McFarland Red

Brewed by Heineken Italia
Style: Irish Ale
Milano, Italy

Copper colour with a tan head. Malty aroma with light notes of oak. Malty flavor, faint caramel note, bland.

Orange beer. Beige head, tall but fast collapsing. Good carbonation. Malty sweet aroma. Mild rather bitter flavour dominated by roasted malts lingering on to a rather dry fínish. Overall, mild and uncomlpex.

Bottle: Dark copper coloured, mid-sized lacing head; malty, vinous nose with a strong musty touch, cloves and molasses too; mild bitter-sweet flavour; short, malty, dry alcoholic finish, with molasses again; drinkable, but pretty boring and unpleasant because of the combination of cloves and malts........

Bottle, 33cl. Amber colour, medium white/beige head. Wasn’t expecting anything special but it turned out as a nice surprise. Malty aroma, a little fruity as well. Sweet at the beggining and bitter in the end, the flavour is quite good, with notes of malt and maybe some caramel. Simple, fresh and nice!

Like other reviewers, I found this beer in parts of Greece and Italy. I figure it is one of those export-only beers that no one in Scotland actually drinks. Not bad, but nothing remarkable.

Scottish beer not much complex. It is found in many pub of Milan. birra scozzese non molto complessa. La si trova in molti pub di Milano.

Bottled, in a sexy café in Oia, Santorini, Greece. </br> I’ve seen this beer in the strangest and most out of the way places. I last saw it in a town on the shores of Lake Como, Italy. A reddish beer that tastes the part in a fizzy way. Rusty sharp flavours hide the 5.6% ABV. You don’t even remotely notice the strength until the beer is just about gone (which in some cases may not be that long I admit). I didn’t care that much for it on this occasion. A little too acidic for my palate with rather thin body and short palate. A curious rate out on the point of Santorini.

An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is malty combined with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel and hints of berries, leading to a dry roasted end.