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What beer are we drinking this week, too?

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    #7142
    NorthDublin1
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭NorthDublin1


    3 bottles of Corona!


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    #7143
    RasTa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    Lovely stuff from White Hag


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    #7144
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,791 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    RasTa wrote: »
    Lovely stuff from White Hag

    Had it on draught in Kavanaghs and really enjoyed it.


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    #7145
    matrim
    Registered Users Posts: 7,518 ✭✭✭matrim


    RasTa wrote: »
    Lovely stuff from White Hag

    A beer called "lovely stuff" or do you just think they have lovely stuff?




    They all have lovely stuff


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    #7146
    Joekers
    Registered Users Posts: 1,251 ✭✭✭Joekers


    Picked up a pack of Brewdogs IPA is dead, a Kinnegar Crossroads (formerly Road trip) and 4 Modus Hoperandi for 12 quid and I even picked up a free ska glass, should keep me busy till Saturday at least


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    #7147
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    Is Galway Bay's In Bloom: Gorse Flower supposed to have absolutely no carbonation whatsoever?


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    #7148
    ciaran76
    Registered Users Posts: 4,694 ✭✭✭ciaran76


    BaZmO* wrote: »
    Is Galway Bay's In Bloom: Gorse Flower supposed to have absolutely no carbonation whatsoever?

    My bottle was almost zero.


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    #7149
    Subcomandante Marcos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,683 ✭✭✭Subcomandante Marcos


    I had it on draught and it was pretty much flat too.


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    #7150
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    Not a bad beer but a bit of carbonation would've been nice.


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    #7151
    Ronan|Raven
    Registered Users Posts: 8,146 ✭✭✭Ronan|Raven


    A pint of beyond from black donkey in 57 the headline


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    #7152
    cunnifferous
    Registered Users Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭cunnifferous


    BaZmO* wrote: »
    Is Galway Bay's In Bloom: Gorse Flower supposed to have absolutely no carbonation whatsoever?

    Mine was a total dud. Don't think it was intentional? I would have enjoyed it a lot more with more carbonation anyway.


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    #7153
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    cunnifferous wrote: »
    Mine was a total dud. Don't think it was intentional? I would have enjoyed it a lot more with more carbonation anyway.

    I doubt it was intentional considering the style of beer Wits normally have a lot of carbonation to counter the sweetness. This one had none whatsoever. Bad form considering the same happened when they first released their core range in bottles.


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    #7154
    cunnifferous
    Registered Users Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭cunnifferous


    BaZmO* wrote: »
    I doubt it was intentional considering the style of beer Wits normally have a lot of carbonation to counter the sweetness. This one had none whatsoever. Bad form considering the same happened when they first released their core range in bottles.

    Yeah I would have thought that as one of the more developed new breweries that they would have fewer QC issues.

    Seems likes it's whole batch as well not just an odd bottle here or there, which considering mine cost €4.50 is a pretty poor show.


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    #7155
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    To Øl - Overall.

    Says it's an IIPA (Imperial IPA) but it's essentially an American style DIPA. Absolutely cracking beer, one of the best IIPA/DIPA's I've had.


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    #7156
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,890 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Black's of Kinsale have bottled their High Viz double IPA! :D Good times.

    I remember having it as my second last beer at the Alltech Fest in the spring. Never thought I'd be able to drink it at home.


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    #7157
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,864 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    BaZmO* wrote: »
    Says it's an IIPA (Imperial IPA) but it's essentially an American style DIPA.
    Huh? What makes you think those are two different things?

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    #7158
    Turpentine
    Registered Users Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Turpentine


    BeerNut wrote: »
    Huh? What makes you think those are two different things?

    Was wondering the same thing. I thought it was just IIPA pronounced as "Double I-PA, in the same way you could spell BEER as "B-Double E-R".


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    #7159
    Subcomandante Marcos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,683 ✭✭✭Subcomandante Marcos


    Turpentine wrote: »
    Was wondering the same thing. I thought it was just IIPA pronounced as "Double I-PA, in the same way you could spell BEER as "B-Double E-R".

    IIPA = Imperial IPA. Imperial and Double are pretty much interchangeable in usage when talking about beers.


