George Killians Irish Red

Brewed by Coors Brewing Company (MillerCoors)
Style: American Dark Lager
Golden, Colorado USA

bottle. pours deep red-orange, thin foamy head dissipates quickly. aroma is light malt. not much to the taste aside from some malt and caramel on exhale. watery palate and high carbonation. after drinking this beer i thought of a new slogan for the company. "killians irish red. its not expensive. its not offensive."

Tap in NY, USA. Red with smooth beige head. Nose has malts and sweetness and the flavor is pretty much the same. Quite sweet with caramael and some hoppy funkiness. Decent, but quite sweet.

It had a red body with out a lot of head. It had a slight malty taste to it but nothing that really thrilled me too much.

Poured red with off whiet head. Light aroma of sweet malt. Taste was very watery. Some malt hints but nothing too exciting.

This beer has a special place for me as it was a transitional beer in my beer drinking career. It helped me graduate from drinking the tasteless beer ranks and got me to explore better beers and home brewing. I first tried this about 12 years ago and said to myself ha, this has some flavor in it. I had it again a few weeks ago just for the memories. It is certainly much lighter in body and flavor than the styles I drink now, but it is a nice drinkable malted up version of Coors main product. For me it was like the first meaningful relationship you have and all the lesions it can teach you. You eventually out grow that relationship, but the knowledge and wisdom that she gave you will be with you for the rest of your life. And for that, this product receives a high rating as it pulled me from boyhood beers and pushed me into the world of real beers. Killians was like a Ku Fu Master who taught me all it could and was content to be left behind as I embarked on the quest for better beer!

Malty and drinkable, but nothing special. One of the few tasty macro sessioners.

To me, this is basically Coors Original with caramel malts. It does have a nice red color. That is the best aspect of this beer.

Not the biggest fan of the dark lagers but pretty good for my money. Nothing special or really attractive about it but has a good clean taste and would be a pretty good session brew.