What beer are we drinking this week, too?

Insect Overlord

Howrye

One to sip slowly for the evening!

Red Wolf

Had the Beavertown Heavy Water last night. Absolutely gorgeous, the cherry and salt really came through. Lasted me a good 2-2 1/2 hours so well worth the price.

CramCycle

n97 mini wrote: »

I must try the WW beers again. The ones I've had so far haven't really impressed me.

Got the Amber Ale and the Perle porter this week. The Amber Ale wasn't really anything of note IMO but the Perle Porter is one of the nicest things to cross my lips in a long time, think I have found my new staple for the presses.

Delicious

Lady in the Off license also gave me a can of Beavertown Smog Rocket. Smells amazing, very odd smoky aftertaste but not worth the price of a can. Worth a taste but not a repeat.

Photo-Sniper

I'm drinking Murphys this week (first time home in 2 years).

Im absolutely appalled at the prices of beer in this country. Was in Tesco and saw bottles of Pilsner Urquell (my usual bottle of choice) and thought to myself..great ile get 4 of them like I usually would. I normally pay 78 cent a bottle and Tesco wanted to charge me 2.60 a bottle? Nearly died of laughter.

Same with all the Hefe-weizens here.. So bloody expensive here

quadrifoglio verde

Photo-Sniper wrote: »

I'm drinking Murphys this week (first time home in 2 years).

Im absolutely appalled at the prices of beer in this country. Was in Tesco and saw bottles of Pilsner Urquell (my usual bottle of choice) and thought to myself..great ile get 4 of them like I usually would. I normally pay 78 cent a bottle and Tesco wanted to charge me 2.60 a bottle? Nearly died of laughter.

Same with all the Hefe-weizens here.. So bloody expensive here

Tax and excise, more so than price gouging

BaZmO*

Now available in Drinkstore!




Get in!!!

noby

BaZmO* wrote: »

Now available in Drinkstore!




Get in!!!

*Sceptical look towards calender*

MonkstownHoop

Photo-Sniper wrote: »

I'm drinking Murphys this week (first time home in 2 years).

Im absolutely appalled at the prices of beer in this country. Was in Tesco and saw bottles of Pilsner Urquell (my usual bottle of choice) and thought to myself..great ile get 4 of them like I usually would. I normally pay 78 cent a bottle and Tesco wanted to charge me 2.60 a bottle? Nearly died of laughter.

Same with all the Hefe-weizens here.. So bloody expensive here

Lidl and Aldi for you my friend

Lovely Bloke

The date on this piece is not April 1st

Link

'Divil' in the detail as beer application delayed

ATTEMPTS to set up a wholesale craft beer outlet in Killorglin have been left to chill for two months after a district court judge queried if it complied with planning.


David Eaton, Tullig, Killorglin, trading as 'Crafty Divils Brewing' had applied to Killorglin District Court for a certificate for a wholesale beer traders licence at a disused premises at Tullig. He said the beer is brewed in Ballyvourney and the premises would be used as a distribution centre.

Asked by Judge James O'Connor what type of beer would be onsite, Mr Eaton said he would be distributing pale ales.

"Pale ales? Give me an example for fellas who only drink black stuff," the judge queried. "It's a pale version of red ale - 'Mountain Man'," replied Mr Eaton to which Judge O'Connor said they were strange names. Asked about the change of use planning, solicitor Liam Ryan said he didn't believe it was an issue. Mr Eaton said that the application was merely a stop gap until fully up and running, adding that the business was at a critical juncture.

Judge O'Connor adjourned matters for two months: "Even if brewing water before there would be some chance but before the property was just lying there."

Kerryman

ben.schlomo

Had a Mikkeller Koppi Coffee IPA last weekend, absolutely superb, got better and better the longer it was in the glass, really nice smokey, roasted coffee smell and quite a complex flavour to boot,well worth the €5. Had a Beavertown Smog Rocket last night, wasnt blown away, it was good but not great by any means.

artvandelay48

noby wrote: »

*Sceptical look towards calender*

but how many of us are checking drinkstore just to be sure?

ben.schlomo

And a bottle of Buck It last weekend, really enjoyed it, both of Black Donkeys early offerings have been excellent and quite different to the run of the mill pale ale, porter, amber we usually get.

matrim

BaZmO* wrote: »

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Get in!!!

