aka what a**hole mixed PBR with Killian’s and bottled it?
Brewery: McSorley’s Brewery, Wilkes-Barre, PA (who just happens to be owned by Pabst Brewing Company / G. Heileman Brewing Co.)
Brewery Description: We brew McSorley’s Ale with carefully malted barley and European style hops to create a light bodied, aromatic, Irish style specialty Ale. Craft brewed with the same care and attention to detail that has made McSorley’s a regional favorite since John McSorley’s 1854 arrival in the United States.
Brew Style: American Pale Ale/Irish specialty Ale (please note, BA has it listed as APA. Ratebeer has it as an Irish ale. From my taste of it, its some bastidization of the two), 5.93% ABV
Recommended Glassware: Pint glass or Mug
The Ugly Truth: sigh…I had hopes. I really and truly did. The label said Irish specialty Ale, which made me go “Hey, that might be some good stuff”. Then I started writing the review and drank it. Then I looked up who makes it.
Its PBR with a leprachuan hat thrown on to confuse you.
Bastids.
The appearence at least was good, with a strong amber color and an off white head with decent retention to it. Slightly hazy, unfiltered look but this was pretty minimal. Aroma was probably the best part of it. Hops aroma, thought not very strong, and a bit of a buscuity malt presence that worked well. Wasn’t anything remarkable about, but it wasn’t horrible.
Taste. The TASTE. First thoughts into my head “Oh Jesus, what the hell is that?!”. Its just tasted…wrong somehow. It has no hops flavor to it, but presents with this strange fruity/sweet flavor that doesn’t so much carress as rapes your taste buds. Just not really that pleasent of a taste. It almost tastes like they started brewing PBR, then threw something in there to try and make it an Irish Ale or whatever its supposed to be. It just wasn’t good, whatever it was. The finish is lingering, and just is massively sticky sweet. Again, it was just freakin’ wierd tasting.
Overall, I’m in no rush to try it again. Hell, it took some effort to finish the bottle I had. I’ll chuck it a few points for the aroma and appearance but Lord it wasn’t good.
Verdict: 4 bottlecaps out of 10, like the clover I’m going to chew to scrape my taste buds clean.
Your bias here is simply terrible. As soon as you saw it was owned by PBR you wrote it off. Go do some homework. McSorley’s is and old house in New York City http://www.mcsorleysnewyork.com/home.html.
Pabst just happens to own the brew. How that happened is a long story. It’s the house brew when you go to the bar in New York. I’ve been there and the place is fantastic.
It’s contract brewed by Lionshead in Wilkes-Barre. They are one of the best contract brewers in the country. They do a fine job with all their contract brews. They do a much better job than Miller does.
I think you need to give this beer an honest taste. It’s good stuff.
Happy drinking!
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