O'Hara's / Carlow Brewing Company Notorious Red IPA

Notorious Red IPA

 

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

  IPA Regular
Score
6.54
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 40 Ticks: 28
A Red IPA is a great way to celebrate craft beer and our brewers have not held back on this one. Packing an outrageous variety of malts and hops into our latest seasonal brew – they’re notorious! Using 6 different types of speciality malt and 5 different hop varieties this Red IPA will show the uninitiated what craft beer is all about and remind the converted why they love it so much!
 

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6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at Sternbräu, Rankweil. Aroma is malt, bready, some caramel, fruity notes, soft hops. Flavour is moderate bitter. Body is medium. Rather malty, but decent.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:39



6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. Amber colour with a small creamy off-white head. Aroma is toasted malts, tea leafs, citrus and some caramel. Flavour is nutty, some toasted malts, tea leafs, caramel and some mild earthy tones. Mellow bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jun 2023 at 21:48



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

Bottle, 0.5l. Cloudy amber pour, one finger frothy off-white head. Medium retention, good lacing. Not too promising on the nose, grassy, hay, stale hops. Slight citrus notes. Thin body, medium to high carbonation. Light texture and mouthfeel. Mildly bitter taste. Aroma is actually better then the nose - nose gives those "missed style" vibes, but fortunately this is actually a proper IPA. Ok, not the best of them but still passable. Subtle caramel in the background, strong herbal notes in the centre. Grassy, grainy. Notes of rye, subtle citrus. Dry, peppery mouthfeel. Medium lasting finish, herbal, subtle lingering bitterness. Overall, not the best example of the style but still a decent thirst quencher. Ok.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jun 2018 at 18:00


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

Draught @ Fox & Hounds, Sønderborg. Pours hazy reddish copper brown with stable off-white head. Clear aroma of citrus and hops, with notes of malt and touches of caramel and yeast. Bitter flavour of hops and grass, with sweetish notes of malt and yeast and hints of caramel. Bitter and estery aftertaste. Well, drinkable and not unpleasant but I can hardly see a reason for notoriety here.

Tried from Can on 08 Mar 2018 at 20:03


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Terre de Boissons Calais and drunk at home. Clear deep red colour lasting beige head. Some red fruits on the aroma. Some Turkish Delight flavour in the mouth. Some decent malt. Not much hop. But I like the Turkish Delight lasting flavour on the finish. Yes decent, I liked it.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Feb 2017 at 13:40


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Aug. ’16. A 0.5 l bottle that poured a hazy copper body with a small head. Weak, though fine citrus hop, actually real IPA aroma with sweetish tropical fruits, too. Lightly bitter flavor, citrus, herbal and tropical fruit hops (yes, in its flavor, too). Caramel and biscuit malty counterpart including some similar toasted malt flavors. Medium bodied with longer finish that kept dry herbal bitterness the most. Indeed a surprise, this is quite a decent IPA.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2016 at 13:24


7.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Deep amber to copper coloured ale, clear, frothy ivory head. Stays as a well-lacing layer. Aroma: caramel, candy, earth, citrus hops. Light to medium body. Oily. Relatively dry taste. Well-balanced. Caramel malts, medium grassy and citric hop bitterness. The ale goes down softly. Good

-- rated with beerbasher/winphone

Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2016 at 11:40


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

Bottle 500 ml. Dark golden color. Malty aroma, a bit sweet, a little honey and floral, jam and dried fruit. Taste: malty, slightly caramel malt, jam, mild hop bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Nov 2016 at 04:22