What beer are we drinking this week ?

Ravelleman

oblivious wrote: »

Drink it young,

So the bottle says. Repeatedly!

sarkozy

drumswan wrote: »

Drinking a Torpedo from a can. Might be my imagination by it seems really fresh and bright

You're right. One of the guys in Redmonds in Ranelagh was explaining that the can has a new kind of lining which prevents 'can taste' from leeching into the beer. Anyway, I got a couple of cans to have by the canal (no bottle opener) and he was absolutely right.

World: more of these cans, please.

sarkozy

Oh, and I'm mostly drinking Kinnegar from Donegal these days.

Ravelleman

sarkozy wrote: »

You're right. One of the guys in Redmonds in Ranelagh was explaining that the can has a new kind of lining which prevents 'can taste' from leeching into the beer. Anyway, I got a couple of cans to have by the canal (no bottle opener) and he was absolutely right.

World: more of these cans, please.

I'm not sure I believe the whole 'can taste' thing.

ciaran76

Negra Modelo Had a bottle of this last year in Atlanta and liked it with Mexican food.
Had a bottle again and went well with Mexican food.

Moved on to Sierra Nevada to finish the meal. It was in tap so not often you get SN on tap so had to have it.

Losty Dublin

sarkozy wrote: »

Oh, and I'm mostly drinking Kinnegar from Donegal these days.

In that case you should pop into the Black Sheep tonight; they are down there with samples and pints and stuff.

irish_goat

Losty Dublin wrote: »

In that case you should pop into the Black Sheep tonight; they are down there with samples and pints and stuff.

That'll be good craic, your man Rick is a sound guy.

Losty Dublin

irish_goat wrote: »

That'll be good craic, your man Rick is a sound guy.

I had a great chin wag with herself at the RDS; they are fierce proud of their beers and rightly so Tonight will be excellent.

Seaneh

What time is this happening in The Black Sheep?

irish_goat

7pm.

Seaneh

Interesting...

Ipso

seanmacc wrote: »

Lost Coast do a fantastic beer called "Great White Beer".

When I'm in the states I drink it by the gallon and I'd love to see it here (provided its not prohibitively priced).

In the supermarket inthe states it runs at about $4.50 for a 16 ounce bottle.

Got some yesterday (6 pack for $12), very nice beer. I will definitely get it again.

hynesie08

Lads, Sierra Nevada hoptimum on draught, it should actually be illegal to make beer this good.

Ravelleman

hynesie08 wrote: »

Lads, Sierra Nevada hoptimum on draught, it should actually be illegal to make beer this good.

I didn't think much of it, really. It had a resin-like quality to it and didn't really seem that bitter at all.

G rock

The aldi "o'shea's" pale ale. And a white water hoppelhammer.

I def prefer the aldi. Half the price too! (for what I paid for the hoppelhammer)

jsa112

Had 8 Degrees Amber Ella, quite a good beer, hopefully it becomes part of their core range.

A_Fitz

Had SN 'Torpedo' for the first time on Wed - definitely will be back for many more. Also had two lovely pints of 5AM Saint in The Raven in Cork........obviously enough, I suppose, but it's so much better than the bottled version......lovely stuff altogether.

A_Fitz

BaZmO* wrote: »

By whom? Apart from the BrewDog site (which is always gonna be full of fan boys) I've only ever heard bad reviews of it.

By mates of mine who were raving about it.

drumswan

Ravelleman wrote: »

I didn't think much of it, really. It had a resin-like quality to it and didn't really seem that bitter at all.

Its 100 IBU...?!

BaZmO*

drumswan wrote: »

Its 100 IBU...?!

'tis. I thought it was more than bitter enough, but nicely balanced.

Had an amazing beer last night. TO ØL - Black Maria Black IPA. Smelled amazing, and tasted just as good. Another one of those beers that reminds you why you drink craft beer. Only criticism is that I felt it could've been a little sweeter, or moreso, it could've done with having a bigger mouthfeel that you tend to get when a beer has a bit more sweetness to it. Still a cracking beer though.

KJ

I'm currently in California. I stocked up on local beer. I've got Mammoth Yosemite Pale Ale, Mammoth Ahwahnee Ale, Buffalo Bills Pumpkin Ale, Sierra Nevada Chico and a couple if ithers that I can't remember off the top of my head.

ciaran76

I'm off to a beer festival this evening in Bismarck ,North Dakota. Have no idea what its like or what range of beers will be available but will try track as best I can.

