What beer are we drinking this week ?

stuchyg

Heroditas wrote: »

Love the way it pours. Reminds me of treacle!
Wasn't bowled over by the taste though. Not a huge fan of these whisey-cask beers.

Im a whiskey fan so I suppose that helps, have you tried any bourbon or rum cask beers

_blank_

Had a Left Hand Milk Stout last night.

Didn't think it was anything special at all really.

It's nice and all, but I wouldn't be rushing to get it again.

Mr Benevolent

Westvleteren 12. Bliss.

Son0vagun

Des wrote: »

Had a Left Hand Milk Stout last night.

Didn't think it was anything special at all really.

It's nice and all, but I wouldn't be rushing to get it again.

Drank my first one last night, was disappointed too. Mine had no head, maybe i used a wrong glass. Have three more to experiment with.

Son0vagun

Had my first Rebel Red yesterday. It was very nice.

johnnyskeleton

Son0vagun wrote: »

Had my first Rebel Red yesterday. It was very nice.

Francisan Well can do no wrong in my book. I think they sold it as castle red in the bull and castle as well (not sure though).

KJ

I just got back from holiday and can't afford to go to the Beer Festival. However, this did arrive for me while I was away so it has eased the blow.



There was 6 cans of 77 but the others have been drank.

ASJ112

KJ do you have a link for the Alpha Dog ? Trying to find information about it but not getting many results. I assume it mustn't be half bad if you got 6 of them !

Would love to know what you think of Brewdog's International Arms Race(and the Hunter Foundation) since I will probably get it next week.

Am surprised 77 Lager is in a can already and 5AM Saint isn't. I really did not like 77.

Son0vagun

Just had a bottle of Ór Golden Ale, very impressed, wished i had somemore!

KJ

ASJ112 wrote: »

KJ do you have a link for the Alpha Dog ? Trying to find information about it but not getting many results. I assume it mustn't be half bad if you got 6 of them !

Would love to know what you think of Brewdog's International Arms Race(and the Hunter Foundation) since I will probably get it next week.

Am surprised 77 Lager is in a can already and 5AM Saint isn't. I really did not like 77.

Alpha Dog is brewed exclusively for export to Norway but they decided to release some to shareholders only and for 6 for £5, I thought I may as well get 6. Haven't tasted it yet though.
I reckon I will try the 2 arms race ones tonight. Looking forward to those. I read that at at their events in UK, Flying Dog came out as the winner.
77 has been in cans for a while but yeah I would prefer some canned Saint over 77.

White_Wolf

KJ wrote: »

Alpha Dog is brewed exclusively for export to Norway but they decided to release some to shareholders only and for 6 for £5, I thought I may as well get 6. Haven't tasted it yet though.
I reckon I will try the 2 arms race ones tonight. Looking forward to those. I read that at at their events in UK, Flying Dog came out as the winner.
77 has been in cans for a while but yeah I would prefer some canned Saint over 77.

You're a shareholder in BrewDog?

ASJ112

They do an "Equity for Punks" every once in a while where you can invest in the company. Has some cool perks, especially if you live near one of their pubs.

White_Wolf

ASJ112 wrote: »

They do an "Equity for Punks" every once in a while where you can invest in the company. Has some cool perks, especially if you live near one of their pubs.

That's pretty cool, I would love to invest in the company.

KJ

Yeah I bought shares. I get 20% off the online shop and 5% off in their bars. Also you can buy stuff that only shareholders get access to. I also get to own shares in my favourite brewery.

Krusty_Clown

KJ wrote: »

Yeah I bought shares. I get 20% off the online shop and 5% off in their bars. Also you can buy stuff that only shareholders get access to. I also get to own shares in my favourite brewery.

Don't forget the membership card, key-ring bottle-opener, transfer tattoos, fridge magnet, and stickers.

KJ

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Don't forget the membership card, key-ring bottle-opener, transfer tattoos, fridge magnet, and stickers.

I believe there was also a pencil.

