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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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft. A hazy golden beer with a lazing white head. The aroma has notes of citrus fruits and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of citrus fruits, malt, and hops, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried from Draft on 11 Jul 2015 at 10:24

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle from McHughs. Cloudy orange with a medium head. Aroma is grapefruit hop. Flavor is spicy hop, grapefruit, iced biscuits. Tangy orange finish.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2015 at 15:38

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Draught at Beermarket. Hazy yellow with no head. Aroma is light perfume. Flavor is spicy wheat, orange, clove. Dry fruity yeast finish.
Tried on 09 Jul 2015 at 15:34

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
500 ml. bottle @ home. Obtained in a trade with tlahav. Thanks! BBF 03.16.2016. Hazy, fluffy & creamy off-white head. Very solid & lovely head. Nose is big very raw & medicinal grapefruit hops, medicinal mango & exotic fruits, very raw, floral & bitter, quite phenolic. Taste is hugely medicinal, huge bitter hospital, extremely bitter pine resin, very bitter plastic, very bitter floral mango, strongly phenolic,… Bitterness lingers and turns to very bitter plaster, big hospital & medicine, crystal malts, very bitter floral,… Hugely raw, faintly grainy,… Pure extreme bitterness, no balance & the bitterness is so medicinal & hospital like,… Plaster & hospital bitterness really lingers in your mouth,… Far too brutal for sadomasochistic hopheads who are all about bitterness and nothing else. Not my cup of tea to be honest.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2015 at 13:17

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at the Black Sheep, Dublin, 28/06/15. Clear golden orange with a decent off white covering that retains well. Nose is toasted malt, earthy hop, orange pith, citric tinged straw. Taste comprises melon, orange pith, straw, melon, light pine, tangerine. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close peppered with hop bitterness. Decent IPA.
Tried on 28 Jun 2015 at 12:00

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Bottle, 500 ml. Courtesy of and shared with Miro. Pours dark orange, off-white head. Light fruity aroma. Caramel malty. Hoppy piney heavy bitter flavor with fantastic long aftertaste. You can taste those IBUs all the way. Great one.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2015 at 10:32

7.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at Brew Dock, Dublin, 28/06/15. Pitch black with a solid dirty tan head that dissipates but retains, good lacingensues. Let this jjuan site nearly 15 minutes before I raked it and it still looked bo shizzl - solid 5 appearance being offered. Nose is roast malt, Chocolate, toffee fudge, light coffee, spice trace. Taste carries light coffee grinds, sweet chocolate fondue, light charr, toffee fudge, trace molasses, dark fruit tickle. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with light roast. Solid sweet stout, top draw for style, great balance.
Tried on 28 Jun 2015 at 10:13

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Keg at Brew Dock, Dublin, 28/06/15. Clear golden copper with a decent off white cap that retains well. Nose is grain, orange peel, straw, light bread, Taste comprises tangerine, straw, light floral notes, soft bread, light caramel. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent Helles with a light hop dusting, good session gear.
Tried on 28 Jun 2015 at 10:04

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Keg at Brew Dock, Dublin, 28/06/15. Clear golden orange with a decent off white covering that retains well. Nose is bitter citric peel, apricot, straw, tangerine? Light spice. Taste comprises damp straw, melon, yeast esters, light spice, farmyard, bitter orange, light herbals. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid saison.
Tried on 28 Jun 2015 at 09:51

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Fucken speciality grain ... total bollocks of a style that detracts from my IPA count in general. Keg at Brew Dock, Dublin, 28/06/15. Lightly hazed golden amber with a decent light beige covering. Nose is orange pith, bubblegum, caramel malt, juicy hop strokes, light bread, honeydew melon. Taste comprises sweet citric jus, pine resin, light candy bar, pink grapefruit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close peppered with juicy hop bitterness. Solid brew soured by being allocated to a shit 1 style.
Tried from Can on 28 Jun 2015 at 09:39