I went to the off licence to get these for tomorrow/Sunday.



Lone Peak IPA - Lone Peak Brewery
Horny Goat Exposed Cream Ale (vegan friendly also)
Goose Island - Just in case I hate the others i can fall back on this.
Deschutes Chainbreaker White IPA (want to try this again)
Summit Sága IPA - Another beer i enjoy so just got it as haven't had it in ages.
Lucky Bucket Oktoberfest
Empyrean Dark Side Vanilla Porter

Heroditas

Pay day today so decided to treat myself.
Got the following:
2 cans of Punk
White Gypsy American IPA
Galway Bay Full Sail
Hardknot Queboid
Rok IPA
Crew IPA
To OL Raid Beer

Rather surprisingly I haven't tried the last four so am looking forward to tucking into them at various points this weekend.

bnt

Picked up 3 for €7 in Tesco:
Last night I had the Asahi, tonight it's the Fuller's London Porter. For tomorrow it's a bottle of the award-winning Proper Job IPA: time to find out whether or not I really like Hops ...

Insect Overlord

For tonight: One bottle of Nøgne Ø Porter
For tomorrow: Two bottles of Delerium Nocturnum

For a special occasion: One bottle each of White Gypsy's German Dopplebock and American Pale Ale. I've those packed away safely with two of the O'Hara's barrel aged stout and a litre of Fran Well Jameson Stout. It'll be a grand winter!

Seaneh

Galway Bay Pilot 001 Session APA on cask in The Black Sheep.

What it lacks in abv it more than makes up fir on taste and drinkablity, great stuff.

Seaneh

P.s. they are all out of amberella, sad times
Never got to try it!

Seaneh

Having a Scraggy Bay on draught.
Had it from the bottle at the start of the summer and wasn't blown away but its fecking lovely from the tap!

I'd say the bigger kit is doing wonders for the hops too, they seem far better used in this incarnation.

Knifey Spoony

Having an Amber Ella at the moment and it's an absolutely fantastic beer. Wasn't too impress at the start, thought there was a long and very pronounced bitterness without the body to back it up. But, let it warm up and it comes to really comes to life.

8 degrees are really on a roll this year after Kindred Spirit, Hurricane, Cyclone and now this. If only they could bring back Ochtoberfest... it is Octoberfest season after all!

Collibosher

After years in the wilderness of pissy lagers and bland stouts, have been investigating various ales/beers over the last few months.

Tried Hefe-Weissbier for first time tonight.

Jumped in with some Paulaner and Franziskaner. Really enjoyed, and preferred the Paulaner over the Franziskaner, but am open to suggestions on other weissbiers to try.

Scortho

Collibosher wrote: »

After years in the wilderness of pissy lagers and bland stouts, have been investigating various ales/beers over the last few months.

Tried Hefe-Weissbier for first time tonight.

Jumped in with some Paulaner and Franziskaner. Really enjoyed, and preferred the Paulaner over the Franziskaner, but am open to suggestions on other weissbiers to try.

I'm the opposite. I prefer franziskaner over paulaner.
My favourites are weihenstephaner and Schneider weisse tap 4!:)

The Drunken Destrier

Collibosher wrote: »

After years in the wilderness of pissy lagers and bland stouts, have been investigating various ales/beers over the last few months.

Tried Hefe-Weissbier for first time tonight.

Jumped in with some Paulaner and Franziskaner. Really enjoyed, and preferred the Paulaner over the Franziskaner, but am open to suggestions on other weissbiers to try.

I second Scortho, anything from Weihenstephaner or Schneider Weisse is weissbier gold.

I myself had 8 Degrees Amber Ella tonight, and its bloody delicious. Still plenty of bottles to be had in Bradley's, I reckon I'll have to go back for more.

ciaran76

The beer festival I just visited had good and bad points.
Good point a card with all beers on it and a box after it to say you tastes it.

Bad point was stupid staff didn't know which box to tick. Another bad point was the people pulling the pints never tasted the beer or didn't care what they they were serving. Not on every stand but a few.

