What beer are we drinking this week, too?

vicwatson

And Courage Superior Ale "Directors" yum

baron von something

An File wrote: »

Nøgne Ø Imperial Stout (to celebrate not dying on stage in my first ever play yesterday)

Treaty City Harris Pale Ale (to celebrate Limerick not finishing bottom of the league! )

I was celebrating Dundalk winning the league weeks ago


Had a few pints of Fischers which I normally just ignore because it seems to get a bad rep. The pints were flying down quaffingly. Its the type of pint you could have for breakfast

jsa112

Where did you get Nøgne Ø Imperial Stout An File ? Or does anybody know where any bottles might be floating about still

matrim

Had a few last night

Sheep Stealer - Said before that this is a nice easy drinking saison. Only problem was that I couldn't pour it without a giant head.

Reel Deel Jack The Lad - I think this was my first time having this and I enjoyed it. A nice bit of malt and hops for a 4.5% beer. Probably more of a pale ale than IPA but still nice.

8 Degree Polar Vortex - Another good beer from these guys. Lovely citrus and fruity hops with a nice sweet malt backbone to balance it out.

Mesrine65

Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA, given to me by a friend...

Yowza, had to have this hop bomb with a spicy meat feast pizza with habanero's, a perfect pairing.

Insect Overlord

jsa112 wrote: »

Where did you get Nøgne Ø Imperial Stout An File ? Or does anybody know where any bottles might be floating about still

I think I bought that bottle a year ago from the Fine Wines offie on Catherine Street in Limerick. Had it kept in a box since last Christmas with some other fancy stouts and porters.

My girlfriend managed to get me another one during the summer though, and I think it was the same Fine Wines that sold it to her.

UnknownSpecies

I was drinking Costellos red ale on tap in Kilkenny. Really is a great red ale. I think it's very session-able. Has a nice sweetness up front and a citrusy kick at the end. Has anyone else had the chance to try it?

testaccount123

L1011 wrote: »

Had the Aldi spiced ale twice over the weekend

I can't detect any spice.

Had one of these last night, its loaded with Cinnamon!

Krusty_Clown

Had a Kinnegar Geuzeberry last night. It was magic. Fantastic tartness, with a really lovely aftertaste. Hope they make more.

Cast Iron

PropJoe10 wrote: »

Their beer is far better on tap or in cans than it is bottled, IMO. Not sure if their bottling process is great, cos I've had some fairly stale bottles of the KPA over the last year. But it's always a beautiful beer on tap.

Yea I had been told previously that cans maintain beer far better than bottles, thorough protection from light. Was still surprised how much more I enjoyed the KPA can over the bottle.

Herb Powell

Cast Iron wrote: »

Yea I had been told previously that cans maintain beer far better than bottles, thorough protection from light. Was still surprised how much more I enjoyed the KPA can over the bottle.

I enjoy it in every form tbh, it's a staple beer for me, hard to resist when I see a tap in a bar.

TrustedApple

After 8 bottles of craft beer I am pissed who cares what I am drinking now lol.

baron von something

Had Northbounds pale ale. There's not a lot happening in it which is disappointing because I loved their Altbeer. Luckilly I had a couple of bottles of Full Sail to have after it

Zaph

Had a Brehon Shanco Dubh last night. What a lovely beer that got even lovelier as it warmed up a little. Followed it with a Brewdog Cocoa Psycho. Oddly I detected more coffee flavours than cocoa, but you could definitely smell the cocoa. It's a really thick, almost syrupy beer that hides its 10% extremely well. A very nice beer to sip away at.

Insect Overlord

Rocked into November on the back of a litre bottle of Black's Model T stout from Kinsale. I'd been saving that one for a long time, and it went down gloriously.

jsa112

The new brewdog king imp is very good, couldn't get much coffee though. Expensive, but worth it

ben.schlomo

Union Beast of The Deep, heller bock, very enjoyable, a lighter, less sweet bock. Black Wych by Wychwood, didnt think it was great at all, bit thin, watery, lacking flavour.

matrim

Had a Galway Bay The Eternalist last night. I was expecting a really sour beer but this isn't. The smell is mostly raspberries with sour hints. But the flavour starts sour, with strong raspberry flavours again but this mellows into a dryish finish. I don't think I'd go for it again because of the price but it was nice

PowerToWait

Myself and beer bud got almost no raspberry. In fact just no raspberry. Lots of the wine barrels it was lashed into for whatever time.
No sour whatsoever. It is dry.
Way overpriced.

symbolic

PowerToWait wrote: »

Way overpriced.

Careful!

L1011

Lublin to Dublin, found a single bottle of it in one of my regular offos.

RasTa

jsa112 wrote: »

Where did you get Nøgne Ø Imperial Stout An File ? Or does anybody know where any bottles might be floating about still

http://www.martinsofflicence.ie/n-gne-imperial-stout/

http://www.mchughs.ie/nogne-o-imperial-stout-50cl-1-1

ronnie3585

Was drinking Narwhal in the Salhouse at the weekend. It's rare to see it on tap this side of the pond so I felt obliged to overindulge. Pure stouty silk!

I was also lucky enough to get my hands on some Buxton Yellow Belly Sundae - an incredible stout, a bomb! Streets ahead of any stout produced here.

Trond

Probably a stupid question but how good is the Flounders Breakfast Stout? Considering picking a few up as I haven't tasted it yet.....

ronnie3585

Trond wrote: »

Probably a stupid question but how good is the Flounders Breakfast Stout? Considering picking a few up as I haven't tasted it yet.....

It's an excellent imperial stout. Big and bold with lots of chocolate, coffee and oatmeal but very well balanced. Like all big stouts, find it much better served slightly chilled, not cold.

Trond

ronnie3585 wrote: »

It's an excellent imperial stout. Big and bold with lots of chocolate, coffee and oatmeal but very well balanced. Like all big stouts, find it much better served slightly chilled, not cold.

Cheers for that. Drinkstore are out of stock at the moment but McHughs seem to have it.

Took me a while to really appreciate the temperature side of things myself. Even the likes of the Left Hand Nitro Stout and Leann Follain are far better only slightly chilled.

Passenger

Founders Breakfast Stout is the bee's knees IMO.

Speaking of Stouts, I had Yellowbelly Mussel Stout on draught in The Beer Market the other day and really enjoyed it. Slightly dry and smokey and just an all round decent stout.

BaZmO*

Another +1 for the Founders Breakfast Stout, amazing beer. Founders generally make top class beers though.

Had a can of Fourpure Brewing Co. - Session IPA. Really nice beer. Could drink it all night. Reminds me of a slightly sweeter less bitter Punk.

Subcomandante Marcos

6 cans of KPA for €11.95 from Tesco, that'll do pig, that'll do.

Subcomandante Marcos

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

6 cans of KPA for €11.95 from Tesco, that'll do pig, that'll do.

It's 6 for the price of 5 on all craft and crafty beers btw, my local had the O'Hara's core range, McGargles, Black Donkey, Blacks and a few others to pick from. Not a bad deal.

Really miss their €1.50 bottles of Sierra Nevada Pale from a few years back though!