What beer are we drinking this week, too?

MonkstownHoop

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

did you talk to her?

Yeah I'm never one to shy away from a few samples :-) very nice woman.

ciaran76

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

The Mrs is running a Brehon Tasting in Blackrock Cellar, I've one of their Summer Ales on the way home, along with some Sierra Nevada Harvest and a Trouble Graffiti.

The summers ale is nice. Well impressed with it. Still 4 for €10 in Monaghan !

Lovely Bloke

it was her first time in that off licence, but she's been doing the Brehon beers since the start of the year.

ciaran76

If you get/have too many Brehon glassware don't be afraid to share it !

Lovely Bloke

thin on the ground

MonkstownHoop

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

thin on the ground

But IF you do ;-) ;-)

John Mason

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Yeah I'm never one to shy away from a few samples :-) very nice woman.

ah shucks :o

ciaran76

Porterhouse Hop Head : it's a good goto beer but this one tastes different. Almost a metal taste. Maybe just a dodgy bottle.

Lovely Bloke

oh look at the glass I found

Zaph

Ola Dubh 12. Absolutely spectacular beer. Rich, slightly smoky, dark chocolatey and a slight coffee flavour to it. It hides its 8% very well. I have a 16 and an 18 as well, and I'm really looking forward to trying them, especially as I have a bottle of Highland Park 18 and it's an exceptional scotch.

jsa112

Where did you get the 16 and 18 ? Love the 12, but cant find the 16 or 18 anywhere reasonably close to me.

Super beer

Zaph

Got them all in Carryout in Tyrrellstown a few weeks ago. They had a good few of all three then, but no idea what they have now.

Passenger

O'Hara's Lublin To Dublin

O'Hara's set the standard with Leann Follain IMO so I had very high expectations for their Lublin To Dublin Milk Stout. On the label it says it's a 'Robust Milk Stout' and robust it certainly is. Where Leann Follain is rich and flavoursome, this is dry and bitter with a distinct roasted, malted aftertaste. Drinkable for sure and good to see them doing something different but overall I'll be sticking with Leann Follain.

limnam

Passenger wrote: »

Drinkable for sure and good to see them doing something different but overall I'll be sticking with Leann Follain.

It's not designed as a replacement for Follain. It's a limited bottling colab.

Passenger

limnam wrote: »

It's not designed as a replacement for Follain. It's a limited bottling colab.

Yes, I know.

ciaran76

On a stag and in Guinness for a tour. Asked for a hop house 13 with a Guinness head As a joke but got it !
Turns out it not so bad !

Herb Powell

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

oh look at the glass I found

That's a nice looking beer!

Lovely Bloke

first time ever I brought only homebrew to a BBQ today.

Delighted with myself, never found a yearning for a "proper" beer.

L1011

8 Degrees Grand Stretch. Clearly been out for a while but not seen it until this weekend.

Lovely Bloke

Nomad, hated it.

Graffiti, unbalanced.

Grayditch

Did not like Nomad. Didn't work for me, the lager aftertaste wasn't a nice one.

-=al=-

Oxymoron kiwi wit back in O'Briens so got some of that stuff! Love it. It's a Belgian style beer with New Zealand hops on a limited run.

Sometimes you can get 4 for 10 in Deveny's but 3 quid a pop in O'Briens!

baconsarnie

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

first time ever I brought only homebrew to a BBQ today.

Delighted with myself, never found a yearning for a "proper" beer.

How long are you brewing? (Just out of curiosity)

Lovely Bloke

baconsarnie wrote: »

How long are you brewing? (Just out of curiosity)

properly, a couple of years - but me and my brew friends won gold at the nationals this year for our stout.

quadrifoglio verde

Left hand sawtooth nitro. A bit so so. Glad I only paid 1.80 for it.

Can't wait to try the gouden carolus next

baconsarnie

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

properly, a couple of years - but me and my brew friends won gold at the nationals this year for our stout.

Cool

Sounds like you have more than a decent handle on it (brewing) so

I'm always a believer that well made Homebrew can go toe to toe with most craft beer

n97 mini

baconsarnie wrote: »

Cool

Sounds like you have more than a decent handle on it (brewing) so

I'm always a believer that well made Homebrew can go toe to toe with most craft beer

Consistency would be the biggest issue, but there are a whole pile of things a pro brewer has to deal with a home brewer doesn't too.

PokeHerKing

Anyone recommend a nice stout? Can't face the pub for a guiness the fear is too bad, so fancy a nice stout but no idea what's good

Cheers

limnam

PokeHerKing wrote: »

Anyone recommend a nice stout? Can't face the pub for a guiness the fear is too bad, so fancy a nice stout but no idea what's good

Cheers

http://www.carlowbrewing.com/our-beers/oharas-leann-follain/?ao_confirm

Enjoy

cunnifferous

Grayditch wrote: »

Did not like Nomad. Didn't work for me, the lager aftertaste wasn't a nice one.

I liked it. Prefer grand stretch but thought it was an interesting style. Thought the smooth larger aftertaste was quite nice. Wouldn't get many of them having said that.