Redd's Apple Ale pours an extremely clear, apple juice color. Surprisingly, there is no head to the beer whatsoever. The beer's appearance is very similar to hard apple cider, which concerns me since this is supposed to be an ale.
The apple ale smells strongly of sweet apples that are a few shades farther than ripe. It basically smells like an apple does once it has fallen from the tree and sat on the ground for a week. This rotten smell is the only real aroma given off by the ale.
Redd's Apple Ale is very light bodied and has a low level of carbonation. The ale has no real beer-like body to it at all. Redd's has an alcohol content of 5% ABV.
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| Beer has fallen so far, and begun to rot. |
The Apple Ale's flavor is mainly that of sweet, rotting apples. After the apple flavor settles down, the tiniest bit of malt can be briefly tasted before all flavor fades quickly away. The overall flavor is very similar to alcoholic apple soda. The sweetness seems to be separate from the apple taste, as though Miller backsweetened the beer with another type of sugar.
There really isn't anything "ale" about Redd's Apple Ale. I feel like Miller would have much more success if they would purposely brew a cider instead of trying to make an ale similar to a cider. If Redd's were just a bit dryer and less rotten, it would actually taste like a pretty decent cider, since there is no hops detectable and only the slightest bit of malt flavor. I really can't recommend this as a good Fruit beer, but it doesn't taste too terrible if you are just after a sweet, alcoholic, apple drink.
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I bet that moose that got drunk on fermented rotten apples would love this beer.
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