Cask Conditioned O'Hara's Red in the Bull and Castle.

BeerNut

I bought a load of Brooklyn Black Chocolate in Holland's of Bray because it was marked as €2.50 on the shelf -- mistakenly I reckon. The till decided it was €3.70, which would be more realistic. Rip Tide is €3.80 in DrinkStore.

oblivious

Alan Rouge wrote: »

Does anyone know how much the Russian Imperial stout usually goes for ?

Brooklyn Black Chocolate usually goes for 3.50 of a 33cl

Cormdogg

I have a bit of inside knowledge on Tramco, I was installing some woodwork in Days in Hotel yesterday next door to Tramco. Its re-opening tomorrow night. They're brewing their own beers, sort of like the Porter House, had a list of them on the table. Dearg Ale - 4.6%! and 3 others. There was loads of flyers about the place, should be a good few free jars going. The beer garden out the back is huge and had barrels stacked 3 stories high looks like a wharf. Looks like it should be good, there was laods of lads working there, putting up a huge screen in the back. Havn't been there much in the last year or so but used to love the place. It could be back onto a winner, looks funnyish inside but cool too.

Red Sleeping Beauty

Got an aul few bottles of O'Hara's stout in Superquinns for €2.79 a bottle. Not too shabby. My local offie does em for just under €3. I'd prefer it it was cheaper but it's classed as a much more "premium" beer than others I think.

I'm going to see if my local shop will get them in. They've a few others (Sam Adams, Moosehead, Paulanner, Erdinger, Spaten etc.) so fingers crossed


I also got a bottle of this while I was in Superquinn :



€1.90. Not really that fantastic enough to shift to it. I also got a scummy can of Tennents for 1.25

BeerNut

Cormdogg wrote: »

They're brewing their own beers

Is there an actual brewery there that you saw?

Saruman

That is great news, nice to see Dublin is getting another brewpub* and it is a good location too, Rathmines is a cool area.

*Or at least pub that sells their own beer like Porterhouse.

Red Sleeping Beauty

This place is opening tonight apparently
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055523124&page=2

Red Sleeping Beauty

I went to that "new" Tramco Brewery. Rubbish in my opinion.

€5 for their house stout, "mizzin stout" or something. They'd no red and I didn't look at the others. I think they were offering a taster but my friend just got us two pints (served in collins glasses not yr "regular" pint glasses). I really didn't like the stout at all. I don't know how to describe it, I thought it was bitter I suppose. Kinda had a "sharp" taste to it. Left after one drink and wonm't be going back.

The decor is cheesy, everyone working there is a woman of about mid-20s with a ton of make up on and they're wearing some kind of stupid orange dungarees with black stenciled words on them...


Didn't like the setup at all. They only had their house brews and the "usuals" . No other Irish beers that I could see.

oblivious

I wounder who is brewing from them?

Alan Rouge wrote: »

I think they were offering a taster but my friend just got us two pints (served in collins glasses not yr "regular" pint glasses). .

Weights and measure may have issue with that

slayerking

Is there a cask on at the mo in the B & C?...
Anyone know if there'll be one on at the weekend?

BeerNut

slayerking wrote: »

Is there a cask on at the mo in the B & C?...

It's been Cask O'Hara's Stout recently. Still there yesterday. Served a bit warm, IMO, but still nice.

slayerking wrote: »

Anyone know if there'll be one on at the weekend?

I'd say there will be. Next up is supposedly Rebel Red, so probably that.

slayerking

Cheers BN, Thats good to hear....

Great to see good cask beer readily available, the B & C seem to have hit the ground running with it which is great. Fair play to them.

oblivious

BeerNut wrote: »

Served a bit warm

It was a little to warm, great to try though

BeerNut

New cask today: Carlow Malty Bitches, a bitter.

oblivious

BeerNut wrote: »

New cask today: Carlow Malty Bitches, a bitter.

Should be interesting on how it compares to the porterhouse TSB?

Red Sleeping Beauty

BeerNut wrote: »

New cask today: Carlow Malty Bitches, a bitter.

I don't think I've ever had a bitter. My instincts are telling me I wouldn't like it though. Dunno why. All I know is it's quite popular on Coronation St

oblivious

Alan Rouge wrote: »

All I know is it's quite popular on Coronation St

An they should all be drinking mild, traitors to their working class northern roots:p:P

oblivious

Alan Rouge wrote: »

I don't think I've ever had a bitter.

London pride, , Boddington's, Fullers ESB, Adnams Broadside, Shepherd Neame Bishop's Finger/spitfire, Black sheep to name but a few

Saruman

oblivious wrote: »

London pride, , Boddington's, Fullers ESB, Adnams Broadside, Shepherd Neame Bishop's Finger/spitfire, Black sheep to name but a few

London pride is a pale ale* according to its label and Bishops finger is its own style Kentish strong ale

Their website wrote:

Bishops Finger has been awarded Protective Geographic Indicator status by the European Union, which means it is the only beer in the world which can be called a Kentish strong ale.

Fullers Chiswick bitter is a good example of a bitter as well as the Hook Norton bitters.

Don't worry Alan, Bitters are not all that bitters and they are classic Ale styles. There are so many that there is bound to be one you like. They are not nearly as bitter (usually) as an IPA like Galway Hooker.

*I suppose technically a bitter in a bottle is a pale ale

BeerNut

Alan Rouge wrote: »

I don't think I've ever had a bitter. My instincts are telling me I wouldn't like it though. Dunno why.

