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
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
8.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can at home. Clear golden color, full sized white head. Aroma is malts, hops, grassy. Flavor is malts, grassy hops, hoppy bitter, tropical hop bitterness. Solid. Very solid. I like this one!
Tried
on 16 Jan 2026
at 17:28
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
440ml can from Dunell's in Jersey. Pours orange with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of juicy melon, grapefruit, flora, herbs, spice, pine, earth & hops. Medium body. Moderate bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jan 2026
at 07:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours reddish brown, fully transparent, with very fine white foam, limited. Aroma is malty, a little caramel. Body is average, with moderate carbonation. Taste is fairly sweet. Final is average.
Tried
from Draft
at
Fob
on 04 Jan 2026
at 19:18
7.8/10
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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.
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.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2025
at 15:19
5.1/10
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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
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2025
at 09:15
6.3/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
at
Fob
on 22 Dec 2025
at 17:29
7.3/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
at
Tapped Dublin (formerly Porterhouse Central)
on 20 Dec 2025
at 00:00
6.8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Dec 2025
at 21:19
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Dec 2025
at 21:17
7.4/10
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Dec 2025
at 11:29