Samuel Adams Irish Red Ale

This rich and malty ale originated in Ireland in 1710. It has a deep red color and distinctive caramel flavor from its Pale and Caramel malts. The malt sweetness is balanced by the earthy notes of East Kent Goldings hops. Cheers!

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2.0 Avverage at best. Very flat on taste and don't really get the rich and malty as advertised.

2.8 Pours a dark ruby red with tan head. A sweet malt, caramel and grain aroma. A malt and grain heavy taste with caramel and dark fruits. A caramel, roasted malt, and grain aftertaste.

3.4 12 ounce bottle. Pours a clear reddish color with a medium tan head. A light malty caramel nose. The favor is caramel, toast, light floral hops, some sweeter maltier elements. Pretty nice for what it is. Clean. A bit of a spicy finish.

3.7 Bottle from the mixed 12 pack from Country 3 corners. Deep amber color decent sized off white head that persists. Rich caramel maltiness bready pilsener floral earthy hops round this out nicely. Pretty decent red ale.

2.9 Not much aroma of anything. Slight head. Reddest beer I’ve ever seen. Doesn’t taste of much.

2.4 Pours a clear copper with a short off-white head. Faint nose. Toasted malt with ample fruit in the flavors. Some unpleasant bitterness.

4.0 Beer 4 of the New Year and probably the best tasting one so far. Nothing special, just a solid malt forward beer with a hint of sweetness.

3.2 Pours a nice rich garnet-brown from a bottle, white head with lots of lacing. Caramel and grass aroma, similar flavor, nicely bitter behind the sweetness. Good beer.

3.6 Clear mahogany pour with a beige head and good retention. Good lacing. Thick mouthfeel. Strong caramel flavor mixed with light hops bitterness. Wish it didn’t have the hops. 5.8 ABV is slightly evident.

3.5 Pours a very clear, medium red color. About two fingers khaki colored head. Has pretty good retention, good lacing. Aroma is malty, quite malty. Pretty nutty, a little bready. A pretty good caramel aroma. Not a lot of hops. Taste is well balanced. Leaning sweet, but not too much. Enough noticeable earthy hops to keep it in check. Good bit of toffee and caramel. Nutty. Mouthfeel is medium bodied. Smooth, a little slick. There’s a surge of earthy hops at the tail end. Still it finishes clean. This is an easy drinking beer. Overall, I like this a lot. It’s very mellow, and pretty delicious. This is perhaps a little less sweet than other Irish Reds I’ve had. I will recommend this, and I am eager to try it again.

2.7 Bottle - Pours a red amber, white head. Biscuit aroma, toast. Malty, with some floral essence. Hops in the end. Light bodied.

3.3 APARIENCIA: Color marrón con destellos rojizo a contraluz, corona de espuma compacta de buena retención, color marfil. AROMA: maltas tostadas, notas caramelo, discreto lúpulo maderoso. SABOR: maltas tostadas, notas de caramelo es lo que predomina además de un amargor ligero, seco en el retrogusto y nada astringente. SENSACIÓN: Cuerpo ligero, carbonatación media baja. RESUMEN: agradable y sesionable cerveza.

3.5 This rich and malty ale originated in Ireland in 1710. It has a deep red color and distinctive caramel flavor from its Pale and Caramel malts. The malt sweetness is balanced by the earthy notes of East Kent Goldings hops. Cheers!

3.0 Originally rated on 5/19/08. A nice looking red hued body with a thin head, tasted slightly sweet with hints of caramel, and malts. it was a little bitter but no too bad. A fair brew and worth a try but it wasnt interesting enough for me to buy more

3.7 12oz Flasche. Orange-braunes Bier mit flachem Schaum. Es ruecht schön nach Röstmalz. Geschmack angenehm herb. Das geröstete Malz kommt schön heraus. Bitteres Finish.

3.1 (Bottle). Pours a red-amber complexion with persistent white head and glass lacing. Bread aroma. The flavor is a simple mild malt with lingering hop balance. Not bad.

2.7 12 ounce bottle. Poured out a very nice golden orange with a bright amber, short lived head. Aroma was very floral, maybe heather? Taste was floral and citrus, very IPA. Average.

2.6 Definitely drinkable, but it does not stand out on its own. It really never excelled (or failed) in any category It has a weak head, and I almost felt like I was drinking a soda.

2.1 I think this was the first Irish Red I ever drank, and it’s probably still better than Killian’s, the same way stubbing your toe is better than stubbing your toe and breaking your toenail.

3.5 bottle @ Jungle Jim’s / Eastgate OH --- Clear amber brown with a good 1" beige head, stripes of lace. Nice aroma of malt and caramel. Taste is edgy malt that turns sweeter on a lightly carbonated swallow. The whole thing moves from there to a lightly bittered finish that becomes more earthy as it drifts for several "minutes." A solid, easy-drinking brew.

3.8 Surprisingly good. Middle of the road. Toasted malty flavor. ---Rated via BeerBuddy for iPhone.

3.2 Bottle. Pours Amber with a thin head. Molasses aroma. Earthy maltiness up front with a hop bite at the end. Fairly pedestrian but okay drinking, probably wouldn’t buy again.

2.8 bottle. Ruby-red colour, bubbly head. Malty and sweet, caramel and even a little cotton candy/vanilla on the nose. Earthy hop finish, but still overwhelmingly malty. ok.

2.4 Ever since my first college Killian’s Irish Red (God rest its blessed soul) I’ve been a devotee to the Irish Red. Strangely opposite of the Belgian Strong Ale, it tends to have a single, pronounced flavor, rich with caramel and toffee, with a clean, crispness that keeps away the candied, saccharine flavors that can kill a good beer for me. So, it is with some eagerness that I attempt the Sam Adam’s version, which begins with the characteristic rich, malty smell, drizzled with quality, but also bringing in a peppery quality I’ve been noticing across some of these fancier Sam Adams beers. The flavor dumbs things down a bit with a blunt grape fruit flavor and mouthfeel, adding a little maltiness for body, but letting me down. These overwhelming sugary notes are lager killers for me, and this one OD’d on sugar cubes.

3.4 This might sound strange but my favorite part of this beer is the aftertaste! Take some swigs of this and take a nice slow deep breathe through your mouth and nose and let the toasty caramel goodness pleasure your senses before it goes away! ...idk that's the best I know how to describe it haha

2.5 12 oz. bottle. Pours red/amber. Aroma of roasted malts and toasted nuts. Taste, hops and sweet malts.

3.2 Pours clear deep copper with flat head. Aroma of caramel, nuts, toffee. Taste is caramel and butterscotch sweet with a faint bitter finish. Light, smooth body with soft carbonation.

3.4 355ml bottle from Tasty Life, Xiamen. Pours red brown with a dissipating white head. Aroma of caramel and malt. Sweet finish.

2.8 Old rating. Big caramel and maltiness in an Amberish. Better than macros, but sort of same generic taste.

3.0 Kinda meh beer. Good when you are just looking for a better grade of a macro bud type of a beer. Not really anything to get excited about.