Day 126 of 365: Winter Ale, Carlow Brewing Company (O’Shea’s), Bagenalstown, Leinster, Ireland.
Purchased at: Aldi, Findlay, Ohio (Aldi Advent Calendar)
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This beer, from Ireland’s Carlow Brewing Co., was part of the 2020 Aldi Advent Calendar. This is billed as a winter ale, and comes in at 5% ABV. This beer poured an light amber color, and had a thin, almost nonexistent head that quickly dissipated. The smell was lightly toasted grain, and a bit of a sweet caramel. The taste was unremarkable, as the beer was quite thin, with a light malt flavor, and minimal hop spiciness. Overall, this was not what I was expecting in a winter ale. While this is far from the worst beer I have ever had, I would not buy it again. I look forward to trying some more beers from this brewery and working my way through the advent calendar.
***Note: It appears that the Carlow Brewing Company produces the O’Hara’s line of craft beers, In addition to these O’Shea’s beers. I suspect Carlow contracts the beers for Aldi***
The 2020 Aldi Advent Calendar beer list includes:
Wernesgruner German Pilsner, 4.9% ABV
White Tide Belgian White Ale, 5% ABV
Kinroo Belgian White Ale, 5% ABV
Brens Lager, 5% ABV
Bacher Lager, 5% ABV
Saint Alena Lager, 5% ABV
Imperium Lager, 5% ABV
Kristoffel Blonde Ale, 6%
Kristoffel White Ale, 5%
Kristoffel Dark Ale, 6%
Sezoens Dry Hopped Blonde Ale, 6% ABV
1758 Belgian India Pale Ale, 6.5% ABV
Licher Hefeweizen, 5.4% ABV
O’Shea’s Irish Lager, 4.4% ABV
O’Shea’s Hoppy Lager, 4.2% ABV
O’Shea’s Celtic Wheat Beer, 4.3% ABV
O’Shea’s Winter Ale, 4.8% ABV
O’Shea’s Grapefruit India Pale Ale, 5% ABV
O’Shea’s Irish Red Ale, 4.3% ABV
O’Shea’s Double India Pale Ale, 7.5% ABV
O’Shea’s Hazy India Pale Ale, 5% ABV
O’Shea’s Session India Pale Ale, 4% ABV
O’Shea’s Robust Stout, 7.2% ABV
O’Shea’s Irish Stout, 4.5%
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Great review! I purchased an Advent calendar myself. I'm planning on doing mine Advent style. I look forward to trying these beers and watching your videos on them. Cheers!
As an aside you should run a video featuring your 93’ team autographs with a beer or two.
I had a chance to have a beer with Kruk and Sarge about 3 years ago. Spot on genuine guy and outside of the radio crew the best thing the Phillies going on. Solid eBay purchase!
I’ve had the stout and red ale that they do. The stout is great the red is alright. I’d give it a go based on what I’ve had but it doesn’t sound particularly exciting
John Kruk! He's still so great to doing color for the Phillies today!