The White Hag

Microbrewery in Ballymote, County Sligo, Ireland 🇮🇪

Established in 2013

Contact
Unit 1, Block 2, Ballymote Business Park, Ballymote, Ireland
Description
We are a modern independent craft brewery from Sligo, on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way. We brew innovative and ground breaking beers, inspired by ancient and classic styles.

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6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 7
Golden clear with a fizzy white head. Toasted malt, night spice, minerals. Medium light body. Finish has a carbonation bite. It’s both a let down and fine at the same time.
Tried from Can on 30 Jul 2026 at 19:54

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
almost clear pale yellow, smooth small white head
mild mineral watery crisp aroma with hints of hop-herbal and flowery hops. resiny notes too. so both crisp and refreshing and hinting at bittersweet.
flavor is crisp refreshing, slightly herbal and flowery hoppy, malts are really crisp and almost lager like, extremely refreshing and chuggable and not at all exotic fruity bittersweet as one might fear.
Tried from Can on 19 Jul 2026 at 23:01

5/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
hazy yellow, head that very quickly disappears. looks like carbonated lemonade
citrus fruity aroma, like an oranges sodapop or lemonade, also a faint hint of cheese.
flavor is herbal hops with a US tilt, oranges and orange juice, alka zelzer, end is sort of flat and sort of artificial.
refreshing as a sodapop, but quite dissapointing as it is a beer.
Tried from Can on 04 Jul 2026 at 22:48

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Black. Huge creamy brown head.
A lot of oranges in the aroma, on a soft velvety roasted malty base, that is not THAT powreful though. the oranges dominate the aroma.. only the thickness and solidness of the roasted malts can be sensed, not much a decidedly roasted malty aroma. chocolate. def. not watery.
flavor is roasted malts, coffee, good roasted malty bitterness, notes of orange, wood notes, charred wood notes, good boozy notes, decent viscosity , good malty bitter as well as oranges aftertaste. certainly a powerful BA imp stout with the added feature of the oranges. i think it might've been even better wo the oranges, but at least it's interesting.
Tried from Can on 30 Jun 2026 at 12:20

6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at Tap + Brew Dublin airport. Hazy yellow/orange coloured, small off-white head, fruity and light floral nose. Citrusy, floral, grassy, dust and bit perfumed with bitterish finish. Not the freshest one.
Tried from Draft on 28 Jun 2026 at 13:16

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at Tap + Brew Dublin airport. Pale golden coloured, medium sized white head, lively carbonation, light grainy nose. Grainy, herbal, light bready and dryish bitterish finish. Watery also.
Tried from Draft on 28 Jun 2026 at 13:03

6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
5th and final beer of a live tasting with myself on 24th June 2026. 330ml can via Beer52, poured into my old Gordon thistle shaped glass at home. Deep red body, fast fading beige roof. Malty/grainy taste, grassy hop nose, all changes as it warms in the glass, nose goes malty, taste goes more hoppy.
Tried from Can from Beer52 on 24 Jun 2026 at 18:20

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 7
Murky orange with a frothy short head. Aroma of funky hop. Earthy bitter hops, caramel citrus, lively carbonation on a dark malt back. Fruity brett bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2026 at 23:00

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Black with beige head. Plenty of sweet orange over chocolate malts, deep dark sugars, oak, vanilla. Full slick body. Finish has orange peel and chocolate. Quite an interesting beer.
Tried from Can on 16 Jun 2026 at 15:26

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Canned 330ml. -at Dublin airport, straight from the can. Fruity, hoppy nose. Sweetish, watery, fruity, light chlorophenolic and short dry bitterish finish.
Tried from Can on 12 Jun 2026 at 14:52