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Aldi's O'Shea's Spiced Winter Ale

  • 01-10-2015 9:37pm
    #1
    MastaiFerretti
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    What do you think?


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  • #2
    TinCanMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 314 ✭✭TinCanMan


    MastaiFerretti wrote: »
    What do you think?

    Tried it last Friday and was quite impressed with it.


  • #3
    artanevilla
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,969 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    I like the sound of this! What's it taste like?


  • #4
    TinCanMan
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    artanevilla wrote: »
    I like the sound of this! What's it taste like?

    I'm no expert on beers so probably wouldn't do it justice in my description. It's tastes like a strong ale, very pleasant on the palette. What spices are there are not overpowering and almost appear as an aftertaste. I'll definitely be buying more of it though.


  • #5
    Padraig Mor
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    Thought it wasn't great myself, just a typical gimmick winter beer with overdone cinnamon. The other seasonal though - dry hopped amber ale - was a different story. Top notch, hop heavy, taste!


  • #6
    cunnifferous
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    Saw the new dry hopped amber and the winter ale today. Picked up the amber as I'm not a fan of cinnamon and other spices in beer. Look forward to trying the amber (cooling in the fridge as we speak). Hope there is a decent amount of hops in it as your rarely see anything particularly hoppy for €1.89 a bottle!

    Fair play to Aldi and Carlow brewing for doing a few seasonal specials at supermarket prices anyway, hope they taste good!


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  • #7
    Links234
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    Ooooh, must try this! :D


  • #8
    poitinstill
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    Tried both tonight. The winter ale is lovely.. nice background spices but at the heart a nice ale. The amber is a bit of a beaut to be honest lovely and hoppy with low bitterness. Will get them both again


  • #9
    cunnifferous
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    Found the amber a bit watery tbh. Needs to be warmed a bit to get the best of it. Not bad for the price though


  • #10
    donaghs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,820 ✭✭✭donaghs


    MastaiFerretti wrote: »
    What do you think?

    Tasty enough, probably prefer the dry hopped amber ale. Both great for the price. As are the O'Sheas IPA and stout. You can see that as there always seems to plenty of Red and Golden left over, but less of the others, in the Aldis I've been in.


  • #11
    St. Lupulin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 224 ✭✭St. Lupulin


    Just brew up the old Specially Selected red already, you bastards.


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  • #12
    Ruben Remus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 430 ✭✭Ruben Remus


    St. Lupulin wrote: »
    Just brew up the old Specially Selected red already, you bastards.

    Here here!

    Gone but not forgotten... :(


  • #13
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,639 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    Had a bottle of both the other night. Didn't get much spice off the winter one. Bit bland. For the price though the Hopped Amber Ale is nice. I'll probably pick up a few bottles again if I I'm in Aldi.


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