9.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
12 oz. can from Total Wine. Pours a clear, super dark ruby red color with dark ruby highlights and a beige head with excellent retention. Great lacing too. Dark chocolate and roasted malts aroma. The flavor is similar to the nose, with more roasted malt flavor and less chocolate notes. Super smooth and clean, with a drying finish. Slightly thin body for the style. Light carbonation. Low bitterness in spite of the 40 IBUs. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2026
at 23:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft pour into a standard shaker pint
Pours an deep amber to ruby red with a finger of white to off white head that disapates fairly quickly leaving minimal lacing.
Aroma of caramel malt to toffee, clean yeast with faint fruity esters, some grassy hop notes.
Caramel and toffee lead into some light but bright fruity esters lending a perceived sweetness that ends balanced by the hops coming in at the end
A medium bodied ale that is super smooth and drinkable considering the abv. A nice malty body balanced by a dryness and a slight hop bitterness make this one go down easy
Overall this is a very nice big Irish red ale that drinks smooth and easy. Paired with a shepards pie on St Paddy's day it was really working for me. I'd gladly come back to this.
Pours an deep amber to ruby red with a finger of white to off white head that disapates fairly quickly leaving minimal lacing.
Aroma of caramel malt to toffee, clean yeast with faint fruity esters, some grassy hop notes.
Caramel and toffee lead into some light but bright fruity esters lending a perceived sweetness that ends balanced by the hops coming in at the end
A medium bodied ale that is super smooth and drinkable considering the abv. A nice malty body balanced by a dryness and a slight hop bitterness make this one go down easy
Overall this is a very nice big Irish red ale that drinks smooth and easy. Paired with a shepards pie on St Paddy's day it was really working for me. I'd gladly come back to this.
Tried
from Draft
from
Alkies Brews and More
on 17 Mar 2026
at 17:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Very dark brown with orange highlights and a large foamy tan head that left good lacing. Boozy with bourbon, raisin, fig, molasses, caramel and dough. Very long finish. Full bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2026
at 23:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
12oz can. Medium bodied, quite sessionable. Easy malt tone, faint noble hop balance. Pretty enjoyable overall.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2026
at 20:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
12oz can. Aroma isn''t that pleasant. Oily on the edge of sour, gastric. Medium bodied, easy drinking. Overall quite lackluster, Great Lakes used to be able to do a lot better than this.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2026
at 02:26
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a clear bronze with a small tan head. From,a of malt on the nose, some lingering hops. Taste has plenty of malt, rich grain, some caramel. Palate has light smattering of hops that lingers, some more clean-billed malt. Good.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2026
at 12:15
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 11 Mar 2026
at 03:40
8.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Clear, very bright yellow golden color with a medium tall white head; aroma of mandarins, smooth palate, intense, very citrusy flavor with a long, light bitter finish
Tried
from Can
at
Great Lakes Brewing Company
on 11 Mar 2026
at 01:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to snifter.
Appearance: black in the pour and black in the glass with a one finger khaki foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace.
Aroma: deep roasted malts, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, black coffee, smoke, ash, dark fruits and black licorice
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a nice roasty, toasty and sweet character; finishes semi-dry, roasty and dark fruity
Texture: medium bodied, great sipper; light smoothness with some dryness
Overall: I say a nicely done RIS worthy of returning to.
Bottle to snifter.
Appearance: black in the pour and black in the glass with a one finger khaki foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace.
Aroma: deep roasted malts, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, black coffee, smoke, ash, dark fruits and black licorice
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a nice roasty, toasty and sweet character; finishes semi-dry, roasty and dark fruity
Texture: medium bodied, great sipper; light smoothness with some dryness
Overall: I say a nicely done RIS worthy of returning to.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2026
at 16:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to English pint glass.
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a two and a half fingers of eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely and left some light lace
Aroma: sweet cocoa nibs, smooth sweet oats, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, roastiness, black coffee and an earthy spice
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a roasty sweet quality, finishes roasty and sweet
Texture: light to medium bodied, some sessionability, very smooth along the tongue
Overall: a very nicely done oatmeal stout I would return to.
Can to English pint glass.
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a two and a half fingers of eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely and left some light lace
Aroma: sweet cocoa nibs, smooth sweet oats, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, roastiness, black coffee and an earthy spice
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a roasty sweet quality, finishes roasty and sweet
Texture: light to medium bodied, some sessionability, very smooth along the tongue
Overall: a very nicely done oatmeal stout I would return to.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Feb 2026
at 15:53