Moylans Dannys Irish Style Red Ale

Brewed by Moylans Brewery & Restaurant
Style: Irish Ale
Novato, California USA

This beer pored nicely with a very nice head. The aroma was wonderful and flavor was full, almost woody. This is a very delicious and full bodied beer.

Pours a rich amber color w/ a shallow creamy froth. Aroma is yeasty sweet with toasted grahm crackers. Nectar full w/ soft residual effers. Flavors of fresh baked toast with a fruity character, not sweet. The malt componant is not decadent, it’s more refined and balanced. It has a nice bittering on the finish. This is an amazing specimen brewed and true to it’s Irish yernings. Rich yet well balanced. Connoisseurs choice! Highly recommended.

a balanced and nicely complex beer. lots of toasty-malt flavor that is kept in check with just enough hops to balance but not trample it. there’s a nice hint of smokiness too (from scotch/irish-yeast or a bit of smoked-malt? not sure).

good flavorful and easy-drinking beer.

Very nice hazy golden color with a big foamy head and lace reduces fast. Aroma of orange peels malt and fresh grains. Nice smooth mellow beer full of flavor not strong or hoppy but they are there. Great toasty caramel finish.

I certainly wouldn't refuse a bottle if offered. A great looking and smelling beer, but overall I think it's their Kilt Lifter with a different yeast, too peaty for an Irish beer.

(Draft. 03/2006). This was a tasty brew. Malty aromas, particularly from colored malts, with notes of caramel and toffee. No hop aroma. Deep, clear, red. No head. Deep, caramelly flavors and notes of toffee, again. Malty. Medium-full palate and a bit sticky.

The beer pours forth from the 22 ounce bottle an reddish orange with a demonstrative creamy white head that upon its erosion leaves a velum like coating to conceal the glass. Nose has a sour dough earthiness, somewhat sweet with a grassy tone, hints of oranges, caramel also peek though the maze. Start has a decent malt presence; mint like bitterness also present, with a touch, top is medium in feel. Finish has a stinging acidity, the hops blatantly spicy, dry as a bone aftertaste sticks to the palate like super glue, quite drinkable, a nice everyday beer.

22 oz. bomber bottle, the label states "Danny’s Irish Style Red Ale," since the ABV is 6.5%, I figured it has just been renamed, so I entered my review here instead of making a new entry. Blurb along the right side of label, sampled in a pint glass. Bottle conditioned cloudy appearance, reddish tarnished copper in color. A tight foamy pale tan head that settled into a thin, semi-sudsy lacing. Roasted caramel is the first smell I noticed, followed by toffee and a subtle fruitiness. Earthy herbal hops are in the background, hints of dry tobacco leaves. Smooth, airy moderate bodied mouthfeel, silky in the palate making this easy to consume. Gentle sweet roasted malty taste, caramel toffee and a touch grainy. Fruity tea-like hops that are mildly bitter, turn a earth spicy at the end. While the hops have a soft presence in the palate, the alcohol accentuated their fruity, spicy qualities. A lingering dry finish, sweet roasted malts with touches of spicy hops. A very nice Irish Red Ale from Moylan’s, a welcome new addition to my local stores.