Maltings Irish Ale
Sullivan's Brewing Company in Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland 🇮🇪
Brewed at/by: Dundalk Bay Brewery and Distillery Co. (Brewmaster)Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular
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Score
6.71
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Our first beer from the revived Sullivan’s Brewing Company is Maltings Irish Red Ale. It’s a refreshingly balanced, ruby tinted classic Irish ale with a depth of malt flavour giving rich biscuit and gentle caramel notes.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Dark amber colour. Moderate maæty and light hoppy aroma. MOderate bitter nice malty flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Mar 2026
at 12:05
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Pours a clear red brown with a small, creamy, short lived, beige head that leaves spotty lacing. Sweet aroma of toasted bready malt, toffee, plum and floral hops. Sweet flavour of toasted biscuity malt, caramel, prune, date and spicy hops in a dry, bitter finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. Tasty and enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
from
Andrew Hilton Wine and Spirits
on 06 Mar 2026
at 06:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Draught at Grafton Street Pub, 2/7/26.
Bit of toast and caramel with some red berry and a touch of char.
Reasonably malty but drying out with toast and grain. Moderately fruity, clean and reasonably satisfying. Not over toasted or thin. I'll take it.
Bit of toast and caramel with some red berry and a touch of char.
Reasonably malty but drying out with toast and grain. Moderately fruity, clean and reasonably satisfying. Not over toasted or thin. I'll take it.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2026
at 01:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Smell of malt, earth. Deep copper colour, small beige head. Aroma of sweet malt, earth, metal. Medium bitter. Slightly dry palate. Medium carbon.
Tried
from Draft
at
O'Connell's Irish Bar
on 06 Feb 2026
at 22:17
6/10
Kilkenny, Ireland! New region!
Ruby ale. Harsh bitterness but smooth malt
Ruby ale. Harsh bitterness but smooth malt
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jan 2026
at 03:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Ruby colour, medium-sized beige head. A bit bready, caramelly aroma. Light to medium-bodied. Caramalty, some light hoppy bitterness. Maltier than Kilkenny's one. You probably guess how this tastes before trying it.
Tried
from Can
from
K-Supermarket (Kampus)
on 31 Dec 2025
at 19:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Brown with off white head - Malt aroma - Malt body with some caramel notes and olso some nice bitterness - Malt flavours and bitterness goes into the finish - This was nice
Tried
from Can
from
Vinmonopolet Røros
on 18 Dec 2025
at 21:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Bottle 50cl. @home poured into a pint glass. Clear briljant deep amber colour, good frothy beige head, slowly diminishing, light lacing. Aroma roasted malt, caramel, dark fruits, prunes, grassy hops. Taste medium sweet and bitter, malty, light yet present roast, caramel, hint fortified wine. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation, malty sweetbitter aftertaste, lingering roasty nuances, some coffee groundings, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
from Le Comptoir Irlandais
on 07 Dec 2025
at 18:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A dark reddish beer, a head is medium and light beige. Aroma has caramel, dried fruitness, apricot. Taste has sweet dried fruitness, some roasted notes, not too sweet. Medium bodied. This is very nice beer.
Tried
from Can
from
K-Citymarket (Turku Kupittaa)
on 22 Nov 2025
at 12:00