Bottle. Pours a dingy brown with about a finger of dense tan foam on top. Aromas are odd and kind of hard to pick out. Something of an earth/dirt smell with a little bit of brown sugar sweetness and toffee. Flavor is more of the same, but has a very heavy and unfiltered mouthfeel, which makes me happy. Kind of a sweet and chewy caramel and toffee experience.

Excerpted from my review at cvillebeergeek.blogspot.com....

Appearance: A very subtly hazed dark tinged orange color. A moderate pour produced a very small head. Moderate head retention and little specks of lacing. 3.5/5.0

Aroma: The aroma is pleasant, a slightly earthy graininess with a caramel tinge. But, the beer loses points because even after agitation, the aroma is very faint. 2.5/5.0

Taste: Interesting, in a bad way. Very earthy and grainy taste. There is a surprising creaminess, some caramel notes and an off-putting vegetal note. It’s not quite rotting broccoli, but it gets close. A caramel sweetness grows as the beer warms and the whole thing doesn’t quite achieve balance. 2.0/5.0

Mouthfeel: Despite the creamy taste, this is a little too thin. Slightly tart, the carbonation starts off average and quickly falls flat. 2.0/5.0

Drinkability: I don’t find this to be a pleasant experience, and finishing the 22 oz. bottle comes across as a chore. At 6.5%, the drinking quickly to minimize the taste trick can be risky. 2.0/5.0

Overall: Ironic! The beer I rated because my first bottle of this hit the ground ends up being rated better! That’s macro beer for you. Nothing offputting and inoffensive. Even though Moylan’s is a craft brewery and definitely turns out some great beers, this is not one of them. 2.35/5.0

Clear red body with a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet caramel, toastiness and light bready aroma. Sweet slightly nutty flavor, some tea-like hints. Medium body with moderate carbonation.

Sampled from bottle. Pours an redish-amber color, medium head. Toasted malty aroma. Flavor is a smooth, malt (slight sweetness). Finish is not too bitter.

Bottled. A hazy orange-red beer with an orange head. The aroma is very light with notes of fruit and an even slighter acidic note of grapefruit. The flavor is slightly acidic malty with primary notes of grapefruit and berries, leading to a bitter finish.

(Bottle 65 cl) Hazy, amber golden with a small, off-white head. Lightly tart, caramelish nose. Medium body, some caramel and some odd bonbon-like notes. Has a vague, underlying acidity. The finish is dry. I reckon this is slightly infected. 160607

Cask at the brewpub. Malty aroma. Reddish amber color with a beige head that laces a bit. Starts medium malty, smooth and creamy, medium mouthfeel. The hop bitterness only arrives towards the finish, and balances the remaining malt.

Two inches of beer poured down the side gave 5 inches of Beige head; and a sour malty nose came from the Redish-amber body; flavor was fairly tart with caramel maltiness, but not any hops showing. Tart but not real sour, but not what I expected from an Irish ale!

Bottle. Copper color with a big beige head. Big caramel malt aroma. Light, creamy beer that’s easy to drink. Sweet malt flavor with nice caramalization, but there’s a tinny/metallic off-flavor.