They do vary a lot: not liking one bitter is no guarantee you won't like the next one, and vice versa. The Porterhouse have a bitter on permanently in Temple Bar, Central and North, called TSB.

oblivious wrote: »

An they should all be drinking mild, traitors to their working class northern roots:p:P

The Coronation Street bitter that J.W. Lees make isn't very good, IMO.

oblivious wrote: »

London pride, , Boddington's, Fullers ESB, Adnams Broadside, Shepherd Neame Bishop's Finger/spitfire, Black sheep to name but a few

But most of those show up in bottles or cans here. I will succeed in my plan to ban the use of the descriptor "bitter" for bottled beers. I will.

Saruman

BeerNut wrote: »

But most of those show up in bottles or cans here. I will succeed in my plan to ban the use of the descriptor "bitter" for bottled beers. I will.

You have my backing. No more bitters in bottles, they are pale ales! Bitters are only in Cask/keg.

I can forsee some difficulties though.

BeerNut

Saruman wrote: »

I can forsee some difficulties though

Yes. But once we have the kangaroo-court-to-firing-squad process properly streamlined it'll be a lot easier.

oblivious

BeerNut wrote: »

Yes. But once we have the kangaroo-court-to-firing-squad process properly streamlined it'll be a lot easier.

Yep and you should be easy to track down with the twittering :p

Goibniu

whats the problem with calling beer in a bottle a bitter?

BeerNut

"Bitter", and "mild" for that matter, was a nickname that drinkers gave to the beer in the pub. The breweries referred to them as "pale ale" and "brown ale" respectively. In an age before pumpclips, the only place a drinker would see the term "pale ale" was on bottled beer. So it was a pale ale on the bottle label, but you asked for a bitter down the pub.

Red Sleeping Beauty

Cheers for the good info

Red Sleeping Beauty

Having another bottle of this Leann Follain stuff tonight.

Saruman

I am afraid I (pretty much*) finished off the cask of Mollys Bitches but the good news is that the Pale Ale went on that evening, alas many hours after I left though. I hope there is some left on Saturday.

*There was a little left and Geoff was considering bottling a little

BeerNut

Saruman wrote: »

I am afraid I (pretty much*) finished off the cask of Mollys Bitches but the good news is that the Pale Ale went on that evening, alas many hours after I left though. I hope there is some left on Saturday.

*There was a little left and Geoff was considering bottling a little

Um, no. There was about a litre of Malty Bitches left when I was in yesterday evening so I just got a chance to try it. Glad I did too, it's lovely.

Which pale ale is next?

Saruman

Ah Malty Bitches, I keep forgetting the name
Glad there was still a little left for you. It was lovely stuff and a little better carbonated on Friday though perfectly fine yesterday.

I "think" it was Galway hooker on cask but I could be wrong. Did you say hooker is not great on cask?

BeerNut

I did. But some people do enjoy it.

BeerNut

The new one is Goods Store IPA and it's absolutely fantastic.

MediaTank

BeerNut wrote: »

The new one is Goods Store IPA and it's absolutely fantastic.

I had a few pints of it yesterday evening and I concur. A very hoppy IPA.

Red Sleeping Beauty

BeerNut wrote: »

The new one is Goods Store IPA and it's absolutely fantastic.

Is this still on cask does anyone know ?

BeerNut

It was there on Tuesday. Just go: there'll most likely be something on. I think Rebel Red is cued up for some time in the future.

Saruman

I will be heading in this afternoon for a few

Red Sleeping Beauty

If I see a tall grey or white haired man with a large staff and a beard sipping a pint of something Irish I'll say hello

Saruman

Alan Rouge wrote: »

If I see a tall grey or white haired man with a large staff and a beard sipping a pint of something Irish I'll say hello

If you were there you would have missed me. OK I am 6 feet tall so I am tall enough I suppose but I just turned 30 last week and have no beard nor grey hair so you would be disappointed

MediaTank

I was under the impression too that beer geeks wore tweed jackets and sported a good beard

BeerNut

MediaTank wrote: »

I was under the impression too that beer geeks wore tweed jackets and sported a good beard

That's CAMRA you're thinking of. How very anglo-centric of you

MediaTank

BeerNut wrote: »

That's CAMRA you're thinking of. How very anglo-centric of you

More like Michael Jackson and Roger Protz!

BeerNut

MediaTank wrote: »

More like Michael Jackson and Roger Protz!

That would be Jackson the chief spokesman for Real Ale in CAMRA's early days, and Protz its current mouthpiece? The prosecution rests

oblivious

MediaTank wrote: »

More like Michael Jackson and Roger Protz!

I think they more fitted the look of some of the more fanatical members, rather been overtly beard and sandals types

Vis did a good strip about beard and sandals types, The Real Ale Twats

Red Sleeping Beauty

Saruman wrote: »

If you were there you would have missed me. OK I am 6 feet tall so I am tall enough I suppose but I just turned 30 last week and have no beard nor grey hair so you would be disappointed

It was pretty quiet last night, were you upstairs or downstairs or outside ?
I was over behind the window into the storage bit across frmo the bar.

They were out of the cask stuff. I asked about a cask O'Hara's stout. Barman didn't know if there were plans for another one.

Fat Joe

I,ll be up there tonight Anyone know what is on at the mo?

Anoeta

Anyone know if there's anything on Cask this weekend?

Saruman

There is usually something on barring a disaster like an exploding cask

Last weekend it was O'haras stout but I know they have others there waiting to be tapped so if that is gone, something else will be there.

Red Sleeping Beauty

O'Hara's stout as of tonight.

I had a pint tonight and boy was I put in my place. I could barely finish it
(some Guinness drinker I am -rolleyes-)

BeerNut

The spankingly amazing Goods Store IPA went back on today. It's a definite contender for the best Irish beer ever made, IMO.

MediaTank

BeerNut wrote: »

The spankingly amazing Goods Store IPA went back on today. It's a definite contender for the best Irish beer ever made, IMO.

I'm on my way, any one else?