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What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

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    #5132
    drunkmonkey
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    Losty Dublin wrote: »
    Where did you come across that beaut?

    It's the local brew, 6.5 abv from the keg...cycled home like a boss after a few:)


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    #5133
    Effects
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    Ryath wrote: »
    No need to stay of the beer! Chimay Blue is about €1:40 a bottle in most hypermarche's. Westmalle, Rochefort and St Bernardus all widely available.

    Not entirely my type of beers. There's one decent place in a village nearby with a good selection. Not sure if they'll be open due to covid and possibly September.
    I'll grab a few from the supermarket to try though.

    I'm happy enough to switch to mainly wine for a while though!


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    #5134
    Hotblack Desiato
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    Effects wrote: »
    Molloys are great. I use the one on Francis St. all the time.

    They even managed to get me a couple of cans of Pointy Shoes from another branch and had them put aside for me today.

    The Molloys in Clondalkin has a bigger craft selection than it used to, but is still a dead loss in terms of anything limited edition.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #5135
    ciaran76
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    L1011 wrote: »
    Got O Brother's Love Hurts - tenth person to check it in on Untappd so presumably very new. Nice but bloody dear from memory.

    Their beers are excellent but are a bit pricey.


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    #5136
    Pen Rua
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    ciaran76 wrote: »
    Their beers are excellent but are a bit pricey.

    I've had 3 of the last 4 special brews they've done (if I am counting right this Oat Cream IPA is the fifth in the last couple of weeks) and all of them have been super; I gladly pay the slightly higher than usual price.

    Good to know this one is in the offies - might make a trip to Bradley's!


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    #5137
    Macy0161
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    Ryath wrote: »
    Drinking a Wicklow Wolf Smores at the minute.
    And the verdict? Have a couple, probably only one lined up for the weekend though.


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    #5138
    bobbysands81
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    Pen Rua wrote: »
    I've had 3 of the last 4 special brews they've done (if I am counting right this Oat Cream IPA is the fifth in the last couple of weeks) and all of them have been super; I gladly pay the slightly higher than usual price.

    Good to know this one is in the offies - might make a trip to Bradley's!

    I have one of the Oat Cream ones for the weekend. What was it like?


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    #5139
    L1011
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    Got a second Pointy Shoes today and there's still some on the shelf in Sweeneys in Marino.
    bobbysands81 wrote: »
    I have one of the Oat Cream ones for the weekend. What was it like?

    That's the one I had, its decent.


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    #5140
    Pen Rua
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    Plenty in of Pointy Shoes in stock in Bradley's in Cork.


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    #5141
    Beanstalk
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    What's the story with Lineman Brewery? Got a few today in Donegal. Currently enjoying a Lineman tart kviek outside. Not as warm out now as I thought it would be!

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    #5142
    [Deleted User]
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    Beanstalk wrote: »
    What's the story with Lineman Brewery? Got a few today in Donegal. Currently enjoying a Lineman tart kviek outside. Not as warm out now as I thought it would be!

    IMG-20200918-183212.jpg

    Their dark lager is nice.


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    #5143
    [Deleted User]
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    I gave Galway Bays oatmeal IPA a try this evening after hearing good things but it's exactly what I thought. Can't get round to these harsh overly cloudy IPA's at all. Back on the Scraggy now, so much better.


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    #5144
    Dillonb3
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    Ordered the Samuel Smith beer range from Beer Club. Organic Larger is pretty nice so far


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    #5145
    [Deleted User]
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    Dillonb3 wrote: »
    Ordered the Samuel Smith beer range from Beer Club. Organic Larger is pretty nice so far

    Awful pity they don't stock the India ale.


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    #5146
    BeerNut
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    Beanstalk wrote: »
    What's the story with Lineman Brewery?
    Rascals moved to Inchicore and sold their brewery in Rathcoole to Mark. Mark uses it to make Lineman beer.

    My beer blog | The Twitter | My other beer blog



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    #5147
    Dillonb3
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    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    Awful pity they don't stock the India ale.

    Didn't know about their India Ale, they ran out of their Nut Ale but their Chocolate Stout is unreal


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    #5148
    [Deleted User]
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    Dillonb3 wrote: »
    Didn't know about their India Ale, they ran out of their Nut Ale but their Chocolate Stout is unreal

    Martin's in Fairview does the India and the Nut Brown.


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    #5149
    OOnegative
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    Vocation x Amundsen Imperial Frappè, mooi lekker!!!


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    #5150
    [Deleted User]
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    OOnegative wrote: »
    Vocation x Amundsen Imperial Frappè, mooi lekker!!!

    Bless you.


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    #5151
    OOnegative
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    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    Bless you.

    Didn’t sneeze!!


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    #5152
    Helmet
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    BeerNut wrote: »
    Rascals moved to Inchicore and sold their brewery in Rathcoole to Mark. Mark uses it to make Lineman beer.

    Astral Grains is a great FES!


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    #5153
    Hotblack Desiato
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    the beer revolu wrote: »
    Lidl have a lovely black lager at the moment. Pyynikin.

    Tried it earlier tonight and it's quite good.

    Their Pacific Pale Ale is totally meh though. Not terrible, but disappointing.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #5154
    Hotblack Desiato
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    Pen Rua wrote: »
    Plenty in of Pointy Shoes in stock in Bradley's in Cork.

    On their website though it's not even out of stock, it's "not found" :(

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #5155
    bobbysands81
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    Helmet wrote: »
    Astral Grains is a great FES!

    Had Astral Grains on draft a few months ago and loved it.


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    #5156
    senordingdong
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    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    On their website though it's not even out of stock, it's "not found" :(

    Alot of places won't bother putting the specials/limited editions on their sites as they won't stay long.


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    #5157
    PubInDublin
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    Macy0161 wrote: »
    Higgins in Clonskeagh has a decent selection, and a few 3 for €9, 3 for €10, 4 for €10 offers. It was my "go to" when I was in the Office - and have always brought a few the few days I've been back in.

    I've only really discovered the online options since going remote.


    Used craftdirect.ie last week for the first time, and was impressed with the delivery time and no minimum order. Picked up a few that were sold out in Beer Club.

    Discovered beercloud.ie through the craic beer festivals. Actually where I got my (first) pointy shoes! Again, no minimum order, but doesn't have the number of single can options of some of the others.

    However, they've started doing some quite interesting boxes. I've brought a few of the monthly boxes, and now they're offering a few more mixed boxes that will be on the list when we work down what we have a bit!

    Thanks for the craftdirect.ie link, never heard of it before and it had a few beers in stock I was looking for that weren't on/available on Craft Central which would have been my staple. Cheers.

    A question for the Pointy Shoes drinkers - I've never had it and just wondering how it compares to a personal favourite, Leann Follain. Appreciate it's twice the ABV but in terms of taste etc., it is worth the extra few shillings? Writing my list to Santa for Christmas soon! :)


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    #5158
    sceach16
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    PubInDublin wrote: »

    A question for the Pointy Shoes drinkers - I've never had it and just wondering how it compares to a personal favourite, Leann Follain. Appreciate it's twice the ABV but in terms of taste etc., it is worth the extra few shillings? Writing my list to Santa for Christmas soon! :)


    Maybe I missed it earlier but what is Pointy Shoes? I am drinking Leann Follain at present...6% Abv. I had assumed Pointy Shoes was some trendy Ipa or Neipa or something like that with some trendy hops.


    As ye can see, I enjoy Leann Follain but would love an ABV twice its 6%. Available anywhere on the Northside?


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    #5159
    PubInDublin
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    sceach16 wrote: »
    Maybe I missed it earlier but what is Pointy Shoes? I am drinking Leann Follain at present...6% Abv. I had assumed Pointy Shoes was some trendy Ipa or Neipa or something like that with some trendy hops.


    As ye can see, I enjoy Leann Follain but would love an ABV twice its 6%. Available anywhere on the Northside?

    A big Leann Follain fan myself as I mentioned above and very reasonably priced. Would be hard to beat.

    I can't comment on Pointy Shoes as I've never tried it, but gets a lot of mention on here so I'm very interested. I think someone mentioned Sweeney's in Marino as a stockist in the last few days if that's near you?


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    #5160
    bobbysands81
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    Tonight had:

    Pointy Shoes - it was fine, maybe I’ve been drinking too much barrel aged stuff recently but this didn’t stand out for me like KBS would... sorry.

    O Brother - Love Hurts Oat Cream IPA - grand, once is enough.

    Garage - Plant IPA, strong sweet and daycent.

    Northern Monk Patrons Project 4.07, Tropical IPA, half decent, quite nice.


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    #5161
    senordingdong
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    PubInDublin wrote: »

    A question for the Pointy Shoes drinkers - I've never had it and just wondering how it compares to a personal favourite, Leann Follain. Appreciate it's twice the ABV but in terms of taste etc., it is worth the extra few shillings? Writing my list to Santa for Christmas soon! :)
    Have you had a barrel aged stout before?


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