Aroma: 7 Look: 4 Taste: 7 Palate: 3 Overall: 14
Can from Supervalu, Carrick-on-Shannon [210717]
Pitch black, frothy beige head, some lacing
Aroma of coffee roast, lot of coffee, very roasty
Taste - Rich black good quality coffee roast, roasted malts, coffee is quite intense, roasted malts, some rich dark malt, rich flavour for abv
Palate - Medium carb and body, smooth texture (after a swirl as a bit fizzy), fairly bitter roast coffee. Finish - coffee roast linger, cleans off palate
Overall - Rich coffee stout, not a big fan of coffee beers but good quality tasting coffee in this.

Can at the Old Dears, from Callans, 08/07/17. Unlcear amber to golden pour with a decent light beige cap that retains well. Nose is caramel malts, toasted brown sugar, orange peel, straw, grains, faint pine. Taste comprises bitter orange peel, grapefruit, melting brown sugar gloop, caramel, biscuit, sweet and bitter, brown bread. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi dyring close with a mellow to earthy hop bitter repost. Ok SIPA ... a little too sweet and Old Skool for me but no stinker.

Can from Centra, Collooney [110317]
Dark amber, very hazy, frothy off white head
Aroma of sweet fruity malts, soft orange, touch of toffee, sweet caramel, soft nose
Taste of caramel malts, soft toffee malts, sweet caramelized oranges, nice malts, soft bitter hops, malts are prominent
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, fairly rich texture, sweet malty background. Finish as main flavour, bit more bitter hops in the tail
Overall - Too malty for an IPA - but I did like the sweet caramel orange malts in this. Quite decent.

Take #2 - Can from Supervalu, Carrick on Shannon [290417]
I’m liking this more...like the sweet toffee malts in this...up to 3.4

Can from a Centra in Sligo [050317] 6/2/7/3/14 3.2
Brown, very murky, thin beige head, doesn’t look great, not a pale ale - same colour as a brown ale or ESB
Aroma of soft sweet caramel malts, hint of fruity malts, light nose
Taste of caramel malts, some roasted malt, quite bitter soft earthy hops, toffee malts, malty beer, good flavoured malts in this
Palate - Medium carb and body, fairly rich texture, quite sweet malts. Finish as main flavour, brown malts, bitter toasted malts
Overall - Tasty beer, despite off-putting appearance. Good malts in this, not like anything else on the Irish craft beer market. Should be relabelled as an ESB, calling this a Pale Ale is ridiculous. I’m usually not too bothered about appearance but this was way too murky - improving the appearance and a relabelling is all that’s needed, no need to up the hops - there’s too few malty beers available in Ireland

Can from a Centra in Sligo [050317]
Caramel brown, murky, frothy beige head
Aroma of caramel malts, bit tangy, soft fruity malts
Taste of caramel malts, toffee, certainly a malty beer, getting the roasted nuts, very soft hops, soft fruits, slight hint of red berries, dab of chocolate, taste bit less complex that Thieving Bastards, nice malts
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, sweet malts. Finish of caramel, more malty in the finish
Overall - Decent malty beer - nutty flavour is well integrated, an individual beer amongst the other Irish craft beers

Draught at 57. Cloudy amber with a full head. Aroma of hop and nut. Flavour is pale malt, a little metallic, dried caramel, tart dry finish

Draught at 57. Murky brown with a thin head. Big ball of malt, chocolate, nut, dry malty base. Like a good German dunkel.

Draught at 57. Murky red with a thin head, good lacing. Aroma of red malt. Flavour is sweet malt, dry sweet, fruity base. Dry malt finish.