What beer are we drinking this week, too?

Miguel_Sanchez

Zebra3 wrote: »

Yeah, the porter there is immense. :cool:

Must get in there and check it out some night.

Is the tour worth doing?

drumswan

Drinking a 2011 Struisse Pannepot, last of my Brussels stash. Oh my.

Herb Powell

Dolden Sud IPA.

Finally, a German IPA! Nothing life-changing, but a much-needed dose of hops. 6.5% and very pleasant drinking. Much cheaper than any IPA at home as well.

irish_goat

Herb Powell wrote: »

Dolden Sud IPA.

Finally, a German IPA! Nothing life-changing, but a much-needed dose of hops. 6.5% and very pleasant drinking. Much cheaper than any IPA at home as well.

You can get Crew as well. http://www.crewale.de/ipa

BeerNut

irish_goat wrote: »

You can get Crew as well. http://www.crewale.de/ipa

And Camba Bavaria, and Hopfenstopfer, and Propeller and loads more German IPAs. It's just finding them in your local getränkemarkt that's the tricky bit.

Creamy Goodness

I had a Viven Imperial IPA Brouwerij van Viven. was lovely but definitely a sipper. Found it odd but I was getting taste of hazelnuts off it (not that that's a bad thing :pac:)

Ipso

Rampage; an Imperial IPA from a local brewer in the San Francisco Bay area. I really enjoyed it, malty and a nice hop kick. I hadn't a strong beer in a while and could feel the impending hangover after a few sips.
I also had a Flying Dog IPA, meh.

Insect Overlord

And now the opposite ^

I had a bottle of Spatten tonight, straight out of the fridge. I'm after 12 months experimenting with various Imperial stouts, Belgian tripels and Double IPAs. This stuff goes down so easy it's dangerous. Lovely and refreshing.

Colonel Sanders

I love Buried At Sea

Zebra3

Miguel_Sanchez wrote: »

Must get in there and check it out some night.

Is the tour worth doing?

If you've do e one, you done them all, I find.

But defo get in for some of their beers!!!!

Colonel Sanders

Quick question, I've still some Fran Well Jameson stout, best before is the first of May

Guessing it'd still be ok to drink after?

Lovely Bloke

can't give food safety advice around here, for good reason.

BeerNut

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Guessing it'd still be ok to drink after?

A dark strong beer like that is likely to be better with age, as long as the seal holds.

Ipso

Sierra Nevada Stout and Anchor's California Lager, both really good beers that I'll definitely check out again.
I also had a nice Oatmeal Stout from the California brewery Lost Coast called 8 Ball, another lovely stout.

strobe

Had a Harrington's Big John Special Reserve for the second time last night. Bourbon infused oak barrel aged 6.5 abv. Its an amazing beer. Lovely smokey, charred undertones to it.

ciaran76

Went to The Attic bar in Swords which is the new craft beer pub in Swords.
It's above The Pound bar.

Has great potential good few beers in tap too plus the usual beers so caters for most people. Pints of Punk were €5.50 and beer of the week is €4 (Leffe)

Had a few Punks an managed to convert 1 Guinness drinker to that.

Speak Now

ciaran76 wrote: »

Went to The Attic bar in Swords which is the new craft beer pub in Swords.
It's above The Pound bar.

Has great potential good few beers in tap too plus the usual beers so caters for most people. Pints of Punk were €5.50 and beer of the week is €4 (Leffe)

Had a few Punks an managed to convert 1 Guinness drinker to that.

Thats a very good price for the Punk.

Colonel Sanders

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Thats a very good price for the Punk.

Don't think I've ever seen it less than 6.30 tbh, and that was pre the tax increase in the last budget

ciaran76

I thought the price may have been wrong originally but my mate got his it was the same price too.

drumswan

strobe wrote: »

Had a Harrington's Big John Special Reserve for the second time last night. Bourbon infused oak barrel aged 6.5 abv. Its an amazing beer. Lovely smokey, charred undertones to it.

You pick that up here?

strobe

drumswan wrote: »

You pick that up here?

Yep, was either in Deveney's in Dundrum or Redmond's in Ranelagh, can't remember which, had me a luas green line beer run. Both great offo's, if a little pricey.

drumswan

Must be Deveneys, none in Redmonds. Must go over to see if they have any other beers Ive missed.

Drinking a Coopers Sparkling Ale, its simple and delicious.

Lovely Bloke

Going to a "Football Club" this evening for a charity thing, best I can hope for is maybe large bottles of Guinness

Heroditas

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Going to a "Football Club" this evening for a charity thing, best I can hope for is maybe large bottles of Guinness

I bet you don't even get those.
I've contemplated sticking to the water on evenings like that.

Lovely Bloke

well it was Macardles or Beamish, went Beamish, good night tho, the only surviving Dubliner played some tunes.

xxyyzz

150 lashes pale ale last night from Australia. A fairly harmless session beer. Not that much of anything going on, just a mild taste of hops. I won't be buying it again.

MonkstownHoop

Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast Stout & Green Gold IPA this afternoon, both lovely beers, been meaning to try these for a long time

drumswan

Clearsky Fulcrum is very good indeed.

the beer revolu

why does it seem to be the case that when ever large brewers try to get in on the "craft" market, they almost always fail miserably?

Last night I had Green King's Double Hop Monster.
Awful thin, nasty bitter stuff. Almost more like a superlager than a double IPA.

BeerNut

the beer revolu wrote: »

why does it seem to be the case that when ever large brewers try to get in on the "craft" market, they almost always fail miserably?

Making beer according to accounting specs, market segment data and focus groups vs. making beer according to which combinations of ingredients taste best, I suspect.