What beer are we drinking this week, too?

baron von something

Having a Brehon Shancodubh in the pub. Its really nice, I'm not a fan of the Brehon brews but this one is lovely. Strong at 7.2 and reasonable at €5 too

Just a little Samba

baron von something wrote: »

Having a Brehon Shancodubh in the pub. Its really nice, I'm not a fan of the Brehon brews but this one is lovely. Strong at 7.2 and reasonable at €5 too

€5 is reasonable?

Jaysus.

Zaph

Just a little Samba wrote: »

€5 is reasonable?

Jaysus.

For a 7.2% strength beer in a pub? Very.

Just a little Samba

Zaph wrote: »

For a 7.2% strength beer in a pub? Very.

I missed the pub part.

Yeah that's decent, especially seeing as some offies are charging +/- €4 for bottles.

limnam

Just a little Samba wrote: »

€5 is reasonable?

Jaysus.

Try a mikkeller black in the beer market at 11e+ for 330ml's :pac:

Just a little Samba

limnam wrote: »

Try a mikkeller black in the beer market at 11e+ for 330ml's :pac:

The last day I was in there I noticed they had some nice sherry style brew dog branded glasses behind the bar. I asked if they planned on using them for the more high abv mental priced beers and your man just gave me a shrug.

I think it would be a much better idea to offer those sorts of beer in both 33cl and sherry glass sizes to make them less off putting price wise. Also, I really don't want to be drinking 33cl of a 17.5% abv beer anyway!

Zaph

I know in their pub in Edinburgh Brewdog sell Tactical Nuclear Penguin and Sink the Bismarck in the same measures as shorts, which is fair enough considering they're pretty much the same strength.

RasTa

Seems to be a good few brew's coming out of their pilot series. I wasn't mad on their desperate mile and voyager IPA

BaZmO*

Gorse flowers? Hmmm, interesting.

St. Lupulin

Gorse flower me bollix.

We want bottles of Via Maris God damnit.

BaZmO*

Had some Blackstairs - Dark Fiery Porter the other night. Really nice. I thought it was just a Chilli Porter and couldn't quite put my finger on the other flavour that I was getting. Then I read the label and realised there was also ginger there too. I thought it worked really well. Sometimes ginger can be over-powering in beer.

Insect Overlord

Any opinions on Maisel & Friends Chocolate Bock? I'm tempted to splash out on a bottle.

jsa112

Wasn't great from what I remember. Your money would be better off on something else

-=al=-

Had some nice pints of Wicklow wolf's American Amber outside The Barge last night. Not a bad little number, that's quite darker than expected, caramel-y and quite pleasant to drink

The Harbour Bar in Bray has Sierra Nevada on tap for €5 a pint. Pretty reasonable stuff that (y)

HopsAndJumps

Picked up a few bevies from drink store today.

Victory Hop devil and Victory dirt wolf double IPA.

To ol Garden of Eden ipa.

Mikeller amass west coast ipa.

Got the Sierra Nevada golden ipa and the black IPA.

Will drink the victory brews tonight.

matrim

Had a couple of McGargles earlier (Knock Knock Ned and Cousin Rosie). I'd had them before and not liked them (especially the Knock Knock) but while still not great they weren't too bad just a bit bland.

Not G.R

matrim wrote: »

Had a couple of McGargles earlier (Knock Knock Ned and Cousin Rosie). I'd had them before and not liked them (especially the Knock Knock) but while still not great they weren't too bad just a bit bland.

Expect a strongly worded email from Rye River explaining that not everyone likes their beer and that they wouldn't want everyone too. But they have a strong core fanbase who love it.

basskebab

St. Lupulin wrote: »

Gorse flower me bollix.

We want bottles of Via Maris God damnit.

The Dark Horse in Blackrock just got in the first bottles of Via Maris, so presume the other Galway Bay pubs have them now. Had a couple over the weekend. Not a fresh as on draft, less of the tart bitter hoppy taste, but decent enough.

Strumms

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale... Liking it a lot..

Heroditas

Trouble Brewing Remix India Pale Lager. Nice, I like it. It's quite refreshing.
The beer that Hop House 13 could have been if it hadn't been brewed by Diageo.

my friend

-=al=- wrote: »

The Harbour Bar in Bray has Sierra Nevada on tap for €5 a pint. Pretty reasonable stuff that (y)

16oz or 20oz ?

janiejones

Weihenstephaner kristall weissbier. I'm working through the Germans starting on the budget side. This, schneider weisse tap 7, paulaner, franziskaner. Planning a step up soon - Schneider aventinus and weihenstephaner vitus

Insect Overlord

Jack Cody's Smiggy amber ale.

My first time trying anything from this brewery. I'm happy with my purchase.

Ruben Remus

janiejones wrote: »

Weihenstephaner kristall weissbier. I'm working through the Germans starting on the budget side. This, schneider weisse tap 7, paulaner, franziskaner. Planning a step up soon - Schneider aventinus and weihenstephaner vitus

Try Schneider Hopfenweisse too. It's lovely.

ciaran76

Sharks coffee pot by Brick by Brick brewery well this is a sweet stout. I get a tiny bit of coffee but lots of malty chocolate. Was hoping for more coffee.

St. Lupulin

basskebab wrote: »

The Dark Horse in Blackrock just got in the first bottles of Via Maris, so presume the other Galway Bay pubs have them now. Had a couple over the weekend. Not a fresh as on draft, less of the tart bitter hoppy taste, but decent enough.

Cool.

Are these going to be in off licenses anytime soon?

Stheno

Anyone tried clonmel 1650? My local had a promo on it tonight

Insect Overlord

Got a bottle of Galway Bay's Voyager U.S. from their pilot series. Best before June 29 next year, so I'd assume it was only bottled in the last fortnight? It's a lovely IPA.

Lovely Bloke

growler of Road Trip from McHughs, different to the bottled version!

BaZmO*

O'Hara's / Starr Hill collaboration Foreign Affair Red IPA. Really like this. It tastes like a mix between O'Hara's Red & IPA strangely enough.