What beer are we drinking this week, too?

snowblind

Brewdog Old World Russian Imp Stout was really nice. Not the most full bodies or the most complex, but what it does it does really well. Surprisingly good for a brewdog stout!

ciaran76

Heroditas wrote: »

Isn't it a fantastic beer? Currently my new favourite Irish beer.

Haven't seen any around. Are they easy to find?

Ah its ok seen them in Drinkstore now so will pop in at the weekend.

drumswan

ciaran76 wrote: »

Haven't seen any around. Are they easy to find?

Ah its ok seen them in Drinkstore now so will pop in at the weekend.

Picked up one in Drinkstore. Its a solid Pale Ale with some nice hop characteristics, flawed slightly by over carbonation which gives it a sparkling water kind of feel. Not quite at O'Haras or Metalmans level, but a very promising start.

The Golden ale is very ordinary btw, but most are.

Lovely Bloke

Golden Ale - beer with stabilisers.

Grayditch

To Ol Raid Beer and Brewdog Jack Hammer are my two current favourites. Just a shame they're expensive buys, cause at 5.2%, I'd like to have a few Raid Beers, anyway, just not at the price. Mayne not the Jack Hammer, that's 7.2%.

Another one I've been picking up more of is Porterhouse Celebration Stout at €2.15 a bottle, it's a great for an imperial stout.

Heroditas

Just picked up a bottle of O'Hara's barrel aged barley wine.
One for the weekend!!!

blueshed

Heroditas wrote: »

Just picked up a bottle of O'Hara's barrel aged barley wine.
One for the weekend!!!

where you get that ?

Dynamo Roller

Having a bottle of Bo Bristle Ale made in banagher Co. Offaly. Have to say it's very nice, getting a taste of honey and peaches from it.

Heroditas

blueshed wrote: »

where you get that ?

Drinkstore. The delivery had just arrived when I popped in at lunch time. First customer.

matrim

Went to the black sheep for a couple after the Lego Movie last night. Had the GB Pilot Series Amber ale, another very nice offering from them. Followed it up with a Fynes Sanda Black IPA on cask, not the hoppy BIPA I was expecting but still a decent beer that I'd try again.

Was disappointed that they were sold out of the Kinnegar Maddyroe as I was looking forward to trying it.

Ruben Remus

Just wanted to add my voice to the chorus of approval for Independent Brewing Pale Ale.

A lovely, fresh, hoppy beer. It's really more of a (US-style) IPA than a pale ale. Not all that dissimilar to, say, Sierra Nevada Torpedo.

I was also pleased that it was reasonably priced. My bottle was €3.75 for 500ml of a 6% ABV beer. Other Galway-based brewers of hoppy beer should take note!

the beer revolu

I was in Austria last week. The local brewery, Schladminger proved to have a couple of very nice easy drinking beers : BioZwickl, was a lovely organic, unfiltered lager - really flavourful and crisp (for a lager).
They also had an Organic Schnee Weiss - a really good lemony weiss.
It was great to drink local and have it so good.
I only saw the BioZwickl in the supermarket but a fair amount of the bars had the marzen on tap (pretty ordinary lager) and Schnee Wiess available in bottles.

There was also a microbrewery but this was only a restaurant with no bar area - we did stand in a corner drinking a very watery weiss - didn't bother returning to sample any more.

drumswan

Picked up a couple of the Stortebeker range in Redmonds last night, hadnt seen them before - the Atlantik Ale and the Start-Bier. Both surprisingly good.

upforit101

Ruben Remus wrote: »

Just wanted to add my voice to the chorus of approval for Independent Brewing Pale Ale.

A lovely, fresh, hoppy beer. It's really more of a (US-style) IPA than a pale ale. Not all that dissimilar to, say, Sierra Nevada Torpedo.

I was also pleased that it was reasonably priced. My bottle was €3.75 for 500ml of a 6% ABV beer. Other Galway-based brewers of hoppy beer should take note!

Galway Bay Brewing; Your price gouging days are numbered!

Raise a glass to independent Pale Ale!

drumswan

Independent Pale is 3.60 in Drinkstore, Full Sail is 2.99.

Ravelleman

drumswan wrote: »

Independent Pale is 3.60 in Drinkstore, Full Sail is 2.99.

He's probably referring to the Of Foam and Fury Affair.

Outkast_IRE

Is the Rossini beer gone from Aldi completely ?
It hasn't been stocked in a while in my local one, and it was a decent beer for the price.

BaZmO*

Is 200 Fathoms available in any offies?

Pat Dunne

I enjoyed a Fulcrum Wheat Beer from N.Ireland, last night.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fulcrum-Beer/592428534127797?ref=ts&fref=ts

Very enjoyable with a very mild apple and clove background taste to it.

One to keep an eye out for

BeerNut

BaZmO* wrote: »

Is 200 Fathoms available in any offies?

No, only at the pubs.

BaZmO*

BeerNut wrote: »

No, only at the pubs.

Cheers. Do you know how much it is?

Heroditas

Just about to crack open Brown Paper Bag's stout.

matrim

BaZmO* wrote: »

Cheers. Do you know how much it is?

7.50 but probably sold out by now. There were only 900 bottles

BaZmO*

matrim wrote: »

7.50 but probably sold out by now. There were only 900 bottles

Cheers. Got one from BrewDock on the way home from college.

Tube

Cantillon geueze, Leann Follain, Liefman's Kriek, and an Ór, in that order.

cormacjones

Zwack Unicum...it really is much better than Jager...!

drumswan

Drinking a Wild Beer Fresh. Very impressed. Has a brett note like a Saison.

ciaran76

Blacks Kinsale Pale Ale. Very nice indeed.

Lovely Bloke

Drinking a Fuller's London Porter, a good porter but not as good as their Black Cab, which is exceptional.

Lined up next is an Fuller's India Pale Ale. Smells very Fuller's-y.

jsa112

Thought Blacks kinsale pale ale was dreadful myself, tasted like a lager. Having O'Hara's barrel aged barley wine, not much carbonation and that strong harsh barley wine flavour isn't coming through, and not getting much from the barrel aging. Best off buying porterhouse devils acre instead.

Had brewdog's hello my name is vladimir, don't think any of their "hello my name is" is better than hardcore.

Is that Independent IPA anywhere besides drinkstore ?