So I tried both of the International Arns Race and was disappointed by both. They both tasted curiously of Irn Bru.

Martyn1989

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Don't forget the membership card, key-ring bottle-opener, transfer tattoos, fridge magnet, and stickers.

No T-shirt? :eek:

gandalf

Over the weekend I had some Wells Waggle Dance which is lovely, tried their Banana Bread Beer which was ok and had a Few pints of Tom Creans in Sheehans which was very refreshing. Overall a good beer experience weekend.

Seaneh

Fancied a beer so dropped into the local carryout while picking up a few things from the shop beside it, in a stout mood (must be the weather!) so picked up 3 cans of Guinness Extra as it was either that or Draught.

As bland as Guinness Draught is, the Extra and Foreign Extra are lovely beers.

I do enjoy a sip of this now and then

Mr Benevolent

My favorite, Hercules Double IPA, is gone from Ireland. Only ever got to taste it once! Does anyone know of somewhere that might possibly have a reserve of it in North/Central Dublin? Long shot I know.

the beer revolu

Brewdog/Floyds Bitch Please Islay cask aged barley wine. 11.5%
I really, really like this beer.
I'm not usually a lover of whiskey aged beers but this one is great imo.

Seaneh

I tried the new Galway Bay Amber and was pleasantly surprised.

Their pale ale is a disaster.

Stormy port is ok at times and horrid at others (was lovely at one stage)

The red is, well, sometimes it's not even red...


But the new amber, the first beer developed by their new Brewer is actually lovely.

It's a lovely hoppy amber and coming in at 4.7abv it's very sessionable.


They have it in The Black Sheep in place of the Plae Ale at the moment and will be doing the same in all the other bars (if they haven't already).

The plae is being suspended pending further recipe changes by the new brewer.

ASJ112

Got a few new beers

Mikkeller

- Beer Geek Breakfast – Oatmeal Stout,
- Monks Elixir BA Bourbon – Bourbon barrel aged Quadruple,
- Koppi Coffee IPA

Southern Tier Brewery
- IPA
- 2XIPA (Double IPA)

And Flying Dog's Wilde Dog. Really looking forward to the IPA's

BeerNut

Seaneh wrote: »

further recipe changes

Grayditch

It took me so long to try Galway Hooker. No idea why I always chose something else over it in the offie. Very impressed. Might nip down now and grab some.

Colonel Sanders

O'Hara's selection chilling as we speak

I'll only have one tonight, toss of a coin between the Pale Ale & Leann Follain

Maybe off topic but.......

Does anyone know if they plan to release their "Smoked Ale" (which I got on tap in the brew dock) in bottles?

BeerNut

Smoked Ale No. 1 was a single batch which is probably all gone by now. Haven't heard anything about plans for a second in the series, or bottles.

Seaneh

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

O'Hara's selection chilling as we speak

I'll only have one tonight, toss of a coin between the Pale Ale & Leann Follain

Maybe off topic but.......

Does anyone know if they plan to release their "Smoked Ale" (which I got on tap in the brew dock) in bottles?

If it's as cold in wherever you are as it is in Galway, it's a night for the Leann.


Don't chill it too long though, you won't taste it.

Colonel Sanders

BeerNut wrote: »

Smoked Ale No. 1 was a single batch which is probably all gone by now. Haven't heard anything about plans for a second in the series, or bottles.

That's a shame. I had a pint in the Brew Dock the night of the Stone Roses concert. Thought it was beautiful

The Pale Ale is damn good also, should've got a few more of them. I've had (and really enjoyed) both Curim Gold & Leann Follain many times before but this is my first bottle of the Pale Ale

Seaneh

Tonight I am spending some time with some old friends and a newbie.

KJ

ASJ112 wrote: »

Got a few new beers

Mikkeller

- Beer Geek Breakfast – Oatmeal Stout,
- Monks Elixir BA Bourbon – Bourbon barrel aged Quadruple,
- Koppi Coffee IPA

Southern Tier Brewery
- IPA
- 2XIPA (Double IPA)

And Flying Dog's Wilde Dog. Really looking forward to the IPA's

Where did you get the Mikkeller stuff? I have 2 of their Black Hole Barrel Aged beers here. Bourbon edition and cognac edition.

