Guinness (St. James's Gate) Smithwick's Red Ale (3.8%)

Smithwick's Red Ale (3.8%)
(Batch of Smithwick's Red Ale (4.5%))

 

Guinness (St. James's Gate) in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪

  Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular
Score
6.00
ABV: 3.8% IBU: - Ticks: 5
The distinctive Ruby Red colour makes it unmistakably Smithwick’s. With a refreshingly balanced taste, this is a blend of mild hops, sweet malt, and roasted barley. The gentle bitterness of the hops is perfectly complemented by the sweet, malty notes.
 

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6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle 50cl. @home poured into a pint glass. Clear deep amber/copper colour, tall creamy off-white head, slowly dissipating. Aroma light roasted malt, caramel, biscuit, light nutty notes, grassy hops. Taste medium sweet and light to medium bitter, malty, light roasty, caramel, toffee, nutty notes. Light to medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation, mild sweetbitter aftertaste, solid bitter, better than expected, nice.

Tried from Bottle from Le Comptoir Irlandais on 16 Oct 2025 at 17:28


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

Can 0,5 ltr: Clear dark amber coloured brew with an lighty sweet bitter taste with hints of caramel, roasted malts and some nuts. It's the 3,8% version

Tried from Can on 02 Jun 2025 at 07:13


5

As Smithwicks Red Ale. Grainy, barley, sweet, sugary, fizzy, papery

Tried from Draft on 31 Oct 2023 at 09:34


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

Bottle from local. Reddish amber colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty sweet. Thin body.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2021 at 16:16


4.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

On tap @ a random hotel in Londonderry. More or less a clear one this, it has a mild brown copper colored body and a creamy off-white head on the top, lots of dots down the glasses. Smells really mild. A little caramel sweetness, toffee and a mild vegetal hint. Mild. Tastes much the same, just even a little more dryish and boring. Thin oily in the mouth and it's mild on the carbonation as well. Pretty standard Irish stuff really. Nothing special about it other than the fact that it's being consumed in Northern Ireland. 05.06.2016

Tried from Draft on 05 Jul 2016 at 00:39