Manannan Mac Lir. "Son of the Sea" and the mystic Celtic warrior god after whom the Isle of Man is named. It was only time then, before we at least honoured him with a decent beer. We think he would be proud. MacLir, clouds and clears on pouring much like the legendary cloak of mist, with which Manannan is said to have protected the Island from invasion…and sub-standard beer.
MacLir is a superb Wheat Beer, with resin hops and lemon fruit on the aroma, banana and lemon in the mouth, and a big, bitter finish dominated by the hops, juicy malt and citrus fruit. Unlike lightly hopped Bavarian or Belgian wheat beers, MacLir also comes armed with a veritable oast house full of little green plants.
Ingredients: Pride of Ringwood from New Zealand, Cascade and Cluster from the US, Saaz from the Czech Republic, Styrian Goldings from Slovenia, and First Gold and Goldings from England.
MacLir is a superb Wheat Beer, with resin hops and lemon fruit on the aroma, banana and lemon in the mouth, and a big, bitter finish dominated by the hops, juicy malt and citrus fruit. Unlike lightly hopped Bavarian or Belgian wheat beers, MacLir also comes armed with a veritable oast house full of little green plants.
Ingredients: Pride of Ringwood from New Zealand, Cascade and Cluster from the US, Saaz from the Czech Republic, Styrian Goldings from Slovenia, and First Gold and Goldings from England.
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6/10
Tried
on 15 Jul 2014
at 05:58
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Goldgelbes Bier mit geringer Schaumkrone. Geruch hopfig, blumig, würzig. Geschmack hopfig bitter, trocken, blumig, florale Aromen.
Tried
on 13 Jul 2014
at 07:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
Bottle from Belfast. Golden in the glass, hoppy nose. The beer starts smooth, typical wheat-beer with fresh hoppy aroma. Very dry, nice bitter, interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2014
at 09:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from my European Secret Santa, many thanks. Deep golden color with medium white head. Wheat, candies in aroma. Very light wheaty taste with candies, aromatic hops. Bittersweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2014
at 12:35
2.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 0.5
16.06.2014, 0,5l bottle @ BBGTC tasting:
Tiny creamy shortlasting head, completely clear. Aroma is kind of sweet, wet grain, sugar, hay, caramel, heather, almonds. Taste is harsh, hay, weeds, grass, yeast, paper, heather. Medium bitterness, dry harsh mouthfeel. Holy crap on a cracker...
Tiny creamy shortlasting head, completely clear. Aroma is kind of sweet, wet grain, sugar, hay, caramel, heather, almonds. Taste is harsh, hay, weeds, grass, yeast, paper, heather. Medium bitterness, dry harsh mouthfeel. Holy crap on a cracker...
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2014
at 09:25
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle 500ml @ ClubGonzo
Pours clear deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, grassy and floral. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter. Body is light to medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, grassy and floral. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter. Body is light to medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2014
at 12:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle from Beer Huis, Ossett - Light copper body, thin vanishing white head. Hops, flowers, caramel, fruits and dryness in the nose. Medium bodied. Medium carbonated, mildly spicy, hopped and fruity flavour. Long in the finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2014
at 17:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear golden colour, white head. Aroma of straw, malts, hops and honey. Light bitter flavour, malts and straw. Bitter hippy finish, malts. Quite balanced and light.
(from 50cL bottle shared @ RBBWG, Gent. From trade with Cunningham, thanks!)
(from 50cL bottle shared @ RBBWG, Gent. From trade with Cunningham, thanks!)
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2014
at 05:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium orange yellow color with a small to average, open and fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, wheat, moderate hoppy, fruity, grass - dry grass. Flavour is moderate sweet with a average duration, dry grass, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20131229]
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2014
at 07:05
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
50cl bouteille @ RBBWG III, thanks Tinus. Dorée, col blanc léger. Arôme est fruité citronné noble en dominance malt anglais restant très basique sur qcq effluves caramel et ce côté noble caractéristique des ales anglaises. Note vraiment pas une influence du Cascade. Palais est ici aussi très anglais d’inspiration avec des pointes de malt et caramel, houblonné finement amer, nobles, fini sec et grains. Bière anglaise des plus typiques.
Tried
on 19 Jan 2014
at 13:03