Seaneh

I've not been impressed by any Mikkeller beer I've tried yet...

Heroditas

Tucking into a Stonewell cider for the first time.
Not really a cider drinker but this stuff is gorgeous!!!

Colonel Sanders

Bottle of O'Hara's Leann Follain

Assuming they're still on 5 for €10 in Tesco so I'll pick up a few more tomorrow.

Seaneh

I reckon they, and a few others, will always be 5 for 10 in tesco from now on.


Tis a great beer.

My favourite Irish stout/Porter in regular production by a long way.

ASJ112

I got them in Redmond's KJ, they had just got them in, a few more were on the shelves. The coffee IPA wasn't up to much, am about to have the Monks elixir in 30ish minutes I'd say.

Wasn't blown away with Southern Tier Brewery's DIPA, better DIPA's out there.

ASJ112

I've not been impressed by any Mikkeller beer I've tried yet...

Definitely don't try their Monks Elixir Brew then, this is atrocious. No way I'm going to be able to finish this. I've only ever had to pour one craft beer down the drain before(brewdog abstrakt 04).

Curious for some other opinions regarding whisky/bourbon/cognac/wine ageing non-stout beers, for me it just doesn't work. I've tried all the Abstrakt and any other beers that do this that we get here, and they haven't been great in my opinion. Never again for me unless its a stout.

Seaneh

ASJ112 wrote: »

I've not been impressed by any Mikkeller beer I've tried yet...

Definitely don't try their Monks Elixir Brew then, this is atrocious. No way I'm going to be able to finish this. I've only ever had to pour one craft beer down the drain before(brewdog abstrakt 04).

Curious for some other opinions regarding whisky/bourbon/cognac/wine ageing non-stout beers, for me it just doesn't work. I've tried all the Abstrakt and any other beers that do this that we get here, and they haven't been great in my opinion. Never again for me unless its a stout.

i actually quite liked Great Devide Rumble which is an IPA aged in i think Chardonay casks.

ASJ112

Not sure if I've had that, been way too many craft beers over the past year. I did have their Great Divide 17th Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA which was quite good(my expectations were so high for that beer).

Had Southern Tiers IPA earlier, was far nicer than their DIPA surprisingly.

ciaran76

Master Tmavy a lovely dark beer a bit sweet intially and a hint of coffee in the aftertaste.
Surprisingly very light beer and easy to drink.

munchkin_utd

yesterday, the first 3 of the 6 Oktoberfest beers :

Spaten Oktoberfest (2012) : smooth balanced lager with a miniscule slight bitter hint of hops in the aftertaste. This should be available in Ireland at some stage soon, so it is definitely one to try. Far more delicate than normal Spaten.

Löwenbräu Oktoberfest (2012) : frustrating to describe it, but it was reasonably sweet like a Munich lager should be, but in the forefront it was overly bitter, or rustic. Not hoppy, just .... not particularly nice. And it smells more pungent than it aught to. Strange it doesnt agree with me this year seeing as last years attempt was so nice that I bought in a whole heap of them. Like Spaten, its an inbev creation so may be available in Ireland in the immediate future. This year I'd recommend the Spaten over it, although at the same time after a few litres you'd probably be happy enough with it.

Augustiner Oktoberfest (2012) : stunningly smooth, velvety possibly. Absolute pure joy to drink.
After taking one sip, you actually need to take another to confirm how nice the previous one was, and that you weren't just imagining it. No joking.
Augustiner are the only brewery in Bavaria still doing their own malting so I do wonder if they save the best for this beer. Also, the expiry date is a very short, only 6 months so its possible they let it lager for longer than normal and it's probably also been maturing since the spring somewhere or other.
Either way. Its the king of Munich lagers, not just Oktoberfest beers.

