While visiting Iron Hill in Lancaster, PA, I picked up a bottle of the Flemish Red (aka F*Red) for myself and two extra bottles as gifts. The beer a ruby red/amber color with a bubbly off-white colored head that dissipates rather quickly. The aroma consists of vinegar, sweet cherry, Belgian yeast, apple cider, and sour apple. The taste is rather tart and puckering, especially on the finish. The tongue encounters some sour cherry, lots of vinegar, apple city, and sour apple. The finish, after the pucker subsides, brings out some sweeter Belgian yeast, caramel, and candisugar. The after taste leaves a drying vinegar flavor and remnants of oak. The alcohol content is 5.0% ABV. This is a spot on sour ale, and I thoroughly enjoyed its tartness, all accompanied with a varying and sweet group of fruits.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Iron Hill Flemish Red (F-Red)
While visiting Iron Hill in Lancaster, PA, I picked up a bottle of the Flemish Red (aka F*Red) for myself and two extra bottles as gifts. The beer a ruby red/amber color with a bubbly off-white colored head that dissipates rather quickly. The aroma consists of vinegar, sweet cherry, Belgian yeast, apple cider, and sour apple. The taste is rather tart and puckering, especially on the finish. The tongue encounters some sour cherry, lots of vinegar, apple city, and sour apple. The finish, after the pucker subsides, brings out some sweeter Belgian yeast, caramel, and candisugar. The after taste leaves a drying vinegar flavor and remnants of oak. The alcohol content is 5.0% ABV. This is a spot on sour ale, and I thoroughly enjoyed its tartness, all accompanied with a varying and sweet group of fruits.
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