What beer are we drinking this week, too?

Just a little Samba

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

What's the scene like in Athlone these days?

Worth asking yourman who runs the Simon Says blog, he's one of them folk.

BaZmO*

Black Rock Stout now. Seems to have gotten a million times better from what I remember it to be.

irish_goat

Enjoying the best beer selection in Derry...

Zaph

irish_goat wrote: »

Enjoying the best beer selection in Derry...

Could they be done under the Trades Descriptions Act? At the very least any pub that can't spell lager should be avoided.

irish_goat

They have Cheiftain IPA on tap to be fair. And also Yardsmans Pale Ale, but it has line cleaner in it still. I was told that's the very "hoppy bitter" taste though. Not sure why they aren't on the menu either.

Heroditas

Zaph wrote: »

At the very least any pub that can't spell lager should be avoided.

Ah but that's how Nordies pronounce it!

SpannerMonkey

Tonight's Selection

Grayditch

The more I drink Chieftain, the less I like it.

I just at had a Kinnegar Black Bucket black rye IPA. Doesexactly what it says and does it well. Very nice beer.

Ronan|Raven

A bottle of Buck It from BlackDonkey and a bottle of Yannaroddy from Kinnegar. Both wonderful. Have some delicious hopped mead to see the night out..

allthedoyles

Decided to try Murphys , and glad I did ,as it tastes better than cans of Guinness draught in my opinion

Grayditch

Partial to a can of Murphys myself. Lovely on draught.

ben.schlomo

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

A bottle of Buck It from BlackDonkey and a bottle of Yannaroddy from Kinnegar. Both wonderful. Have some delicious hopped mead to see the night out..

A delightful drop it must be said.

Insect Overlord

Kinnegar Rustbucket tonight. Gorgeous.

That picture of Hopplehammer has me jealous though!

dintbo

Finishing my first hop stoopid as I type! Beautiful stuff

Ipso

dintbo wrote: »

Finishing my first hop stoopid as I type! Beautiful stuff

Someone a while back mentioned they got an onion taste from it, what did you think?

Herb Powell

allthedoyles wrote: »

Decided to try Murphys , and glad I did ,as it tastes better than cans of Guinness draught in my opinion

Grayditch wrote: »

Partial to a can of Murphys myself. Lovely on draught.

Beamish is superior!

slayerking

Ipso wrote: »

Someone a while back mentioned they got an onion taste from it, what did you think?

I've tried it 2 or 3 times and never got an onion taste, its an excellent beer like most of the Lagunitas range.

Joekers

Settled for two Founders Breakfast Stout instead of one KBS....not sure if I made the right decision

dintbo

Ipso wrote: »

Someone a while back mentioned they got an onion taste from it, what did you think?

Can't say I noticed any onion taste from it either! It was an evening of DIPAs for me. Of Foam and Fury, Two Captains and Hop Stoopid. I gotta say the Hop Stoopid was my favourite, and I am a big fan of the other two. After those I was only fit for bed!

Lovely Bloke

Went to WJK for a small "tap takeover" by Anarchy Brew Co, from up near Newcastle, England.

They had three beers on tap, and a fourth one in bottles.

Three on tap were Citra Star, a "hopped blonde", Anti-Venon, an American PA and Sublime Chaos, a Breakfast Stout.

The Citra Star was by far the best for me, a 4.1% quaffer - they've a lot of flavour going on in this one, and I'd happily drink a few of these. It reminds me of Holy Cow Bell!

The Anti-Venon is a nice American Pale - there's a bit more body to it, it's 6%, and the hops are more fruity than bitter.

The Sublime Chaos breakfast stout is pretty good too, but it was a thursday night so I only had a small sample as it's 7%.

The bottle was a Smoked Saison, and for once a non-Schlenkerla smoked beer delivers on it's promise. I really enjoyed this, even though it's a saison, probably because the smoke at least partially masks the saison-ness.

The brewers were there too, and they suggested a mixing of the Breakfast Stout with the Smoked Saison, so a few of us tried it - it was pretty good!

ciaran76

Mikkeller Vanilla Sky nice IPA with and orange smell and tasted a tiny bit of orange and tropical fruits. Slight hop bitterness and a hint of vanilla. Vanilla is very light and not too strong.

Heroditas

I tried Hop Stoopid last week and thought it was very good. Nice and hoppy but not ridiculously so.
Also, a nice smooth malty, almost caramel, aftertaste.
Worth trying? Yes.
Would I drink again? Not sure. Bit pricey

Grayditch

Actually found Hop Stoopid for €7.99 in the Mace on South Circular Road, which is my favourite off licence. Tastes even better at a euro less, but still pricey, no doubt.

slayerking

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

The bottle was a Smoked Saison, and for once a non-Schlenkerla smoked beer delivers on it's promise. I really enjoyed this, even though it's a saison, probably because the smoke at least partially masks the saison-ness.

Had a bottle of this last night, absolutely loved it. I'm a huge Schlenkerla fan, so this got my interest when I saw it. The spicy saison-ness mixes so well with the smoky bacon, which is pretty subdued. I was wishing the bottle was a little bigger by the end of it.

BaZmO*

I must be the only person that was disappointed with Hop Stoopid. I thought it was nice but not great.

baron von something

What's the deal with dates on beer bottles? The reason I ask is I got a bottle of Widmer Brothers Hopside Down last night and the date was jan14 but the guy in the office assured me that's just the bottling date rather than a best before...it tasted like muck so I would have called it out of date

BeerNut

BaZmO* wrote: »

I must be the only person that was disappointed with Hop Stoopid. I thought it was nice but not great.

Same here.

baron von something wrote: »

What's the deal with dates on beer bottles? The reason I ask is I got a bottle of Widmer Brothers Hopside Down last night and the date was jan14 but the guy in the office assured me that's just the bottling date rather than a best before

Lots of American beers have a bottling date rather than a best before. The law in Europe says that all bottled beer must have a date of minimum duration (ie best before) but lots of Irish importers couldn't be bothered with that :rolleyes:

blueshed

Picked up a bottle of Munchausen sour altbier and a bottle of Dunarvan's seaweed saison.

CramCycle

Having a Founders Imperial Stout this morning.

Thick and black, quite nice, easy to drink but heavy. No real head when poured,

Did not realise it was 10.5% until I looked at the bottle more closely

TrustedApple

Have a bottle of Young's double chocolate stout to drink tonight mother called me yesterday and told me she 'found' a bottle of it in the fridge witch i have not seen before today .

Have had it before its not a bad stout.

Going to have a look in world wide wines again this week and see what i can pick up to drink for the week any ideas for a nice 7% + bottle ?