O'Hara's / Carlow Brewing Company 51st State IPA

51st State IPA

 

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

  IPA Regular
Score
6.39
ABV: 6.0% IBU: 40 Ticks: 71
Bursting with bold tropical flavours of grapefruit, passion fruit, apricot and peach, this unfiltered IPA, which takes its inspiration from the New England IPA style, is an attack on the senses. A carefully chosen hop blend provides an intense citrus aroma while adding a well-balanced yet mild bitterness. Malts are combined to deliver a smooth mouthfeel.
 

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Tried from Bottle on 02 Dec 2025 at 18:14


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Barwa jasno bursztynowa, zamglone, piana biała, średnio obfita, średnio trwała.

W aromacie słodkie tropiki, karmel.

W smaku półsłodkie, jest wyraźna podbudowa słodowa w typie karmelowo-chlebowym, do tego akcenty mocno dojrzałych owoców tropikalnych, cytrusów.

Goryczka do średniej, wysycenie w normie, ciała nieco za dużo.

IPA w starym stylu z dość kiepskim aromatem.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Aug 2025 at 19:50


6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can purchased in Italy, drunk watching Predator 2. Dark orange-ish amber, light haze, nice tall head. Nose of malty caramel, wort, light mandarine overtones. Flavor is bitter in a sparkly, maybe-unpleasant way. Hop flavors are subdued, 10 months till expiry so it's not too old, hmm. Some caramel and sweetness, it's alright but not inspiring.

Tried from Can on 06 May 2025 at 19:46


6

Sweet malty and fruity, vague citrus fruity with some subdued hops, malty backing, resinous bitter hoppy finish.

Tried from Can on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:06


3.1
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 13

Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso resta attratto dal luppolo. L'intensità olfattiva è normale e la maniera in cui permane è sufficiente. Il mantello birroso superiore ha una buona tenuta. La grandezza delle bollicine è a grana medio-fine. Il liquido si presenta limpido. La carbonazione è bassa. Il colore è ambrato. Il corpo è pieno. L'amaro è deciso. La forza gustativa è elevata. La continuità gustativa è buona. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di pronta beva. Il retrogusto è di decente intensità. In bocca l'aroma è quello di miele, frutta secca, luppolo, un accenno di resinoso, agrumi e arancia.

Tried on 17 Feb 2025 at 11:39


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

330ml bottle from Beer52 Cyberfest. Pours light amber with a slight haze, small white head, moderate retention, pretty standard. Aroma of orange and apricot, pithy, malty, flora. Taste is semi-sweet, orange, apricot, light caramel malts, modest but long bitterness. Medium body, oily, moderate carbonation. An average IPA but a decent enough beer in truth.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:25



5

Kergelt diatsetüline makro ipa, pigem vana koolikas kui new england, karamell on tugev. Larpida võib.

Tried on 25 Jun 2024 at 21:23


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

500ml bottle at home. Pours a clear amber with a medium off white head. Nose is mostly bread malts and biscuits with a small bit of pine hops. Maltier IPA with a bit of pine hops in the flavour. Easy to drink, but overall an unexciting or memorable beer.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Apr 2024 at 20:40


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

9th February 2024
A light haze on this gold beer, tiny pale cream colour head. Light smooth palate, a very mild dryness, reasonable fine minerally carbonation coming through on the back end. Light malts, a pleasant creamy sweetness, quite sweet actually. Good cooling pine hop intro into light but bright hoppy citrus and tropical fruits. Finishes light. Nice job, doesn't have the pure hop intensity of anyone of the top brewers, Track, Phantom, Cloudwater etc, but it does deliver a layered and bright hop fruitiness that is quite charming.

Tried on 09 Feb 2024 at 23:05