for a red amber on the sweeter side, this isn't it. Hoppier than most reds, this one gives off some pine, earthy, and flowery hop flavors with some bitter kick to it as well. Malts are mild but there is a fruit aspect to it as well (mainly apricot and peach), but the fruit isn't juicy ripe.

Feel wise this is a very dry beer with medium body and medium to high carbonation.

Well made, but not my favorite tasting amber/red ale. Those who don't mind their reds on the drier side may like it more than I did.

Serving type: bottle

02-28-2012 08:09:44 | More by matjack85

Brad007

Vermont

3.28/5  rDev -15%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I see that this is a hybrid of sorts (ale yeast at a lager-like temperature).

Pours a cloudy amber color with a frothy head into my glass. It's not a rose color but close.

Smells more like a California Common Ale than the style it's listed as. A mix of fruity malt and pine hop notes.

Taste is much the same. Sweet malt with very little if any hops. Caramel shows up as a component. Nothing too dramatic.

Lingering sweet malt and light hops. Not too bad. Some bitterness too.

A confusing beer that was more than likely mislabeled.

Serving type: bottle

02-20-2012 02:09:26 | More by Brad007

IronDjinn

Alberta (Canada)

3.3/5  rDev -14.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

From a 360 ml brown bottle, the abv is listed on the label as 5.5%. The rep also mentioned to me that this is actually a California Common.

Pours out a hazy/cloudy amber, not necessarily opaque, but still turbid. Tall creamy and frothy off-white head that slowly settles.

Light sweet grains on the nose, some toastiness, a quick zip of citrus hops, and a longer ligering of floral/perfumey notes.

Well then, based on the hop content in the flavour this would certainly be a West Coast Amber if that was the intended style, and remains an assertively hopped Steam beer if one wants to approach it that way. Starts off with clean dry grains, then herbal, leafy, grassy hops rise up to take charge, finishing with spicy hops. A perfume character in the aftertaste.

Medium-light mouthfeel, texture is slick and a bit oily, low carbonation.

Here's a beer that will satisfy those who are into Old World hops, doesn't really remain memorable for me when all is said and done.

Serving type: bottle

08-08-2010 19:28:39 | More by IronDjinn

corby112

Pennsylvania

3.33/5  rDev -13.7%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

From notes:

Pours a deep dark ruby, almost chestnut brown color with a 1.5 finger frothy, off-white head. Decent retention, slowly fading into a lasting ring that leaves sporadic spots of lacing behind.

Floral aroma with subtle earthy hosp and light fruit presence.

Fuller boded than expected with a nice bitter hop presence up front that's followed by a sweet malt backbone and bitter dry finish. Subtle hints of flower petal along with slight roasted malt, chocolate and biscuit.

This is a really weird interpretation of the style. Full body with a stronger malt and hp profile than I expected. A bit more roasted and rich than most beers of the style yet balanced by earthy, floral and bitter notes.

Serving type: bottle

01-22-2011 05:28:32 | More by corby112

Pintofbrown

Iowa

3.38/5  rDev -12.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

I had this Japanese Amber in a glass stein.

Appearance- This is a hazy auburn with bright pumpkin highlights. The carbonation travels swiftly to the impressive two-finger head. The puffy, clumpy foam has great retention and leaves random chunks of off-white, orange lace.

Smell- There is a cloying and phenolic scent to this one. It is not very appealing. There is a citrus quality to the nose as well, but I would not describe it as hoppy, lemon is the most noticeable.

Taste- The beer starts out slightly bitter with a wheat and grainy taste. There is a little grassy hop coming through. Also a slight estery quality to the drink, maybe a little floral. The malt also has a distinct honey quality to it.

Mouth feel- This is a watery medium body. It finished pretty clean and easy, but it just does not stick.

Overall- I would appreciate this more if the flavors were not so muddled or soft. It is far too difficult to distinguish what exactly what I am drinking.

It is a decent enough amber that is easy to drink, but in the end it is too boring and has a weird, off-putting nose.

Serving type: bottle

01-23-2012 02:26:14 | More by Pintofbrown

BEERchitect

Kentucky

3.53/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Japan's own Barid Brewery devises a recipe that harks back, not only to Irish influences of their red ales, but back further to the English bitters. Though the American microbrewing trends dictate the simple balance of malt and hops, Barid's does a little more.

With it's deep golden, medium amber hue, it's obvious where Red Rose got its name. The slight presence of dark grain stains the beer with a mild redish glow. Medium haze both captures and diffuses the light, giving it a pleasant glow. Firm creamy foam character beings to take the shape of cask ales as the tepid carbonation casts long lasting, yet understated retention and lacing patters all the while.

