O'Hara's Imperial Stout - O'Hara's | Carlow Brewing Company

To celebrate 20 years of brewing we crafted this limited edition Imperial Stout. This beer impresses from the first touch with it’s sheer complexity. Immensely viscous, yet smooth with a rich syrup mouthfeel. The aromas and flavours of rich coffee, chocolate and a light hop addition hit every sense and lead to a long warming finish where the flavours constantly develop. This is a beer which will develop for years in the bottle.

Take a sip, savour and let your senses take in the natural ingredients and passion that went into every single stage of it’s creation.

ADDITIONAL TASTING NOTES

Colour/Appearance
Dark, almost opaque with a tanned head.

Aroma
At first the aroma is rich coffee and chocolate on the nose.
Delve a little to find caramel and nuttiness with a light hop aroma.

Aftertaste
This robust full bodied stout is packed with sensuous milk chocolate and coffee
flavours which is further reinforced by hints of liquorice, caramel and roasted nuts.
There is a long warming finish where the complex flavours constantly develop.

IMPERIAL STOUTS

The Daddy of all stouts - imperial stouts are the best way to showcase how
dark malts can impart truly unique flavours to beer. It is the
combination of the high alcohol and a much higher proportion
of dark malts that gives the beer its unmistakable character.

An intense flavour of liquorice, dried fruits and caramel-coated chocolate
with some light coffee. This beer has complexity beyond what is usually
expected in any beer. This complexity develops over time as the beer is
bottle conditioned. I recommend buying at least two, one for today and
one for a years’ time.

BREWERS NOTE

This beer is bottle-conditioned, which means that the carbonation has
been created by the yeast which remains in the beer. Yeast would usually
be filtered out of beer, but creating bubbles in beer by using the yeast is a
very natural and traditional approach.

The remaining yeast in the beer will also keep working and slowly develop
the flavours over time.

BEER FACTS

StyleTraditional Imperial Stout ABV10.0% Plato23° IBUs60 FermentationTop fermentation Availability37.5cl Bottle, Occasional cask-conditioned

ON YOUR TABLE

Serving Temperature10°C Food PairingThis stout pairs excellently with grilled meats, dark chocolate, or poured lightly over vanilla ice cream as a dessert. Strong crumbling cheese such as feta, stilton or gorgonzola pair very well with this full bodied stout. GlassO’Hara’s stemmed glass