seeing red

This was a recommendation.  I had a slight hankering for a red, and the beer store clerk was all ready to give me suggestions.  It's a (French) Canadian version of German altbier, and the aroma is a strong, fruity sour that comes out almost as soon as the cap comes off.  It's also about as red as any red beer, although it is a bit cloudy, and the foam is sort of yellow-y.  There's a kind of similarity to cider between appearance and smell.  The flavor is undeniably beer, though.  Quite satisfactory, given what I was looking for.  In spite of the hint of Belgian beers at first whiff, the flavor is lacking any of that sharp sour so typical of the Belgians.  It's a hearty, round bitter with just the mildest bit of sweetness rising up from the back of the tongue.  A good pondering beer, to sit back and relax with.