Brú Brewery Red Ale / Rua

Red Ale / Rua

 

Brú Brewery in Trim, Meath, Ireland 🇮🇪

  Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular Out of Production
Score
6.35
ABV: 4.2% IBU: 20 Ticks: 34
An aromatic red ale for today’s drinker. With a biscuity malt backbone and notes of caramel and pine, BRÚ Red is a sophisticated and modern beer.

Hops: Chinook
Malts: Pale, Caramunich II, Arome, Biscuit, Chocolate
 

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6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Cask at the henry Addington. Reddy copper coloured pour with a creamy off white head. Aroma is semi sweet nutty toasted malts, red Berry, little twig. Flavour is composed of rounded malts, tangy red Berry, smooth, toasted, nutty malts. Palate is semi sweet, creamy, nitro, decent cask condition. OK.

Tried from Cask on 24 Mar 2016 at 18:04


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tried at The Three Stags, Bebbington. Deep golden colour with a thick white head. Caramel aroma with light citrus, taste is light sweet, malty, with a mid bitter finish.

Tried on 21 Mar 2016 at 14:04


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the haymarket. Pours clear golden, nose is malty toffee, caramel, orange , taste is sweet, fruity, thin.

Tried from Cask on 18 Mar 2016 at 04:33


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On cask at the Haymarket. Appearance - golden amber with a decent head. Nose - light jam and biscuits. Taste - red fruit and maybe orange with biscuits at the back. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - a solid Irish red ale.

Tried from Cask on 16 Mar 2016 at 10:10


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Haymarket as Bru Irish Red Ale. Pours clear golden amber with a thin white head. Citrus and caramel aromas. Light sweet taste, some tangerine. Set, malty finish.

Tried from Cask on 12 Mar 2016 at 05:18


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Pours a pale amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2015 at 05:56


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Mitchell’s Wines, Sheffield, for the princely sum of £1.25. Clear, dark copper colour. Small, dense, light beige head. Aroma of caramel. Dried vine fruits. A bit nutty. Taste is fruity sweet. Thin body. Finishes more of the same, with a dry close. Not for me.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2015 at 14:08


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a malt, caramel, and straw. The aroma has notes of malt and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and straw, leading to a dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Dec 2014 at 14:58


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

50 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a white head. Aroma is grapefruity and light toasted. Dry, herbal and light grapefruity. Bitter and toasted malty finish.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Dec 2014 at 14:55


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle at Nutty’s house, his night before 40th livener, cheers to the host 05/12/14. Clear amber with reddish hues and a light beige head. Nose is caramel forward, berry fruits, malty notes. Taste comprises biscuit malt, dried berry fruit, toasted brown sugar. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close with a low level of bitterness. Ok for style.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2014 at 02:42