McFarland Red

Brewed by Heineken Italia
Style: Irish Ale
Milano, Italy

Serve in English pint

Bottle. Dark amber colour with a small beige head. Aroma and flavour of hops, malt and herbs.

Bottle, poured a clear red/orange colour with a thin bubbly yellowish head. A toasted malt aroma with a mix of molasses and coffee bean. A little astringent in the mouth and some light malty flavours with a decent hop kick. OK, but a bit sharp.

Bottled
Clear amber color, small head. Malty, bready, slightly harsh aroma. Malty and unbalanced bready flavor. Harsh, grassy hops in the finish. Not really in its (default) style, but at least has some taste in it - not all pale lagers are doing this.

Coppery colored, little light brown head. Sweet aroma with mild chocolate, alcohol and some nutty tones, still not very rich one. Medium bodied. Flavor is more estery with chocolate and sweetness, caramel also there. Aftertaste has some alcohol and bitterness with some unclean cardboard.

Not a bad beer at all. I had no idea this is italian. I thought I was drinking a genuine irish brew. Mild malty taste, no aftertaste to speak of. Quite strong on alcohol, yet doesn’t taste strong. The mildness makes this one a thirst quencher, but the high alcohol percentage doesn’t really support that.

Poured a reddish brown amber with a light brown head. The aroma is sweet malt. the taste is a somewhat weak sweet malt.

This is a midly ok beer from Italy. As far as beers made in Italy go, this is defintately one of the better ones. I suppose it is not authentic, but at least it is not that bad.

Orange colour, short head. Weak malty aroma. Sweet, fruity, hoppy, herbal, medium body. Boring ale.