Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught @ Waterfront Ale House. Slightly hazy reddish amber with small foamy beige head, light grassy hops aroma mixed with caramel, medium carbonation, slightly bitter caramel taste, long finish with a faint hops flavor. Not a very hoppy IPA, more like an amber ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle from Tesco. Reddish brown with a thin head. Aroma is light malt and caramel. Flavor is fruity toffee, nut on a malty base. Dry caramel finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Tap @ Taphouse, Copenhagen. Clear dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, roasted malt, light buttery and chocolate. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 300515
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Dunnes, Longford [140515]
Orange amber, clear, frothy white head, light lacing
Aroma of tangerine, sweet fruity malts, soft sweet grapefruit
Taste of fruity sweet caramel, caramelised orange, soft grapefruit, some bitter zest, orange, quite juicy, fair amount of hops in this and not too malty
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, quite oily, good mouthfeel, fairly sweet and bitter, alcohol well hidden. Finish of juicy malts, orange zest, little dry
Overall - Think this is the best one yet from these guys
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
From tap. Pours dark brown, deep amber glare, small tan head. Toasted, light smoked. Breadish, dark malty and roasted. Dry and bitter. Toasted malty. Dry toffee malty finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Dunnes, Longford [120515]
Dark amber, clear, thin white head, slight lacing
Aroma of caramelised orange malts, touch of toffee, soft citrus
Taste of very softy citrus zest, orange, light caramel malts, bit of toffee, caramelised orange, slight grassy notes, simple
Palate - Soft carb, medium light bojdy, little oily, soft sweet. Finish of orange malts, caramel, slight zest
Overall - Better than the Solas beers. OK. Drinkable. Maybe a tad over malty. Undemanding easy supermarket craft brew.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Keg @ The Oarsman, Carrick-on-Shannon [280415]
Very dark brown, creamy nitro off white head, good lacing
Aroma of soft roasted malts, dab of red berry fruit
Taste of roasted malts, soft red berry, bitter dark chocolate, touch of smoke, dry roast
Palate - Nitro carb, medium body, smooth texture, dry bitter roast. Finish of bitter burnt roast, long lingering burnt bitter, rather dry
Overall - This had too much burnt dry bitter roast for me, but I’m not that fond of any stout anyway that has a lot of bitter burnt roast. It’s OK.