Red Banshee - Fort Collins Brewing

jtierney89

New Jersey

2.5/5  rDev -24.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Nice clear orange hue with amber highlights and 2 fingers of still white head. Very subtle nose, perfumey with a little bit of caramel.

Nice but simple. On the lighter side of being medium bodied with prickly carbonation. Some sweet caramel honey flavors balanced by an herbal floral hop. But all the flavors are very subtle and light. Easy drinking, would definitely be a better beer if it was priced along the lines of full sail session stuff but for an $11 dollar six pack i was really expecting a lot more than an approachable amber ale.

This isn't a bad beer, but it's not a good one.

Serving type: bottle

12-21-2012 02:08:14 | More by jtierney89

RedneckBeerz

North Carolina

3.25/5  rDev -1.8%

05-25-2013 05:51:28 | More by RedneckBeerz

yankinwis

Wisconsin

2/5  rDev -39.6%

05-25-2013 02:29:18 | More by yankinwis

yankhawk

Iowa

2/5  rDev -39.6%

05-25-2013 01:40:41 | More by yankhawk

craftbrew502

Kentucky

3.75/5  rDev +13.3%

05-20-2013 01:10:22 | More by craftbrew502

HerdNo1

West Virginia

2.51/5  rDev -24.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Appearance was actually the best thing about this brew. It poured a nice dark ruby color with an off white head that dissipated but left a lot of lacing.

Aroma was strong in spices followed by malty sweetness and some biscuit notes. Still, the spice dominated.

Taste is where this brew goes far off the mark. Better beers exhibit a sense of balance. This beer doesn't. The spice nearly overwhelms everything else. I thought that it might get better as it warmed but the spice simply got more intense. I got some malty sweetness trying to cut through the spice but it was pure sweetness rather than a deeper toffee type of sweetness and it was a bad combination.

Mouthfeel: Someone else described the finish as cough syrup. I was looking for a good descriptor and this fits very nicely.

Overall: I rarely dump a beer. Hell, my neighbor handed me a Coors Light recently and I managed to get it down. I only got about a third of the way though this one before it went down the sink. It just didn't have any balance or complexity at all and the overly spicy character doesn't work.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 03:43:40 | More by HerdNo1

RTitus

Arkansas

3.55/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5

First off let me state that in my early days of craft beer drinking amber ales were my preferred style. That being said, I like to take a break from massive hops and enjoy these sweet light ales.

The Red banshee was pretty typical for the style, I would have liked a little more pop on the carbonation.

Smell was good with a little sweet brown sugar and a soft toffee.

Taste followed suit sweet and smooth. There was a smoky almost coffee taste, think a Sumatran coffee.

This was an enjoyable beer, and in a mixed sixer it broke up a chain of IPAs nicely.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2013 02:12:21 | More by RTitus

HarmonMW

Michigan

3.25/5  rDev -1.8%

05-13-2013 21:37:50 | More by HarmonMW

bshiban

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -1.8%

05-05-2013 20:53:53 | More by bshiban

yaksurf

North Carolina

3.5/5  rDev +5.7%

04-21-2013 17:35:53 | More by yaksurf

BuddyE

Louisiana

3.25/5  rDev -1.8%

04-19-2013 00:53:01 | More by BuddyE

animal69

Louisiana

3.25/5  rDev -1.8%

04-18-2013 05:30:45 | More by animal69

GratefulJack

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -1.8%

04-14-2013 00:07:18 | More by GratefulJack

ralphw56

Nevada

3.25/5  rDev -1.8%

04-05-2013 19:00:29 | More by ralphw56

enelson

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev +5.7%

03-25-2013 23:30:37 | More by enelson

mwar

Kentucky

3.75/5  rDev +13.3%

03-24-2013 13:39:29 | More by mwar

Lare453

Florida

2.75/5  rDev -16.9%

03-22-2013 15:23:08 | More by Lare453

Tjvan2

Iowa

2.5/5  rDev -24.5%

03-18-2013 23:19:01 | More by Tjvan2

Herky21

Iowa

3/5  rDev -9.4%

03-13-2013 14:40:43 | More by Herky21

khargro2

Georgia

3/5  rDev -9.4%

03-05-2013 02:46:12 | More by khargro2

TwoForty

Florida

4/5  rDev +20.8%

03-04-2013 21:54:41 | More by TwoForty

TwelveOunces

Kentucky

3.33/5  rDev +0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25

12 oz bottle poured into a tulip

A- Pours fairly dark amber color with a nice sized off white head.

S- A big grain, a slight dark fruit. Very sugary and a touch of molasses.

T- A big caramel at first. This beer has a touch of toffee in it as well. Again, a big strange dark fruit profile in this beer, not sure what to think about it. A big grainynress. A touch of bitterness but not uch hop flavor to speak of.

M- A decent body on this beer. A bit on the thicker side and nice carbonation.

O- This is a pass...

Serving type: bottle

03-02-2013 15:07:54 | More by TwelveOunces

NoCurse2012

South Carolina

3/5  rDev -9.4%

02-28-2013 22:46:33 | More by NoCurse2012

JMS1512

New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev -1.8%

02-22-2013 14:11:17 | More by JMS1512

RoryOMoore

New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev -1.8%

02-19-2013 02:13:10 | More by RoryOMoore