What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

JoeLapira

Just finished off a can of Larkin's IPA, not a fan, sort of a weird aftwrtaste, maybe a bad batch.

Got a bottle of Creann Beatha from Brehon Brewhouse up next, which I'm looking forward to.

slavetothegrind

svyturys ekstra for me this evening, one to consider if like me you prefer a pilsner type beer to ale

Hotblack Desiato

slavetothegrind wrote: »

svyturys ekstra for me this evening, one to consider if like me you prefer a pilsner type beer to ale

Me too, although Molloys had "Svyturys Extra" in their 5 for 10 offer but not "Svyturys Ekstra" :rolleyes: apparently the Extra is a dark beer

f'king misleading and bad practice

Getting fed up with them anyway as their offers are pretty poor these days.

Hotblack Desiato

Geuze wrote: »

I can't justify paying 6 euro for a 2.6% beer.

I can't be the only one trying to do mental arithmetic between ABV and cost :pac:

If I'm paying over the odds for a beer, I want it to be 5.5% or more. I'm not going to drop my metaphorical pants for a session IPA, fcuk that, if I wanted low alcohol low taste I'd buy a macro!

Hotblack Desiato

FWIW the Svyturys Ekstra is not a pilsner, it's quite a bit heavier. On the front label it says "Dortmuender". It also says unpasteurised, on the back label it says pasteurised :rolleyes:

slavetothegrind

to me it says "drink me i'm lovely"

They do an ekstra draught bottle which claims unpasteurised alright

andekwarhola

JoeLapira wrote: »

Got a bottle of Creann Beatha from Brehon Brewhouse up next, which I'm looking forward to.

Where did you get it? Was a huge fan of their Shanco Dubh and have kept my eyes open for this in Dublin for ages but never see it.

JoeLapira

andekwarhola wrote: »

Where did you get it? Was a huge fan of their Shanco Dubh and have kept my eyes open for this in Dublin for ages but never see it.

I got it from the Brewery, they said they have bottles of it in The Brewdock in Dublin. Had Shanco Dubh before, excellent, but the Creann Beatha is something else.

BeerNut

andekwarhola wrote: »

Where did you get it?

Try Martin's of Fairview. It's always on their corner shelves.

JoeLapira

Just tucking in to some Suckerpin from Whiplash, absolute cracker of a beer, most definitely my favourite Berliner Weisse.

funkey_monkey

Got an Innis & Gunn Bourbon Barrel Scotch Ale. 6.6%.
Another nice one from this brewery.

VW 1

An old classic, of foam and fury. Preceded by a kinnegar thumper dipa which i preferred to it.

Amirani

With festival season upon us I'm looking to pick up a reasonable amount of craft beers to bring along. Stipulation is that they have to be cans, so I'm aiming for probably 24 cans, possibly 30. Any idea what would be the least cost-prohibitive place to buy cans in some sort of bulk? It's a little painful to buy 6 4packs of Punk IPA cans @ €10 per pack, but this is the most obvious approach at the moment.

Any of the major off-licenses sell any craft cans by the case?

BeerNut

The best deal out there, IMO, is Boyne Brewhouse in Tesco: 6 cans for €10, mix and match between the Session IPA, Vienna Lager and American Pale Ale.

laros

Any of the major off-licenses sell any craft cans by the case?

I dont know if you ever travel north but the supermarkets up there normally have 12 cans of Punk for under £15

RasTa

Go cheap(guinness extra stout bit more enjoyable after day 3 when it's a bit warm outside)

Treat yourself to one crafty at the bar daily. Usually something decent at these festivals now

4Ad

Samuil Smith Organic fruit beer from England, bought in Dunnes.
The cherry one was lovely, not so fond of the apricot one.
First time ever having a fruit beer..I will be having more.

Amirani

Amirani wrote: »

With festival season upon us I'm looking to pick up a reasonable amount of craft beers to bring along. Stipulation is that they have to be cans, so I'm aiming for probably 24 cans, possibly 30. Any idea what would be the least cost-prohibitive place to buy cans in some sort of bulk? It's a little painful to buy 6 4packs of Punk IPA cans @ €10 per pack, but this is the most obvious approach at the moment.

