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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6.8/10
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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
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle, 5.0%. Quite spicy aroma. Clear amber colour. Big stable creamy tan head. The flavour has a ton of cinnamon. Lagery finish. Too much spice for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2019
at 16:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Dark golden color, white foam. Aroma: spicy, cinnamon and zest, butter. Taste: cinnamon, orange, a touch of hops, light buttery, softly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2017
at 13:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear, orange-amber colored, small off white head. Aroma is of some malt, spice cinnamon, some orange, biscuity. Taste is medium sweet malt, some caramel, biscuit-cake dough, cinnamon, orange, some herbal hoppy notes, medium- bitterness, dry finish. Medium bodied, soft carbonation.
Tried
on 09 May 2017
at 03:11
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tap @ Rotterdam. Poured amber color with a thin white head. Marzipan, cherry notes, papery notes. Kinda like the cherry thing here. Light bodied. Chemical notes somehow
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2017
at 11:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ Fox & Hounds, Sønderborg. Poura hazy amber with small off-white head. Clear aroma of hops, malt, orange and spice. Bitter, hoppy flavour with notes of bitter orange peel, cinnamon and malt, with touches of leaves amd yeast. Bitter and estery aftertaste with spicy touches. Okay but not top notch.
Tried
on 24 Nov 2016
at 11:26
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Tap @ Taphouse, Copenhagen. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, yeasty and spicy. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 141116
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Nov 2016
at 08:28
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from 500mL bottle. Light copper brown with beige head. Nuts, cinnamon, caramel, coconut. Interesting experimental, not totally balanced, but good mix of flavours.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2016
at 00:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
At Sheridan’s Irish Pub in Zagreb. Amber colored, off-white diminishing head. Malts, yeast, biscuit, cinnamon, gingerbread. Sweet with a gingerbread kick! Full Taste, enough body, medium carbonation. Nicely spiced, excellent, it was worth the money!
Tried
on 23 Apr 2016
at 09:05
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle: Deep golden, clear, small off-white foamy layer; mild nose of dark to toasted malt with cinnamon in the background, orange peel and - as indicated on the label - barely detectable; mild bitter-sweet flavour, pretty light bodied; dry and thin finish of coconut and cinnamon flavours. Oh no…
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2016
at 05:14