Searbh Rua

The White Hag in Ballymote, Sligo, Ireland 🇮🇪

Sour / Wild Beer Regular

Score

6.30

ABV: 7.9%

IBU: -

Ticks: 8

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

Buckeyeboy (18931) reviewed Searbh Rua from The White Hag 9 years ago

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

Mansquito (19309) reviewed Searbh Rua from The White Hag 10 years ago

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

allmyvinyl (21224) reviewed Searbh Rua from The White Hag 10 years ago

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

DSG (25989) reviewed Searbh Rua from The White Hag 10 years ago

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

Stuu (34178) reviewed Searbh Rua from The White Hag 10 years ago

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

cagarvie (40235) reviewed Searbh Rua from The White Hag 10 years ago

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

Erzengel (18597) reviewed Searbh Rua from The White Hag 10 years ago

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

Culchiem (6642) reviewed Searbh Rua from The White Hag 11 years ago

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