Searbh Rua
The White Hag in Ballymote, County Sligo, Ireland 🇮🇪
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
6.30
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This Irish Imperial Sour Red is not as harsh as some of it's sour cousins, sue to the balancing sweetness from the rich malts used. On the nose it has caramel and toffee sweetness combined with a clear citrus note and a hint of peat. Deep ambe. Mild tartness from the yeasts is balanced by sweetness of rich Irish Malt.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
12oz bottle pours out a dark cola brown topped with a small head. Nose is mostly peat malts a little touch of cherries and maybe some plum. Taste is more of the peat it leads the way then a little touch of sweet fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2016
at 20:11
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Previous Metals, Brooklyn tap: pours brownish red with a small head. Aroma is caramel malt, vinegar, and light funk. Taste is mostly malty and very lightly sour. Not very good. Uneventful.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Apr 2016
at 19:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Craigs. Pours clear red-brown with a thin off-white head. Aromas of light sour, light vinegar, some red fruit. Taste is sour red fruit. Woody, tannin finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2015
at 17:15
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle sample at a tasting at Noam’s place. Thanks Tom L. Hazy red-amber. Aroma of band-aid, peat, a bit of glue, malt, caramel. Sweet and slightly acidic flavor, with malt, caramel, fruitiness, band aid, a bit of peat. Medium-bodied. Weird.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2015
at 17:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at craig’s. Pours deep ruby, nose is funky, floral, sweet toffee, taste is juicy fruit, light funk, sweet. --- Beer merged from original tick of Searbh Rua Imperial Sour Red on 26 Nov 2015 at 09:24 - Score: 7. Original review text: Bottle at craig’s. Pours deep ruby, nose is funky, floral, sweet toffee, taste is juicy fruit, light funk, sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2015
at 13:21
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle at home .. dark brown .. thhin tan lacing .. soft sweet herbal fruit nose .. odd herbal fruit ... litlle viscous... very fruity .. and a not quite sourness... just a little odd
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2015
at 13:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Many thanks to Beersiveknown for this bottle. Fresh sour beginning. Smooth aftertaste, lots of red wood, red fruits, sour with not too much acidity. Fresh red aftertaste with lots of fruity wood. Fresh and easy to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2015
at 14:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Draught at IBWF15. Murky redish brown with a thin head. Aroma is toffee and caramel. Flavour starts with a sticky sweetness, dark fruity, tart sour kick at the back, alcohol is not dominant. Sour finish.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2015
at 03:02