Delicate aromas of malt, caramel, bread, and biscuit fill the nose with a firm, but not overly toasty scent. Complementing hop aromas give balance to the nose with a whiff of damp sod, fresh cut grass, and lightly floral character. Even the yeast get in on the action with supple fruity notes that are reminescent of marmalade and "Juicy Fruit" bubblegum.

And with the delicate balance of caramel malt and hops in taste, it's less toasty and more bready with underlying biscuit flavors that are overlaid with the broad and earthy bitterness of English hops. With the timid bread crust flavor, or citrus hop notes, the English ale influence is felt through and through. Where fruitiness isn't hop derived, the sweeter fruit flavors of oranges, apples, peaches, and pears come from yeast esters instead.

Medium bodied, the beer seems to take on a richer upstart, but with the creaminess of carbonation that's well embedded into the bready malt starches. But after the carbonation subsides and the malt character recedes, the beer finishes soft and dry. This carries the hop bitterness through to a short lived linger of woodish or minty taste.

If tasted blindly, I might have put this ale into a more English-oriented class. There's several small deviations from Irish red ales or American amber ales that puts this offering out of character; but Red Rose is a very pleasant and easy drinking ale that was a delight to have in the glass.

Serving type: bottle

10-23-2012 16:50:38 | More by BEERchitect

Monkeyknife

Missouri

3.55/5  rDev -8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Poured from the bottle an opaque amber brown with two fingers of creamy tan head.

Aroma of toasted caramel malts, ripe strawberries, and brown sugar.

The taste is toasted malts, bitter hops. The finish is chocolate and lightly metallic.

Mouthfeel is thin and watery with just a hint of carbonation.

While not one of my favorite amber ales, this one hit the spot.

Serving type: bottle

09-26-2008 03:25:35 | More by Monkeyknife

scruffwhor

Illinois

3.6/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Nice bubbling amongst a coppery red. Barely an foam after the pour. Rich toasted malt aroma of breads and dried fruit. Just a hint of orange peel hops balances some of the sweet malt smells. Starts with a dry melba toast backbone. Some powdery fruit in the middle mixed with faint earthy hopping. Grainy dry and a little powdery palate. A little watery at times, but still got some good flavor.Makes for an easy drinker.

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2009 05:01:19 | More by scruffwhor

Bourre

France

3.63/5  rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Slightly brownish head, foamy, creamy and long lasting. The body shows an opaque dark amber color. Impressive appearance. The smell reveals the same aromas as in other Baird beers. The sweet red fruits/ strawberries are more pronounced in this one, and some notes of ginger also appear. Nice. The taste is pretty much swwet red fruits, with a chocolate like hoppiness in the back of the palate. Hops are quite grassy too. The mouthfeel is less enjoyable than in other Baird beers, a bit weak, and not exactly what I expected from a red ale. The dry hoppiness is too pronounced for my taste (and maybe for this style). What's the IPA gonna taste like???. Low carbonation. I wouldn't enjoy many of these, and I don't feel like drinking this every day. Kind of a deception among the other Baird beers.

Serving type: bottle

06-20-2004 14:44:15 | More by Bourre

Florida9

Illinois

3.63/5  rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A: Mildly cloudy dark reddish-tinted brown. Forms a sizable tan colored head that sticks around for a bit. Some light lacing. Visible carbonation.

S: A light, but pleasant blend of floral citrus hops and lots of caramel malt.

T: Mild to moderate maltiness. Caramel malts. Earthy, dirty, and with some mild malty dark fruits. Flavor is very quick and finishes with a yeasty quality to it.

M: Medium bodied, but feels light for the style. Carbonation is approaching heavy. Mild bitterness.

O: This beer is admittedly older than it should be, but I'm not able to say exactly how old (no dating). Overall, it's not a bad beer. Not a great one, but still slightly better than average for the style.

Serving type: bottle

07-15-2012 23:25:56 | More by Florida9

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

3.73/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I'm getting used to seeing the Americanized ales from Japan, with no discernible info on the label beyond the brewery and beer name. Ahhhh...first wave...

This beer pours a cloudy dark orange-amber hue, with two fingers of dense, chunky light beige head, which eventually settles, leaving a dense paint job of lace around the glass. It smells strongly of citrus - mainly grapefruit and orange - and biscuity caramel malt. The taste is bready, biscuity malt, and a blend of mild citrus, pine, and floral hops. The carbonation is moderate, the body medium-light in weight, and generally smooth. It finishes off-dry, the floral, citrusy hops subtly overshadowing the latent malt.

A pretty enjoyable, hoppy amber ale. However, as the hops fade, the remainder just doesn't scream out 'more please' to me.

Speaking of 'ahhhh', and apophenia: Tomoyasu Hotei just popped up on the random mp3 list...

