What beer are we drinking this week ?

adamski8

Silly mature students! Your meant to skip half of your lectures! And stop asking questions ;-)

Had a pint of sweetmans pale ale and porter the other night and they tasted quite a bit blander/cleaner, hope it was a once off or just my taste that night.

salacious crumb

Last night I had one of each of the following: Rogue Dead Man, Brew Dog Dogma, Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar and O'Hara's red.

I think the hazelnut is tastiest thing I've ever tasted :pac:

Lovely Bloke

adamski8 wrote: »

Silly mature students! Your meant to skip half of your lectures! And stop asking questions ;-)

Had a pint of sweetmans pale ale and porter the other night and they tasted quite a bit blander/cleaner, hope it was a once off or just my taste that night.

I'm going into Sweetman's tonight, so will need to sample these, because the last time I was there the porter was not on - it was in production - but anytime I've been in before that I've found the porter to be the best beer of it's style being produced in Ireland (Dark Arts, Galway Bay porter, various others like Blackrock, Belfast Black)

drumswan

Had a couple of pints of the pale and the porter in Sweetmans last night and they were excellent.

Lovely Bloke

Jaysis!!

salacious crumb

All of Sweetmans beers are nice. I'm not usually a fan of IPAs, or weiss beers for that matter, but I even thought those were damn tasty. Barmen are all sound too.

The Drunken Destrier

Really have to get up to Dublin and finally visit Sweetmans. For now though, got some Kinnegar and Hilden goodies, yet more Irish beer I've not tried.

Halloween Jack

Ive noticed Thornbridge stuff around lately, had Jaipur on tap and from the bottle, and some other pale ale from the bottle. They were both magnificent, expensive but worth it.

Lovely Bloke

The Drunken Destrier wrote: »

Really have to get up to Dublin and finally visit Sweetmans. For now though, got some Kinnegar and Hilden goodies, yet more Irish beer I've not tried.

did you get the Kinnegar Rye?

It made a jump up my favourites list, and it's in my top 5 of Irish beers now. Levely stuff altogether.

The Drunken Destrier

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

did you get the Kinnegar Rye?

It made a jump up my favourites list, and it's in my top 5 of Irish beers now. Levely stuff altogether.

Yep, Rustbucket and Limeburner, and Hilden's Twisted Hop. I'll be doing the rest too eventually, but they were around €3.79 a pop so I couldn't get the lot. Really looking forward to the Rustbucket yeah, heard lots of great things about it.

Lovely Bloke

Have you had Ruthless Rye?

It's similar-ish to that, but without so many up-front hops - which is why I love it.

That smooth, kind of spicey, Rye flavour is absolutely gorgeous.

Donadea Leo

twisted hop is quite nice. Best of the Hilden beers i.m.h.o. Though the age of the beer does make big difference, have found this with few of the craft beers, like the homebrew it needs time to mature

adamski8

In sweetmans now again. they actually great, must have been a bad night by myself. I love them.

Sky King

O Shea's Stout from Aldi.

Lovely beer.

matrim

I like the sweetmans beers but the last few time's I've been in the (table) service has been really poor.

I've chatted to the barmen before and they are sound, but the poor service has put me off the bar a bit.

ciaran76

Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar - if you like hazelnuts then you will love this.

Every time I lift the glass to drink I get a huge whiff ifv hazelnuts followed by the strong taste of hazelnuts.

Its quite malty also but no it my type of beer. Too nutty.

Insect Overlord

Is Innis & Gunn stout worth trying? I might see if I can get a bottle or two later on.

Seaneh

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Is Innis & Gunn stout worth trying? I might see if I can get a bottle or two later on.

Is that the "Irish Whiskey Aged Stout"?

If so, give it a miss.

Seaneh

ciaran76 wrote: »

Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar - if you like hazelnuts then you will love this.

Every time I lift the glass to drink I get a huge whiff ifv hazelnuts followed by the strong taste of hazelnuts.

Its quite malty also but no it my type of beer. Too nutty.

I found it tasted too much like that hazelnut syrup you get in cafe's as coffee flavouring, makes it sickly after a few mouthfulls.

Tastes great at first but by the end of the pint I feel like I've been drinking a glass of hazelnut flavoured sugarwater.

Ipso

Had three beers in San Francisco last night; first was Stone's Pale Ale, unremarkable to be honest. I was expecting mire based on the popularity of their IPA's.
Next was Snake Oil IPA by the bar Elixir, lovely aroma but bland taste.
Best of the three was Scrimshaw Pilsner by North Coast Brewing, not whatI was expecting as it came across as what I thought a wheat beer would be like. Worth checking out.

H_Lime

Ipso wrote: »

Had three beers in San Francisco last night; first was Stone's Pale Ale, unremarkable to be honest. I was expecting mire based on the popularity of their IPA's.
Next was Snake Oil IPA by the bar Elixir, lovely aroma but bland taste.
Best of the three was Scrimshaw Pilsner by North Coast Brewing, not whatI was expecting as it came across as what I thought a wheat beer would be like. Worth checking out.

See if you can land some cans of Heady Topper from The Alchemist, meant to be fab!



This is my weekend batch. The bourbon barrel aged ONE from Struise is divine...
The hopside down is 'typical' and drinkable but pretty unremarkable, houblon chouffe triple ipa kicks its arse
Havnt tried the leffe radieuse, anyonr comment on it?

ciaran76

Seaneh wrote: »

I found it tasted too much like that hazelnut syrup you get in cafe's as coffee flavouring, makes it sickly after a few mouthfulls.

Tastes great at first but by the end of the pint I feel like I've been drinking a glass of hazelnut flavoured sugarwater.

Yeah agree 100% its too much.

AnonoBoy

Rogue Dead Guy Ale.

