Carlow OHaras Irish Red

Pours a dark red-brown color with a very, very thin white head. Aroma is a light prune sweetness, toffee, caramel, ash and light dark roasted notes. Flavor is a thin all around of light prune, smoke and caramel. Mouth feel is extremely thin (can not emphasize this enough) with very low carbonation making it a very bland feeling beer. Overall the aroma is solid but the flavor really falters because how thin and watery the beer feels. Not a good beer by any stretch of the imagination

Bottle. Clear reddish colour with a medium white head. Sweet malty taste with fruity notes. Light hoppy finish.

Reviewed 4/19/2009 (Bottle): Pours a dark red body, clear. Huge foamy light tan head , pretty lasting. English malty tasting, malty. Some bitterness. Some malt roastiness. Hard to describe besides British. Some nuttiness too. Roasted malty aroma. Lots of malt. Some light chocolate too.

Bottle poured a clear dark reddish amber with a small lingering amber head. Aromas of carmel, fruittiness and a hint of earthiness. Palate was light to medium bodied and crisp. Flavors of carmel, light fruittiness and a hint of eathiness with a crisp lightly bitter malty finish.

a pretty good red .. . muddled .. . smoking sticky buds out of a can .. . dark ruby colour ... ok stuff but very boring... a mass people friendly beer...

Sample at March 27, 2009 beer club meeting. Great color! Has a dark mahogany color with an off-white head and a smoky aroma. Smoky flavor, too... a roasted red! Pretty good. This may be my favorite Irish Red.

A bit light tan soapy head sits upon a dark caramel colored beer. That head lasts a long time and leaves a tapestry lacing. Aroma is sweet and malty with the faintest hint of smoke. Flavor is less appealing than the appearance or aroma in that it is somewhat thin. It is sweet caramel malt that is steady throughout. However, there is a watery flavor that somewhat undermines the experience.

Poured a ruby red color with an off white head. Aroma was malty blandness. Flavor was much the same sweet maltiness and some metallic notes as well. Not very good.