Serving type: bottle

10-06-2010 00:18:18 | More by biboergosum

moshiric

Japan

3.73/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A- amber. Thinner head with some lacing.

S- sweet floral notes. these are pretty intense in this beer. If that's not what you are looking for, stay away. On. The other hand if it is this beer is a winner.

T- very drinkable, light hop profile, notes on the nose really come out. Quite refreshing.

M- light, but flavorful.

O- I haven't had Baird in bottles, but on tap it's usually pretty good for a Japanese brewery. This beer is no exception. I think this beer is very versatile i.e. It could work As a session beer, but stands out on it's own too.

Serving type: on-tap

05-04-2011 06:52:54 | More by moshiric

Tone

Missouri

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a slightly hazy, copper color. 1/3 inch head of an off-white color. Great retention and good lacing. Smells of hops, sweet malt, slight alcohol, and slight dark citrus. Fits the style of an American Amber / Red Ale. Mouth feel is sharp and crisp with an average carbonation level. Tastes of hops, sweet malt, slight earthy malt, slight herb, citrus, and a hint of smoke. Overall, a nice blend, body, and appearance.

Serving type: bottle

04-27-2010 23:05:27 | More by Tone

Shakujin

Japan

3.83/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Baird Red Rose Amber Ale

Appearance: Poured from bottle into pint glass. Dark amber, guess at 25 SRM. Looks like a good deal of carbonation, head has almost vanished in the middle just keeping around the edges. Lotta tiny bubbles. Oh and I cut myself opening, thanks bottle opener thanks alot. Also has blond highlights at bottom.

Smell: Smells almost effervescent picking up some sourness, with a faint touch of hops. Little bit of malt sweetness back its in the back

Taste: First thing I get it the carbonation, then the hops, then a dry clean finish, I guess from the bottom fermentation. Hops are sour in character. malts flavor is not so much sweet as just, a little flavor trying to hold down the rest of the beer. After a sipping starting to get more of the sweet malts flavor. some interesting flavor in there but I cant quite get it. It really is reminding me of darker lagers like Brooklyn Lager or something like that. But at the same time the malt character is a little more pronounced.

Mouthfeel: Its a little to bubbly for me, I feel like the carbonation is still in my mouth. Other than that light with a little bit of quick stick to it

Drinkability: Yes, very drinkable, its light and just slightly above session-able ABV with some malt base and a crisp fairly clean finish

Serving type: bottle

09-25-2009 14:35:52 | More by Shakujin

CrazyDavros

Australia

3.85/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours amber with a quickly fading head.
Nose shows caramel, bready malt and some resinous hops. Nice malt character.
Malty flavours too. Bready malt and sweet syrupy notes. A fair bit of resinous earthy hops too, along with an assertive, well-balanced bitterness.
Carbonation could be a bit higher.

Serving type: on-tap

03-19-2013 01:48:27 | More by CrazyDavros

ptykozoon

California

3.93/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours an ugly swamp water brown with a nice beige frothy head which dissipates slowly into a millimeter of undying bubbles.

Smells of hops. Hints of brown sugar.

Honey, malt, hops, tiny floral tidbits. All nicely balanced, not bad.

Nice bitterness and friendly carbonation keep this brew alive and pungent on the tongue.

For 5% doesn't taste watery or weak. I like this one.

Serving type: bottle

09-16-2010 04:07:40 | More by ptykozoon

UCLABrewN84

California

3.93/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Pours a turbid and murky brown with a 2 inch foamy light tan head that settles to a thin film on top of the beer. Foamy swaths of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Chunks of sediment can be seen floating around in the beer after the pour. Smell is very malty with some fruity and floral aromas. Taste is very much the same with some earthy, fruity, and slightly floral flavors. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a somewhat crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a good beer with some nice aromas and flavors but definitely unlike most other beers of the same style I have had in the past.

Serving type: bottle

07-14-2012 06:25:21 | More by UCLABrewN84

jasonjlewis

Texas

3.95/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Pours an exceptional 1 1/2 finger head with great retention and lacing and a slightly hazy copper color. I was careful not to pour in any excess yeast.

Smell is of an english ale yeast strain that accentuates the malts underneath with fruity esters and a bit of hop aroma to balance.

Taste has a toffee sweetness with a balancing hop bitterness and hop flavor. This isn't over the top hopped red nor is it a malty boring red either.

Mouthfeel has a nice carbonation and fullness, however the mixture of the amount of carbonation and the body of the beer isn't quite perfect.

This is a nicely balanced red. Hop flavor comes through with a good malt balance. The flavors start becoming more and more interestind as the beer warms.

