Carlow OHaras Irish Red

Brewed by Carlow
Style: Irish Ale
Carlow, Ireland

From a 11.2 oz. bottle, best before date on the back label, sampled at cellar temperature in a pint glass. Poured a clear reddish amber with a foamy, bubbly topped off-white head that slowly settled into a thin creamy lacing, minimal amount of laced sticking. Aromas of toasted caramel and grains, herbal tea-like hops and a light fruitiness. Good carbonation and a crisp, dry, smooth medium-light bodied mouthfeel. Tastes of toasted grains and buttery caramel, herbal hops along with dry tea leaves, a subtle sweet fruitiness, and a dry spicy, toasted toffee malty finish. Not bad, easy drinkability, a bit refreshing on this summer day.

12 oz. bottle. Clear deep ruby, off white medium but well sustained head with nice lacing. Very appealing looking. Faint sweet malt aroma, with barely detectable hops. Medium body dominated by caramel, woody flavor. Little hops in evidence except for the dry, lightly bitter finish.

Pours a nice amber color. Not a lot of aroma, sweet malt with a hint of fruit/hops. Flavor is malty, with a touch of bitterness.

Bottle. Red-brown with a nice big head. Sweet aroma of toasty malts and hops. Flavour of bitter caramel, toasty malts, hops, bit fruity, bit of spices. A good tasting red ale.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, labelled as "Moling’s Traditional Red Ale", purchased at the LCBO, savoured on February 20 2008; eye: dark caramel with a reddish hue and pale caramel reflections, nice voluminous creamy beige head, clear, no effervescence, lacing; nose: grainy malt, light hops, light peat, lights spices; mouth: a bit thin, a bit of grainy malt, a bit of caramel, a bit of peat, a bit of hops, a bit of spices on the tip of the tongue, finale in grainy caramelized malt, a bit of astringency, mildly bitter, slightly sweet, mildly carbonated; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, étiquetée comme « Moling’s Traditional Red Ale », achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 20 février 2008; œil : caramel foncé avec une teinte rougeâtre et des reflets caramel pâle, belle mousse crémeuse beige abondante, claire pas d’effervescence, dentelle; nez : malt granuleux, léger houblon, léger tourbe fumé, léger épices; bouche : un peu mince, un peu de malt granuleux, un peu de caramel, un peu de tourbe fumé, un peu de houblon, un peu d’épices sur le bout de la langue, finale en malt caramélisé granuleux, un peu d’astringence, moyennement amère, très légèrement sucrée, moyennement carbonatée; en résumé : correct

0.5 l bottle. Amber-red color with thick head. Both aroma and flavor are mainly toasty, nutty and caramelly. Finishes dry. Fairly high carbonation. This is’t my style of beer at all but this is one of the best Irish reds I have tasted.

Bottle. Pours a clear reddish amber with a lacy off-white head. Some nutty sweetness and fruit in the aroma. Light, watery body and active carbonation. The taste starts lightly sweet with nuts, bread, caramel moving to a touch of smoke and earth for a dry finish.

12 ounce bottle pours a nice red.Taste decent some hops and easy to put down probably wouldnt buy again.