Oliver's Irish Red
Pratt Street Ale House

 

 

 

Pours a finger of head on a dark brown body.
The aroma is mild grain.
The taste is lemon and grain, mild sweetness.
The texture is softer with moderate carbonation.
It's a nice and easy drinker.

 

 

 

On draft at The Big Hunt in D.C.

The beer is amber to crimson with a small, white head. The aroma is caramel malt, lightly sweet, a touch of hops. Malt forward and tasty. Very fresh. Mild bitterness and light hop presence. Easy drinking and smooth with a surprisingly robust body. I enjoyed this and would have it again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On-tap at the Pratt Street Ale House on a Sunday evening, Baltimore, MD.

The beer was a nice deep red that produced a decent creamy, white head, which was retained fairly well. The beer gave off a sweet malty aroma, with little hop presence. The taste was average, I guess that I was expecting more, considering the last experience that I had at this place, but that was a few years back. It had a nice balanced taste to it, maybe just leaning toward the malt end. Not much else. The beer was light in the mouth, smooth with a dry finish. Overall, slightly better than average drinkability, I would probably give it another go.

 

 

On tap in downtown Baltimore:

My last of 4 beers I tried on my first visit to the Pratt Street Ale House. Pours a ruby red, small white head. Smell is of sweetness and caramel. Medium to heavy bodied, a lot more flavor than expected and the caramel really comes out with a nice hop kick. One of the better beers I had during the night and one of the best red ale's I've had. Really good beer, as smooth and drinkable as they come.

Poured out of the cask at Pizza Paradiso Dupont DC, into a tumbler.

A very great looking super creamy carbonated head off tan and soupy thick. Gorgeous red cherry wood body with no rising carbonation and pretty clear. Puck collar sticks around throughout drinking. Absolutely love this body color I want to paint my house with it!

Bouquet is an airy malt and dry with a little malt presnece. Not getting much of a hop presence with the Fuggles.

Mild malt in taste, with to me an almost faint rye like bread taste. Classic cask like butery feel with not much hop presence.

Overall drinkable and enjoyable, but for an Irish Red it feels icredibly toned down, with no big malt and toast and no grass like presence either that I associate with this style.

Dark red/brownish hue w/ minimal head and lace. I can pick up faint sweet malt and hop aromas but the smell is very light. Little bit surprised w/ how smooth the beer is w/ a decent hop bite and only a mellow sweet malt feel. Finishes easy and is a decent sipper.