What is your favourite commercial Irish red ale?

[mr hoppy]

RR is lovely dry hopped out of a cask.

Yum.

[beerfly]

I love the smell of the mcgargles red but the taste is a bit of a let down, has potential.
Sweetmans red was not that bad. Most commercial ones seem to slightly miss the mark, but the best i ever had was probably the dry hopped sunburnt cask in kavanaghs at the beoir agm

[Hingo]

O'Hara's Red is great, great malty taste. Rebel Red is good but not as rich in the malt taste.

Place on Dame Lane does O'Hara's Red Nitro on tap - I'd be keen to give that a bash!

[DEMPSEY]

I find O'Hara's Red a little too roasty. That's why I prefer their O'Shea's red.

[Motorbikeman]

  McGargles   Granny Mary's Red Ale is awesome.

[UpsidedownA (Andrew)]

I work for the company so I have a commercial interest, but I don't brew it myself as it's contract brewed by Bo Bristle so I can speak with integrity as a brewer. I think Carrig's Rower's Red is a damn fine Irish red ale: Malty but not too sweet with lovely chocolate notes. Some ales are so sweet they have you reaching for a toothbrush afterwards. Only problem with Rowers Red is that it is only available in draft.

[Samael]

1. O'Haras Red.
2.

McGargles   Granny Mary's Red Ale is awesome.

3. O'Sheas Red.

[Chris]

O'Sheas is probably my favourite followed by Dry hopped RR. I also really like Bru Rua it calls itself a Red but it's not really, lovely beer though.

[Bubbles]

Gotta say, that Ronan's irish red is one of the best I've tasted, commercial or homebrew. And a worthy medal-winner!

I like the O'Haras when it's served at cellar temperature. When it's served too cold (as it is in most dublin pubs) it has a character that reminds me of soy sauce!

The mcardles gets my vote. At least i think it's an irish red.... A very under-rated and much over-looked beer imo.