O'Shea's Session India Pale Ale
Carlow Brewing Company

 

From the bottle, it pours a slightly hazy amber with a large white head that slowly reduces. In the nose, it is lightly scented with floral notes. In the mouth, it is slightly bitter, with a slight malt base and some light hop flavor - very drinkable.

Good looking, with decent head retention and slight haze. mild and floral/noble smelling. Mouthfeel is bracing with a hop bite and flavor has a bitterness like hop tea but not much hop flavor. Grainy unfermented notes below it all but not entirely unpleasant.

 

 

Poured from bottle into SN IPA glass, nice 1+ finger cream colored head, good retention and lacing. Slightly hazy (chill haze I believe) pale golden in the glass. Slight floral on the nose, somewhat muted. Taste is initially sweet malt, followed up by floral, herbal, and slight pine through the middle, being English, malt is carrying this beer. Nice bready malt thru to the finish. Ends with a mild bitterness, clean not too crisp and not too sweet. Very little residual aftertaste on the palate so makes it an easy drinker