Serving type: bottle

05-29-2009 00:13:05 | More by jasonjlewis

Parrotbeak

Minnesota

3.95/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Cloudy amber with an eighth-inch, white head that remains. Good lacing.
Smell is heavy on malts, with some hops underneith. Faint cinnamon, brown sugar, and more bready malts come in. Malts become slightly buttery at the end.
Taste is sweet, bready malts with some spices. Dark, overripe fruits. Bitter finish.
Mouthfeel is crisp and biting, with a dry finish. Fairly light body.
Drinkability is good. The sweet and bitter aspects of this one hold it back just a bit.

Serving type: bottle

04-04-2010 01:13:54 | More by Parrotbeak

smakawhat

Maryland

3.98/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from the bottle into a tumbler glass.

A very light cream caramel head and creamy texture looking, sits on a dark honey brown and cloudy with pinhead clear bubbles rising somewhat slowly. Some good sticky clumping lacing in places.

Nose is an interesting brown sugar, and some malt sense. Floral fruit sense as well.

Taste is a nice light amber and candied floral sugars. Good texture with a sense of mild crispness. Yeasty aftertaste on the finish.

Overall a different take on a red ale but I rather enjoy it.

Serving type: bottle

09-05-2011 18:36:33 | More by smakawhat

falloutsnow

Illinois

3.98/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Bottle from Brix in Omaha, NE
No bottled on date
Poured into a standard US pint glass

Gusher alert. Make sure to have a glass ready.

My first Baird beer is a very sound amber ale with a substantially dry, hoppy, and fruity set of characters to it. Definitely enjoyable and one I would go back to, if not a bit pricey for a single 12oz bottle.

Pours a huge, light tan head made up of medium and large bubbles. The top of the foam seems to solidify somewhat, becoming very frothy. Head leaves large amounts of lacing along the sides of glass as it descends. Body is a dark reddish-brown when away from the light, a lighter shade of the same when held to light. Body is murky, opaque and somewhat hazy due to being unfiltered.

Aroma is rather sweet, with obvious malt and fruit influences, but there is also a noticeable floral hops component that somewhat mimics blossoms fairly well. In general, good, but could be a bit stronger and more assertive.

Sweet with malt and fruit flavors in the opening taste, with mild bitterness creeping in by mid-palate. Bitterness surpasses sweetness at this point, but floral character and fruit, particularly plum and peach in a mild malt sweetness, persist. Fades out with a flash of bitterness, leading to very mild grapefruit rind bitterness in the aftertaste with some tannic qualities and very minimal residual sweetness from the malt.

Body is medium to medium-light with carbonation that is too high for the heft. Resultant mouthfeel is a bit prickly, thought the bottle seems to mention this and suggest it is a good characteristic. Finish is pleasantly dry.

Serving type: bottle

03-21-2012 21:55:22 | More by falloutsnow

MarkLeberer

4/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a turbid red with a 1 inch foamy light tan head that settles to a light film on top of the beer. The taste is earthy, fruity, with a hint of floral flavors. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a somewhat crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a good beer with some nice aromas and flavors but definitely unlike most other reds of a similar style. This was one in a sampler of 3 that Baird offers so consider that is this eval.

Serving type: on-tap

10-21-2012 10:04:19 | More by MarkLeberer

ADZA

Australia

4.03/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

This brew pours a nice murky light amber,apricot hue with decent carbonation that leaves behind a one finger head that stays,the smell is very sweet with aromas of sweet toffee/caramel and some piney hops,it has a medium bodied light stickyish mouthfeel which really coats the mouth with hints of caramel,toffee,sticky date pudding and some piney hoppiness but to be totally honest there is no bitterness on finish or really anywhere during the taste as the bitterness is definately overcountered by the sweetness that you encounter during this brew and i know ive said before that some brews are bitter sweet but this is really sweet bitter sweet and could quite easily drink more than the one of and will revisit without doubt.

Serving type: bottle

11-04-2010 11:58:27 | More by ADZA

wschmit

Illinois

4.03/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

12 oz. bottle into tasting nonic.

A: A nice but hazy body....more of an orange/brown color than amber. Nice patchy head, with some sticky retention. No apparent effervescence in the body.

S: Sweet tea and flowers on the nose....reallly interesting if you're into that. Backed up with a round malty sweetness that's really intoxicating to me. Unique, for sure, and up my alley.

T: Lemon, a touch of floral hops, and again that malty, vaguely caramel sweetness to finish it off. It's got a similar profile to the brown ale from same brewer, but a bit lighter and with more citrus. Pretty tasty.

M: Moderate body, with acceptable carbonation. No alcohol sensation at all, but that's not surprising.

O: Baird continues to impress me. I've tried most everything of theirs that I've seen, and I like them all. They have a house character that's pretty attractive, and it works really well in this beer. Neither cheap nor really pricy, Baird's worth it every once in a while. A great beer.

Serving type: bottle

07-27-2011 04:46:29 | More by wschmit