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What beer are we drinking this week, too?

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    #4442
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,865 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    They can take a bit of persuading all right.

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    #4443
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,791 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Moghead wrote: »
    Had lunch and a pint in TTT on Saturday. Asked if I could buy a can to take away with me. Server apologised and said they're not an off licence, I'd have to drink it there.

    The trick I use is to order a pint and then say "Give us a can of Bengali Tiger too sure but don't open it yet. That'll save me coming back up." :pac:


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    #4444
    Bebo stunnah
    Registered Users Posts: 621 ✭✭✭Bebo stunnah


    Had my second bottle of barrel aged Leann Follain at the weekend. I picked the 2 up on Christmas Eve at 8 euro each. Drank the first one that evening, after heading to the pub and drinking the only craft on tap (Troubles Sabotage). I thought it was fowl! I actually had to pour it down the sink because I couldn't stomach it.

    So I thought I'd chance the second one this weekend, I was out with an avid Guinness drinker and thought I'd share it with him. He thoroughly enjoyed it, as did I. I'm putting it down to Sabotage ruining the taste of the first one.


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    #4445
    Grayditch
    Registered Users Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    So this is landing in The Thomas House as early as next week, as well as some more Ska beers on tap.

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    I've only ever had it a few times in Vegas and I really liked it.


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    #4446
    Heroditas
    Registered Users Posts: 9,494 ✭✭✭Heroditas


    I think I might have a bottle from my small stash of Westvleteren XII tonight to celebrate the birth of my second child. :)


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    #4447
    Ronan|Raven
    Registered Users Posts: 8,146 ✭✭✭Ronan|Raven


    Heroditas wrote: »
    I think I might have a bottle from my small stash of Westvleteren XII tonight to celebrate the birth of my second child. :)

    Congratulations!


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    #4448
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    Heroditas wrote: »
    I think I might have a bottle from my small stash of Westvleteren XII tonight to celebrate the birth of my second child. :)

    Congratulations! Enjoy


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    #4449
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    Had a sample of Black Donkey Sheep Stealer Irish Farmhouse Ale today, delightful. Nice yeasty taste and smell, light and crisp. Very decent and different from a lot of whats out there now.


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    #4450
    Ravelleman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,635 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ravelleman


    Heroditas wrote: »
    I think I might have a bottle from my small stash of Westvleteren XII tonight to celebrate the birth of my second child. :)

    What an occasion.


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    #4451
    slayerking
    Registered Users Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭slayerking


    Lagunitas has also landed at Drinkstore.
    On a bloody Tuesday.


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    #4452
    themandan6611
    Registered Users Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭themandan6611


    Ravelleman wrote: »
    What an occasion.

    you are so right, drinking a bottle of that stuff is some occasion alright :)


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    #4453
    HopsAndJumps
    Registered Users Posts: 310 ✭✭HopsAndJumps


    slayerking wrote: »
    Lagunitas has also landed at Drinkstore.
    On a bloody Tuesday.

    Yeah when the best beer on the planet lands in the country on Tuesday, its okay to drink this day.

    Just home from drinkstore and downing a little sumpin. Beautiful!!!!


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    #4454
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    slayerking wrote: »
    Lagunitas has also landed at Drinkstore.
    On a bloody Tuesday.

    What kind of selection do they have?


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    #4455
    HopsAndJumps
    Registered Users Posts: 310 ✭✭HopsAndJumps


    Ipso wrote: »
    What kind of selection do they have?

    Pale ale, IPA & little sumpin.


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    #4456
    anncoates
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    ben.schlomo wrote: »
    Had a sample of Black Donkey Sheep Stealer Irish Farmhouse Ale today.

    That actually sounds like a pisstake craft beer name that a site like Waterford Whsipers would come up with. :pac:


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    #4457
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    anncoates wrote: »
    That actually sounds like a pisstake craft beer name a site like Waterford Whsipers would come up with. :pac:

    yeah it does, and it's horrible to boot.

    It's a "Saison", the latest hipster craze.


