What beer are we drinking this week, too?

snowblind

Try to ignore this site also when you see a link, I'm trying really hard
http://www.bieresgourmet.be/catalog/

Heroditas

In other news, apparently rumours concerning the imminent demise of Of Foam and Fury have been greatly exaggerated.
Galway Bay have no intention of discontinuing it.

Lovely Bloke

Super Valu Knocklyon growler system installed, no beer yet it looks like.

Ronan|Raven

Founders Centennial.. like a broken record I have to say it really is a beautiful drink.

snowblind

Knifey Spoony wrote: »

I tasted the Curee Delphine (The Truth Will Set You Free) at the last Fran Well Oktoberfest. I don't remember much from that night, but I do remember that was one of the finest beers there. Very smooth, with rich chocolate and coffee flavors, if I remember correctly. A damn fine beer!

It's nice, getting fig, orange and vanilla, warm but smooth.

Prairie Bomb! was divine. Cocoa, vanilla and ancho chillies do a really nice subtle job there...

RasTa

snowblind wrote: »

It's nice, getting fig, orange and vanilla, warm but smooth.

Prairie Bomb! was divine. Cocoa, vanilla and ancho chillies do a really nice subtle job there...

How long did they take to arrive?

themandan6611

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

Founders Centennial.. like a broken record I have to say it really is a beautiful drink.

i am with you, my go to at this stage. It is just outstanding, got some dated in Dec 15 and my god it is unreal.

€2.50 a can, great value

snowblind

RasTa wrote: »

How long did they take to arrive?

Just about a week. What did you get?

Insect Overlord

A very generous shopkeeper gave me 2 bottles of Stormy Port and 2x Buried At Sea for a tenner. I think he's trying to clear his shelf of "crafty beers". Nice dude. I enjoyed a well-priced bottle of porter tonight anyway!

dubscottie

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Super Valu Knocklyon growler system installed, no beer yet it looks like.

Win Win for them as I guess there will be lots of so-called beer experts walking out with bottles of foam..

RasTa

snowblind wrote: »

Just about a week. What did you get?

Stouts mainly, I'll post up a pic when they arrive

ben.schlomo

Siren liquid mistress in The Salt House last night, absolutely superb beer.

Lovely Bloke

get your hands on Liquid Monstrous then!

BaZmO*

It's strange that Liquid Mistress (great beer btw) is listed as an Amber Ale, but the Liquid Monstrous is described as a boosted version of the Mistress, but they're calling it a Imperial Red IPA.

Brewers really do talk nonsense when it comes to genre-fying their beers.

BeerNut

BaZmO* wrote: »

It's strange that Liquid Mistress (great beer btw) is listed as an Amber Ale, but the Liquid Monstrous is described as a boosted version of the Mistress, but they're calling it a Imperial Red IPA.

The brewery calls Liquid Mistress a red IPA and Liquid Monstrous an imperial red IPA. "Nonsense" maybe, but fairly straightforward.

I loved Liquid Mistress but though Liquid Monstrous was absolutely awful.

Lovely Bloke

in my opinion, an Amber Ale is just a hoppy red anyway. We can get into the specifics of malt bills and EBC and what have you, but it's all uber-nerdy.

BaZmO*

BeerNut wrote: »

The brewery calls Liquid Mistress a red IPA and Liquid Monstrous an imperial red IPA. "Nonsense" maybe, but fairly straightforward.

Sorry, you're right. I was looking at the Ratebeer description and it said Amber Ale.

BeerNut wrote: »

I loved Liquid Mistress but though Liquid Monstrous was absolutely awful.

Yeah sometimes it's hard to improve on something that's already really nice. A lot of the time it's best to just it alone.

BeerNut

BaZmO* wrote: »

Sorry, you're right. I was looking at the Ratebeer description and it said Amber Ale.

That's what I'd call it, and Liquid Monstrous an "imperial amber", but I guess the letters I, P and A sell beer.

Trond

Had a couple of Lucky SOB Irish Red Ale last night. Was pleasantly surprised. Very nice and smooth.

murphyebass

Couple of beers worthy of mention..

200 fathoms is amazing.

Based on their stormy port brew I knew they could do stout but by god 200 fathoms is up there as one of the best imperial stouts I've had.

Thick, creamy, chocolatey with the warmth that an imperial aged stout brings. Just fantastic. An awful shame that Galway bay don't do an all year round imperial really.

Born to die by brewdog on the other hand I felt was a bit of a let down.

Don't get me wrong not terrible by any means but I was expecting more from it and imo it lacked in the flavour department where the likes of "of foam and fury" excels.

On the cheaper/different end of the spectrum I had ghost ship from adnams which I was pleasantly surprised by. Really nice English ale. Good one to know for bbq season.

Then one I was also pleasantly surprised at based on its €10 for 6 bottles price point is Upheaval IPA.

Very drinkable IPA with a nice punch of grapefruit, citrus etc weighing in at 7% also which pitches it agains the likes of Torpedo.

I like the way it's cloudy / unfiltered too. Too many beers are filtered and just lose something imo.

Uncle_moe

got a few bottles of Naparbier ZZ+ and some Ska Rudie at home. Blackrock Cellar has gotten much better in the past year.

slayerking

In other news, Bru Rua has officially be upgraded to an Amber ale.

oblivious

There is a keg of Firestone walkers Double Jack pouring in the porterhouse Templebar to night [IMG]Check out @Oblivious_'s Tweet:[/img]https://twitter.com/Oblivious_/status/606865642336190464?s=09

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Off to the Brewdog AGM in Aberdeen tomorrow, I shall try absolutely everything :pac:

Berty

Managed to get my hands on One Bottle of This.

It's a 355ml Sam Adams Rebel IPA from Boston. a 72 on Ratebeer

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/samuel-adams-rebel-ipa/222791/

It's quite nice and a 6.5% packs quite a punch.

quadrifoglio verde

oblivious wrote: »

There is a keg of Firestone walkers Double Jack pouring in the porterhouse Templebar to night [IMG]Check out @Oblivious_'s Tweet:[/img]https://twitter.com/Oblivious_/status/606865642336190464?s=09

Thanks for this....was on the way to mvp and saw it. Currently sitting at the bar loving it. Anyone see a young lad in a red hoodie come say hi, I hate drinking alone. :pac:

jsa112

what was the price like for it ?

RasTa

Got some of this tripple IPA from Trouble and a copy of Beoir#2 magazine, sadly not that beer too.

Cold War Kid

Having a few Asahi. Japanese beer. Absolutely lovely.
Got them in Tesco. I tend to enjoy Asian beers hugely.

Ronan|Raven

A few pints of Wrasslers in porthouse Bray.