Red Squirrel Brewery

Red Squirrel Real Ales - Tasting Notes

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CSB 3.6% - Fuggles hops and pale malt go together to produce a refreshing light pale ale
(Encouraged by Croxley Green's The Sportsman)

Hertfordshire Old 5.0% - A traditional "old" ale. 1% Black, 1% Molasses, giving a dark brown ale with a smooth, rounded taste.

New, October 2009
Hertfordshire Hop 4.5% - Pale with malted oats giving a smooth rounded taste.
Contains hops grown in Heronsgate (between Chorleywood and Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire).
(Encouraged by Heronsgate's Land of Liberty Peace & Plenty)

BSPA 3.6% - A pale ale made from 100% pale malt and Fuggles hops to give a light refreshing session beer

Not available until 2010
RSB 3.9% - A pale hoppy beer made with American Mount Hood hops to give a hoppy refreshing taste with the distant smell of violets.
A permanent session beer.
Winner - Boxmoor Beer Festival
Winner - CAMRA Gold Medal

RSX Ale 3.9% - A light, hoppy, flowery beer containing crystal hops
Currently replacing RSB

Conservation Bitter 4.1% – A chestnut brown traditional bitter. Permanent beer in leading pubs in the UK
Also available online bottle-conditioned.
2009 Finallist CAMRA(East Anglia) Bottled Beer of the Year

IPA 4.1% – (Awaiting tasting notes)

Blonde 4.1% – A malty biscuit light beer with a lemony flowery zing taste.
A seasonal beer.
Recommended by Tom Parker Bowles in the Mail on Sunday.

English IPA 5.0% - A traditional English IPA made from 100% pale malt, and lots of goldings hops to give a strong refreshing “Proper” pale ale.

Weiss Bier 5.0% - Made from a traditional Munich Bier Keller recipe contains lots of wheat malt and a German Weiss bier yeast.
A cloudy beer with that traditional refreshing Weiss bier taste.

London Porter 5.0% - A traditional London Porter made from two pale malts and three coloured malts. Flavoured with traditional English Hops.
CAMRA Porter - 1st, Colchester 2007.
CAMRA Champion Beer - 2nd, Colchester 2007.

Scottish Ale 4.3% Traditional Scottish Ale contains roasted barley and Cara malt. Mild, smooth taste

Dark Ruby Mild 3.7% - Dark red, smooth, rounded mild.
As featured in The Daily Telegraph

Prohibition Bitter 5.0% - Strong, Traditional English bitter.

West Coast Stout 4.3% - A dark smooth American Stout based on a recipe from San Francisco.
A seasonal beer.

Red Squirrel American IPAs - We create various varieties subject to American hop availability. Based on an American recipe. Contains four pale malts plus one coloured malt. Two American hops. Double late hops and double fermentation vessel hops. Described by CAMRA Birmingham as an impressive pale ale outranking those from Hopshackle, Stones, Thornbridge, Brewdog, Brooklyn, De Schelde-brouwerij, Picobrouwerij Alvinne.
Also available bottle-conditioned, online, subject to hop availability.
CAMRA gold medal winner.

White Mountain IPA 5.4%
Also available bottle-conditioned, online, subject to hop availability.
Beer - 1st, Letchworth 2009

Colorado IPA 5.4%
Also available bottle-conditioned, online, subject to hop availability.

Springfield IPA 5.4%
Also available bottle-conditioned, online, subject to hop availability.

Manhattan IPA 5.4%
Also available bottle-conditioned, online, subject to hop availability.

IPA in the USA 5.4%
Also available bottle-conditioned, online, subject to hop availability.

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One to Try

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