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Carrig Brazen Amber Ale

Carrig Brazen Amber Ale
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Brewed by Carrig Craft Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, Ireland

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RATINGS: 10   MEAN: 2.75/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.8   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 126   ABV: 4.2%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
keg, special
Brazen amber ale combines the flavours and aromas of classic earthy hops, the caramel warmth of malt, a fruity sweetness imparted by a fine yeast and caps it off with a soft, palate-cleansing bitterness to finish.


3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Xavalias (268) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - JUL 24, 2015
Bottle at The Temple Bar, Dublin. Clear amber. Heavy aroma of caramel, maybe too much? Virtually not bitternes, very sweet, with a creamy palate.

3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
thelynchfella (167) - Dublin, IRELAND - MAR 7, 2015
Poured mahogany with little to no head. Quite a nice aroma, biscuit, malt, caramel, spices. flavour is of caramel, spices, candy. Very little bitterness. Medium dry finish.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
DedicatedToFun (4000) - Santa Monica, California, USA - OCT 4, 2014
Tap, amber pour white head, nose and taste are both caramel, some toffee, smooth and creamy

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
fordest (2133) - Santee/San Diego, California, USA - SEP 22, 2014
500 ml bottle in Sligo, Ireland. Deep amber color with a decent head. Sweet aromas and malty aromas.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
elbernays (955) - Dublin, IRELAND - AUG 24, 2014
500ml bottle at home. Pours chestnut brown with tan head which reduces to nothing. Toffee, candy floss, nuts, wood nose. Flavour is caramel, biscuit, toffee. It’s very sweet. Watery low carbonation. Treacle aftertaste. Bit of woody dryness in the finish. It’s okay.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
culchiem (3111) - Berlin, GERMANY - JUN 29, 2014
Bottle. Clean amber with a thin head. Aroma is nutty biscuit. Flavour is bready malt, a little spice in a dry malt finish.

2.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
garthicus (2814) - Dublin, IRELAND - JUN 20, 2014
Appearance: Red, large white head. Aroma: Malty, some damp cardboard, a little spiciness, grassy too. Flavour: Caramel and toasty, grassy with some spicy notes and a medium sweet finish.

1.7
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 5/20
Beersiveknown (4224) - NORTHERN IRELAND - MAY 16, 2014
Bottle at home from Redmonds via the beer nut
pale amber. Wet cardboard and shredded wheat nose. Moderate carbonation and body, branflakes, vegetal dandelion leaf finish. Not good.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
ciaranc (1102) - Dublin, IRELAND - APR 24, 2014
UPDATED: MAY 18, 2014 Draught at The Headline. Clear, lighting amber, nice foamy white head. Grainy nose. Flavour is grain, a little biscuit malt, dry, bitter grapefruit hops. Not much body too it and quite fizzy. Very little sweetness. Short finish. A bit pedestrian. Edit - had this in bottle form, really awful, cardboard notes all over the shop. Wont mark it down, these guys need all the help they can get

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
stravale (2547) - Near Carrick-on-Shannon, IRELAND - APR 8, 2014
Keg @ The Oarsman, Carrick-On-Shannon [030414]
Dark amber, clear, streaming carbonation, slightly off white fizzy head
Aroma - Little on nose, as it warms up some soft sweet caramel malts
Taste of soft caramel, slight caramelized orange, slight barley sugar, slight bitter hop, touch of biscuit, very little hops in this, as it warmed up a bit more flavour came out but seemed to be lacking in flavour overall
Palate - Moderate carb, light to medium body, little oily, quite smooth, slight sweet palate, little tangy, clean. Finish has a slight bitterness in the linger.
Overall - It seems to be brewed as a conversion beer for people used to drinking the macro stuff (which is understandable as the availability of craft beer in this area is rather minimal). It’s just too attenuated overall for a regular craft beer drinker.


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