Red Ale
The Porterhouse Brewing Company
- From:
- The Porterhouse Brewing Company
- Ireland
- Style:
- Irish Red Ale
Ranked #79 - ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #33,767 - Avg:
- 3.65 | pDev: 13.97%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 78
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 14, 2025
- Added:
- Jun 06, 2003
- Wants:
- 9
- Gots:
- 20
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Porterhouse Red is brewed using a well chosen mixture of malts and hops. It is a complex ale with a subtle flavor that does not overload the tastebuds and a nice smooth finish. Bottle conditioned, unpasteurized.
Grain: Pale Malt, Crystal Malt, Wheat Malt, Chocolate Malt.
Hops: Galena, Nugget, East Kent Golding.
Grain: Pale Malt, Crystal Malt, Wheat Malt, Chocolate Malt.
Hops: Galena, Nugget, East Kent Golding.
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Rated by ttoadee from Texas
3.23/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.23/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
RB transfer
Jun 27, 2025
Reviewed by FLima from Brazil
3.46/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Dark amber copper color with a thick creamy head with eternal retention and leaving a wall of laces.
Mild aroma with notes of grains and biscuit.
Flavor with notes of berries, cream, toasted malts and faint grapefruit drops. Dry aftertaste with a mild bitterness.
Light creamy nitro body with appropriate carbonation.
Pleasant Irish Red Ale with a creamy nitro feeling.
Jun 03, 2024Mild aroma with notes of grains and biscuit.
Flavor with notes of berries, cream, toasted malts and faint grapefruit drops. Dry aftertaste with a mild bitterness.
Light creamy nitro body with appropriate carbonation.
Pleasant Irish Red Ale with a creamy nitro feeling.
Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
3.72/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.72/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
I tried a pint of this beer off the tapper at the brewery pub in Dublin. It poured a clear amber with white head that left a fine lace. The scent had subtle sweet malt notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with sweet malt base and the subtle hop finish. The mouthfeel was medium in body but with good carbonation. Overall it was a great beer.
Jun 10, 2022
Reviewed by Spike from England
3.65/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Nitro tap at Fraunces Tavern, NYC.
L: Clear, Red/amber colour with one finger of cream head that leaves many rings of lacing. Gotta love the nitro!
S: Light malt.
T: Delicate caramel with some smoky bitterness in the finish.
F: Light body and a soft mouthfeel.
O: A very easy-drinking Irish red ale.
Mar 29, 2022L: Clear, Red/amber colour with one finger of cream head that leaves many rings of lacing. Gotta love the nitro!
S: Light malt.
T: Delicate caramel with some smoky bitterness in the finish.
F: Light body and a soft mouthfeel.
O: A very easy-drinking Irish red ale.
Reviewed by dcotom from Iowa
4.4/5 rDev +20.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.4/5 rDev +20.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from an 11.2-ounce bottle into a Boddington's Pub Ale Willi Becher glass. This is my first non-Guinness Irish beer, and it is a dandy. Cola colored pour, with a couple of fingers of off-white head that left some nice sticky lacing. Amazingly complex aromas and flavors. Loads of molasses and licorice up front, with undertones of tart apple and citrus. Nice astringent and hoppy bitterness in the middle, with a little char on the finish and a hint of lingering tartness on the palate. Brewed with Pale, Crystal, Wheat, and Chocolate malts; hopped with Galena, Nugget, and East Kent Golding. My only complaint is the ring-top cap, which I finally pried off by starting with a chopstick and finishing with an oven mitt. YMMV. Sláinte!
Oct 14, 2021
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.22/5 rDev -11.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.22/5 rDev -11.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Keg halfpint at Mulligan’s, Dublin, as The Porterhouse Nitro Red Irish Ale. ABV is 4.2%. Deep reddish brown colour, creamy off-white to beige head. Moderate malty aroma. Medium roast malts in the fairly dry flavour, some bittering hops.
Apr 21, 2021
Reviewed by Nofoba
3.84/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
It has a dark copper body with a tiny off-white head and a small amount of lacing.
The aroma has roasted malts, caramel, plum and chocolate.
The taste has roasted malts, caramel, coffee and earthy hops, with a bitter finish. Medium bodied, creamy and dry.
A very pleasant red ale.
Feb 07, 2020The aroma has roasted malts, caramel, plum and chocolate.
The taste has roasted malts, caramel, coffee and earthy hops, with a bitter finish. Medium bodied, creamy and dry.
A very pleasant red ale.
Reviewed by detgfrsh from Texas
3.77/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On nitro tap at the brewery. Copper color with dense tan head. Smells of caramel. Light body and smooth feel. Toasted malt and caramel flavors. Very nice!
Aug 10, 2019
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
3.85/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.85/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Bottled and possibly bottle conditioned bought from the Microbar in the Arndale, Manchester
Pours a clear rusty red body with decent off white head
Arms is barley sugar
Malty, very slightly sour then very slightly sweet then very slightly creamy
It’s a traditional Irish red, great at what it is but is what it is great?
Jun 03, 2019Pours a clear rusty red body with decent off white head
Arms is barley sugar
Malty, very slightly sour then very slightly sweet then very slightly creamy
It’s a traditional Irish red, great at what it is but is what it is great?
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