Berghoff Reppin' Red - Minhas Craft Brewery

dhannes

Wisconsin

3.93/5  rDev +27.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bought a 6-pack from the local Woodman's for $4.99 (Beghoff's is switching to new packaging, and seemingly reduced the price for both the old and new packaging to clear out the old packaging).

A=Subpar for an amber...more golden than red. Foam, however, is a nice yellowish white, about two fingers, and steady for over a minute. Somewhat cloudy body.

S=Sweetness, e.g. honey. If it weren't for the head, I would think it was a glass of honey. Citrus hops are present as well.

T=Unexpectedly nice...sweet, with a nice hop backbone. Flavors include honey and apple. Way sweeter than most ambers...yet rather enjoyable.

M=Smooth and drinkable, with moderately low carbonation. Sweetness makes it hard to drink quickly, but 2-3 could easily be consumed in the course of an evening.

O=Better than I expected...somewhat in between an amber ale and a pale ale...I imagine this would be great with barbecue or by itself.

Serving type: bottle

08-28-2012 01:05:37 | More by dhannes

SanWrencho

Illinois

3.63/5  rDev +17.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A pleasant, malty beer with a nice red/amber color and light but aromatic hops. This was a fresh batch with new packaging. The old Berghoff red was not as clean tasting and balanced; whether this was due to the new beer being fresher or reformulated I am not sure but at $4.99 a six pack and 5.4 ABV it's a great value.

Serving type: bottle

05-06-2013 23:08:54 | More by SanWrencho

BrownAleMale

Wisconsin

2.7/5  rDev -12.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

12 oz bottle poured into a Brewers pint glass.

Appearance- Amber in color with a very small of bubbly white head with some minimal lacing.

Smell- Lots of citrus and bready malt

Taste- Woah a malt bomb. Very interesting. Not sure how to take this. It definitely nweda to be much more balanced with hops.

Mouthfeel- Also very odd. Light in mouth but heavy going down the throat. Almost causes gulping in the throat.

Overall- This is way below Berghoffs Rock River Red. I can understand wanting to make multiple reds with different tastes, but the complete lack of hop balance kills the beer for me.

Serving type: bottle

09-05-2012 17:48:06 | More by BrownAleMale

mfnmbvp

Illinois

2.05/5  rDev -33.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

12 oz. bottle, no bottled on date present. However, the label near the top does say copyright 2012 on it. I have had this beer before and was unimpressed, but I figured I'd give it another go.

A - Poured into a Boulevard tulip glass, pours the most amber looking colored beer I have ever seen, half finger of thin white soda-pop head, audibly sizzling away, with a heavy stream of carbonation rushing to the top. Significant lacing, for whatever reason.

S - Smells like straight up malt, chemicals, and dust. Nothing else.

T - Watery and malty. No real flavor to speak of here. I have had other "Berghoff" beers from Minhas before, and was also unimpressed with those. Very carbonated / chemical tasting. It pains me to say that if I had a choice, I might honestly choose Miller Lite or Miller Genuine Draft or some other water beer over this beer. I wish I could say that I might enjoy this beer on a hot Indian summer day, grilling up some redneck BBQ, but I still don't think that would improve this beer's chances at all.

M - Mouthfeel is watery and clears out quick.

Overall, I will probably never drink this again unless I am feeling overly adventurous one night. The label proudly exclaims 'since 1887'. Well, I would sure loved to have tried it back then before the inclusion of phenols and other chemical advents, maybe it was better.

Minhas Brewing Berghoff Reppin' Red ---2/5.

Serving type: bottle

01-02-2013 01:17:29 | More by mfnmbvp