What beer are we drinking this week, too?

Herb Powell

A lovely creamy Affligem on draught from The Beggarman.

A very very pleasant pub.

irish_goat

Pints of this going down too well last night. Lovely porter full of Galaxy and Mosaic hops.

a_non_a_mouse

BaZmO* wrote: »

Finally getting around to having my bottle of White Hag's Christmas Ale. What a weird one. It's a strange one. The best way to describe it is as a funky cola. I'm not even sure whether I like it or not.

yeah, it was strange one...
I got 2 bottles, the 1st one I had before 25th...the 2nd bottle had just last Sunday...with a "guess I better drink this and get it out of the way" comment...
Big disappointment..

MonkstownHoop

Anyone had Founders Big Lushious? Have it in my drinkstore basket but at 16.99 I'd love to hear a review :-)

BaZmO*

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Anyone had Founders Big Lushious? Have it in my drinkstore basket but at 16.99 I'd love to hear a review :-)

It's a Founders beer, is it even possible that it wouldn't be amazing?

MonkstownHoop

BaZmO* wrote: »

It's a Founders beer, is it even possible that it wouldn't be amazing?

Well there's amazing and €16.99 amazing

Lovely Bloke

f u baz , I went to the b&c and got several pints of Dash.

It also caused my wife to rediscover her love of stout, so we went to the play then went to The Norseman, where we had O'Hara's, Yannaroddy, Carrig Black IPA and Sheep Stealer.

Ravelleman

Sipping on a Leffe Bruin, which I picked up in the local shoppe for €1.

I'm finding it a lot better than Leffe Blond, which has an overwhelming taste of clove, in my view. The bruin is almost stout-like; it kind of reminds of Guinness on its better days. It has that slightly metallic tang to it like the national product.

cunnifferous

Brehon Brewhouse IPA. Impressed, quite sweet at first but then lots of bitterness that quickly balances it out. Very resinous hop flavour with a hint of tropical fruit in there as well. Also has a turkish delight type flavour that reminds me of Full Sail.

Only down point is the price. €4.29 is far too expensive IMO. Can get a range of excellent Irish IPAs for a euro more in many pubs.

drumswan

Jason from Galway Bay just tweeted that they have bottles of Siren and Brew By Numbers in hand. Very exciting.

*edit* kegs too

G rock

cunnifferous wrote: »

Brehon Brewhouse IPA. Impressed, quite sweet at first but then lots of bitterness that quickly balances it out. Very resinous hop flavour with a hint of tropical fruit in there as well. Also has a turkish delight type flavour that reminds me of Full Sail.

Only down point is the price. €4.29 is far too expensive IMO. Can get a range of excellent Irish IPAs for a euro more in many pubs.

3.30 in my supervalu. Which might have to do with its proximity to the brewery though!

BaZmO*

Ska Brewing Decadence Imperial IPA. Great beer. Similar to Sierra Nevada Torpedo but maltier and less bitter.

ciaran76

Bouncy house IPA at 6 for €10 couldn't turn it down.

matrim

Blackbucket from Kinnegar. I'd forgotten how tasty it was.

anncoates

Founders Porter and Brehon Shanco Dubh Porter.

Both excellent.

BMJD

Jack Codys Smiggy Amber Ale

Insect Overlord

A pint of Treaty City: Harris Pale Ale (a Limerick craft beer at last!) in a gorgeous glass, followed by a refreshing pint of Kirin Ichiban. Happy days.

Now to go off the booze again for another fortnight...

Ronan|Raven

I couldn't handle anymore of dry January so having a few bottles of Founders Porter

veetwin

Half way through a bottle of Dungarvan's Mine Head American Pale Ale. Very unremarkable and at €3.79 a bottle I won't be getting anymore.

ciaran76

White Gypsy emerald fresh hop beer : very middle of the road pale ale. I like the pint bottle it comes in.

arayess

had a lovely pint of Galway bay Goodbye blue Monday which is an oatmeal IPA yesterday.

Can I get that in off licence? I've had a brief look in my usual spots with no luck

matrim

arayess wrote: »

had a lovely pint of Galway bay Goodbye blue Monday which is an oatmeal IPA yesterday.

Can I get that in off licence? I've had a brief look in my usual spots with no luck

Fairly sure it's draft only

arayess

matrim wrote: »

Fairly sure it's draft only

i was afraid of that

Creamy Goodness

arayess wrote: »

had a lovely pint of Galway bay Goodbye blue Monday which is an oatmeal IPA yesterday.

Can I get that in off licence? I've had a brief look in my usual spots with no luck

it's draught only.

currently drinking...

Camden IHL - nice and sweet, odd for a lager.
White Hag Christmas Ale - not bad not great. tastes like melted mr.freeze with cinnamon and ginger.

Working my way up to a Dog Fish Head 90 minute IPA.

ciaran76

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

Working my way up to a Dog Fish Head 90 minute IPA.

Did you get the Dog Fish in Ireland?

Creamy Goodness

ciaran76 wrote: »

Did you get the Dog Fish in Ireland?

Nope, France.

MonkstownHoop

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

Nope, France.

Did you bring some back for everybody on the thread? :-)

murphyebass

Just opened a bottle of o haras stout. The one matured in whiskey casks.

It really is excellent.

Normally I wouldn't like the taste of alcohol in my imperial stout but this is more of whiskey flavour and heat on the back end.

Highly recommend

Creamy Goodness

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Did you bring some back for everybody on the thread? :-)

Nope, just enough for myself

ciaran76

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

Nope, just enough for myself

Enjoy