George Killian's Irish Red
Coors Brewing Company in Golden, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Amber / Vienna Regular|
Score
5.43
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Rich amber color and a thick, creamy head. Introduced into the U.S. in 1981. Gold medalist (amber lager) at 1998 World Beer Cup.
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6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jul 2017
at 13:12
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
From old tasting notes. Nice copper red color with a medium tan head. Mildly sweet toasted malt aroma. Sweet toasted malt flavor fades quickly and becomes salty, then gassy. Light dry finish and aftertaste. Thin and watery.
Tried
on 08 May 2017
at 22:31
6/10
Tried
on 22 Oct 2016
at 06:42
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Clear, amber colored, off white small head. Aroma is of some malt and caramel, bit fruity. Taste is medium sweet malt and caramel, some fruity and bready notes, light grassy bitterness. Some cardboard as well. Medium to light bodied, soft carbonation. Nothing interesting but drinkable...
Tried
on 12 Sep 2016
at 14:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draft pour into pint glass. Aroma is sweet caramel. Appearance is clear ruby red with small ring of head and little sparkle and no lacing. Taste is moderately sweet caramel and roasted malts. Palate is light to medium bodied with average texture, soft carbonation and sweet finish. Overall, not a nuanced beer by any means but if you like a fairly light beer that is full of caramel, this could do it for you.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Dec 2015
at 23:11
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
A bit amber-ish color with a small off white head. Moderate and mild caramel and a bit bready aroma. Medium body and an ok carbonation. Mild caramel malty, bready and herbal flavor.
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[Bottle from Roberth]
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2015
at 05:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 8/31/2015. Pours crystal clear reddish copper color with a 1 finger fairly dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of caramel, brown bread, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/roast, herbal, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready/roast malt and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of caramel, brown bread, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/roast, herbal, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal/spicy/roast bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, brown bread, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/roast, and herbal/toasted earthiness on the finish for a short bit. Moderate dryness after the finish for roasted bitterness. Good complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/roast malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Fairly clean on lager flavors with minimal yeast ester notes present. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, fairly crisp, and lightly bready/chalky mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 4.9%. Overall this is a very solid Irish Red styled lager. All around good robustness, complexity, and balance of dark/bready/roast malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A pleasantly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2015
at 20:38
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
Pretty close to the emptiness of the void. Light sweet adjunct flavor. Some rust. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2015
at 21:20
6/10
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Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jun 2015
at 11:25
6/10
Tried
on 31 May 2015
at 23:15