Galway Bay Brewery
Microbrewery
in Oranmore,
Galway,
Ireland 🇮🇪
Associated with 10 Venues
Established in 2009
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
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can at home, from Craft Central.ie, 28/12/2025.
Moderately hazed orange golden topped with a lasting white head.
Nose is punchy tropical fruits, papaya, ripe melon, grass, guava.
Taste comprises orange pith, grapefruit, pine needle, grass, mandarin, hint of mango, papaya.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come grassy hop bitterness.
Solid clean drinking DIPA.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 3.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle at home, 27th December 2025. Pours black. Aroma is acidic and taste clearly infected, sour and too much to attempt to drink this. I see from the last review the same and Untappd have reviews dating back over a year commenting on infection. This should have been recalled
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Hand pumped at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours dark brown, almost black, with some fine cappuccino foam. Aroma is a mix of fruity and chocolate, a hint of cherry. Body is average, with no carbonation. Taste is medium roasty, with some background sweetness as well. Final is fairly short.
Culchiem (6642) reviewed Vinternatt from Galway Bay Brewery 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Murky brown with with a short head. Aroma of cinnamon malts. Flavour is warm mulled malt, clove and cinnamon, chocolate notes at the back.
Robin Svensson (13310) ticked Ostara from Galway Bay Brewery 4 months ago
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Robin Svensson (13310) ticked Afterglow from Galway Bay Brewery 4 months ago
Robin Svensson (13310) ticked Vinternatt from Galway Bay Brewery 4 months ago
Grumbo (24737) ticked Rán - with Blackcurrant from Galway Bay Brewery 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Jet black with a tan head. Aroma of roast malt and dark fruits. Flavour is blackcurrant jam notes on a milky dry stout, roast malt, light burnt, fruity finish.