Carolina Beer Co. Limerick Irish Red

Carolina Beer Company
Formerly brewed at Foothills Brewing
Style: Irish Ale
Mooresville, North Carolina USA

Serve in English pint

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This was a decent irish red but nothing special, slight hop flavor with a heavy malt backbone.

Drank from the tap at the Galway Hooker Bar in Lake Norman, NC. Ruby red pour with a thin white head. Light aroma of sweet malts. Taste is dry, bready and thin.

6/9/10. On tap in the Charlotte airport. Orange-red pour. Generic malty beer aroma. The flavor is bread, crackers, some dry malts, and not much else. Not as bad as the brown, but not awesome.

12 oz bottle from a coworkers beer of the month club. Poured a thin rust colored body with a tiny foamy whtie head. Aroma of sweet wet grains, caramel, toffee and maybe even a touch of raisin. The body is far to thin and watery with a light touch of carbonation. Flavor of super soggy grains, wet grass, rotting caramel. Blah.

UPDATED: APR 27, 2010 Draft… This beer rocks!... Clear copper ale with a small, creamy, white head. Great, long-lasting retention. The aroma is simple, but fantastically malty – pure caramel and toasted malt. Medium-bodied with sparkling carbonation. The flavor is a direct reflection of the nose – sweet caramel and toasted malt with just enough bitterness to prevent sickly sweetness. Crisp, but malty, finish. Just the way I like it. This brew is just plain getting’ it done for me. Can’t get enough. Reminiscent of the now-retired Lake Tahoe Crystal Bay Red Ale - RIP. Underrated... although I AM drinking this fresh; from clean draft line; and close to the source. Regardless, HUGE drinkability. World class malt bomb!

Red/amber pour into Sprecher pint glass. Faint aroma of caramel and roasted malts. A medium body with some bisquit in the flavor and a faint bitterness. A smokey roasted finish. Easy drinking.

Nice clear light mahogany with a quickly fading head, no lacing or head retention. Aroma of caramel and a touch of light smoke. Flavor has notes of toasted malt, caramel and some peat. Only moderately sweet, has a touch of bitterness. Medium body with spritzy carbonation. Not bad, just very less than average.

Serving: 12 oz. bottle labled as Cottonwood Irish Style Red. Appearance: Clear amber color with a sizeable, foamy, light tan head. Unfortunately the head doesn’t stick around long. Aroma: Slightly vegetative nose with notes of vinegar, caramel, and a touch of skunk. Flavor: Slightly tart and not in a good way, a very small caramel note is present, and there really isn’t anything else. There isn’t anything "Irish" about this. Palate: Oily on the tongue, highly carbonated and thankfully short in the finish. Overall: I sincerely hope this one went bad because this beer is terrible. Total drain pour.

Reddish brown with a small head. Toasted malt brown sugar molasses aroma. Some caramel malt flavor and overall sweetness. Kinda thin, with a sour finish, but surprisingly good with chocolate cake.

some bubblegum fruit and it is sweet and chalky in the finish. a touch tart almost sour with hidden hop character and some malt. a touch of tobacco and leather is it trying to find an identity? a bit roasted with cheap alcohol taste eehhh.