 Braudog (3773), Dayton, Ohio, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 6, 2007 Bottle: Dark, ruddy brown-red, with a thin but staying top of just-tan foam. The aroma is richly roasty and toasty. It drinks with a creamy consistency and delivers with the anticipated roasted malt, caramel, and a light nuttiness. Pretty well balance beer right down the alley of what you’d expect for a beer labeled "Irish Ale" ... give me some of this with a bowl of potato soup or a nice corned beef sandwich. (#3123, 10/6/2007)
tjthresh (1778), Greenfield, Indiana, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 2, 2007 12 ounce bottle from jjpm74
Pours brownish red with a tan head.
Quite a bit of caramel character in the nose with a smidge of roast. There is a suprising amount of herbal hop aroma here as well
The flavor is pretty pedestrian. Caramel with some roasted bitterness.
High carbonation comes of prickly or even almost harsh. I can get the med/full body here. It woud be better with less carbonation, I think.
Still, a decent enough, sessionalbe, beer.
JAF737300 (797), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 29, 2007 Pours deep red amber. Notes of roasted nuts and malt. The malts show a sweetness on the palate with a bit of an earthen finish. Nice ZRed.
RblWthACoz (963), Brooklyn, New York, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 29, 2007 Pours a clear darker amber ruby. Nose is metallic and kind of nut-like. Flavor is deep and consistent. Carries a real earthy and slightly leafy character. On the end there is a sweet tone with a touch of light caramel to it. Feel is kind of sticky on the liquid and the bubble is low on the mouth. Overall very drinkable. Smooth and even and a good one to enjoy.
pforei (338), USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Sep 27, 2007 On tap at Hop Devil. Red brown and orange color miixture. Sweet malt aroma. Taste is similarly sweet with a modicum of hops and a strong earthy (peat moss?) flavor. Not the type of beer to keep drinking one after the other.
jcwattsrugger (5563), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 26, 2007 12 oz bottle-pours a light tan head and dark copper color. Aroma is dark malt-smoky/roasty. Taste is dark malt-smoky/roasty, some caramel sweetness (slightly burnt), flat/earthy hops with some bitterness. Right on style. Dryish finish. OK carbonation.
cazort (419), Newark, Delaware, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 8, 2007 Updated: Sep 11, 2007(Bottle) This is the hoppiest Irish Ale I’ve ever tried. I like the idea. However, there is not enough of the earthy complexity to the malt that I expect from this style. If I had not looked at the label and read the name, I would not have guessed that this was an Irish ale...it tastes more like a hoppier amber ale or some other more generic American brew. By the end of the bottle, the malt tastes funky, and a bit heavy and sweet. This beer was not bland, but it still has a lot of flaws.
kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Sep 1, 2007 Date: 04/05/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac
clear dark brown, lasting fine tan head, solid lace, dry carmel malt aroma, very rich dry carmel malt flavor, light lasting bitterness in the finish, not a lot of character but a good solid beer
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 9/10
Score: *4
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