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Beer Reviews
Rusty Red
O'so Brewing Co.Plover, WI
USA
http://www.osobrewing.com
Style: Amber Ale
Eddie’s Rating:





Comments:
So I immediately felt a sort of kinship with tonight’s beer, O’so Rusty Red, the first time I saw it on the tap list. And, coincidences of coincidences, it turns out to be a great beer as well.
It pours a beautiful deep, dark crimson, glinting with gorgeous translucency despite a small, short-lived head. The nose is bready malt and musty yeast (this one’s bottle conditioned, folks), with a backside of big, sweet maltiness.
The sip starts with a medium, chewy body like any amber worth its salt should be. Lots of caramel, sweet malt up front, bumping into a firm wave of roastiness about two-thirds of the way through. This transitions into a subtly, pleasant mustiness—hops or yeast, I can’t really tell. The finish is dry, biscuity malt, medium in length.
Normally I like my ambers malty, malty, malty, and Rusty Red should qualify, but the roastiness midway through the sip serves to dry the beer out a bit. Instead of a detriment, however, this makes it all the more drinkable. I enjoyed O’so’s take on the amber ale quite a bit, so much so that it’s my favorite offering of theirs to date.
Reviewed by Eddie Glick on April 28, 2010.
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