From grain to glass, here at Red Point Taphouse, we are passionate about brewing beer for our community, one batch at a time. Immerse yourself in the art of brewing with flavorful selections carefully curated through a selective process of local ingredients. At Red Point, beer is life, and we want to create a product that can be appreciated down to the final pour. So please join us, have a beer, and explore the diverse range of local Smithfield flavors.
The Belgian-style blonde ale is typically easy-drinking, with a low but pleasing hop bitterness. This is a light- to medium-bodied ale with a low malt aroma and a spiced and sometimes fruity-ester character. Sugar is occasionally added to lighten the perceived body. This style is medium in sweetness and not as bitter as Belgian-style tripels or golden strong ales. It is usually brilliantly clear. The overall impression is balanced between light sweetness, spice, and low to medium fruity ester flavors.
An American IPA characterized by floral, fruity, citrus-like, piney, or resinous American-variety hop character, the IPA beer style is all about hop flavor, aroma, and bitterness. This beer style has been the most entered category at the Great American Beer Festival for over a decade and is the top-selling craft beer style in supermarkets and liquor stores across the US
New England India Pale Ales are a style of IPA invented in Vermont in the early 2010s. They are characterized by juicy, citrus, and floral flavors, with a more subtle and less piney hop taste than typical IPAs. They also have a smooth consistency ”mouthfeel”, and a hazy appearance. These characteristics are achieved using a combination of brewing techniques, including using particular strains of yeast, timing the addition of hops, and adjusting the chemistry of the water.
‘’Helles” means ”pale in color,” as these beers are often golden. The German-style Helles is similar in flavor to adjunct-influenced lagers but possesses a more advanced pilsner malt flavor, has a touch more sweetness, and is less dry in the finish. A full-bodied lager that puts pilsner malt flavors forward and can be perceived as bready. A slight sweetness permeates with just a hint of hop spiciness. Clean and crisp, this is a refreshing beer with substance and low levels of yeast-producing sulfur aromas and flavors that may be shared.
Wheat Beer: Belgian-style witbier is brewed using unmalted wheat, sometimes oats and malted barley. Witbiers are spiced with coriander and orange peel. It is a style that dates back hundreds of years; it fell into relative obscurity until Belgian brewer Pierre Celis revived it in the 1960s. This style is currently enjoying a renaissance, especially in the American market. ”Wit” means ”white.”
This balanced beer uses a moderate amount of kilned malts and roasted barley to give the color for which it’s named. With a medium hop characteristic on the palate, this typically amber-colored beer is brewed as a lager or ale and can have a medium candy-like caramel malt sweetness. This style may contain adjuncts such as corn, rice, and sugar, which help dry the finish and lessen the body. It also often contains roasted barley, lending low roasted notes and darker color and possibly creating a tan foam collar. With notes of caramel, toffee, and sometimes low-level diacetyl (butter), think of this beer style as a cousin to lightly toasted and buttered bread.
The imperial India Pale Ale features high hop bitterness, flavor, and aroma. The hop character is fresh, which is evident from the variety of hops used. The alcohol content is medium-high to high and notably apparent with a medium-high to whole body. This style intends to exhibit the fresh and evident character of hops.
Dry stout is a black beer with a dry-roasted character thanks to the use of roasted barley. The emphasis on coffee-like roasted barley and a moderate degree of roasted malt aromas define much of the character. Hop bitterness is medium to medium-high. This beer is often dispensed via nitrogen gas taps, which lend a smooth, creamy body to the palate.
Beers in this style are pilsners that do not fit nicely into any defined pilsner style. Typically, these will be pilsners brewed with adjuncts such as fruits or spices, ”pastry pilsners,” or hybrid/experimental pilsners like rye or soured.
The imperial stout is the strongest in alcohol and body of the stouts. Black in color, these beers typically have a vibrant, malty flavor and aroma with a full, sweet malt character. Bitterness can come from roasted malts or hop additions.
Belgian-style blonde ale is typically easy-drinking, with a low but pleasing hop bitterness. This is a light—to medium-bodied ale with a low malt aroma and a spiced and sometimes fruity-ester character. Sugar is sometimes added to lighten the perceived body. This style is medium in sweetness and not as bitter as Belgian-style tripels or golden strong ales. It is usually brilliantly clear. The overall impression is balanced between light sweetness, spice, and low to medium fruity ester flavors.
Inspired by the storied English Porter, the American Porter tends to make its own rules. With plenty of innovation, brewers in the US have taken this style to a new level, whether it’s hopping the brew or adding chocolate to complement this type of beer’s highly roasted and burnt flavor. The color could be medium brown to inky black, and the range of hop bitterness is also quite wide, but most are balanced. Quite a few easy drinking session Porters can be found as well.
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