Red Herring beer by Green Jack Brew has been revived to little acclaim. Found at Sergio’s of Louisville, KY USA, this beer came off as a mildly smoky mildly sour beer. It was good smoke though. Nice campfire notes with solid beer malt tastes (as opposed to any number of non-traditional ingredients that only cloud and confuse the palate without delivering any additional units of pleasure upon drinking). Red Herring is a good everyday drinker that could be slipped into someone’s glass without much fuss, regardless of their preference. This beer is not bad, and this beer is not great, just a middle of the road beer that doesn’t bother anybody and holds onto the minimum number of pieces of flair requested. Overall smokestacks of flair =4 smokestacks out of a possible 7 smokestacks.
| Brewer | Green Jack |
| Beer Name | Red Herring |
| Brewer’s Description | Red herring 5.0% abv Smoked Ale. We had to brew a smoked beer because our brewery is built into an old Lowestoft smoke house. Red Herring is a rich fruity red ale brewed with Oak and Beech smoked malt giving the beer a subtle smokey flavor with a dry smokey finish. |
| Food Pairings | Fish and Chips |
| Brewery Location | Suffolk, United Kingdom |
| Alcohol content by volume | 5% |
| IBU (International Bitterness Units) | 55 |
| Beer opacity rate 1 – 7 (light – dark) | 2.5 |
| Smell smoke? 1 – 7 (No – George Burns) | 3 |
| Sausage detection? Y or N | N |
| Smokepower taste: 1 – 7 Smokestacks | 2 |
| Beer thickness 1-7 (water – used motor oil) | 3 |
| Overall Happiness: 1 – 7 (sad – happy) | 4 |
Learn more, and maybe even buy this beer at:
http://www.greenjackshop.co.uk/red-herring-50-abv-smoked-ale-35-c.asp
And the bar:
sergiosworldbeers.com
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