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    #4458
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,791 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Had 2 pints of Rogue Brutal IPA on cask last night in Spoons. Was grand but not as hoppy as I was expecting.

    My CAMRA vouchers arrived so I'm back to drinking £1 pints. :pac:


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    #4459
    Ronan|Raven
    Registered Users Posts: 8,146 ✭✭✭Ronan|Raven


    anncoates wrote: »
    That actually sounds like a pisstake craft beer name that a site like Waterford Whsipers would come up with. :pac:

    Well it is brewed in Roscommon the county with the nickname Sheep Stealers sooooo....


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    #4460
    ThisRegard
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    anncoates wrote: »
    That actually sounds like a pisstake craft beer name that a site like Waterford Whsipers would come up with. :pac:

    It's a lovely saison ale, Carry Out in Tyrrelstown will often have it on draught to take away in a growler.
    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    yeah it does, and it's horrible to boot.

    It's a "Saison", the latest hipster craze.

    You couldn't be more wrong. You think saisons were just invented over the weekend ?


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    #4461
    drumswan
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    Sheep Stealer is an excellent beer. Saisons have become more popular yes, but this ascribing everything popular as 'hipster' makes my eye twitch


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    #4462
    symbolic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,243 ✭✭✭symbolic


    drumswan wrote: »
    Sheep Stealer is an excellent beer. Saisons have become more popular yes, but this ascribing everything popular as 'hipster' makes my eye twitch

    Yeah I thought Hipsters were doing the unpopular stuff.. I'm confused! ☺


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    #4463
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    You couldn't be more wrong. You think saisons were just invented over the weekend ?

    No, nor did I contend that it was.

    What I meant was that it was nowhere to be seen 18-24 months ago, and now we have it all over the place.

    It's replaced IPA among "OMG you need to drink this style" hipster-set.

    /twitch


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    #4464
    drumswan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,592 ✭✭✭drumswan


    American IPAs became popular because they are delicious. So are Saisons. The Brew By Numbers ones are delish. Why *complain* about good beer and slag people off for drinking it?


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    #4465
    RasTa
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    Is the Lagunitas IPA drinkstore have fresher than the one Weatherspoons are selling for 55c cheaper?


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    #4466
    drumswan
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    RasTa wrote: »
    Is the Lagunitas IPA drinkstore have fresher than the one Weatherspoons are selling for 55c cheaper?

    Grand Cru seemed to indicate that it arrived chilled yesterday. Gonna head over to Drinkstore at lunch, ill check if there are bottling dates on them


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    #4467
    BeerNut
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    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    It's replaced IPA among "OMG you need to drink this style" hipster-set. /twitch
    Nobody tell Baldy about gose, or berlinerweisse! He's the reason we can't have nice things! :D

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    #4468
    badabing106
    Registered Users Posts: 1,442 ✭✭✭badabing106


    Crafty brewing company stout in lidl

    Ghastly stuff, wouldn't wash my dog with it


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    #4469
    BaZmO*
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    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    yeah it does, and it's horrible to boot.

    It's a "Saison", the latest hipster craze.
    Saisons are sooo two years ago.


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    #4470
    Ruben Remus
    Registered Users Posts: 430 ✭✭Ruben Remus


    badabing106 wrote: »
    Crafty brewing company stout in lidl

    Ghastly stuff, wouldn't wash my dog with it

    Just out of curiosity, can anyone here tell me if this is the same beer as the Solas stout which is also made by Rye River and sold cheaply in Tesco?

    I recently did a blind taste test of four Irish stouts that are very similar in ABV. It was a fun experiment. In order of preference, I ranked them as follows:

    1) Galway Hooker stout
    2) O'Shea's Irish stout
    3) Solas stout
    4) Bru Dubh


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    #4471
    oblivious
    Registered Users Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭oblivious


    Ruben Remus wrote: »
    Just out of curiosity, can anyone here tell me if this is the same beer as the Solas stout which is also made by Rye River and sold cheaply in Tesco?

    Given the size of their system and to keep cost down I would have though so, but who know


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