Lanigan's Irish Ale
Brewsters Brewing Company & Restaurant - Oliver Square

Lanigan's Irish AleLanigan's Irish Ale
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From:
Brewsters Brewing Company & Restaurant - Oliver Square
 
Alberta, Canada
Style:
Irish Red Ale
ABV:
4.7%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
3.54 | pDev: 5.37%
Reviews:
1
Ratings:
4
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 21, 2017
Added:
Mar 01, 2005
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by Slongie:
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Rated by Slongie from Canada (AB)

3.27/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Mar 11, 2016
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.78 by Bunman3 from Canada (AB)

Mar 21, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by artemh from Canada (AB)

Apr 14, 2014
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.62/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
It's been a while since I used to put these back after soccer practice in Edmonton's West End a number of years ago. Time to see what that was all about, oi?

An Imperial pint of this beer sits on the bar in front of me, and appears a clear, and very dark bronzed amber colour, with two fingers of puffy, finely foamy, and somewhat creamy off-white head, which leaves a bit of undulating coral reef lace around the glass as it slowly ebbs away.

It smells of very mild roasted caramel malt, some biscuity toffee, indistinct dark orchard fruit, a slight earthy nuttiness, and further plain leafy, weedy, and floral hop bitters. The taste is sweet bready and caramelized malt, a waning white crackery biscuity thing, suggestions of nuts better spent elsewhere, subtle dark orchard fruit, and more plain earthy, leafy, and sort of wet grassy hoppiness.

The carbonation, she's a bit on the high side of things, what with that overwrought but still engaging frothiness, the body a decently heavy middleweight, and mostly smooth, nothing really taking charge of messing with the base metrics here. It finishes off-dry, sort of, as it appears that more of that crazy old-world maltiness insists on lingering.

Overall, I found this to be a tad cloying, but not in a particularly bad sense - it was surely OK for the one large serving, but I think that my idea of Irish ale attributes, and related subsequent apres-whatever tastes may have moved on - for better or for worse. Maybe if they ever bottled this stuff, I could happily add it to my yearly St. Paddy's Day stew, yeah?
Apr 18, 2009
Lanigan's Irish Ale from Brewsters Brewing Company & Restaurant - Oliver Square
Beer rating: 3.54 out of 5 with 4 ratings