Any of the major off-licenses sell any craft cans by the case?

Just as a follow-up to this. I know someone who has access to Musgrave's Wholesale. They were able to pick up a case of Punk IPA and a case of Chieftan IPA for about €44 each for me.

Happy enough with that result! Cheers for the suggestions.

Uncle_moe

What did people think of the Wylam Northern Powerhouse Brew Series? Just wondering if it's worth picking up any more that come out in the series. That's if it's not already finished of course

BaZmO*

Uncle_moe wrote: »

What did people think of the Wylam Northern Powerhouse Brew Series? Just wondering if it's worth picking up any more that come out in the series. That's if it's not already finished of course

I loved them (well the ones I tried, 002, 004, 006, 007, 008). But you'd be hard pressed to get any more. It came out as an 8-pack. So unless they release another series you'll be dealing with old stock.

Uncle_moe

BaZmO* wrote: »

I loved them (well the ones I tried, 002, 004, 006, 007, 008). But you'd be hard pressed to get any more. It came out as an 8-pack. So unless they release another series you'll be dealing with old stock.

Grand, I thought they were releasing multiple packs with different breweries. Been on the lookout for something a bit different lately without too much success. Not that there aren't lots of experimental and new beers out all the time I just haven't been too thrilled by most of the ones I've tried. I did have a really nice IPL recently from Poland so on the lookout for others if anyone can recommend.

Hotblack Desiato

I'm in Clifden again this year and the hotel bar and the 2 other bars I've been in so far don't stock Independent beers, they all stocked them in bottle last year. No updates on their website since last year and their twitter account appears to have been closed down. Are they still on the go?

BeerNut

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Are they still on the go?

No.

Hotblack Desiato

Aww that's a shame.

Really liked their IPAs.

There's still a couple of bottles of their red ale knocking about in the fridge in the Station House Bar, Clifden if anyone's interested! (I don't like red ales.)

JoeLapira

Has anyone ever had any beers from Omnipollo? Came across them there a few weeks back and they have some very interesting looking beers/styles/flavours.

Geuze

Geuze wrote: »

White Hag No. 40 table saison, 2.6%, pint = 6.00

It was only afterwards that I saw this is 2.6%.

I can't justify paying 6 euro for a 2.6% beer. Down the street I can get 4.2% stout for 3.70/3.80.

Lough Gill Brewery sloe gin gose, pint = 6.00

Neither of these stood out for me, not in a rush back to have them again.

Boon geuze, 375ml bottle, 7.50 euro, pricey, but a class drink.

Back to the Swagman this week.

Hard to read some of the founts, small fonts.

I had something called "Brett IPA", 6.50 a pint, don't know the brewery.

Then a wheat ale (?).

The proprietor, Dale Barber, offered me some Lervig 3-bean stout.

http://lervig.no/en/brew/3-bean-stout/

I am a stout man, this is interesting, with a sweet, coffee aroma.

I finished the night with a St. Bernardus Abt 12.

BeerNut

JoeLapira wrote: »

Has anyone ever had any beers from Omnipollo? Came across them there a few weeks back and they have some very interesting looking beers/styles/flavours.

I've found most of the "interesting" ones to be horrible sickly messes.

rufuseric82

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Aww that's a shame.

Really liked their IPAs.

There's still a couple of bottles of their red ale knocking about in the fridge in the Station House Bar, Clifden if anyone's interested! (I don't like red ales.)

https://www.galwaydaily.com/news/6-jobs-lost-independent-brewing/

BaZmO*

BeerNut wrote: »

I've found most of the "interesting" ones to be horrible sickly messes.

I really liked Zodiak, but yeah the "interesting" ones are a bit of a disaster alright.

BeerNut

BaZmO* wrote: »

I really liked Zodiak

Arzachel, Fata Morgana and Nebuchadnezzar are great too: all IPA variants with no funny stuff.