What beer are we drinking this week, too?

Knifey Spoony · 17-05-2015 1:23pm

Had a bottle of Elbow Lane's Arrow Weisse last night. It was ok, very light body and a bit heavy on the clove taste for my liking. But, hopefully we'll start seeing more of their stuff being bottled from now on.

Followed that up with some Oxymoron. Interesting idea and some of the tastes throughout were lovely individually, but overall they didn't work well together.

matrim · 17-05-2015 2:40pm

Had a 12 acres pale ale last night. Could be a nice sessionable beer

Lovely Bloke · 17-05-2015 3:30pm

I thought it was one of the best beers on show that day in the Herbert Park tbh.

matrim · 17-05-2015 4:27pm

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

I thought it was one of the best beers on show that day in the Herbert Park tbh.

Me too. Last night was my first time having it since then and still agree that it's a fine beer.

Zaph · 17-05-2015 9:43pm

Finally cracked open a bottle of 200 Fathoms. Holy sh*t, that is sublime. I think Not G.R's angel might be a bit of a slut and is doing the rounds.

ciaran76 · 17-05-2015 10:05pm

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

I thought it was one of the best beers on show that day in the Herbert Park tbh.

Agreed was up there alright. Haven't seen bottles of it still anywhere though.

limnam · 17-05-2015 10:23pm

Zaph wrote: »

Finally cracked open a bottle of 200 Fathoms. Holy sh*t, that is sublime. I think Not G.R's angel might be a bit of a slut and is doing the rounds.

Where did you pick it up?

Zaph · 17-05-2015 10:38pm

Got it about 2 months ago in Baggot Street Wines. Long gone even by the time I picked mine up I'm afraid.

limnam · 17-05-2015 10:41pm

Zaph wrote: »

Got it about 2 months ago in Baggot Street Wines. Long gone even by the time I picked mine up I'm afraid.

Yeah

I just thought you might have found a recent stash somewhere

Zaph · 17-05-2015 10:43pm

limnam wrote: »

Yeah I just thought you might have found a recent stash somewhere

If I did I wouldn't be sharing that info here.

Not G.R · 17-05-2015 10:49pm

Zaph wrote: »

If I did I wouldn't be sharing that info here.

Being the dasterdly fellow I am I checked all GBB bars and all the usual off licenses yesterday looking for one or two bottles. Thought there might be a few knocking around for world whiskey day. To no avail I might add.

How's this years? Didn't get a bottle unfortunatly. Last years yellow spot aged were phenomenoal.

Zaph · 17-05-2015 10:57pm

I didn't have any of last year's, but this year's is exceptional. It's thick, rich and treacly. Absolutely pitch black, almost like Turkish coffee rather than beer, and the whiskey doesn't overpower it in any way. It's incredibly well balanced and a joy to drink.

finatron · 18-05-2015 9:57am

Zaph wrote: »

Finally cracked open a bottle of 200 Fathoms. Holy sh*t, that is sublime. I think Not G.R's angel might be a bit of a slut and is doing the rounds.

I was a little disappointed with it maybe I had built it up too much for myself. I got 2 bottels want to see how well it well age

Lovely Bloke · 18-05-2015 10:01am

Is OFAF being discontinued?

matrim · 18-05-2015 10:05am

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Is OFAF being discontinued?

Haven't seen anything about it. What did you hear?

Lovely Bloke · 18-05-2015 10:47am

That it's being discontinued due to a hop issue.

Heroditas · 18-05-2015 11:44am

Could very well be the case alright. The € v $ issue means American hops are rocketing in price. If margins are being squeezed, they may prefer to discontinue it for the time being rather than lash up the prices.

jh79 · 18-05-2015 11:48am

I also heard that the Red Ale is to be phased out.

quadrifoglio verde · 18-05-2015 1:17pm

There was an article in the Sunday business post last weekend interviewing niall and he said that they were having issues sourcing hops for ofaf and it was affecting beer quality.

a_non_a_mouse · 18-05-2015 1:28pm

a few new one for me over the last couple of weeks..

Dungarvan - Mahon Falls - decent, but not overly impressed
Radik - Pale Ale - had this on draft on launch night in Bierhaus, really nice.
Anchor - IPA - decent, but not as good as lagunitas
Franciscan Well - Chieftain IPA - had this on draft at Well, really nice.
Franciscan Well - Jameson Pale Ale - bottle of this at Well, really good.
Franciscan Well - Shandon Stout - had this on draft at Well, not a great stout lover and this didn't convert me.
Steenberge - Piraat - kinda partial to strong Belgium stuff and this did not disappoint. Fantastic beer.

Lovely Bloke · 18-05-2015 1:29pm

Is Radik in Dublin yet?

jsa112 · 18-05-2015 1:57pm

Yep seen it around the usual places, 500ml bottle

HopsAndJumps · 18-05-2015 3:16pm

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

That it's being discontinued due to a hop issue.

Thats terrible news, losing by far the best Irish hoppy beer.

Has anybody seen widmer upheaval around? A cracking wheat IPA, they had it on movies and booze on newstalk last Friday.

Lovely Bloke · 18-05-2015 3:17pm

HopsAndJumps wrote: »

Thats terrible news, losing by far the best Irish hoppy beer.

Has anybody seen widmer upheaval around? A cracking wheat IPA, they had it on movies and booze on newstalk last Friday.

Tweet Dean and ask him

https://twitter.com/BeerPadawan

BeerNut · 18-05-2015 4:13pm

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Is OFAF being discontinued?

I tweeted Jason and asked him. It is not being discontinued.

GristlyEnd · 18-05-2015 6:32pm

Funnily enough I'm drinking said beer right now. Bought the glass from their online shop.

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