O'Hara's / Carlow Brewing Company Double IPA

Double IPA

 

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

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
6.60
ABV: 7.5% IBU: 44 Ticks: 83
A full-bodied, full on Double I.P.A. combining caramel and malt flavours with a well-balanced and substantial bitterness. Light carbonation allows the full flavour of this Double IPA to shine through. At 7.5% abv, the high alcohol content is balanced with a caramel sweetness and a full bodied malt character.
 

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

Not my favourite double IPA, but it is acceptable, the alcool is a bit unpleasant, malty, sugar, it could be more hoppy. 09.09.2018, in the flat of Geisser, Lausanne, Vigie.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2025 at 16:29


4.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Can. Nose is caramel and curb. Taste is malty caramel, corn, cardboard, honey, slight pine, very acidic. Its exceptionally poor for the style

Tried on 06 Aug 2025 at 22:08


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7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Orange colour with medium white head.Aroma of pine needle trees and tangerine nice bitterness and crispy fruity good fruity mouth feels and also good note of hops.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jun 2025 at 05:47


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

Trüb bernsteinfarben mit weißer Schaumkrone. Malziger, hopfiger, fruchtiger Geruch. Geschmacklich malzig, hopfig, fruchtig mit Karamell und Citrus. Mittlere Süße mit hoher Bitterkeit, mittlerer Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Mar 2025 at 15:07


3.8
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 17

Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso finisce sul luppolo. La finezza olfattiva è normale e il modo in cui permane è sufficiente. Il manto birroso superiore è caratterizzato da una schiuma dalla buona tenuta e persistenza. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. La carbonazione è abbondante. Il liquido appare velato e anche qui la grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine, con velocità di ascesa vivace e persistente. Il colore è ambrato. Il corpo è strutturato. L'amaro è carico. La forza gustativa è elevata. La continuità gustativa è buona e persistente. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di amaro. Il retrogusto è intenso. L'aroma in bocca porta note di miele, frutta secca, resina, pino, agrumi, pompelmo e ananas.

Tried on 18 Feb 2025 at 12:03


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Dark amber, slight cloudiness, good 1cm persistent head. Floral nose with some caramel / Kandi sugar and coriander notes. Strong malts initially in the mouth, sweet, caramel. Good midrange and nice lingering bitterness. Definitely taste the alcohol in this one. Almost like having a whiskey chaser. Good!

Tried on 03 Jan 2025 at 01:18


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

0,44 l can. Pours hazy amber with a finger of rather quickly dissipating off white head. A veil remains and there's some lacing. Aroma is rather mild, caramel, some citruses, grassy, pine and resin, fruity. Taste is heavy sweet and medium bitter. Body is quite dense, almost oily. Finish is quite sweet and spicy.

Tried from Can on 07 Dec 2024 at 10:03



7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle bought as part of a delivery from Beers of Europe. Golden brown, clear with a large and short-lived off-white head leaving lacing down the glass. Light aroma of bright orange, pine, a little bit of toffee. Bitter taste, with piney and citrus hop oils lining the back of the throat. It's not impossibly bitter by any means but it's a change from the super-sweet NEIPAs we've all gotten used to.notes of orange peel and tea in the aftertaste. Medium body and carbonation. Impressive.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2024 at 20:59


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

Can, hazy amber colour white foam. Not very refreshing, caramel, pine, some citrus, light bitter finish.

Tried from Can on 25 Jul 2024 at 18:29