Redhook Mudslinger Spring Ale

Redhook Mudslinger Spring Ale

Type of beer: Brown Ale

Container Type: 355 mL bottle

Alcohol by volume: 5.20%

Country of origin: United States

Rating: 75% (see below)

Number of times I've had this beer: 1st

Cost: $1.25

Tasted on: 6/4/10

Colours of label: Green/Brown/White

Drank From: Mug

Label Reads: "Nut brown Ale", "Liquid Goodness since 1982."

website: www.redhook.com

Best for: Waxing patriotic

Ratings:

Taste: 14/20

Flavour: 13/20

Buy again: 16/20

Aroma: 8/10

Satisfaction: 8/10

Complexity: 8/10

Intangible: 8/10

Handwritten notes: This is a lightly nutty hazelnut brown beer. I'm not sure what the gold-standard is for a nut brown ale, and I don't really much care. Along this crazy journey I have learned not to give much of a care what the beer is called, or what it purports to be. I am focused on what it is. The fact that Labatt Blue called itself "Pilsner" used to really piss me off. Then I watched an episode of "NOVA" about the immensity of the universe that really put my petty beefs in perspective. Now I just want a good beer and you can call it "yo momma" if you want so long as it plays nice with my tongue. The reason I say all this is that this beer has a bite at the end with venomous hoppy fangs. That may not be classic "nut brown ale", but fuck it all to hell. It's a good beer. Do you know how big the universe is? Then just shut up and drink your beer.

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