Funnily enough my GF is heading to San Fran for a few days and I hope to get her to pick me up some. Anyone know a good central place to get it?

Grayditch

BaZmO* wrote: »

Now available in Drinkstore!


Get in!!!

That was an intense 5 second rollercoaster of emotion, between my eyes lighting up and realising the date.

Ipso

matrim wrote: »

Funnily enough my GF is heading to San Fran for a few days and I hope to get her to pick me up some. Anyone know a good central place to get it?

There's a chain of grocery stores called Whole Foods that may have it. There is also a place called City Beer Store.
It's worth contacting them to see when they have it.

slayerking

Ipso wrote: »

There's a chain of grocery stores called Whole Foods that may have it. There is also a place called City Beer Store.
It's worth contacting them to see when they have it.

I found it difficult to get in SFO last August. I did manage to get some in the Whole Foods on 4th street, its pretty central.
The delivery of Pliny lands every Wednesday around 10 AM and was usually gone by the evening apparently (according to the guy in the shop). I think there was a 4 bottle limit per customer.
The bottles were 1 day old, cant get much fresher than that!

irish_goat

Who needs Pliny? The Hudson Bar is the place for the most exclusive beer launch in Ireland today.

Trond

irish_goat wrote: »

Who needs Pliny? The Hudson Bar is the place for the most exclusive beer launch in Ireland today.

....Shudders....

I think it was £4 or £5 for 10 stubbies when I was a teenager!

Lovely Bloke

5.95 a pint?

hahahahahaha, fools and their money

BeerNut

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

fools

a_non_a_mouse

Assume once the 1st of April has passed the price will become more in line with what Lidl charge for these :-)

Grayditch

The comment section is good.

Lovely Bloke

what time does B&C serve food until in the upstairs part?

Son0vagun

jsa112 wrote: »

Had the james brown chocolate orange stout. Smelled really good(at the start, smells funky now), but its real flat, getting no chocolate or orange taste, strangely enough more of a licorice/jagermeister taste. Pretty sure this is going down the sink...And it will now be only the 3rd craft beer poured down the sink, in the esteemed company of Abstrakt 04 and a goose island sour. Truly dreadful

Dungarvan's rye ipa was bland and crap too, think I'm done with them

I think this says more about you then it does about the beers!

Ipso

slayerking wrote: »

I found it difficult to get in SFO last August. I did manage to get some in the Whole Foods on 4th street, its pretty central.
The delivery of Pliny lands every Wednesday around 10 AM and was usually gone by the evening apparently (according to the guy in the shop). I think there was a 4 bottle limit per customer.
The bottles were 1 day old, cant get much fresher than that!

I work close to that one, it has a good selection of beer.

ben.schlomo

Having a Blacks Rocketship for the first time tonight, going down very nicely so far.

Lovely Bloke

Got a Beoir #2 last night in the B&C, lovely beer.

Followed by a Hop Priority, which I didn't like. There's a weird taste in the finish, and the whole thing has a overarching Mango sweetness that I dislike.

I was a bit annoyed too, I was reading the "Spring Beer" menu and the lounge girl came over, I asked her for a Polar Vortex, which she told me there was none of.

But when I went to the bar later on the barman told me there was some, and that it had not been off all night, so I got one, but after the other two it was pretty tasteless.

Changed tack then and got a 7 Brothers Porter, which I was disappointed with, very lightly carbed.

finished off with a Leann Follain.

RasTa

That Founders Kentucky Bourbon Stout is ****ing delicious! White Hag Imperial also starting to appear in bottle format

Lovely Bloke

RasTa wrote: »

I see this has arrived. Tried it at the beer fest but was a bit too gone to remember much. Won't be buying at that price http://mchughs.ie/search?q=Founders+KBS

Did you get a free bottle?

BaZmO*

RasTa wrote: »

That Founders Kentucky Bourbon Stout is ****ing delicious! White Hag Imperial also starting to appear in bottle format

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Did you get a free bottle?

LOL

It's €1 cheaper in Drinkstore.

I don't think it's bad value for what you're getting. It's considered a top 10 beer. Imagine what you'd have to pay to get a bottle of wine or whiskey that was considered to be in the top 10?!