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Galway Hooker Irish Pale Ale

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An American Pale Ale brewed by
Galway Hooker Brewery
Roscommon Town, Ireland

bottling
unknown

on tap
common

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Ratings Average Score Seasonal ABV Style Pctl Serve in Advanced
14 3.49/5.0 3.41/5.0 Special 4.4% 79.6 Lager glass, Shaker P Stats

Commercial Description:
This is an exciting new style of beer that we call Irish Pale Ale. This delicious beer is pale in colour, has a full well balanced hop flavour and aroma, a good foamy head, a carbonation level similar to standard lagers. Now you can, of course, make it as complicated as you like by adding various chemicals and preservatives to the beer so that it ferments and matures faster, has a longer shelf life and is cheaper to produce. However, as a small independent craft brewery, we believe in using traditional techniques and think that only the four basic ingredients of beer should be used to produce this wonderful, thirst quenching, “magic potion”. All we want to do is produce a pure and natural beer for the Galway market. Nothing more.

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cellar (261), Dublin, Ireland

2.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.9	6/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	12/20

Jul 13, 2008

@ Bull&Castle, Dublin: Clear golden with tiny head, notes of fruit, citrus and hops, bitter taste and no aftertaste.

KM (137), Tromsø, Norway

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

May 28, 2008

Tap. Nice medium brown body. Small white lasting head. Quite heavy aroma of fruits. Fresh heavy fruity flavour, which is a bit sourish too. Very good and refreshing. Light sweet finish with a tad bitterness. (Porterhouse, Dublin, 07.05.08)

KnutAlbert (2122), Oslo, Norway

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	5/5	15/20

Apr 18, 2008 Updated: Apr 23, 2008

Keg at Bull and Castle, Dublin. Lovely IPA, refreshing with lots of hops. Grass, flowers and bitterness. Lingering finish. This would be great with food. I find no flaws with this beer, a bottle conditioned version should sell well abroad.

larsga (2098), Oslo, Norway

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Mar 24, 2008

Medium shiny creamy white head lasts forever. Very light copper body. Faint fruity honeyish resiny aroma, very harmonic, with floral strawberry notes. Dry-sweet floral fruity honeyish resiny taste with strawberry notes. Dry grain wooden mealy roasty aftertaste. Sharpish mouthfeel. Very nice! (0.33l draft, Bull & Castle, Dublin, St. Patrick’s Day.)

Daithi8640862 (23), Dublin, Ireland

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Feb 18, 2008

This is a great tasting pale ale. A lovely copper colour when pours with a balanced biscuity taste in the mouth and lovely hoppy finish on the palate

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