Three Floyds Brian Boru

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Irish Ale
Munster, Indiana USA

rating #300! on tap, pours hazy amber with nice creamy white head. nose has PNW hops and soft caramel notes. flavor is pretty hoppy for a red ale and there’s interesting caramel malt backbone. i recall last years was hoppier but i dont know. they’ve done a nice job creating something enjoyable to drink with a boring style.

Nice pour, slight head. Somewhat sweet, with some citrus, caramel, but hopped well too, not over-hopped, just right. Very drinkable and enjoyable brew! Nice flavor, some breadiness as well. Huge thanks to Duane for this brew!

22 oz bomber via trade with Pantanap (Thanks!). Great hop overtones in the aroma, fruity, and the malts slightly more subdued, Grapefruit, and pine needles. Appearance is a murky reddish/ brown with a medium sized tan head that lingers around for a while. Taste is definately hopped out, nice bitterness, grapefruit, a light caramlized malt note, and a nicely spiced brew. Palate is actually kind of sweet, short, and medium bodied. Overall, this is a great Irish Ale. I keep getting inpressed with FFF. THey might be my second favorite brewery. The first is Bell’s. Cheers!

22 oz bottle. Pours reddish copper color with small off white head. Floral hoppy aroma. Malty and lite whisky taste with hoppy bitter after taste.

22oz. bomber bottle sampled our of a Duvel tulip. An excellent beer...and I was pleasently surprised with it! Very nice copper colored medium-sized head. Surprisingly different citrus and pine aroma that I thought was great! Astounding ruby red color that I found myself admiring by holding it in front of a light between sips! Medium carbonation with an intense forward hoppyness and citrus and toffee undertones. I tend not to enjoy after-bitterness and this beer had almost none...so I thought the finish was superb! You can’t beat it at $5.99 for a bomber! The only reason I didn’t give it a higher overall rating was that I tend to like beers with a higher alcohol content...

Bottle: Dark red body with little head. Aroma features lots of pine and citrus hops with sugar cane and melon undertones. In the mouth, this beer opens with a sweet bready flavor with wintergreen undertones. Stays sweet til the swallow, with biscuty and sweet-rye notes, then the strong pine flavors hit. A final lingering bready quality that last for a long time finishes this fine beer.

Bomber courtesy of ummm I forgot, but the person is the bestest! The aroma is a massive toffee, caramel malt affair with a strong back up performance by loads of citrus accented hops. The body is a murky red/brown/orange smear that holds a quickly fading tan head. Huge malt fore is almost chewy. Loads of caramel and citrusy hops. Pretty narrow flavor wise....lingers into an almost cocoa like flavor, but this is just a massive malt bomb with a solid back up of hop artillery. Enjoyable enough though.

Thanks to black95tt for this beer. Poured a clear mahogany with a creamy off-white head. Aroma of citrusy orange hops, wheat bread, and powdered iced tea. Flavor is hoppy and toasty with notes of caramel and some honey and some breadiness, with a bit of iced tea character and a light citrus hoppiness. Very easy-drinking, leading to a pleasantly clean finish with just a bit of toasty toffee. Drinkable and refreshing, but clearly unlike any other Irish Ale I’ve had. But it’s FFF, so I didn’t expect something typical.