Ye Olde Shillelagh
Olde Main Brewing Co. & Restaurant
- From:
- Olde Main Brewing Co. & Restaurant
- Iowa, United States
- Style:
- Irish Red Ale
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.48 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 15, 2011
- Added:
- Mar 15, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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We named this traditional Irish red ale after Irelands traditional beating stick, the shillelagh. A shillelagh is a stout knotty walking stick with a large knob on the top/business end. It was originally used thousands of years ago to “settle disputes” (read: give beatings). If one was lucky enough to win said dispute we imagine that they’d celebrate in a traditional manner, with a beer. A malty red ale to be specific, one with a deep auburn color and pronounced flavors of biscuit and toffee. Just like Lucky Shillelagh Irish Red.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by mdwalsh from Iowa
3.48/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.48/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A: A little hazy, actually a lot hazy, and maybe a little too dark, but reddish and with a nice, creamy looking head.
S: A lot of roast, way to much. Pretty blunt aroma as well.
T: ICK. I was told Olde Main was better on tap. It's not. The same metalic taste I remember from the other beer I had, followed by a processed banana taste only eventually giving way to a little caramel malt. It is slowly improving I suppose, but still a little odd. There's no crispness here, it's very rounded and again, blunt.
M It's really much thicker than I expected, too thick. I think most Irish Reds are too thin, but this one goes way beyond the sweet spot into density.
Mar 15, 2011S: A lot of roast, way to much. Pretty blunt aroma as well.
T: ICK. I was told Olde Main was better on tap. It's not. The same metalic taste I remember from the other beer I had, followed by a processed banana taste only eventually giving way to a little caramel malt. It is slowly improving I suppose, but still a little odd. There's no crispness here, it's very rounded and again, blunt.
M It's really much thicker than I expected, too thick. I think most Irish Reds are too thin, but this one goes way beyond the sweet spot into density.
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