O'Hara's / Carlow Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Bagenalstown,
County Carlow,
Ireland 🇮🇪
Associated Venue: Brewery Corner
Established in 1996
Contact
Subsidiaries
Description
O’Hara’s Brewery is a family-owned business established in 1996 and one of the pioneers of Irish craft brewing. Located in the heart of Ireland’s traditional malt and hop-growing “Barrow Valley” region which has strong historical linkages to the Irish brewing industry, we are proud to have been at the forefront of the new wave of Irish craft brewing for almost 25 years.
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
(75 cl bottle at Bishops Arms, Järntorget, Göteborg) On April 20, 2008. Black color, brown head. Sweet chocolate scent, malty and salt as well. Salty, bitter, metallic, malty taste. Moussy mouthfeel. Medium bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2008
at 14:09
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
I really like this stuff, so much so I picked up another bottle and drinking it right now. It pours beautifully; black color with some brown tints. The head is very nice, large and brown and turns to a surface covering lacing. Long story short, this is the perfect quaffable Irish Stout (a bit stronger than the traditional I guess). Aroma is lightly milky and prominent dry ashy roast. There is also a leafy/airy aspect, making this light and give it s bio-natural appeal. It’s not strong but pleasantly there. The taste is very nice as well with coffee and a long burnt/roast/espresso bean aftertaste, really lingers. And all the time its just so light and easy to drink with no off flavors at all. I think I am going to down this whole awesome bottle myself, at 6% why not?.
750mL flip top, standard Scotch glass.
750mL flip top, standard Scotch glass.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2008
at 19:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bouteille 500ml étiquetée sous le nom de « Moling’s Traditional Celtic Beer », courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur rouge-brune et claire. Nez malté de caramel aux petites notes rôties, léger de biscuits, de pain et de houblon herbeux, (rappelant le thé) aux faibles notes terreuses et florales ainsi que des notes fruitées (agrumes) et des traces de tabac de cigarette. Mince-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen (notes croustillantes) et une texture légèrement crémeuse et aux petites notes aqueuses. Notes fruitées (agrumes) accompagné d’un léger goût de tabac de cigarette ainsi que des notes de grains de malt lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de caramel moyennement sucré et aux notes rôties ainsi qu’un léger goût de pain grillé et de biscuits au miel. Parallèlement, l’on retrouve une moyenne amertume asséchante de houblon floral, légèrement herbeux (thé et herbe mouillée) et aux notes terreuses jusqu’en finale. Post-goût moyen et un peu sec, moyennement amer de houblon floral et herbeux avec des notes de tabac de cigarette et des traces de noix.
Tried
on 14 Mar 2008
at 19:29
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Light unclear light to medium yellow / orange color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, wheat, light hoppy, flowers, light to moderate yeasty, fruit, toffee - butter. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (260208)
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2008
at 04:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
02/03 Thanks a lot to ogivlado for sharing his 0.75 l bottle @ Tolkiens pub, Zagreb! Poured dark brown, almost black body with medium brownish head. Malty aroma, with chocolate, dark fruits, caramel and hint of lemon or oranges. Very nice and pretty complex. Flavor is also good, far much simpler though, bittersweet, chocolate and dark fruits spiced with some herbs. Full bodied, with fantastic finish, bittersweet fruitiness and spices, relatively dry but not so as it would be with a dry stout. Very tasty and delicious beer, well, it’s been almost 3 months since I had a beer deserving a 4. Really nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2008
at 09:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Brown bottle, 500 ml, labelled as "Moling’s Traditional Red Ale", purchased at the LCBO, savoured on February 20 2008; eye: dark caramel with a reddish hue and pale caramel reflections, nice voluminous creamy beige head, clear, no effervescence, lacing; nose: grainy malt, light hops, light peat, lights spices; mouth: a bit thin, a bit of grainy malt, a bit of caramel, a bit of peat, a bit of hops, a bit of spices on the tip of the tongue, finale in grainy caramelized malt, a bit of astringency, mildly bitter, slightly sweet, mildly carbonated; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, étiquetée comme « Moling’s Traditional Red Ale », achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 20 février 2008; œil : caramel foncé avec une teinte rougeâtre et des reflets caramel pâle, belle mousse crémeuse beige abondante, claire pas d’effervescence, dentelle; nez : malt granuleux, léger houblon, léger tourbe fumé, léger épices; bouche : un peu mince, un peu de malt granuleux, un peu de caramel, un peu de tourbe fumé, un peu de houblon, un peu d’épices sur le bout de la langue, finale en malt caramélisé granuleux, un peu d’astringence, moyennement amère, très légèrement sucrée, moyennement carbonatée; en résumé : correct
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2008
at 16:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
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Tried
on 20 Feb 2008
at 12:41
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
swing top bottle (750ml). -at Tolkien’s Pub, Zagreb, shared with Doggythedog.
Black coloured, medium to big tan head, chocolate malty nose. Roasted malt and dark chocolate taste with few fruity hints. Strong bitter chocolate finish and lingering bitter aftertaste. Very nice brew, like light imperial stout.
Black coloured, medium to big tan head, chocolate malty nose. Roasted malt and dark chocolate taste with few fruity hints. Strong bitter chocolate finish and lingering bitter aftertaste. Very nice brew, like light imperial stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2008
at 04:08
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0.75 fliptop bottle.at Tolkien’s Pub, Zagreb, shared with ogivlado Now this was a first... a new Irish beer and I’m the first to add it. Cool. Poured a nice opaque black (very dark red) body with a medium to big sized thick tan head that went away slowly (cascade effect I reckon). A strong roasty malty nose, some orange dipped in dark chocolate, and a light hopiness to round it up. The taste is somewhat light and not terribly complex but it’s very nice anyway. A bitter earthy roastiness, chicory, dark chocolate & orange again, more pronounced, close to a good imperial stout in taste, but with a lighter body (obviously) and much more drinkable than most. Nicely balanced. I quite liked this one. So much better than their regular stout (not to mention red). I’d buy this more often if I had it readily available.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2008
at 09:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Aroma of very dark roasted malt. Black color with ruby hilites at the edges. The tan head struggled, but collapsed and filmed. Medium body with creamy carbonation. Flavor is really smooth toasted, nigh burnt, malt. There is malt sweetness, roasted bitter, and I think hop bitter. It finishes rather dry, with that strong roast persisting on and on. There might be a touch of smoke. A very flavorful drink.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2008
at 21:06