Glen of Imaal

#IRISHMUNROSeries 2: Glen of Imaal
Lugnaquilla
3035ft

Affectionately known as Lug, Lugnaquilla is the highest mountain in Wicklow and the highest mountain in Ireland outside Kerry. The route up – Glen of Imaal – is often used as an artillery firing range, so hill walkers need to dodge the area during firing practice. Nothing like a bit of danger to get the blood pumping. In Irish mythology, Lug was the name of the Irish god of nobility, a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann who was associated with oaths and justice. Our brewers mis-heard oaths as oats, and decided to brew a classic oatmeal pale ale for Lug.
The star of the show is new hop HBC-692, daughter of Sabro, with intense flavours of grapefruit pith and pine resin. The oats provide a silky mouthfeel which, when combined with these aromatic hops and a rounded bitterness, provides a balanced thirst-quenching drop after a rewarding climb up the Wicklow massif.

Tasting notes
Colour/appearance: golden in the glass with an effervescent white fluffy head.
Aroma: lots of sweet tropical fruit on the nose, predominately stone fruit and lychee.
Flavour: gorgeously full bodied and fruity, with silky rounded peach and tropical lychee flavours. Notes of creamy coconut and vanilla, balanced with a grapefruit bitterness.
Aftertaste: a bitter grapefruit pith twist. Show Less