Samuel Adams Ruby Mild
Mild ales rose to popularity in the 1800s as the refreshing brew of choice for English railway laborers. This modern mild, a smooth, sweet, malty brew with a hint of ruby color, is still a satisfying choice for the end of a long day.
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3.1
169 reviews
Boston, United States
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Caramel coloured body with a rich ruby glow and a thick, four centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of pale malt, bread, caramel, cardboard and toffee - not too great. Medium-bodied; Earthy flavour with some light nuts, cashews, caramel and a bit of yeast tucked in. Aftertaste shows some subdued sweetness from caramel and toffee, a little grape flavours and bunches of malt and nuts that really come out near the end. Overall, a decent beer, but perhaps too much subdued flavours and not enough pungency across the board. Decent to sample however and a style that I sampled more of. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Costco (Pentagon City) in Arlington, Virginia on 20-October-2013 for US$25.99/24 pack sampled at home in Washington on 10-December-2013.
I was neither impressed or unimpressed with this beer. Nothing special at all. I’d rather drink a number of other Sam Adams beers instead.
Pours a dark golden brown with some red and a white head. Smells malty and of raisins and tastes of nutty caramel and some fruit
pours a clear copper-red with a small light tan head and a little lacing.
smell is of malt and floral.
taste is a little tangy, malt, a few hops, and some roastiness. ends a little on the dry side.
From a bottle. Pours medium brown with a red tint and a thick frothy beige head and lots of lacing. Taste malty, smooth, with hints of grapefruit, nuts, and grains. Bready but very light. Low/medium body and low carbonation. Smells like light malt and grapefruit citrus.
Bottle. Pours a red amber. Small white head. Sweet aroma. Flavor of malt, caramel, and toast, but all very mild. Refreshing and very drinkable. Overall this is nice, but not remarkable on any level.
The Ruby Mild pours a clear reddish orange with a tan head that lasts a good while and leaves nice lacing. The aroma is dark fruit and caramel. The flavor is raisin and caramel. Overall this is decent.
Bottle. Pours light brown with ruby highlights and creamy off-white head. Aroma is toasted malts, dates, raisins, light floral notes, toffee, and light mixed nuts. Flavor is dry malt base with some toasted nuts, faint hop bitterness, and faint dark fruit esters; dry finish. Medium body and carbonation.
12oz bottle, courtesy of Sam Adams. Thanks! I (and Ali) actually found this one a lot more pleasant to drink than some of their recent releases, with a slightly timid nose (cardboard, wet malt) that might have some caramel in their or might not, but never materializes much beyond that. This tastes good though, there’s a nice core red fruitiness, a bit of acidity on the edges, ideal carbonation (which I expect from these folks, as for Sierra Nevada and others), and just a nice bit of actual caramel in there. Not overly heavy; light bitterness, but very nice to drink.
Another unremarkable offering from Sam Adams. Seems to be the norm these days. Nothing stands out here and nothing to even note good or bad. Just blah.
--you've been Dubbed.
Bottle gift from SJ. This was an easy drinking brew. What I liked was the notes of brown sugar and caramel malts with a tiny hint of hop. It was refreshing.
Red-brown pour with a tan head. The aroma and flavor have some toffee and caramel notes as well as a hint of nuttiness. Thin mouthfeel and medium carbonation.
bottle. Amber red with small head. I’ve not had a lot of this style, but this is surprisingly good. Full flavor,with nuts and caramel very smooth. Very mild hop bite.
Bottle. Mild barley malt aroma with a small hint of sweet fruit. Pours a brownish red color. Taste has a nice sweet malt on the front with a nice lager finish.
Bottle. Light smells of caramel and hints of dough. This is light on the nose. A nice reddish tinted brown colored body. This is softly carbonated. A little hint of toasted nuts complement the light caramel. Nicely done.
Unexcited. This was my first of this style so that may have something to do with it. It tasted like a malty Boston Lager. The aroma was faint and consisted mainly of malt grains. The color was unassuming and light coppery brown with a good white head. The palate was average on all fronts. The flavors were of different grains with a little sourness and roasted touch. Virtually no hops presence, which I understand is to be expected. Worth a try but not a repeat visit.
Poured from 12 oz. bottle.
Clear, dark orange-red with a small pale khaki head and good lacing.
Aroma of malt, dates, figs and cookies.
Taste of caramel, dates, nuts and biscuit malt.
Medium body and high/medium carbonization.
I'm not sure how a 5.6% ABV ale qualifies as a mild.