Not bad at all but not their best brew.

ciaran76

Porterhouse Louder.
Very thick feeling and syrupy very much like raisin juice.
There is just too much alcohol in this for me.

jsa112

Had a Lindemans Goudenband, very tasty, a nice brown ale with some sourness. It reminded me of one of the brewdog abstrakt beers(possibly #10), does anybody know what is giving that distinct taste at the start of each sip ?

DaDartle

H_Lime wrote: »

See if you can land some cans of Heady Topper from The Alchemist, meant to be fab!

This is my weekend batch. The bourbon barrel aged ONE from Struise is divine...
The hopside down is 'typical' and drinkable but pretty unremarkable, houblon chouffe triple ipa kicks its arse
Havnt tried the leffe radieuse, anyonr comment on it?

Heady Topper is indeed amazing. My uncle sent one over a few months ago along with a Dreadnaught IPA and a Zombie Dust both from Three Floyds.

Anyway, if people like IPAs I got a few Centennial IPAs from Founders in my local O'Briens yesterday. I was delighted to see Founders as they're, in my opinion, one of the best breweries in the US. If anyone sees their Red Rye, KBS, or Breakfast Stout, scoop them up and tell me where you got them!

MonstaMash

Flying Dog Horn Dog...been saving this for the last 18 months...robust to say the least

Grayditch

I've had about 5 or 6 Rouge Hazelnut Brown Ales in total and maybe it's just me, but there was a couple that really had that sickly sweet taste at the end, while others maintained a subtle and light enough hazelnut flavour without that bit at the end. One had a strong hazelnut taste from the kick off, which I didn't enjoy. Seemed a little inconsistent to me, I dunno.

dfbemt

Had some Ginger Joe Ginger Beer last night with an Indian.

Very very nice and refreshing. Lovely gingery aftertaste. probably more of a Summer beer but went very well with the curry, so much so that I'll get some more and keep in reserve.

Only €2 in Supervalu

Colonel Sanders

Beernut, were you at a house party in Limerick last night?

Seaneh

Last night's round up between Salt House and Bierhaus.

Founders Porter: Nomfeckingnom
Founders Centennial: Majornoms
Buried at Sea: Gets nommier and nommier
5AM Saint: nomnomnomnom
Troubled Hooker: Collaborative nommyness
Fullsail: Hopnoms


I missed Galway, I don't want to go back to smelly Dublin...

BeerNut

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Beernut, were you at a house party in Limerick last night?

Not that I noticed, no.

Donadea Leo

had my first bottle of proper job last night wow lovely stuff. Followed it with a Hilden twisted hop and a flying scotsman. Will definately be getting more properjob.

have a bottle of turbo cider made with bread yeast as that's all i had chilling in the fridge waiting for love hate. It ll be interesting to see which will be the nastiest though should be a good match.

symbolic

This evening O'Hara's Leann Follain.

My favourite stout, from my favourite glass.


phealy1982, on Flickr

Scortho

That is an unreal photo.

Heroditas

Having a Thornbridge Chiron IPA. Not too bad but they're very over-priced for what you get.
I think I first noticed it when I was over in the UK this summer and saw bottles of Thornbridge for £2.
€4 seems a tad overpriced as a result.

Creamy Goodness

Founders porter

BaZmO*

Boogoop - Three Floyds Brewing Co. & Mikkeller collaboration. It's my first time trying a Wheatwine and it's amazing, so complex.

symbolic

Popped into Doyles in Dublin today and had Dead Pony Club by Brewdog, they have some Craft Beer bottles and Metalman on tap (maybe more)

adamski8

Doyles by trinity?

Scortho

adamski8 wrote: »

Doyles by trinity?

Yep.
Downstairs only I think. I was surprised when I saw metalman there but delighted at the same time.

themandan6611

smoked porter by alaskan brewing ' delicious and some mikkeller breakfast oatmeal stout also lovely

Insect Overlord

33 cls of Gouden Carolus Classic. Absolutely lovely.

adamski8

themandan6611 wrote: »

smoked porter by alaskan brewing ' delicious and some mikkeller breakfast oatmeal stout also lovely

lovely rhe alaskan alright, gonna try attempt brewing something close to it

salacious crumb

Grayditch wrote: »

I've had about 5 or 6 Rouge Hazelnut Brown Ales in total and maybe it's just me, but there was a couple that really had that sickly sweet taste at the end, while others maintained a subtle and light enough hazelnut flavour without that bit at the end. One had a strong hazelnut taste from the kick off, which I didn't enjoy. Seemed a little inconsistent to me, I dunno.

I've had this a few times, the first couple were gorgeous, but I had one last night and it wasn't as tasty as the others.

Also had a bottle of Buried At Sea, first time I've got it in the offie, usually just have pints of it. Tasty.

Heroditas

H_Lime wrote: »

The hopside down is 'typical' and drinkable but pretty unremarkable,

I had one myself last night. I was torn between buying it and their Imperial IPA and went for the Hopside instead. Boy was I disappointed.

the beer revolu

Heroditas wrote: »

I had one myself last night. I was torn between buying it and their Imperial IPA and went for the Hopside instead. Boy was I disappointed.

I was underwhelmed by this too. On reading the label, it is described as being between a lager and an IPA - result: an IPA with no finish.

Grayditch

There's nothing going on in Hopside Down. The Nelson Imperial IPA is where it's at, although not the same style.

MonkstownHoop

Scortho wrote: »

Yep.
Downstairs only I think. I was surprised when I saw metalman there but delighted at the same time.

They have a few BrewDog, Metalman, Crew & a few others, some taps change often enough

eurokev

Having a 5 lamps liberties ale, just bottled and should be making its way around the place soon.

Very impressed, good session beer, will defo be getting more for myself