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    #7160
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    BeerNut wrote: »
    Huh? What makes you think those are two different things?

    Nothing. It was just the fact that they were making the distinction themselves. It's very rarely that you see IIPA instead of DIPA (or rare for me to see), which is essentially the same thing of course. Which is why I juxtaposed the IIPA/DIPA in my last sentence.

    Plus it was 10.5% so I wasn't exactly running on all cylinders at the time of typing. :o:pac:


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    #7161
    symbolic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,243 ✭✭✭symbolic


    BaZmO* wrote: »
    , which is essentially the same thing of course.

    Makes it sound like they are not exactly the same.. Maybe I'm reading it wrong.

    So they are the same thing?


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    #7162
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    symbolic wrote: »
    Makes it sound like they are not exactly the same.. Maybe I'm reading it wrong.

    So they are the same thing?

    Well they're not exactly the same in the sense that they have different names, but without getting into the semantics of the word "essentially" I would say they are the same thing.

    I'm no expert though.


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    #7163
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    BaZmO* wrote: »
    I'm no expert though.

    I am an expert, and yeah, they are the same thing.

    See, anyone can call themselves a beer expert, it's not as if there's a degree in beerology where you learn off the style guides.

    Is that dark beer a stout or a porter, add some hops, is it a hoppy porter or a black IPA? Does it matter what the brewer puts on the label?


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    #7164
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    I am an expert, and yeah, they are the same thing.

    See, anyone can call themselves a beer expert, it's not as if there's a degree in beerology where you learn off the style guides.

    Is that dark beer a stout or a porter, add some hops, is it a hoppy porter or a black IPA? Does it matter what the brewer puts on the label?

    That's an over simplification though, there are some well defined conventions on what a Porter, Lager, Wit Bier, etc. is. It's just that as soon as you add more or less of an ingredient or even a different ingredient, the definitions start to become blurred.


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    #7165
    a_non_a_mouse
    Registered Users Posts: 328 ✭✭a_non_a_mouse


    had a bottle of Founder Imperial Stout last night.
    WOW...great beer and the packs a punch. However at nearly 5euro a bottle its a bit on the expensive side for me so will be a rare treat from time to time.

    St Mels - Brown Ale.
    Very nice without being anything to write home about


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    #7166
    symbolic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,243 ✭✭✭symbolic


    BaZmO* wrote: »
    Well they're not exactly the same in the sense that they have different names, but without getting into the semantics of the word "essentially" I would say they are the same thing.

    I'm no expert though.

    Ah cool. I got the different name bit alright :)


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    #7167
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    a_non_a_mouse wrote: »
    had a bottle of Founder Imperial Stout last night.
    WOW...great beer and the packs a punch. However at nearly 5euro a bottle its a bit on the expensive side for me so will be a rare treat from time to time.

    Where was that? It's €3.95 in Drinkstore and €3.99 in Martins when they have it in stock.

    But even at a price of €5 it's still great value considering it's 10.5%


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    #7168
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    yeah, some offies take the piss. I just don't go back.


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    #7169
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    BaZmO* wrote: »
    That's an over simplification though, there are some well defined conventions on what a Porter, Lager, Wit Bier, etc. is.

    I can maybe agree on lager, but the latest is a bleedin IPL, or a hoppy lager which muddies the waters a bit on that style.

    What are the well defined conventions on Porter v Stout? As I understand it the convention is that Stout means "strong", as in "Stout" Porter. "Strong" being relative I suppose. Is Guinness a Stout, the stuff available in most bars, under that definition, probably isn't.

    What about O'Hara's Stout vs Leann Follain? I'd argue that in that stable, that the Stout is not the Stout, it's their porter, and the LF is the Stout Porter.

    See. Headwreck.


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    #7170
    testaccount123
    Registered Users Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭testaccount123


    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    I can maybe agree on lager, but the latest is a bleedin IPL, or a hoppy lager which muddies the waters a bit on that style.

    What are the well defined conventions on Porter v Stout? As I understand it the convention is that Stout means "strong", as in "Stout" Porter. "Strong" being relative I suppose.
    http://www.bjcp.org/docs/2015_Guidelines_Beer.pdf


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    #7171
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    BJCP are grand for what they are, but not an authority, in any sense.


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