Barnstormer Red - Blackhorse Pub & Brewery

mfavoino

Washington

2.8/5  rDev -11.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Had on tap at Blackhorse Pub and Brewery.

A: Deep red color with some haze to it. Small head and little lacing.

S: Sweet Caramel malts with a grainy undertone. No hops to speak of. Expecting a rich, malt-heavy red ale.

T: Caramel flavor comes through and is sweet for this style. Buttery flavors come through, which left me thinking there might be an issue with this batch. Finishes with more sweetness.

M: Low carbonation with a medium body.

O: Something seems off with the buttery flavor and overly sweet flavors. Not a positive representation of the style.

Serving type: on-tap

12-19-2012 22:47:10 | More by mfavoino

RussAttitude

5/5  rDev +57.7%

04-16-2013 20:10:14 | More by RussAttitude

stampfler07

Georgia

3/5  rDev -5.4%

12-23-2011 00:39:53 | More by stampfler07

soju6

Missouri

3.48/5  rDev +9.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Beer has an amber hue with a light head. The smell hints of caramel, but mostly generic. The taste was clean with a light sweetness I did not expect . Feel is a medium body with low carbonation and goes down smooth. Worth a try if your at the pub, one of the better brews they had on tap.

Serving type: on-tap

04-08-2010 12:15:41 | More by soju6

ChainGangGuy

Georgia

3.03/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Appearance: Lightly hazed, amber-hued body with a small, somewhat fizzy, white head.

Smell: Aroma smelling of buttered-up biscuits with some sweetish toffee tones and nominal fruity notes. No real apparent hop character.

Taste: Tastes of caramel and toffee from the malts with a relatively light amount of overall sweetness. Again, there's that gosh-darned diacetyl, so, yeah, more butter from Blackhorse. Hint of ripe fruitiness. Very mild, very fleeting hop presence, with almost nil bitterness to offer. Meager touch of biscuits. Then, it's more of the same until the finish.

Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Medium-low carbonation.

Drinkability: Assumably designed and formulated with ease of drinkability, as it's just so mild (and so buttery) in all its facets. My dear Fine Friend Fifi opted for this buttery offering.

Serving type: on-tap

11-19-2009 21:03:04 | More by ChainGangGuy

superdedooperboy

Georgia

3.78/5  rDev +19.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Served on-tap in a flight of 2 oz. samples.

Pours clear reddish-brown, with a slight off-white head that leaves behind nice sheet-like lace on the sides of the glass.

The nose hints at the malty nature of the beer, with light toffee and a bit of sweet caramel.

Medium-bodied and lightly carbonated; a full malty palate carries caramel sweetness with the faintest roasty dark chocolate character, falling away into a clean malty finish. Very little hop presence is discernible.

Overall a fairly decent and tasty example of the style, and one of which I wouldn't mind enjoying a pint.

Serving type: on-tap

04-13-2009 15:19:48 | More by superdedooperboy

Misfit138

Tennessee

3.63/5  rDev +14.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

on tap at Black Horse

A- Nice amber color with moderate head.

S- Largely malts, but overall not much smell.

T- The taste caught me off guard. It was malts and somewhat sweet. To me tasted different then other red ales I have had.

M - Rather light, not too carbonated.

D- I liked the beer, if I am there again I would have another.

Serving type: on-tap

07-01-2008 03:26:36 | More by Misfit138

baxterbrew

Tennessee

2.5/5  rDev -21.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

This beer has a wide variability. I've tried it several times over the years and you just don't know if it's going to be great or if it's going to be barely drinkable. It tends to be a little too malty and not very well carbonated. Hit or miss on this one.

Serving type: on-tap

10-02-2006 21:09:06 | More by baxterbrew

whartontallboy

New York

2.3/5  rDev -27.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Served on tap at the Blackhorse 1-3-05.

Appearance - Deep amber with very little white head.

Smell - Other times I've had this brew it's had almost no smell to speak of, but the one I had tonight had some aroma of caramel.

Taste - Very bland in the flavor department, with a lightly hopped character. It almost tastes like the brewmaster was going for "smooth" but just got "watery."

Overall - Another decent, if forgettable, brew at the Blackhorse. By no means a great example of the style, and I didn't want another after I finished, but fairly smooth and drinkable. In all fairness, I remember really enjoying a pitcher of this in early 2004, so maybe I caught a bad batch this time.

Serving type: on-tap

01-04-2005 03:42:40 | More by whartontallboy

Brent

Kentucky

2.58/5  rDev -18.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Pretty lackluster for a red. The malt had an almost raw grain note, very unsophisticated. Cried out for hops, but very little was delivered. The sort of beer where you take a sip, and wait for the flavor to go somewhere. Here, it never gets off the launching pad. Despite being pretty insipid, it is not a bad beer - no glaring brewing flaws, just not much to offer in the flavor department.

Serving type: on-tap

08-15-2004 03:20:45 | More by Brent

HardTarget

Texas

2.73/5  rDev -13.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4

Aroma: Almost non-existent. A faint whiff of some malt and some light citric notes.
Appearance: Clear light amber/red, white head with little lacing
Flavor: Balance is on the sweet side with a fair amount of ripe raspberry tastes coming through.
Mouthfeel: Light body, a touch watery. Not much to comment on.
Overall Impression: Don’t blink, you’ll miss it. A very bland taste, but what little you get is fairly tasty. Another one to order for your Bud drinking friends, this is unable to offend, but also unable to inspire.

Serving type: on-tap

12-08-2003 04:04:53 | More by HardTarget