Winter Star
O'Hara's / Carlow Brewing Company in Bagenalstown, County Carlow, Ireland 🇮🇪
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Winter|
Score
6.08
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A warming spiced pale ale, perfect to enjoy beside the fire in the colder months. The addition of Cinnamon and nutmeg gives this seasonal beer a soothing warmth and beautiful aroma that will linger on the senses. The orange zest brings freshness.
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3.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 3
Overall 3
This bottle was disappointing, infected or too late, not drinkable, heavy taste, not aromatic, not fruity and subtle with the rye, few hop, 13.03.19.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Amstein
on 30 May 2026
at 21:03
4/10
Tried
on 13 Jan 2024
at 12:52
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
0,5 l bottle. Pours copper amber with small off white head. Aroma of spices cinnamon , some malt and caramel in the background. Taste is medium sweet and low bitter. Flavor is all cinnamon. Finish is long, not really pleasant spicy cinnamon bitterness. All cinnamon, boring and downright unpleasant finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2024
at 15:45
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled (from KCM Kivihaka Vaasa). Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is cinnamon and ginger with some mild floral and bready notes. Flavour is floral, gingery and quite a bunch of cinnamon. A bit thin, but still quite mellow and easy to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2022
at 21:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazed amber in the glass and a fine head Ok lacing Nice Christmas aroma. Good intensity Balanced sweetness and a fine mellow carbonation level Caramel malt, herbal and lots of nice Christmas spices in the flavor Well blended [On tap at Carlstad Ölhall in Karlstad, Sweden]
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Dec 2022
at 17:43
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
--Sample, thanks oh6gdx! -- Clear brownish amber, small head. Huge aroma of nutmeg and cinnamon. Dryish with light body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Fruity with some citrus, lots of nutmeg. Low bitterness.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2022
at 17:02
6/10
Tried
on 31 Jul 2022
at 14:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
clear orange to bright amber colour, minimal creamy ecru head; aroma of caramel or rather speculoos, some vanilla, hints orange, maybe nutmeg and biscuits; well balanced bittersweet taste with the same notes as can be felt in the aroma; correct one
Tried
from Can
on 12 Nov 2021
at 17:43
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500 bottle from Bochka in Moscow. Pours slightly hazy amber with a small beige head. Aroma is cinnamon, nutmeg, rye. Taste is malt and spices (mainly cinnamon), mild bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2020
at 08:45
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled 500ml (KCM Puuvilla, generic Winter Star label)
Orange-amber colour, small off-white head. Christmas spices, nutmeg in the nose. Light-bodied. Decent bitter base with pale malts and UK hops. Then ruined by Christmas spices: nutmeg and cinnamon. Neh.
Orange-amber colour, small off-white head. Christmas spices, nutmeg in the nose. Light-bodied. Decent bitter base with pale malts and UK hops. Then ruined by Christmas spices: nutmeg and cinnamon. Neh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2019
at 15:14