Great Lakes Brewing Conway's Irish Ale

Conway's Irish Ale

 

Great Lakes Brewing in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸

  Amber / Red Ale - Irish Rotating
Score
6.60
ABV: 6.3% IBU: 25 Ticks: 56
A pint for Pa Conway! Our co-owners’ grandfather and policeman who’d likely uphold that an Irish Ale with full-bodied caramel malt flavors is just the ticket.
 

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6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled. Red brown clearish pour.white head. Malty chewy body. Not a tin of hops. Decent but not spectacular

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:06


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pint on tap at 1833 Restaurant, Oberlin. Clear, dark amber, light sparkle, no head and no lacing. Aroma is strong caramel, light spice. Taste mirrors aroma. Smooth texture, medium bodied, finish as taste. A typically boring style for me but at least there is excellent strength and some interest with the spiciness.

Tried from Draft on 20 Apr 2025 at 22:45


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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Aroma is bready, toasty, caramel, peppery. Taste has a light caramelly, bready malt sweetness backed by significant herbal hop bitterness.

Tried from Can on 20 Mar 2025 at 22:58


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can at home. Clear amber pour and smallish head. Nose is caramel and malt. Tastes of caramel, dried fruit, malt, hint of nuts and raisins. Thin bodied. Smooth though.

Tried on 17 Feb 2025 at 01:34


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours clear amber with a foamy light beige head. Toasted malt, caramel, bread, floral nores.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Feb 2023 at 06:08


6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Livonia Liquor. Pours a clear copper with a finger of beige foam. Toasted malt aromas, caramel and a touch of honey. Palate similar with some light leafy hops that linger. Smooth.w

Tried from Bottle from Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine on 17 Mar 2022 at 22:03


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Pins Mechanical Co, Columbus. Pours lightly hazed copper amber with a beige head. Aroma: toasted malts, bread, toffee. Taste: light sweet, moderate malty, bread crusts, nutty, earthy hop. Light to medium body, soft carb, light bitter finish

Tried from Draft on 08 Mar 2019 at 20:06


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle from Franks. Copper colour. Malty, grainy, light toasted, caramel, wort. Fairly sweet.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2019 at 19:15


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a dark orange almost amber color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that fell off at a good pace. Light stringy lace.
The aroma had some grassy sweet to bitter hops over top of a nice caramel/toffee base malt. Light pomme-like fruits then some bready sweetness. Ends with some toast.
The flavor had a decent blend of toast sweetness to malt sweetness with a touch of leafy to slight low herbal quality. Aftertaste had some nuts, the leafiness and the herbal quality. Pillowy sweet finish.
The feel was almost medium bodied, seemed like it sat just a tad under. I didn’t mind as it seemed just where I would want an Irish red ale to sit on my tongue. Carbonation felt good. ABV felt as projected by the brewer.
Overall, what’s not to love with this one. Great Lakes did a stellar job with this one and if I lived closer in it’s distro, I wouldn’t mind slamming this one back during St. Paddy’s Day.

Tried on 02 May 2017 at 11:43


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Tried on 23 Mar 2017 at 19:09