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.

Better than the Ri IPA they came out with. Was expecting a sweet malty interpretation of the style given what they did with the IPA, but this had more of a hop presence than I thought it would. Lovely ruddy red color, large white head that stayed throughout. Aroma of juicy floral hops, bread, nuts, hay. Taste is spicy hops up front with a solid, if not overly sweet, malt backbone. Nothing to get excited about overall, fairly boring and uninspired product.

Bottle from Supervalu, Longford [170214]
Copper amber, clear, frothy off white head that dissipates
Aroma of grassy hop, caramel malts, touch of red berry underneath, cereal
Taste of fairly bitter grassy hop, fruity caramel malt, touch of red berries, some bitter orange zest
Palate - Soft carb. medium body, bitter zest with some light sweet fruity caramel malts. Finish - fairly bitter citrus zest, bitter grass, little dry, lingering bitter finish
Overall - This is a hoppy take on an Irish Red and it’s better than a lot of them

Draught at ICBF13. Clear mahogany with a large head. Fruity aroma, light toast. Flavour is toasted malt, brown sugar in an unexpected sharp hop base. Unusual and nice.