Galway Bay Brewery

Microbrewery in Oranmore, County Galway, Ireland 🇮🇪
Associated with 10 Venues

Established in 2009

Contact
Carrowmoneash Station Rd., Oranmore, H91 FA31, Ireland
Description
The Oslo was the start of Galway Bay Brewery and remains our flagship pub based in Salthill; our owners Jason O’Connell and Niall Walsh added a brewery on site in 2009, making The Oslo one of the country’s first brew pubs. Since then Galway Bay Brewery has expanded operations to 11 bars based in Galway and Dublin and have grown and re-positioned the Brewery just outside of Galway in Oranmore. We now produce four core beers along with a plethora of rotational beers that are released throughout the year.

With the installation of our new brew house we are turning our focus towards exporting and making our beers available in the UK and Europe

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7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Hazy golden colour with quick fading head. Aroma and flavour are strong with tropical fruit. Sweet passion fruit and bitter grapefruit.
Tried on 17 Sep 2017 at 10:09

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Bottle at drinkers pub. Dark brown with beige head. Lactose, vanilla, a bit of coffee. Slight bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Sep 2017 at 07:20

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Black with quick fading head. Aroma and flavour have strong caramel notes and hints of coffee. Nice balance of bitter and sweet.
Tried on 15 Sep 2017 at 16:56

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Golden colour with a thin head. Aroma and flavour are dominated by quite skunky hops.
Tried on 15 Sep 2017 at 16:56

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Straw blond and hazy. Aroma and flavour have loads of citrus. Light and refreshing.
Tried on 15 Sep 2017 at 16:55

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5
Draught in Alpharetta Byrnes. Cloudy yellow with a thin head. Aroma is big tropical fruit. Flavour is fruit syrup, chalky hop, light bitter hop finish.
Tried on 14 Sep 2017 at 17:23

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle at C&R Pre-GBBF Tasting 2017. It pours opaque black with a small tan head. The aroma is soft, sweet, sugary, raw alcohol, rocky road, almond biscotti and chocolate. The taste is rich roasted malt upfront, earthy, charred wood, umami, ashy, oiliness and liquorice with some warming on the finish. Full body and fine carbonation. A decent imperial stout.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2017 at 12:30

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at C&R Pre-GBBF Tasting 2017. It pours jet black with a small tan head. The aroma is rich roasted malt, heavy sweet, sticky, chocolate, dried fruits, rocky road, toasted marshmallow, coffee and wood. The taste is slick, rich roasted malt, charred wood, rocky road, cake, tar, ash, leather, salted liquorice, cocoa, dirt and warming alcohol. Full body and fine carbonation. There is a distant burnt note which detracts from it a bit, but it is rather decent overall.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2017 at 12:29

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
500ml bottle @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie Sep 17. Brought by myself. Pours dark, tan head. Aroma presents confident Teeling whisky notes, backed by strong dark malt, woody, moderately slick on the palate, light roast, cocoa, softly sweet. Quite tempered really, very enjoyable end to the evening.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2017 at 16:30

7/10
Crisp, refreshing, dry finish. Just what I needed!
Tried from Draft on 09 Sep 2017 at 13:18