It is time for another beer from the Notes.  For any who don't know about this series of blog entries, I stumbled upon an old file that contained tasting notes from approximately two and a half years ago, possibly even older than that.  I decided to post these very sparse notes and I hope to eventually find these same beers again and evaluate them once more, just to see what differences are manifest. 

This third beer of the Old Tasting Notes series is:


  Red Nectar, an amber ale from Nectar Ales, now owned by Firestone Walker.


Well, I apologize, I have very little extra info about this brewery.  A slacker I am, obviously.  Go surf the Firestone Walker website.  They are reputable.

Thus and so, on to the notes.  The scorecards used contained five categories:  Color, Collar, Boquet, Mouthfeel, Taste, Overall.  At the bottom of the card there is a space to score the beer from 1 to 5.  They're very generic scoresheets and notes.

COLOR - Red

COLLAR - Lingering

BOQUET - Pronounced hops

MOUTHFEEL - Astringent, full body

TASTE - Slightly bitter, great hops finish

OVERALL - Excellent - perfect balance of hops & body - finish is beautiful

SCORE (1-5) - 5

COMMENTS - Spectacular color, superb balance - necessary for regular consumption

'Necessary for regular consumption' - well, isn't that ambiguous and open to interpretation.  Either I want to drink this beer a lot or the 'superb balance' makes it drinkable.

Whatever.  The next Old Taste will be a brown ale.  Until then, have an old pint.  Er, no, just have a pint.