Hello beer brethren. Welcome back, it has been a long time again. Instead of focusing on another seasonal, I decided to go towards another Stout that I had actually never tried. It was highly recommended to me by a few customers, so I figured I'd give it a shot. It's a 4.3% abv stout that currently sells for $4.43 for a 500ml bottle.
What can we tell from O'Hara's Irish Stout? It pours very nicely, yet is clearly thinner than Guinness or Young's. It's still a very, very dark stout, with a little bit of an opaque, tan head. It has a lot of the burnt malt aroma and it really comes into full effect once you taste it. Definitely some mocha taste in there, but not that much. Just enough to say "Hey, coffee tomorrow morning would be a definitely good idea!"
Though it definitely is a little drier than most stouts, it still retains some creamy qualities to it. It's definitely a repeat buy, it's a good middle-of-the-road stout as well for people that haven't really gotten to Guinness yet. Cheers!
