O'Hara's / Carlow Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in Bagenalstown,
Carlow,
Ireland 🇮🇪
Associated Venue: Brewery Corner
Established in 1996
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
0,33 l can. Pours murky golden yellow with medium, quickly dissipating white head. Plenty of floaters that will not settle. This might not end well... Aroma is very piny, citruses and some tropical fruit on a decent malt base, plenty of yeast. Taste is heavy sweet and medium bitter. Body is full, carbonation average. Finish is medium long, fruity with pleasant mellow bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draft. Sort of like a guiness but a little bit sweeter and with less body. Not bad, not awesome, not bad, not awesome - or so we say...
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7.5
Almost black beer with rather small head, but great amount of lacing.
In aroma there are cocoa, milk, oats, caffe latte, milk chocolate and a lot of creamy hints and bread.
It's mainly sweet, a bit acidic. Bitterness on low level.
Full body.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can shared with my dad, I'm kind of surprised I haven't rated this before.
Dark brown bordering on black with a creamy frothy off white head that persists. Bitter chocolate and roastiness with hints of earthy hop to counter. Decent.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can purchased in Italy, drunk watching Predator 2. Dark orange-ish amber, light haze, nice tall head. Nose of malty caramel, wort, light mandarine overtones. Flavor is bitter in a sparkly, maybe-unpleasant way. Hop flavors are subdued, 10 months till expiry so it's not too old, hmm. Some caramel and sweetness, it's alright but not inspiring.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
24/IV/25 - 44cl can from Mr. Hop (webshop) @ Peter’s 50th birthday party, Cabane Banane (Gent), BB: 28/VIII/28, L24163 10:24 (2025-385) Thanks to Peter for sharing today’s beers!
Clear brown beer, practically no head. Aroma: sweet impression, lots of ripe to overripe banana, caramel, toffee, fudge. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: a bit sweet up front, malty, caramel, bitter touch, grains, some bitter hops. Aftertaste: dry, good roast, hoppy, gains, hay, cow fodder. Decent, not great.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Super enjoyable. Nice silky dark malts, chocolate, lightly bitter black coffee, soft roast. Lightly saline. Light bodied with delicate nitro carb.
Lovely nitro pour. Caramel and biscuit notes, a little sweet but finishes slightly bitter. A bit thin of flavor.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Trüb bernsteinfarben mit weißer Schaumkrone. Malziger, hopfiger, fruchtiger Geruch. Geschmacklich malzig, hopfig, fruchtig mit Karamell und Citrus. Mittlere Süße mit hoher Bitterkeit, mittlerer Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure.