What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

Insect Overlord

This weekend was fairly quiet, but I still made time for a couple of DIPAs.

Rye River - 5 Finger DIPA - big, ballsy description on the side of the can says "Smooth, Juicy, Crushable West Coast style DDH DIPA. Hops have saturated this beer to bring a smooth drinking hop-oil fuelled brew. This beer is what we want to drink for our 5thBirthday!" To be fair, I agree with them. Absolutely gorgeous straight out of the fridge.

Galway Bay - Sans Juice - West Coast DIPA
Slightly stronger, took longer to finish, but still a quality beer. Pretty sure I had it on draft at some stage last year. Will have to pick up another can before the local offie sells out.

overthebridge

Insect Overlord wrote: »

This weekend was fairly quiet, but I still made time for a couple of DIPAs.

Rye River - 5 Finger DIPA - big, ballsy description on the side of the can says "Smooth, Juicy, Crushable West Coast style DDH DIPA. Hops have saturated this beer to bring a smooth drinking hop-oil fuelled brew. This beer is what we want to drink for our 5thBirthday!" To be fair, I agree with them. Absolutely gorgeous straight out of the fridge.

Galway Bay - Sans Juice - West Coast DIPA
Slightly stronger, took longer to finish, but still a quality beer. Pretty sure I had it on draft at some stage last year. Will have to pick up another can before the local offie sells out.

Martins Off-Licence in Fairview have an offer on the Rye River DIPA at the minute. 4 for 10e or a case of 24 for 55e.
Apparently they've a lot of short dated stock left so they're trying to shift it.
A few of us have ordered a case between us. Can't go wrong really. I paid 5.30e for one can of it a few weeks back.


https://twitter.com/martinsfairview/status/1111305229876817921

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JohnnyFlash wrote: »

I was in Florida recently and had a fair few pints of a beer called Jai Alai IPA by a brewery called Cigar City. Can it be bought in any off-licence in Ireland?

Cigar City, Oskar Blues, Squatters/Wasatch (2nd biggest brewery in Utah) along with a couple of others have come together under the CANarchy moniker to expand distribution. It's only a matter of time before we see them here.

https://www.canarchy.beer

Uncle_moe

Just read Bloody 'Ell has been reformulated and will only be 5.5% as opposed to 7.2% from now on. Apparently even more orangey as well, like that's a good thing. I wonder if that means syrup added to the mixture. In any case looks like a sign of things to come from beavertown.

the beer revolu

Petrus passionfruit sour in Bierhaus, Cork is effing awesome.
Buxton/Lervig Troltunga sour pretty fab, too - Abbot's Ale House.

Entonces

Can anyone recommend an offy in limerick with a decent selection of these tasty brews please?

overthebridge

Entonces wrote: »

Can anyone recommend an offy in limerick with a decent selection of these tasty brews please?

There isn't a huge amount to choose from but the best for eclectic/obscure beers would be Number 21 in Greenpark Shopping Centre.
They also have reasonable selection of Belgian brews.

After that you're looking at O'Briens at the Parkway Shopping Centre. They cover all the big brands with an odd obscure beer from time
to time with a lot of of 4 for X and 3 for X offers.

The 2 Supervalus (Corbally & Castletroy) both have an ok selection at times as does the Centra in Raheen.
These are both owned by Musgraves so they tend to be a bit safe and samey but I have picked up Delirium Tremens
in Centra a few times and they stock some of the core Yellowbelly range on occasion.

OOnegative

Just laid my hands on a few bottles of Milk Stout Nitro and O Brother’s Bonita for the weekend.

Insect Overlord

overthebridge wrote: »

Number 21 in Greenpark Shopping Centre.

After that you're looking at O'Briens at the Parkway Shopping Centre.

The 2 Supervalus (Corbally & Castletroy) both have an ok selection at times as does the Centra in Raheen.

Just adding Fine Wines on Catherine/Roche's Street to this list. They usually get in some good stuff that other FWs don't bother with.

demanufactured

OOnegative wrote: »

Just laid my hands on a few bottles of Milk Stout Nitro and O Brother’s Bonita for the weekend.

Is there a widget in the bottle?

neris

Picked these up on Saturday in a 3 for €10 deal. Local brewery around our part of Dublin. Have had the one on the right a good few times as pints in a bar and its nice but for the size of the cans and the prices it was a bit on the steep side in off license

OOnegative

demanufactured wrote: »

Is there a widget in the bottle?

No idea to be honest with you.

overthebridge

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Just adding Fine Wines on Catherine/Roche's Street to this list. They usually get in some good stuff that other FWs don't bother with.

I must swing by there.
Cheers for that ðŸ‘

laros

Is there a widget in the bottle?

Pour Hard from the bottle... i think their cans have widgets...

http://lefthandbrewing.com/about/nitro/

Man Vs ManUre

Anyone know if it is possible to get kingfisher Indian lager in Dublin?? Have seen a tiny bottle of it in Lidl, in a selection box with few other beers. But price was too big and quantities too low.
I travelled round India and cheapest place for beer was an island off north west coast called Diu. A big bottle of Kingfisher cost less the equivalent of about 60cents there. And it is a fantastic lager.

Man Vs ManUre

Red Stripe is another nice lager I have found it difficult to find in Dublin. The 1 time I did see it, and it was recently, in a Spar shop, was €2 per small bottle, which was a bit too pricey.
Anyone seen Red Stripe in cans around Dublin??

BeerNut

Pretty sure I've seen Kingfisher in SuperValu. Redmond's of Ranelagh usually has Red Stripe bottles, though for more than €2 I'm sure. I've never seen it canned here.

Man Vs ManUre

BeerNut wrote: »

Pretty sure I've seen Kingfisher in SuperValu. Redmond's of Ranelagh usually has Red Stripe bottles, though for more than €2 I'm sure. I've never seen it canned here.

Thanks.
The red stripe I saw recently was €2 for a 33cl bottle. As much as I wanted to drink it, I had to draw the line at that price.
I have never seen big bottles of kingfisher in Dublin, or even small bottles apart from the Lidl beers if the world taster.

Entonces

Thanks overthebridge
I popped into number 21 and got a great craft beer education from the chap there.
Picked up a mouth watering selection of IPAs, sour beers, a Rodenbach red ale and a coffee and coconut porter. Spent a nice few quid but can't wait to try them all. Roll on the weekend!


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overthebridge

overthebridge wrote: »

Martins Off-Licence in Fairview have an offer on the Rye River DIPA at the minute. 4 for 10e or a case of 24 for 55e.
Apparently they've a lot of short dated stock left so they're trying to shift it.
A few of us have ordered a case between us. Can't go wrong really. I paid 5.30e for one can of it a few weeks back.


https://twitter.com/martinsfairview/status/1111305229876817921

The case arrived yesterday, fairly fast delivery too. I tried one of them last night and it's absolutely fine. No difference that I can taste anyway.
The BBD is 5/19 which isn't bad.

Happy days !

ianob7

Seems I lucked out today as I was given a fresh box with BBD 9/19:D

Edit : there is 2 BBD ... Seems odd. brewed November 18 on the label so it's probably all the same batch

Subcomandante Marcos

ianob7 wrote: »

Seems I lucked out today as I was given a fresh box with BBD 9/19:D

Edit : there is 2 BBD ... Seems odd. brewed November 18 on the label so it's probably all the same batch

At some stage recently RR decided all their RR branded beer would get 6 month best before dates. Probably happened half way through packaging. But it was all brewed around the same time in November.

irish_goat

BeerNut wrote: »

They're an odd brewery. Pete Brown wrote in one of his books about beer that if Willy Wonka made beer his name would be Samuel Smith.

The owner seems to be a right piece of work. Swearing. The bridge. Short measures. Pensions.

Mobile phones now the latest target for Mr Smith. https://inews.co.uk/news/samuel-smith-pubs-introduce-ban-on-mobile-phones/

Reminds me of the Hi-B pub in Cork.

demanufactured

Dead Centre Marooned and Moondust.
Class.

L1011

In London. Have maybe 3 hours to kill. There's a taproom down the road (Mother Kellys Vauxhall) or a Samuel Smiths 1km away.

Decisions decisions... Not staying in the pub I found first as it's £6 a pint.

L1011

Went to the taproom. Had a White Hag collab on the taps. Now back to my hotel to get my ticket and off to the stadium

Man Vs ManUre

Got some of the Czech beer Staropramen. Haven’t started it yet. Is it nice??

MadYaker

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Got some of the Czech beer Staropramen. Haven’t started it yet. Is it nice??

It's a fairly normal lager. I like it. I'm drinking McGargles Rosie's Pale Ale, nice enough.

ben.schlomo

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Got some of the Czech beer Staropramen. Haven’t started it yet. Is it nice??

Awful stuff.

On a Larkin's Outlier IPA, delightful, as is everything I've had from them.

Johnny Drama_11

Having a labour of love by grafters (rye river) and it is very nice have their working day ipa in the fridge to try next.