O'Hara's Irish Red
11.2 ounce bottle - Hop City in Atlanta, Georgia. Appearance: Pours a very dark amber body with a moderately sized, ivory-hued head. Fairly copious amounts of lace. Smell: A sweet-scented brushing of toffee and brown sugar over deeply toasted malts with a faint sniff of quality smoke, dark fruitiness, and herbal hops. Taste: Toffee and brown sugar, though not overtly sweet, a bit less than anticipated from the nose. Toasted malts paired with modest raisin notes. Very, very faint touch of clean smoke. Light herbal hop character, lightly bitterness. Drying, malty on the back half and into the finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium-light carbonation. Overall: I hadn't had this one in several years, and, well, I kind of remember why I hadn't. Particularly so-so.