1 other bad point was some brewery's didn't have taps and only used bottles. Not that it's bad but I was expecting draught beers all around,

BaZmO*

Green Flash - West Coast IPA

Very similar to a lot of Irish style IPAs.

Hides the 7.3% ABV very well. Nice beer.

drumswan

BaZmO* wrote: »

Green Flash - West Coast IPA

Very similar to a lot of Irish style IPAs.

Which Irish IPA is it like?

BaZmO*

drumswan wrote: »

Which Irish IPA is it like?

O'Haras

Lovely Bloke

Got myself a selection of porters and stouts for the evening



The two Galway Bays, a Scottish Oat Stout, an Icelandic Toasted porter which I'm most lookign forward to, and To Øl Black Ball to finish.

The Oat Stout is pretty good, and the Stormy Port, I'm afraid to say, is like a homebrew in comparison.

It's my first time having the bottled GB beers, and I'm a bit dissapointed. I'll open the LAS next, and I love this on tap in the pubs, so hopefully it's better than the SP.

Heroditas

I'll be interested to read what you make of the Black Ball. I nearly bought one yesterday but decided against it in the end, mainly because I'm in an IPA phase at the moment.

Currently sipping an 8 Degrees Hurricane. Nice but not nearly as nice as I remembered it at the Craft Beer Festival. I really think I destroyed my taste buds with some overly-hoppy beers at the start of the evening!!

Lovely Bloke

The BAS is about a hundred times better than the SP, it's as if it's from a different brewery.

I'm impressed with that.

Heroditas wrote: »

I'll be interested to read what you make of the Black Ball. I nearly bought one yesterday but decided against it in the end, mainly because I'm in an IPA phase at the moment.

Did you have a look at the Black Ball spiel on the To Ol website?

Black Ball Porter

Black Ball is a potent porter, boasted with dark cassonade sugar and a good heap of American hops to rebalance the edgy and full-flavoured malt profile. You will find notes of chocolate, caramel and sulphur. This results in a porter with a broad and delicate mouth feel, capable of a good kick and does not leave the mouth voluntarily.

Black IPA? No way! Hoppy Porters is here to stay!

Heh, you probably should have bought it

Heroditas

Interesting! Must give it a shot.

BaZmO*

I thought it was beautiful when I tried it.

Heroditas

Baldy, where did you get those? Was it Carry Out in Ashtown?
Reason I'm asking is because I also got a TSA beer yesterday but it was an IPA and I hadn't seen them anywhere else, not even in Drinkstore this afternoon.

Lovely Bloke

It was as it happens, yes.

I live about a five minute drive from it down in Finglas, we are lucky with that off licence there, Superquinn have a decent selection, then there's Sweeney's in Glasnevin, Drinkstore over in Stonetbatter and the big Tesco Clearwater. My folks live over in Coolock so that's always an excuse to visit McHugh's in Artane.

jsa112

Haven't been majorly impressed with any of the To Ol beers, their quad "F^ck art this is advertising" was the best one I've tried.

Had a galway bay red ale, wasn't up to much, people were complaining about carbonation for some of the beers, which was a problem with the bottle I had. Had a Bo Bristle IPA which wasn't bad at all, but not worth 5.20 a pint imo.

Drank some brewdog hardcore's earlier, been a while since I had them. Still absolutely super. Got me thinking, is this the only regular/fresh DIPA we get in Ireland ? I had some of the American DIPAs a few years ago before they all really stopped exporting, I think Brewdog is the only one now.

Heroditas

Correctly drinking a Hardknot Queboid.
Quite a nice, full flavour but could do with a tiny bit of carbonation. Just that little bit too flat.

Ipso

BaZmO* wrote: »

Green Flash - West Coast IPA

Very similar to a lot of Irish style IPAs.

Hides the 7.3% ABV very well. Nice beer.

Where did you get it?
Keep an eye out for Sculpin by Ballast Point also from San Diego, one if my favourite beers.

Grayditch

Black Ball is one of my favourite porters.

Son0vagun

That Icelandic Toasted porter is lovely! Haven't tried their White Ale yet.

Grayditch

Proper Job is obviously great, but Big Job is probably even better. Delicious.

drumswan

BaZmO* wrote: »

O'Haras

Really?!?!

jsa112 wrote:

Haven't been majorly impressed with any of the To Ol beers

Hardly a week goes by on here without someone being underwhelmed by a world class brewery