Tonight I'll be sipping the other breweries' 2012 Oktoberfest beers, Hacker Pschorr, Paulaner and Hofbräu so back with reports on them !

snowblind

Seaneh wrote: »

I've not been impressed by any Mikkeller beer I've tried yet...

Someone always says this when Mikkeller is mentioned...
anyways, Beer Geek Brunch Weasel is probably the best Imperial Stout I've had. About on par with the De Molen Rasputin I aged a couple of years...maybe better. The Beer Geek Breakfast Drinkstore now has is supposed to be pretty similar if a bit lighter. Can't wait to try it!

matrim

Was in the pub tonight and had a couple of Guinness. All grand, decent enough but bland. Got home having a Cooper Coast Red Ale and it's so much nicer. It's nice to have a proper taste to your beer.

Also was very disappointed today. Saw a Delirium Red in the off license and was thinking "Ohh a delirium I haven't had, this should be nice". Got home and read the bottle to find out it's a cherry beer. Probably one for my girlfriend

BaZmO*

Got talking to Seamus O'Hara at the Beerfest and asked him how come they don't do the Tradtional Irish (Red) Ale for Aldi anymore, and he told me that O'Shea's Red Ale was just a straight rebadge. Absolutely delighted to hear that as it was one of my favourite beers. So I picked up a few of the Red Ales along with the new Pale Ale and the Stout.

Thought the Pale Ale was very nice. Essentially just a toned down O'Hara's Pale Ale, same in most respects except less hoppy. The Red Ale was as nice as always.

Mr Benevolent

Bought a selection of a few beers last night and was uniformly disappointed. Brooklyn Breweries' Chocolate stout had nomouthfeel compared to Young's Double Chocolate Stout, Sierra Nevada IPA tasted like hoppy dishwater and the 8 Degrees IPA, while nice, just felt like it wasn't trying hard enough.

Westvleteren 12 has spoiled most beers for me

Anyone got any suggestions that have body, are malty and go easy on the hops? Not a huge hops fan tbh.

christmas2012

koppaberg refreshment and cider kiss - love the two of them very light to taste,one is a cider..

kevohmsford

Got a few O'Hara's Pale Ales to try and two Weihenstephaner Dunkels

Son0vagun

Des wrote: »

I was in Edinburgh at the weekend and took my Dad and his brother to the Brew Dog bar.

My Dad drinks lager - Carlsberg, Heineken - so I got him a Punk IPA - jaysis, he fell in love with it, so much so that after three pints he bought two bottles of it to bring with him to the Three Sisters where the rest of the Stag Group were.

They kicked him out of there for doing that, and he seemed happy to be back in the Brew Dog place drinking pints of Punk again!

His brother is a Guinness drinker, and they had Mikkeller Black hole on tap also, they were serving it in the style of a wine - it being 13% - and my uncle also couldn't get enough.

Although that same man loved Dark Arts in Against The Grain one night too.

I'm heading to Edinburgh next weekend on a stag, is the Brew Dog bar hard to find? Would it be suitable for a stag party gang? I say i'd have a job convincing lads to go to it, so might have to sneak off on my lone!

Do many bars in Edinburgh stock BrewDog?

gandalf

Had a Smithwicks in Johnny Fox's, it wasn't as bad as I remember from my youth. Drinking a Crabbies ginger beer now because O'Briens in Citywest don't stock Gingerbeard .

BaZmO*

Son0vagun wrote: »

I'm heading to Edinburgh next weekend on a stag, is the Brew Dog bar hard to find? Would it be suitable for a stag party gang? I say i'd have a job convincing lads to go to it, so might have to sneak off on my lone!

Do many bars in Edinburgh stock BrewDog?

I was over at a gig in Manchester recently and really wanted to go to the Brewdog Bar. I convinced the lads (mainly Guinness & Heineken drinkers) to go. Believe it or not they loved it. So much so that we even went back the next day. Pretty cool looking bars so ya might get lucky!