Finnegans Irish Amber

Finnegan's is a local brew, contract brewed by Summitt for a worthy cause; 100% of the proceeds go to charity. For that, they should be commended. But is it actually, you know, good beer?

Sadly I'm not a fan. The drinkability is high, it is smooth going down and I could easily pound a few of these at a pub. It checks in below 5.0% abv, so if you are going to be sitting around the Liffey or the Local for a few hours with friends you could do much worse.

The malts, which have a certain nutty, german flavor (strange for an "Irish" beer, but perhaps not so strange coming from Summit), present a pleasant aroma at the start, then quickly fade away.

As a social choice, I highly recommend this beer. As a beer however, I suspect they made this as "unchallenging" a beer as possible to appeal to the socially conscious mainstream beer drinker.