RED ALES

Now is the time for Red Ales.  One of favorites from long ago was Leine's Red.  It is very accessible for novice craft beer drinkers (the Creamy Dark is much better).  The one Red I would highly recommend is Odell's Red Ale...a great balance of malt and hops.  That is the way I like craft beer, complex but yet not super overpowering on the hop side.  Not that I don't like IPA's--just not all the time.  Another fine red on the left coast is the Double Red from Ninkasi Brewing in Eugene OR...my friend Kristen and her husband Scott may know of this one.  Let us not forget the wonderfully balanced RED RAMBLER at Peace Tree Brewing in Knoxville.  If anyone is interested in going to Knoxville for beer sampling let me know...the weather will not be an issue soon.....Odell Red Ale may be hard to find in Iowa, but if you spot it...BUY IT!  The other red I want to try is Boulevard Irish Ale--it got average reviews on beer
advocate...I would like to buy a six --but not a 12, because I have been underwhelmed mostly by Boulevard...maybe I just have not tried their best ones.  Odell Red Ale a fine spring Red Ale.  From Ft Collins Co.
http://odellbrewing.com/beers/seasonal/red
http://odellbrewing.com/
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/odell-red-ale/99330/
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/267/47589
Peace Tree Brewing in Knoxville IA:
http://www.peacetreebrewing.com/
Clark