Bay Ale
Galway Bay Brewery in Oranmore, County Galway, Ireland 🇮🇪
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular|
Score
6.42
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Bay Ale is a copper coloured, traditional ale with malt and hop aromas and a smooth and well-balanced flavour. Hoppy, yet malt-forward this ale strikes a great balance. Using Perle, Bobek and Willamette hops alongside a strong malt backbone this beer is both for savoring and thirst-quenching, depending on your mood.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Dicey Reilly in Ballyshannon. Appearance - deep amber to brown with a lovely fawn head. Nose - red fruit, wood and biscuits. Taste - more of the same. Some orange fruit too. A touch of popcorn on the finish. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry balanced finish. Overall - exactly as an Irish Red Ale should drink. Enough taste to keep it interesting while being extremely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2016
at 12:51
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at The Brew Dock, pours a clear amber with a small white head. Nose is quite floral, with bready notes and some light toffee. Flavour is fairly boring, with bready notes and dry hops to back. Not much character to this one. Leaves something to be desired.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Apr 2015
at 12:50
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle at Craig’s. It pours hazy deep red with minimal beige head. The nose is soft, fruity, jammy, red berry and sticky fruit syrup. The taste is sweet, red berry, jammy, light toast, grain and mild bitterness with a dry finish. Light-medium body and fine carbonation. Pretty drying. No depth. Very so-so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2014
at 12:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at home... Deep red brown... Soft sweet toffee malts nose... Sweet fruits... Soft toffee fruit.. Ok cask at fyne fest 2015 ... dark brown black... small tan head ... dark roast ... dark malts ... dark soft fruit ... oft toffee fruits 3.4
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2014
at 12:12
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Drinkstore, Dublin [120414]
Copper amber, slight haze, frothy dense off white head, some lacing
Aroma - brown toasted malts, slight red berry fruits
Taste of toasted malts, some caramel malts, dab of bitter zest hops under the brown malts, slight hint of berry fruits, some brown bread crust, bit earthy, brown leaves
Palate - medium carb, thin to medium body, soft mouthfeel, soft sweet malts, fairly bitter. Finish is more bitter, toasted malt and bitter spicy hop linger
Overall - A standard bitter ale, the least impressive of the Galway Bay beers I’ve tried. Not too bad.
Copper amber, slight haze, frothy dense off white head, some lacing
Aroma - brown toasted malts, slight red berry fruits
Taste of toasted malts, some caramel malts, dab of bitter zest hops under the brown malts, slight hint of berry fruits, some brown bread crust, bit earthy, brown leaves
Palate - medium carb, thin to medium body, soft mouthfeel, soft sweet malts, fairly bitter. Finish is more bitter, toasted malt and bitter spicy hop linger
Overall - A standard bitter ale, the least impressive of the Galway Bay beers I’ve tried. Not too bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2014
at 18:39