Stag Rua
9 White Deer Brewery in Ballyvourney, County Cork, Ireland 🇮🇪
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular|
Score
6.41
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Stag Rua is a beer with big malt flavours and it’s our impression of a perfect Irish Red Ale. The body is moderate meaning it’s not a heavy beer with an ABV of 4.2%. The flavour profile of Stag Rua is full of irresistible chocolate, caramel and toffee characteristics. These are derived from liberal use of chocolate and crystal malts beside the gorgeous Irish ale malt.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Ok refreshing amber ale
Well balanced
Bready, herbal and fruity
[Bottle at The Abbot’s Ale House in Cork, Ireland]
Brewery #3193
Well balanced
Bready, herbal and fruity
[Bottle at The Abbot’s Ale House in Cork, Ireland]
Brewery #3193
Tried
from Bottle
at
The Abbot’s Ale House
on 26 Jan 2026
at 12:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. Bronze beer with a tan head. Malt aroma. Caramel flavor. Medium bodied. Caramel and light citrus linger.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Oct 2024
at 20:12
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle, reddish copper colour, medium head. Aroma is sweet, malt, caramel. Taste is the same, caramel, sweet, bitter, malt. Ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2024
at 18:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear amber brown colour, huge frothy beige head, dissipating slowly, heavy lacing. Aroma toasted malt, brown sugar, plum, light liquorice. Taste medium sweet and light to medium bitter, malty, roasty, burnt caramel, sugar notes. Light to medium body, watery texture, soft carbonation. Taste does not follow the aroma which is a pity, nevertheless quite okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2019
at 12:00
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Draught. Sampled as Gandalf’s ale in The Shire pub, Killarney. Due to artificial lighting, arbitrary appearance rating Cheesy nose, even runny cheese, lightly coloured malts. Sweet malts, caramel, finish is more bitter, leafy. Seems to sport a tad diacetyl. Thankfully this one gets not sweeter warming up, even more bitterish. Light bodied, finish gets truly watery. Not very great.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2016
at 03:57
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from McHughs. Deep red with a medium head. Aroma of bready malt. Flavor is dry red berry, malt, sweet bread finish. Long dry finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2015
at 13:54