RUA
Árainn Mhór Brewing Company
- From:
- Árainn Mhór Brewing Company
- Ireland
- Style:
- Irish Red Ale
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.8 | pDev: 5%
- Reviews:
- 4
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 26, 2013
- Added:
- Dec 30, 2006
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by drperm from Virginia
4.06/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Draught at the Bull & Castle, Dublin. Arainn Rua is a bottle-conditioned Red Ale (a red ale that has nothing to do with Killians) that weighs in at 5.2% but has the complexity of a much stronger brew. It is sweet and complex, peaty, hazel-nutty, and bubbly. As a blind pick, it was amazing with the dessert. The bottle-conditioning gives it a certain resemblance to the Old Speckled Hen, or certain Belgian ales. A definite classy edge here. The bottle enticingly says, a "secret essence of Arainn Mhor ingredient" is added. I wonder if its not some sort of herb, or perhaps heather -- contributing to the sweet, peaty earthiness thats present. This is an excellent, excellent ale, perhaps my new favorite Irish beer, overall.
Dec 17, 2007
Reviewed by jspruit from Denmark
3.62/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Shared this 500ml bottle with some friends after picking it up at Redmonds in Ranelagh.
Nice pour with two finger head that didnt stick around too long. The smell was sweet and carried through to the beer as well. As with the previous Árainn Mhór beer I tasted, this brew seemed to grow on me the more that I drank.
Happy to see an Irish brewery making their own beer (edit-this beer is actually brewed in Belgium.) A nice example of an Irish Red Ale that I will definitely try again-maybe an entire bottle for myself.
Apr 29, 2007Nice pour with two finger head that didnt stick around too long. The smell was sweet and carried through to the beer as well. As with the previous Árainn Mhór beer I tasted, this brew seemed to grow on me the more that I drank.
Happy to see an Irish brewery making their own beer (edit-this beer is actually brewed in Belgium.) A nice example of an Irish Red Ale that I will definitely try again-maybe an entire bottle for myself.
Reviewed by JohnfromDublin from Ireland
3.71/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.71/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Tasted this 500 ml bottle on 28.01.07 best by 17.08.08.
The appearence was a slightly hazy light red/brown body with a fine foamy white head.
Very little smell apparent; some subdued hoppy freshness.
The taste was a bit hard to describe; kind of hoppy copper taste with nutmeg in the background. The taste grew on me as I drank the bottle. Alcohol well disguised.
Coming in at 6% ABV, this is a brave effort for an Irish micro and it works very well.
Jan 29, 2007The appearence was a slightly hazy light red/brown body with a fine foamy white head.
Very little smell apparent; some subdued hoppy freshness.
The taste was a bit hard to describe; kind of hoppy copper taste with nutmeg in the background. The taste grew on me as I drank the bottle. Alcohol well disguised.
Coming in at 6% ABV, this is a brave effort for an Irish micro and it works very well.
Reviewed by cypressbob from Northern Ireland
3.62/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
500ml bottle
Pours with a deep browny/reddy body, cloudy and fairly fizzy with lots of little bubbles of carbonation.Off white head with good retention, some nice lacing down the glass
Smell, bready malt, some slight alcoholic tinged esters, biscuity aromas
Taste, big malt character, slight alcoholic sweetness lingering on the finish, some english hop presence and some bitterness on the finish
A pretty solid ale from this new offshore Donegal brewery, much better than their other offering
Dec 30, 2006Pours with a deep browny/reddy body, cloudy and fairly fizzy with lots of little bubbles of carbonation.Off white head with good retention, some nice lacing down the glass
Smell, bready malt, some slight alcoholic tinged esters, biscuity aromas
Taste, big malt character, slight alcoholic sweetness lingering on the finish, some english hop presence and some bitterness on the finish
A pretty solid ale from this new offshore Donegal brewery, much better than their other offering
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