Atlanta Kellys Light Irish Stone Brewed

Formerly brewed at Atlanta Brewing Company
Style: Traditional Ale
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Thanx to Beeryum! This was quite good. light and crisp yellow with a fizzy head, did not last. aroma of grapefruit and ginger ale. Sweet but not to sweet. Nice for a light beer.

Golden yellow and highly active. Nice sticky bright wide head. No aroma, really. Flavor is at first a full-on starch, then settles into hints of skunky lemon grass. Disappoints.

On tap at the Red Brick Tavern in Hartsfield Airport. Buttery gold colored beer with a bigger than life head! Great lacing. Simply no aroma as far as I can detect. A little more malt body than mega light beers. Flavor of all malt and no burning side adjuncts. Nice hop residual flavor on the tongue when you are done. I suppose that if I had known about the hot rock deal, I would have expected this ale to be even darker from the caramelization. In terms of calories, this is most likely NOT a light beer. In my world however, the term "light beer" should be used to describe this style.

Dark yellow with average head size and retention. Aroma is primarily malts, with hop undertones. Taste, to me, is almost all hops. Maybe it's the brewing method throwing me off here though. Reminds me of a tarrapin rye ale which is also an atlanta local brew. Finish was fresh albeit a tad sticky. Very smooth, drinkable brew. I must say I am impressed. This beer just knocked my usual light beer, sam adams, out of rotation. And it's cheap... well, at least in atlanta. This beer couldn't hold a candle to say a rogue, fullers, or sam smith, but as far as light beers go, it's top notch. It's actually an excellent light beer, which is almost an oxymoron. High marks for that... it's only fair.

For a light beer this is hard to beat. The stone brewing adds an unusual twist to the flavor that is difficult to describe. Overall a quite refreshing ale.

Had on tap at the Brewpub on Concourse T in the Atlanta Airport. Listed as the "Brewmaster's Special". Dark yellow in appearance, had a funky aroma - not unlike stale feet. Had just a tad bit of lacing. Tastes a bit like a worn out raspberry wheat. Hops come through in the aftertaste with a bit too much carbonation. Mouthfeel - very creamy - salvaging grace for this one.

Somewhat malty sweet nose. Decent flavor for a light beer, I guess it's the heated stones, but the flavor suddenly stops and drops out.

I expected a lot more caramel/burnt sugar malt flavors - I mean if they threw super hot rocks in the kettle...(and I have had 1 or 2 others made this way that had a big caramel flavor). So, anyway, we'll just set that aside for the moment. Poured a medium golden color with small head and minimal lacing. I will say this - the palate was thicker than the color would have me believe. Taste was not all that bad - lots of sweetness (hints of green apple - i always like that, even if some would consider it a flaw). Very little hop presence and overly "fizzy". Not a horrible light ale (shoot, i would have guessed it was a lager).