Carlow OHaras Irish Red

Brewed by Carlow
Style: Irish Ale
Carlow, Ireland

Bottle. Mahogany colored body with a small tanned head. Nose is slightly roasted with caramel, sweet malts, and light cocoa. Taste is slightly bitter chocolate, caramel, lightly roasted malts, and hints of sugar and cream laden coffee. Body is medium and moderately carbonated. Light lingering roatsed bitterness. Finish is roastier, burnt caramel notes, slight hints of coffee, and sweet maltiness. Not bad. Drinkable but nothing I haven’t had before.

500 ml bottle, as "Molings Traditional Red Ale / Traditional Celtic Beer", bought in Denmark. Chestnut colour, large cream-coloured head. Very moderate aroma of malts and caramel. Malty flavour with some toffee and a noticeable bitterness, but not very complex or remarkable. Drinkable of course, but this is a beer that probably would be a lot better if cask or bottle conditioned. It’s not, which makes it not that much better than "average".

I don’t understand why this is rated so low. I thought the flavor was indescribably smooth and delicious.

Bright dark amber hue, with reddish highlights, a tan-colored foamy head, caramelized malt, roasted grains, bready, malty aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palater with grainy, nutty, malty character, sweet roasted grains, toasty malt, caramel malt, in a low hopping finish.

pours a dark brown with a reddish hue with a decent foamy off-white head, the smell is mostly of malts and spices but very light almost not present. flavor is mostly fruity with some bitterness at the finish, its a good beer, just not brag worthy

Nose was practically absent. Amber red, with small lace. Pretty boring, I was expecting more. Grassy taste offset by some bitterness. I detected no sweet malt finish as promised.

Bottled. Darkish beer with a red tinge and a foam head. The aroma is very light, malty and slightly stale, and the flavour is quite dry with a hint of malt. Overall a reasonable dry beer.

Pours a deep dark brown red color with a nice amount of foam slightly offwhite head. Aroma is sweet malty, slightly caramely and a tad bit of almost belgian spices. Flavor is very watery with a slight fruit flavor that quickly dissapears and replaced by a mostly dry finish. Overall, a decent watery brew.