Meabh Rua

The White Hag in Ballymote, Sligo, Ireland 🇮🇪

Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Regular

Score

6.53

ABV: 8.2%

IBU: 30

Ticks: 11

An imperial red ale. Deeply malty; with hints of honey, caramel, and peat. Full-bodied with a chewy mouthfeel, and a slight alcoholic warmth.

Join Us

Show

All Activity

Only Reviews

6.6

Cheeseboard (6301) reviewed Meabh Rua from The White Hag 5 years ago

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

Bottle split at monthly bottleshare at Brewdog Bristol, Sept 2019. Pours dark amber with a thin beige head. Aroma: caramel, red fruits, peat smoke. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, caramel, toffee, light smoked meat, a little red fruit with spicy bitterness on the finish. Medium body with light carbonation

Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2021 at 22:02

Rasmus40 (37098) reviewed Meabh Rua from The White Hag 6 years ago

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

Bottle @ Øllets Dag, Tidens Farver. Hazy brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dark malts and dried fruit. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish with a little warming alcohol. 070919

Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2019 at 12:02

6.6

Camons (21701) reviewed Meabh Rua from The White Hag 6 years ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle @ Tidens Farver, Øllets dag festival. Pours hazy rusty brown with a very small offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, oak, light smoke, whisky. Flavor is sweet, malty, caramel, wood, oak, dried fruit, whisky, light alcohol. Medium body, soft to average carbonation, sweet finish with a bit of warming alcohol. 070919

Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2019 at 11:58

Mrf33n3y (6649) ticked Meabh Rua from The White Hag 7 years ago

A bit boozy, light on carbonation. Quite strong flavor.

Tried on 31 Mar 2019 at 14:44

6.8

Mr_Pink_152 (17449) reviewed Meabh Rua from The White Hag 8 years ago

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

Bottle from Flavourly.com. Hazy rich ruby colour with a thin off white head. Aroma malty and slight smoke. Taste light smokey sweet. Medium to full body.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2017 at 14:23

7.1

Stuu (34178) reviewed Meabh Rua from The White Hag 8 years ago

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

Bottle at home. Pours reddish brown, nose is caramel, toffee, nutty, little varnish, taste is malty, chewy, caramel, smoky, dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2017 at 11:29

6.4

vinivini (12875) reviewed Meabh Rua from The White Hag 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Deep copper colour, moderate off-white head. Aroma: caramel, yeast, esters. Similar taste. Medium sweet. Dried fruit. Alco well hidden.

Tried on 29 May 2017 at 10:25

6.5

alex_leit (19738) reviewed Meabh Rua from The White Hag 9 years ago

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

Bottle. Amber color. Aroma: butter, malt, caramel and dried fruits. Taste: butter and cheese, malt, caramel and dried fruits, a little nutty.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2017 at 13:38

rami-pl (12993) ticked Meabh Rua from The White Hag 9 years ago

Karmel, jakies suszone ciemne owoce.... Ale takie ledwo wyczuwalne, nie pasi jednak. Ale i nie boli ;)

Tried at Brewdog Warszawa on 30 Oct 2016 at 13:48

6.8

Theydon_Bois (46756) reviewed Meabh Rua from The White Hag 10 years ago

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

Keg at Brew Dock, Dublin, 28/06/15. Clear amber with a well appointed light beige covering. Nose is subtle peated malt, light TOP, toffee, dark fruit rinds. Taste comprises peated notes, caramel, light smoke, biscuit, stewed prunes. Medium + bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with sweet and sour licks. Decent enough fayre.

Tried on 28 Jun 2015 at 10:01