Fir Bolg

Munster Brewery in Youghal, Cork, Ireland 🇮🇪

Lager - Amber / Vienna Regular

Score

5.48

ABV: 4.2%

IBU: -

Ticks: 13

Malt Heavy with a healthy balancing dose of hops, Fir Bolg aspires to its mythical name. The Fir Bolg were one of the original clans that inhabited Ireland. We’ve chosen the finest malts for this beer which packs a tasty punch – Munich and Vienna malts along with some caramel plus a fine sized balancing dose of hops. This lager is all about the malts. They are to the forefront, smacking you around a little bit. You’ll thank us this has been left to age.

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4.1

Beerfest5 (1972) reviewed Fir Bolg from Munster Brewery 7 years ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

500ml bottle purchased at Aldi for home. The label says unfiltered, so I was prepped for a hazy beer, but really the pour plus the color and lack of any head made me think immediately that this is past it's prime. Aroma of old hop cones, resin, some basic grains, spelt, bran muffin. Taste is thin, carbonation isnt bad, but the overall mouthfeel and flavour rings of a beer not very well thought out and past it's best date.

Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2018 at 17:52

6.1

Leighton (34941) reviewed Fir Bolg from Munster Brewery 10 years ago

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

Bottle shared at the Cotteridge Convention 2015. Thanks, EvilEmpire. Pours cloudy amber-gold with a creamy, white head. The nose has some citrus rind and mellow farty notes. Light sweet flavor, mildly astringent, with more citrus, pale bread. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Sweet finish with more pale bread and light citrus accents. So so.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2015 at 05:23

5.5

Fergus (31329) reviewed Fir Bolg from Munster Brewery 10 years ago

Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle shared at the Cotteridge convention, 24/01/2015. Thanks to EvilEmpire for this one. Murky golden brown coloured pour with a lasting cream head. Aroma is earthy herbal, hop, grainy. Flavour is composed of tangy orange, berry, and some resin. Palater is grainy, with moderate carbonation. Lingering dirty earthy grains.

Tried from Bottle on 24 May 2015 at 13:24

5.6

Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Fir Bolg from Munster Brewery 11 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle split at the Cotteridge Bash, 24/01/15 thanks to Dave UP. Murky orange amber with a big olf off white head. Nose is twiggy, pale malt, straw, bitter fruit resonance. Taste comprises bitter orange, straw, apricot, pal malt, grain, citric notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. So so.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Feb 2015 at 13:40

WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Fir Bolg from Munster Brewery 11 years ago

Tried on 05 Feb 2015 at 05:24

4.5

Scopey (25115) reviewed Fir Bolg from Munster Brewery 11 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle at the Cotteridge Convention thanks to EvilEmpire. It pours cloudy, dirty amber with a thick white head. The nose is sweet, grainy, boiled veg, earthy and orange sponge cake. The taste is sweet, acrid bitterness, boiled cabbage, sugary, dough and sponge cake with a dry, sweetish finish. Medium body, high carbonation and foamy mouth-feel. Sweet, grainy and full of vegetable action.... Not great!

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2015 at 15:15

4.4

BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Fir Bolg from Munster Brewery 11 years ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

24th Jan 2015: bottle shared at the Cotteridge Wine meet, came via Yorkshire and Dave I believe. Strange one this and not one of my favourites of the tasting day. Hazy, murky amber body with a weak, thin white topping. Caramel notes in both the aroma and taste, some unwanted vegetable flavours within the taste which I didn’t take too, highly carbonated and just weird, but not in a good way.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jan 2015 at 09:16