Brian Boru Old Irish Red - Three Floyds Brewing Co. & Brewpub

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exceptional
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790 Ratings

rAvg: 4.07
pDev: 11.06%
Reviews: 453
Hads: 337

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Brewed by:
Three Floyds Brewing Co. & Brewpub

Indiana, United States

Style | ABV
Irish Red Ale | 5.50% ABV

Availability: Spring. bottle (424), on-tap (28), growler (1).

Notes:
Ireland’s first and last Ard Ri (high king) of the whole Gaelic race, Brian Boru was born in Munster, Ireland around 940. Brian Boru’s mother was killed by Vikings when he was a child. He spent his life uniting the Irish tribes to become the first king of Ireland only to be killed at Clontarf on Good Friday 1014 putting down a rebellion by the king of the province of Leinster. This one’s for him.

40 IBU

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Reviews by Thedaver4220:

Thedaver4220

Illinois

4/5 rDev -1.7%

01-22-2013 18:30:15 | More by Thedaver4220

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freemanj

Missouri

3.75/5 rDev -7.9%

05-24-2013 21:21:11 | More by freemanj

WKole81

Illinois

4.5/5 rDev +10.6%

05-24-2013 02:52:33 | More by WKole81

msinger1002

Ohio

4.25/5 rDev +4.4%

05-23-2013 23:29:02 | More by msinger1002

KFBR392

Illinois

2.98/5 rDev -26.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3

Appearance: Pours a light to medium bodied texture. Deep burnt blood red color. About a finger of head on the pour and has above average lacing on the glass. Above average carbonation throughout drinking.

Smell: A front of leafy greens and chewy malts. Tones of alcohol,earthy tones, caramel, and molasses stand out. The hops create a sharply pungent aroma which takes away from many of the other aspects in this brew. Comes off slightly funky and does not seem to fit the rest of this brew.

Taste: This seems to get lost. A very chalky malt flavor hits right away. After that, you get some of the accents felt in the aroma but they seem to be oddly mixed together. There is a shallow feeling felt on the palette, some smokey malt lingers. The usually hoppy spice that seems to run across FFF beers is conflicting here. Just not use about this one.

Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied, I could really use more malty stickiness here.

Overall: I love me some FFF, but this one is a miss. I do not really get what the goal for this brew was. Flavor seem to get lost and are overall forgettable.

Serving type: bottle

05-23-2013 22:13:05 | More by KFBR392