Hop Talk

So, after getting ahold of some O’Hara’s Irish Red which was less-than-stellar, I made a concerted effort to try again, but from a different retailer.

This time, I went to my favorite retailer. To my delight, they had both the Red and the Stout available. Always up for a good stout, that’s what I picked up.

Here’s what Carlow Brewing has to say:

Full bodied and luxuriously smooth it is the combination of traditional stout hops, an extra pinch of roast barley and crystal clear Irish water that make O’Hara’s Celtic Stout a delicious stout with just enough malt sweetness to balance that discernible roast bite.

Pours a deep brown, with some ruby highlights, with a finger’s-width of light brown head. It seems more carbonated than most stouts I drink. Aroma is distinctively nutty, and the flavor follows suit. It is surprisingly light on the tongue.

So light, in fact, that I finished my first while I was still writing this. At 4.3% ABV it certainly lends itself to another.