7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught@brew pub, Dublin. Opaque black, good creamy tanned chocolaty head. Nice intensive nose of cold coffee and chocolate. Aroma is better than beer’s flavor itself. Roasted coffee beans are there but body watery, lighter than you could expect from good nose. Anyway balanced porter and the best of Messrs maguire’s current brews.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2006
at 11:47
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Draught@brew pub, Dublin. Clear golden color, small white head. Strong malty alcoholic nose. Sweet, malty apple flavors like in Russian malt liquer. Otherwise Maguire has copied standard pale lager quite well. Even the harsh aftertaste is there.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2006
at 11:43
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draught@brew pub, Dublin. Golden color, small white head. Malty, weak nose. Medium-bodied. Quite well-balanced, not really hopped to be "real German pils" but good lager which competes with beers like Budvar.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2006
at 11:40
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught@brew pub, Dublin. Dark amber color, steady creamy off-white head. Weak nose of leafy hops. Flowery hoppy aftertaste. Reasonably hoppy English-type bitter.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2006
at 11:37
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Draught@brew pub, Dublin. Slightly hazy yellow color, small white head. Sour wheaty (more like in witbier) aroma. Light, apple-cider like flavor with orange peel notes. Sweetish, light banana notes. Very weak Hefeweizen.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2006
at 11:33
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Sampled cask conditioned at Stockholm Beer Festival.
Amber colour. Heavy citrusy aroma from the Cascade hops mix well with the more grassy aroma of the Styrian Goldings. Sweet and soapy softly malty with nice filling mouthfeel and really bitter finish. Unbelievably packed with flavour this is like a cross of american pale ale and irish ale.
Amber colour. Heavy citrusy aroma from the Cascade hops mix well with the more grassy aroma of the Styrian Goldings. Sweet and soapy softly malty with nice filling mouthfeel and really bitter finish. Unbelievably packed with flavour this is like a cross of american pale ale and irish ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Sep 2003
at 16:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
An amber beer with a beutiful creamy head. The aroma is very slight with fruity notes. The flavor is creamy - the bitterness hits you from the start, then a sweetness from a nice maltblend takes over (do I detect münchner and caramel malt?). It ends on a very nice bitter hoppy note. A really nice beer - a soft pretty bitter ale.
Tried
on 22 May 2003
at 12:06
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Fiery amber; good fruity taste & toasy malts............................
Tried
on 25 Aug 2002
at 16:03
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Black; sourish pint, actually; some brown malt, and a light, watery, coffeeish finish.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2002
at 12:42
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sampled cask conditioned at The Marble Arch, Manchester.
Pale golden and cloudy. Acidic, citrusy nose. Malty and sweet with lemony finish.
Pale golden and cloudy. Acidic, citrusy nose. Malty and sweet with lemony finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2002
at 01:55