12 oz bottle from a mix pack. Pours a translucent brown color with a small beige head that audibly hisses and fizzes away. The aroma is soft with toffee malts and dusty grains. The taste is a bit of stone fruit and toffee malts. The palate was a bit tin and the carbonation was lively. Finished medium in duration with a metallic aftertaste. Overall: meh
Pours a clear golden brown. Aroma of malt and cinnamon. Taste is sweet and syrupy but subdued. Not bad.
Rated on 10-25-2013 (Bottle) When poured, this beer forms a large fizzy off-white head that mostly diminished, transparent amber body, fair amount of lacing, and fizzy, slow rising carbonation. The Aroma is caramel and bread malts and light citrus. The Taste is semi-sweet, bread, caramel and biscuit malts, hint of citrus and has a short dry finish. The Palate is smooth and this beer is light bodied. Overall, this is a session beer and a beer where the malts dominate. There is very little character and WOW factor to this beer. This is a beer that I might drink again.
DATE TASTED: September 21, 2013 ... GLASSWARE: Howard’s Pub pint glass... OCCASION: first a strong PSU win...APPEARANCE: beautiful chestnut-red body with a creamy white head; laces sporadically and slickly... AROMA: sweet,, slightly toasted oat malts with sot hops--the citrus is secondary to the doughy malts--ESB in its scent...PALATE: medium-bodied, rewardingly smooth and just substantial enough to have a presence...TASTE: malty, mild and unobtrusively sweet... OVERALL: a rather straight-laced, straight-forward, functionally sessionable beer--not one I’d seek out or miss, but one I would enjoy over a variety of mouth-rinsing macros...
12 oz bottle from the Fall Variety Pack. Aroma is toasted marshmallow, fruity esters, bread. Pours a pretty clear amber with a one finger off-white head that collapses after a minute. Nice sweet malty flavors, roasty. Highly carbonated with a creamy mouthfeel and medium body. I don’t have a lot of experience with this style, but it tastes good to me.
This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a head of foamy finely sized off-white colored bubbles that were long lasting and left behind a typically carbonated transparent light red brown colored body and an excellent lacing. The mild aroma was malty and musty. The crisp mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish with a mellow caramel hop aftertaste. The nice flavor contained notes of Irish red malt caramel and hops. A decent one that I would consider buying again.
Swampy with hints of mint, caramel, and toffee. Fourth sweet beer of six in the SA fall mix pack, and the worst of the four. Tolerable, but largely pedestrian. Would prefer a rauchbier or a new fall brew replace it in next year’s mix pack (Not red ale again. Enough with that.).
12oz in Boston. Ruddy, light leather brown. perfume of light malts, very light brown sugar, light sweet hops. too clean, too macro sweet.
Tasted from 12oz brown bottle into a nonic pint glass, part of the 2013 fall seasonal mix-pack. It poured a clear, deep reddish brown colour with thin but long-lasting beige foam, even a little lace. Pleasing appearance. I love Mild Ale and this possesses most of the true-to-style characteristics: a nicely balanced malt-sweetness to marmalade-y hops bitterness, bready, toasty, biscuity, nutty, caramelly, faintly fruity. Light body, average carbonation, malty aftertaste. Smooth at first but less so as it warmed, sadly. I love candy-sweet English crystal malts, this had some of the distincly burnt grain/soy sauce aspects of US crystal malt, but that’s a minor quibble. I’d definitely buy 6-packs of this regularly, if only they offered it.
Bottle; poured a ruby/dark amber/maroon. Aroma of fruit and caramel, with some toffee. Flavor was somewhat strange; mild
Bottle; poured a reddish auburn color with an off white head. Aroma of caramel, fruit and some sweetness. Flavor had some sweetness, toffee and caramel. Mild, a touch vegetable. Solid.
12oz Bottle. The pour was a medium copper brown with a ruby hue and an average (1-2 finger) light tan creamy head that slowly diminished, down to a medium thick creamy film which lasted throughout and had excellent sheets of lacing.
The aroma was of a toasted bread malt and an earthy doughy yeast with a note of caramel and a light fruity ester (plums and raisons).
The taste was very malty with a decent caramel sweetness from the start, progressing with a slight bitterness, a touch of fruit and a very mild alcohol presence towards the finish. The flavor lasted an average duration following the swallow, with a lightly sweet bitter malty taste fading slowly off the taste buds.
Mouthfeel was just past light in body and rather creamy in texture with a medium carbonation.
Overall this was a smooth malty brew that possessed a mild bitterness and a light fruity taste, which allowed for a decent drinkability. Although this brew is not really anything special, it is still a somewhat tasty and enjoyable brew... www.facebook.com/KAJIIsBeerReviews
Pours a nice ruby color, as advertised. Aroma is sweet with holiday spices - reminds me of winter. Taste is very mild, fleeting, with a thin palate. Not a whole lot going on here.