What beer are we drinking this week, too?

TrustedApple

Has anyone ever had the M and S chuclate porter?

It's made by the same crowd who make old toms chuclate ale and that's fantasic

smurf492

TrustedApple wrote: »

Has anyone ever had the M and S chuclate porter?

It's made by the same crowd who make old toms chuclate ale and that's fantasic

Is chuclate nice? never had it. wonder is it a derivative of chocolate?? :P

TrustedApple

smurf492 wrote: »

Is chuclate nice? never had it. wonder is it a derivative of chocolate?? :P

Sorry for haveing deslexa ......

Ended up playing it safe with 2 bottled of youngs chocolate tonight with a bottle of neds IPA I should be grand

smurf492

TrustedApple wrote: »

Sorry for haveing deslexa ......

Ended up playing it safe with 2 bottled of youngs chocolate tonight with a bottle of neds IPA I should be grand

No offence intended. I live in galway and have not come across the neds IPA. where do you get it?

TrustedApple

smurf492 wrote: »

No offence intended. I live in galway and have not come across the neds IPA. where do you get it?

I got it dunnes stores in Cork in the city 7 euros for 4 bottles can't go wrong.

smurf492

TrustedApple wrote: »

I got it dunnes stores in Cork in the city 7 euros for 4 bottles can't go wrong.

Jesus, will take a look in me local dunnes later. cheers !

Lovely Bloke

Neds IPA is the sub-par McGargles - Knock Knock Ned's IPA

RasTa

Eight Degrees Snow Eater is ok, wouldn't buy again although nothing wrong with it. I got their barleywine which I haven't tried.

Siren's Caribbean chocolate cake I'd buy a crate if it wasn't a fiver a pop

smurf492

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Neds IPA is the sub-par McGargles - Knock Knock Ned's IPA

Ah yes i know it now. Thanks for clearing that up.

UnknownSpecies

Tried 3 dark beers this week. In order of my favourites, they were O Brother's Joe Coffee Porter, Dungarvan's Coffee and Oatmeal Stout and Wicklow Wolf's A Beer Called Rwanda.

I'm interested to hear if anyone else tried A Beer called Rwanda. Although it's a collaboration with Java Republic coffee roasters, I didn't get much coffee from it compared to the other two. I was getting a nutty, dark berry taste from it, which was actually ok at the start but wore thin on me.

The O Brother's Coffee Porter was delicious though. Definitely going to pick up another bottle of that pretty soon.

jh79

smurf492 wrote: »

No offence intended. I live in galway and have not come across the neds IPA. where do you get it?

Dunnes Knocknacarra have it.

Insect Overlord

UnknownSpecies wrote: »

I'm interested to hear if anyone else tried A Beer called Rwanda. Although it's a collaboration with Java Republic coffee roasters, I didn't get much coffee from it compared to the other two. I was getting a nutty, dark berry taste from it, which was actually ok at the start but wore thin on me.

I had a bottle of that last weekend and felt pretty much the same way. Glad to have tried it, but not in a rush to buy it again. That said, I haven't tried many brown ales before so maybe I just don't appreciate the style.

Red Wolf

The bottles if Rawanda I've had were very heavy on the coffee to the point of it tasting like cold black coffee with a shot of alcohol. I liked it.

snowblind

Eight Degrees Belgian porter was OK.
The barleywine is excellent!

Lovely Bloke

Bottle of Liquid Mistress, I love this beer

Insect Overlord

In the Salt House. Had to try Space Suit.

Followed by Modus Hopperandi. The switch from sour to bitter was interesting! :pac:

IrishLad90

Bottle of heineken and some white wine,
Ive heard theres a rhyme so you dont drink them in the wrong order
should of stuck to my guinness
This isnt a Game people

ronnie3585

Kinnegar Maddyroe, burnt red IPA - not bad. Pours dark red almost brown. Fruit and strawberry on the nose. Toasty and malty with flavours of orange and more strawberry. Medium body, somewhat bitter with a decent finish.

Edit: After drinking the Founders Backwoods Bastard last night:-



Beautiful stuff!

Rumun

Dogfishhead pearcing pils (last bottle) and bottle of doghishead 90 min ipa ( one more left)
All that hype about that brewery is true.

Lovely Bloke

Siren Broken Dreams Breakfast stout is a decent example of the style.

Do Siren make a really bad beer? I don't think so.

ronnie3585

Rumun wrote: »

Dogfishhead pearcing pils (last bottle) and bottle of doghishead 90 min ipa ( one more left)
All that hype about that brewery is true.

I take it you didn't buy those this side of the pond?

Rumun

ronnie3585 wrote: »

I take it you didn't buy those this side of the pond?

Manila.
Single origin bistro beer menu is amazing.

jsa112

Bosprotter Hofbrouwerijke tripel is a gusher, lost 80% of the beer, to be avoided

quadrifoglio verde

Took a visit to brewdog in soho yesterday and had their black ipa

If I see anyone complaining about the price of beer in Galway pubs they can feck off

BaZmO*

Two unusual ones this evening, Gosnells Mead. Think I've had mead before but I don't remember liking it, but I really liked this one. Unusual in that it has a deep honey sweetness followed by fresh tartness.

Drinking Alvinne/Laugar Ich bin ein Berliner Ryesse. It's a Berliner Weissbier. Not sure about this one. It's as funky and sour as hell! But oddly enough it's also quite refreshing.

oblivious

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Took a visit to brewdog in soho yesterday and had their black ipa

How much where they charging?

quadrifoglio verde

oblivious wrote: »

How much where they charging?

From what I remember it was 5 pound and 50p

Lucena

IrishLad90 wrote: »

Bottle of heineken and some white wine,
Ive heard theres a rhyme so you dont drink them in the wrong order
should of stuck to my guinness
This isnt a Game people

There's a few different ones, depending on where you are.

"Bier na wijn geeft venijn, wijn na bier geeft plezier."

"Bier auf Wein, das lass sein, Wein auf Bier, das rat' ich dir"

Basically beer on top of wine is bad, wine on top of beer is the way to go.
Personally I would have though going from a stronger alcohol content to a lower one would be the way to go, but then again, maybe it's just one of those drinking myths.

Lucena

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

From what I remember it was 5 pound and 50p

Per pint? Or per half?

If it's per pint, that's not really expensive for a really nice beer. Even if the exchange rate isn't good at the moment.

tang1

Few bottles of Widmar Brothers Upheaval IPA and Firestone's Easy Jack IPA. Could not fault either and will purchase a few more of each for the Christmas drinking selection.