Irish Red Ale
I bought this single from Premier wine and spirits near the Citadel. Poured from a 12 oz brown bottle into a pub glass. I am a bit concrned over the massive head produced from a soft pour. Foaming up over 4 inches, I'm wondering if this is infected. Once the head settles, it fizzles away with a snap crackle pop. Leaving behind a thin retention cap, covering the liquid. No lace is left behind at all. The color is a redish brown, mostly transparent. Aroma of figs, dark fruit, grapes, some malty sweet aroma, bits of chocolate, and purfumy cherries. I really think this is infected, it does not smell as it should with cherries and purfumy dark fruits. Yep, this is infected. Mouthfeel is overly carbonated. Taste is pretty foul, with rotten fruit and cherries. Still some chocolate in there, but yea, this is a pretty nasty bottle. Shitty really on my end, since I'd have to travel 2,000 miles just to get another bottle. Very dissapointed. But all the other Garrison brews I had were terrific. So, cant get too mad about one bad apple.