Stag Rua

9 White Deer Brewery in Ballyvourney, Cork, Ireland 🇮🇪

Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular

Score

6.41

ABV: 4.2%

IBU: 30

Ticks: 6

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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Cunningham (15791) reviewed Stag Rua from 9 White Deer Brewery 3 months ago

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

Tried from Bottle at The Abbot’s Ale House on 26 Jan 2026 at 12:56

6.4

bb (18607) reviewed Stag Rua from 9 White Deer Brewery 1 year ago

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

SVD (7213) reviewed Stag Rua from 9 White Deer Brewery 1 year ago

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

blackisle (5729) reviewed Stag Rua from 9 White Deer Brewery 6 years ago

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

Sloefmans (15519) reviewed Stag Rua from 9 White Deer Brewery 9 years ago

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

Culchiem (6642) reviewed Stag Rua from 9 White Deer Brewery 10 years ago

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