McFarland Red

Brewed by Heineken Italia
Style: Irish Ale
Milano, Italy

Poured into pint glass from tab in Genoa, Italy. Low carbonation, very low citrus aroma with a light ruby color. Half inch of head that diminished quickly. Not great after taste maybe due to the 8% alcohol content without any hoppy flavor, more of a dead light beer.

500ml can at Chris o New Year tasting 08/09. Attractive amber, thin off white head. Some fruit. It’s a bit syrupy in the middle, ok oon finish, bit of a sting.

500ml can (no best before date). Generous head. More dark amber than red really. A handsome beer nonetheless. Some vague gluey notes in the aroma. Otherwise rather malty, as expected, with a hint of dry bitterness. Bland, but not as bad as I expected, especially as it had been sitting around for at least a year. Says brewed under license from Murphys on the can so I guess it is probably higher ABV brew for the Italian market - just the sort of thing that seems to be popular in Italy - based on the Murphys Irish Red (which is actually produced in the Netherlands these days). And most, if not all, of the Murphys Irish Stout is actually contracted out to Inbev at their plant in Wales. I’m rambling. I’ll stop now.

Shared this one w/ SkyCop32. Picked up at Maruhn Getränke in Darmstadt. Pours a light cola color. Not a lot of aroma, sweet malt with a hint of fruit/hops. Flavor is malty, with a touch of bitterness.

Drank this with Oldrtybastrd. This is very sweet but a low end killians. This has some hints of sweet malt. This had very little taste

Bottle in an Italian restaurant in Portogruaro. A clear light amber colored beer, with an off white head. The aroma of a little caramel and malt and some fruits. The taste is dry bitter with malts and notes of caramel. The aftertaste is a little bitter and dry.

On tap, amber red colour, small white head, malt aroma with roasted notes, sweet flavor, dry hops finish, interesting

(BB0207)Thanx Dorqui. Canned. Amber in color, bubbly white head, lacings. The aroma is a heavy and malty experience. The flavor is mostly that of roaste malt, sweet.