Diving Bell
Galway Bay Brewery in Oranmore, County Galway, Ireland 🇮🇪
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
7.15
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Diving Bell is Galway Bay’s tip of the hat to the Scottish Wee Heavy. A beer style well matched for the stormy days & nights they endure in Galway. Brewed with a base of Scotland’s finest Golden Promise malt, heaps of crystal malt & a touch of roast barley. Followed by a long, cool fermentation with Scottish ale yeast before being racked to Nicaraguan Rum Casks on Valentine’s Day, where it has rested for seven months. Silky smooth with big notes of molasses, stone fruit & a little spice. Diving Bell is a sweet, malty beast with a beautifully delicate structure.
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8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2019
at 21:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, gift from Marc Morshuis, thanks! Deep dark brown color. Caramel, vanilla and vinous notes in the aroma. Malt, caramel, dried fruit, vanilla and rum in the flavor. Warming alcohol, floral, vinous. Pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 08:41
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 500 ml from the Black Sheep, Dublin. Shared with Max and JFK10000. Brown with beige head. Caramel, malty, some dried fruit, sugar, light rum, sweet, warming, medium to full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
at
The Black Sheep (Galway Bay)
on 17 Mar 2019
at 08:47
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Color: Very dark copper, off-white head. Aroma: Red fruit, dark fruit, vinuous. Taste: Over medium sugary sweet, boozy rum, malty, sweetish and slightly sourish red fruit and stone fruit, molasses and some caramel. Spicy notes. Slightly perfume-like. Full body, below average carbonation. Syrupy. Long lasting fruity rum finish. I needed some time to appreciate this beer and it'scomplexity but after some time I pretty liked it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2019
at 20:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
schenkt robijnrood met lichte kraag. aroma van mout en graan, smaken zijn alcoholisch, clean, mout, graan, rozijn, donker fruit, matig tot redelijk zoet, caramel, droog, wel wat dun en alcoholisch., aardig --- Beer merged from original tick of Diving Bell - 2018 Rum Barrel-Aged on 19 Jan 2019 at 23:21 - Score: 8. Original review text: Alcohol, rum, redelijk zoet, vanille, caramel, rozijn, eiken, clean, erg mooi etiket btw, bier is goed.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2019
at 12:36
8/10
Rum-soaked wood, mouldy oak, spiced rum, toffee, old-school hops. Smooth texture, medium body. 3.9 --For my father.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2018
at 21:04
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 375ml. @ [ Post-PBF Lost-Box Hotel Room tasting ] - oh6gdx room, Helsinki, Finland. [ As Galway Bay Diving Bell ].[ Courtesy of my Local Swap 2016-1 - Beersiveknown ]. Unclear medium amber colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, cookie, caramel, sweet malt, dried fruit, alcohol, light raisin. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, dried fruit, bread, cookie, caramel, malty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20170406] 7-2-8-3-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2017
at 13:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled@Post-PBF Lost-Box Hotel Room tasting. Ambery brown colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is toasted, mild toffee, some earth and raisins with some slight peated notes. Flavour is big time boozy raisin sweetness, alcohol, some toffee and mild toasted notes. Yet quite tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2017
at 06:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
375ml bottle@the lost box tasting @hotel room in Helsinki. Poured murky brown color with almost no head. Aroma has raisin, dried fruits, sherry notes. Flavor has raisins, sweetness, caramel, dried fruits. Heavy on raisins. Nice sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2017
at 09:14