O'Hara's / Carlow Brewing Company Irish Stout

Irish Stout

 

O'Hara's / Carlow Brewing Company in Bagenalstown, Carlow, Ireland 🇮🇪

  Stout - Dry Regular
Score
6.70
ABV: 4.3% IBU: 36 Ticks: 318
The flagship of the O’Hara’s brand, this uniquely Irish stout brings one back to how Irish stouts used to taste. First brewed in 1999, it has since been awarded prestigious honours for its quality and authenticity. O’Hara’s Irish Stout has a robust roast flavour complemented by a full-bodied and smooth mouth feel. The generous addition of Fuggle hops lends a tart bitterness to the dry espresso-like finish.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Beer52. Black with beige head. Aroma and taste of chocolate, roast, light coffee, caramel, some dustiness, dry, light herbal. Medium bodied, quick slick. Nice stout.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:02


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Pouring gives the familiar nitro / Guinness effect. Settles quicker than Guinness though with a larger 3cm head. Dark malts on the nose, slight cocoa notes, dark toasted bread. Lovely smooth head while drinking. A good bit more body and slightly sweeter than Guinness, oilier, thicker. Nice lingering medium bitterness. Darkly toasted bread taste. Lovely, great alternative.

Tried on 02 Jan 2025 at 00:56


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle 0,5ltr: Opaque black coloured brew with an dry-bitter taste with an slightly sweet fruity hints. The beer was label as "Irish Stout".

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:39


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

Can from Kaufland Poljička, Split, shared with heavy. Very dark brown body, thick off-white head. Creamy aroma, raisins, chocolate, coffee, lightly toasty. Light, dry taste, bit roasty, bit toasty, bit yeasty somehow, empty... Okay at best really, but more drinkable than the Nitro Irish Red at least.

Tried from Can on 27 Dec 2024 at 19:55



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

Közepes, tartós hab fekete szín. Enyhén medvecukros, kávés, csokis illat. Száraz, kávés, pörkölt malátás íz. Könnyű, enyhén szénsavas, enyhén keserű. Kellemes, kissé a Guinnes-re hasonlító sör.

Tried on 09 Dec 2024 at 21:19


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can from the LCBO. Dark mahogany under a large foamy cage au lait coloured head that lingers and produces thick lace. Nose is coffee, dark chocolate, chalk, light vanilla and dark malts. Light sweet malt and a light+ coffee bitterness. Mouth is thinner than expected but still creamy with fine carbonation. 8-/5/7/3/15

Tried from Can on 26 Nov 2024 at 03:43


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Looks almost pitch black in the glass with a relatively dense, creamy-looking head, the slightest off-white. Good retention and nice lacing. A quite subdued aroma of soft dark malts: very light toasted notes, milk chocolate, light vanilla. Clean and simple. Taste is a little richer, at least in intensity if not in complexity. Soft milk/oatmeal stout like roasted malts with a light hint of coffee, milk chocolate, light vanilla. Leaning towards sweetness, but overall in good balance with enough flavour neutral bittering hops and a clean, dry enough finish. Light to medium body with very light, delicate carbonation; feels nicely smooth with a pleasant hint of creaminess. Overall a very simple but well made and pretty enjoyable soft stout. Very similar to guinness, but feels more natural.

Tried on 09 Nov 2024 at 14:49


7.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Can at Schwechat airport Billa. Does the job very well. Despite not being able to pour it in a glass, I clearly felt the nitro element and creamy smoothness on my tongue. It was dry, with a feeling of rather high but creamy carbonation. Fully roasty, coffeeish, a bit ashy, with little getting in the way. Good one.

Tried from Can on 27 Oct 2024 at 08:49


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

21/8/2024. Can at the 45th Peterborough Beer Festival. Pours close to black with a large creamy off-white to black head. Aroma is chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, dark fruits. Medium sweetness, light roasted bitterness. Moderate body, oily watery, soft carbonation.

Tried from Can on 30 Aug 2024 at 09:06