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Red Tail Ale Selected One of Top Ten Beers In The World
Business Editors/Food & Beverage Writers
HOPLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 1997--In its 1996
Special Holiday issue, the well-respected magazine The Wine
Enthusiast has selected Mendocino Brewing Company's Red Tail Ale as
one of 1996's Top Ten Beers in the world.
In describing Red Tail Ale, in the review, writer Stephen
Beaumont said, "I have long admired this perfumey, fruity ale and am
distraught whenever I see it mistakenly associated with the current
trend towards generically-styled `red ales' simply because of its
name. Make no mistake about it -- Red Tail is a delectable American
original."
First brewed in 1983, Red Tail Ale is the flagship of the
Mendocino Brewing Company. Brewed in a traditional, natural manner,
Red Tail is made using only premium two-row malted barley, Yakima
Valley whole hops, fresh water and the brewery's special proprietary
yeast culture. After fermentation and immediately prior to
packaging, actively fermenting yeast is introduced to the beer,
initiating a second fermentation in the bottle, producing natural
CO2 and depositing a fine layer of brewer's yeast in the bottle.
This is a traditional European brewing technique known as
krausening, or bottle-conditioning.
The Mendocino Brewing Company, established in 1982, is
California's first brewpub since Prohibition. The company offered
a Direct Public Offering of stock in 1994, selling 600,000 shares of
common stock at $6.00 per share. This enabled the company to begin
construction on a new brewing facility which will increase
production from the present level of approximately 16,00 barrels per
year to an approximate level of 200,000 bbls (a brewer's barrel
equals 31 gallons). In February of 1995, the company was accepted
on to the Pacific Stock Exchange, one of only a few small
manufacturing companies to be so accepted. The brewery's ticker
symbol is "MBR.P."
Michael Laybourn, MBC President and CEO, says, "It is high praise
indeed for a magazine of the stature of The Wine Enthusiast to award
us such an honor. We feel that, like a fine wine, Red Tail Ale is a
quality beverage of health and moderation and is meant to be enjoyed
with food, with friends and with the family. To be considered one
of the world's great beers is panegyric not only for us, but for
the American craft brewing as well."
For further information, contact Bob Meadows at 707/744-1015.
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Red Tail Ale
"Good dense head. Attractive reddish-amber color. Nutty,
perfumey maltiness; herbal hoppiness and peachy fruitiness; all
assert themselves in the bouquet. The nutty maltiness becomes
slightly chewy and spicy (a very faint suggestion of licorice?) in
the palate, and the hops surge through in a long, soothing, herbal
finish. A beautifully balanced substantial ale. Justly renowned in
California."
Michael Jackson
Author of "The New World Guide to Beer"
"The fruity-berry aroma doesn't warn you of the big palate to
come, even though the flavor is faithful to the nose. The zesty
well-hopped flavor is a mouthful, but a well-balanced combination of
complex flavors that last and last. A big pleasureful sipping
beer."
James D. Robertson
Author of "The Connoisseur's Guide to Beer"
"This is a superb bottle-conditioned ale -- fit for a king. I
enjoyed it on a hot summer afternoon, perhaps a little too cold, but
it soon warmed in the glass, and I felt no regrets about the
temperature. This beer is worth a trip to California, and the hops
in it are a pure enjoyment, smooth, with no afterbite, just a kiss
of the hops in my nose and down my throat."
Fred Eckhard
Beer Columnist
"A hearty, full-bodied extra special American Pale Ale if there
ever was one. A definitive amber color, and perfect ale-like fruity
aroma. Bitterness is obvious but smooth and well-balanced by the
maltiness and full body. This is not a dry beer, but rather a beer
that one can really feel, smell, taste and experience the
ingredients. A good session beer as well as a complement to any
dinner meal."
Charlie Papazian
Founder of the American Homebrewers Association and Editor of
"Zymurgy"
"Some of the drier, hoppier full-bodied American amber ales, such
as Red Tail from Mendocino...could be considered the Cabernets of
the beer world. Jim Dittmore says that `Red Tail actually reminds
me of the Chateauneuf-du-Pape wines of France. That's a wine with
thirteen different grape types, so it has a very complex flavor with
a number of different tastes. For me, Red Tail Ale has that kind of
complexity'."
Jim Parker
San Francisco Examiner
"The bottle is a real eye-catcher on the supermarket shelf, with
a stunning label illustrating a red-tailed hawk.
Red Tail Ale is bottled-conditioned, so there's a slight
deposit of yeast in the bottom of the bottle. If it's disturbed in
handling, you might want to let it settle before opening so you can
pour a clear glass of ale.
The color is an appealing coppery bronze. There's a ton of fruit
in the nose, and it comes on strong in the flavor, too. At the same
time, it has a robust and rustic character. It's a complex ale for
its weight, but also well-balanced and dry in the finish. I've been
a Red Tail fan for years..."
Vince Cottone
Seattle Post-Intelligence
"I have long admired this perfumey, fruity ale and am distraught
whenever I see it mistakenly associated with the current trend
towards generically-styled `red ales' simply because of its name.
Make no mistake about it: Red Tail is a delectable American
original."
Stephen Beaumont
From "The Wine Enthusiast"
CONTACT: Mendocino Brewing Company
Bob Meadows, 707/744-1015
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