Big House Red
consumed at brewery, 03/17/08. The beer is a medium golden-brown. Plenty of active bubbles replenish the thin foam skin regularly. Aroma has notes of sweet caramel malt. Mouthfeel only a hair thicker than water. A little sweet caramel malt flavor up front, followed by a slightly astringent pine hop character. Does succeed in hitting the palate profile of an amber ale, but, as with all the Alcatraz beers I sampled, flavor is restrained to the point of near-blandness.