O'Hara's / Carlow Brewing Company Winter Star

Winter Star

 

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

  Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Winter
Score
6.13
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 27 Ticks: 39
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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4.8
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
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
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
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



6.4
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
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
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.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2019 at 15:14


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

Bottle, 0.50l. Aroma of coconut, citrus, cinnamon, flowers and cereals. Pours cloudy amber color with medium sized frothy tan-like head and sparkling appearance. Taste starts with medium sweet caramel malt, coconut and cinnamon, following is grassy and earthy bitter with slight medicinal note, mouthfeel is smooth, while finish is pretty astringent. Light to medium body, creamy texture and soft carbonation in palate. Spiced up holiday gift...

Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2019 at 19:56