“Leann Folláin” sounds like a Galway girl to me, with raven black hair and eyes of blue. But the Carlow crew tell us that it’s actually a Gaelic phrase for “wholesome stout”. * O’Hara’s Irish Nitro Stout was oh so good, I thought to myself would their Extra be too much of a good thing? Of course, it was Mae West who more than once said “too much of a good thing can be wonderful.”
Guinness brews an extra stout but at 5% and 330ml it doesn’t seem as “extra” as O’Hara’s at 6% and 500ml. ** Is bigger better? Mae West probably had a comment about that too. ***
A dashing and devilishly dark pour, devoid of any foam or froth encumbrances. A strong cocoa coffee stout aroma, an Irish stout with something extra. First taste is full flavoured cocoa espresso with some lingering bitters, a maximum flavoured stout. It mellows a bit and what started out as almost too much evolves into the stout you always want to have, lots of great flavour with a smooth finish. The extra could be short for extra ABV or extra mls but I think it must be short for extra special.
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