Galway Bay Brewery

Microbrewery in Oranmore, 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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Tap as nitro at Ammutsøn. Dark, cappuccino head. Coffee chocolate and cream, coconut vanilla, but not the artificial one. Soft fluffy and light, chocolate mouse. Nitro is the best. Nitroooo!
Tried from Draft at AmmutsØn on 19 Oct 2025 at 17:10

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EB Tap@The Shamrock (11/10/2025)
Tried from Draft at The Shamrock Inn on 11 Oct 2025 at 04:45

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Tap Brewskival 2025-08-22 Helsingborg
AR: roasted malt, dark bitter chocolate
AP: dark brown, brown lid
F: roasted malt, dark bitter chocolate
Tried from Draft at Brewski Brewery on 05 Oct 2025 at 21:16

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can from Beerdome. Fruity hop with grassy and citrusy notes, soft pale malt, tropical fruit, fruit peel. Medium bitter, finishes a bit dry. Medium body. Nice one, friendly brew.
Tried from Can from Beerdome on 05 Oct 2025 at 20:18

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Tap Brewskival 2025-08-22 Helsingborg
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Tap Brewskival 2025-08-23 Helsingborg
AR: Heavy
AP: dark brown creamy big sand brown steady head
F: Heavy, hard roasted malt, licorice, leather, bitter,
Tried from Draft at Brewski Brewery on 05 Oct 2025 at 19:24

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A murky bright golden yellow beer, no head. Aroma of fresh grassy hops, yeast, yellow stone fruits. Taste of yellow stone fruits, apricot, mango, mild bitterness.
Tried from Draft on 21 Sep 2025 at 11:58

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A black beer with a white head. Aroma of dry roasted dark malt, chocolate, some coffee. Taste of roasted dark malt, chocolate, coffee, a bit thin.
Tried from Draft on 21 Sep 2025 at 11:54

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Om tap at Borefts 2025. Black beer lasting tan head. Dark chocolate and somw coffee on aroma. More dark chocolate in the mouth. Some spirit character. Irish whiskey apparently. Its big bold its got lots of dark chocolate dark malts and a slightly booze overtone. Well that's Borefts then . A fitting end and tribute to a beer festival that has meant so much to me.
Tried from Draft at Brouwcafé de Molen on 20 Sep 2025 at 16:15

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Cremiger, dann zunehmend röstig-trockener Beginn. Moderate Herbe, süffig, minimal bitter, kurzes Finish. 11/8/9/9//9
Tried from Draft on 20 Sep 2025 at 12:41

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keg at Borefts 2025 Saturday ...deep red brown .. thin tan lacing ...soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ..Light toffee ..soct woody malts
Tried on 20 Sep 2025 at 12:39