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Has anyone noticed any differences in O'haras stout since the move to the upgraded facilities?

Can anyone confirm that the recipe has changed since the move to the new facilities? -The last two bottles I had seemed less roasty than what I had back when O'haras was more scarce and at the old facility; almost bordering on "robust porter" (with a large percentage of black malt)...

Am I the only one who feels this way?
(I'm going to give it a try again in a few weeks; maybe they're just getting used to the new equipment at the moment...)

I really hope the full roastiness comes back; maybe I just got a couple of bottles from a single "off" batch...


Adam

I have to admit that the bottles I got last week felt different to what I remembered O'Hara's to be (though it's been a while!). While the aroma was rich, roasty and chocolately, the flavour was thinner than I recalled. Certainly roasty, but in an ashy kind of way, and a bit carbonic and without much background support.

They may need to some fine-tuning of their recipes on the new brewery. I helped Two Brothers (www . twobrosbrew . com), a local craft brewer, with the setup of their new brewery, and they were rewarded with about a 5% improvement in efficiency. Of course, they just scaled up their existing recipe, and probably threw in a little extra just as insurance against getting poorer efficiency out of the gate. Their first batch was Cane & Ebel, and it came out with an OG probably 20% higher than normal, and became known as the "Imperial" Cane & Ebel. Best of luck to Seamus as they get to know the quirks of the new & improved brewery.

I've been drinking the M&S stout in Britland and it tastes the same as it always did.

"Mill Rat":1qz2bn3k wrote: They may need to some fine-tuning of their recipes on the new brewery. I helped Two Brothers (www . twobrosbrew . com), a local craft brewer, with the setup of their new brewery, and they were rewarded with about a 5% improvement in efficiency. Of course, they just scaled up their existing recipe, and probably threw in a little extra just as insurance against getting poorer efficiency out of the gate. Their first batch was Cane & Ebel, and it came out with an OG probably 20% higher than normal, and became known as the "Imperial" Cane & Ebel. Best of luck to Seamus as they get to know the quirks of the new & improved brewery.[/quote:1qz2bn3k]

Wow, you were involved in "Cain and Ebel" at least in some way (hey, it counts!)? It's tied for my favorite Rye beer at the moment (With Founder's Red's Rye IPA).

Is this "Imperial" varient just a one-time freak brew or is it going to become a regular fixture? (I'm going to have to track it down if it's a freak brew.)

Adam