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Red Ale
The Porterhouse Brewing Company
- From:
- The Porterhouse Brewing Company
- Ireland
- Style:
- Irish Red Ale
Ranked #58 - ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #24,177 - Avg:
- 3.65 | pDev: 13.97%
- Reviews:
- 77
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 08, 2023
- Added:
- Jun 06, 2003
- Wants:
- 8
- Gots:
- 20
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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Ratings by CalgaryFMC:
Reviewed by CalgaryFMC from Canada (AB)
3.64/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Single 330 ml bottle poured into a tulip. A rather dark ruddy brown with a huge frothy beige head that initially filled two-thirds of my glass before settling to leave a few dollops of lacing here and there. Aroma quite sweet and malty with a clear fruity overtone: Brown sugar, apples, apricot, faintly woody yeast. Less sweet on the palate and by my reckoning features less of a toffee pudding or cookie flavor than do many other Irish reds. More sour fruit, nut, and molasses character with some citrus iced tea and herb notes. Medium thin pale ale-like body with a dryish herbal finish in which I can detect some leafy hop. More hop character than is typical for the style. Quite crisp and refreshing if on the fizzy side.
Jan 05, 2015More User Ratings:
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, 2022Reviewed 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, 2021Reviewed 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, 2021Reviewed 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, 2019Reviewed 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?
Red Ale from The Porterhouse Brewing Company
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
186 ratings
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