What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

matrim

I like the lighter sours and like BaZmO* with a bit more fruit / citrus to it. My missus loves them, when we were in Belgium earlier in the year we'd try each other beers and the more I puckered from the sourness and disliked it the more she normally liked it.

Had a Modus Mandarina IPA from Ska Brewing last night. Very refreshing but could have been a bit fruiter for me

Lovely Bloke

I love sours, the sourer the better.

the beer revolu

What I also love about the current crop of sours is that there's loads of fruit beers that aren't sweet - a thing that previously didn't really exist in my world apart from ode kriek.

Subcomandante Marcos

Really like kettle soured and mash soured beers but not a fan of beers soured in fermentation, specifically the wet dog/hay shed smelling types.

Trouble Brewing's Berliner is lovely and I really like White Hags lemon hopped sour.

As for today, I just picked up 2 bottles each of Sweet Water's IPA and 420 pale ale on the 4 for €10 deal in Tesco.

the beer revolu

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Really like kettle soured and mash soured beers but not a fan of beers soured in fermentation, specifically the wet dog/hay shed smelling types.

LOL, I love the really horse pissy Lambics

Subcomandante Marcos

the beer revolu wrote: »

LOL, I love the really horse pissy Lambics

Brettanomyces can fook right off.

the beer revolu

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Brettanomyces can fook right off.

Even in Orval?

Subcomandante Marcos

the beer revolu wrote: »

Even in Orval?

In new Orval yes, it's fine in old Orval.

the beer revolu

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

In new Orval yes, it's fine in old Orval.

Do you mean fresh/aged or has the recipe changed ?

Subcomandante Marcos

the beer revolu wrote: »

Do you mean fresh/aged or has the recipe changed ?

Fresh/Aged.

After a certain point the yeast dies and the beer completely changes.

Some of the bars in Belgium will offer the option of new or old.

the beer revolu

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Fresh/Aged.

After a certain point the yeast dies and the beer completely changes.

Some of the bars in Belgium will offer the option of new or old.

Having aged Orval for several years, I decided I prefer it really fresh.

Cast Iron

the beer revolu wrote: »

Ha ha. That's entry level sour!

I'm really enjoying the current sour craze!
I've been harping on about sour beers for a decade now since stumbling across Rodenbach Grand Cru and confusing the hell out of myself.
I'd probably drink almost exclusively sours if I could and it's nearly possible these days!

Haha indeed! I've never taken to them. I was lucky enough to be at GABF a couple of years back and sours was the new craze but didn't appeal then.
Remind me of the Eyepopper gum sweets as a kid...poison!

Ronan|Raven

I have started to enjoy lambics more and more.. the shop below me now has a regular stock of Boon Oude Geuze.. I need to move tbh! it will be my ruin.. Have built a nice stock of various lambics in the cupboard over the last few months.

Lovely Bloke

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Brettanomyces can fook right off.

Just opened a To Ol "Roses Are Brett" - Saison brewed with Raspberries.

Sooo good.

nice spice and the raspeberry isn't overpowering.

Brett shining like a slightly smelly old horse.

Jimmy Bottlehead

Coalface Black IPA didn't really do it for me last night but Bo Bristle did.

cjonesy1

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

Coalface Black IPA didn't really do it for me last night but Bo Bristle did.

Yeah I didn't rate it either. Tried it in the new Brú Bar in Fairview.

Slightly off topic, but that place needs to get its food sorted. It was very poor fare yesterday, should have sent it back.

The kitchen is just open though...so probably not fair to judge them yet.

Inspector Coptoor

Had two of the Galway Bay collaboration with the Cigar City Brewing over the weekend.

Had Brigid, the rhubarb sour - very nice 4.25/5

and had the
Phaethon IPA - fantastic beer. 4.75/5

L1011

Tried the Smithwicks Pale over the weekend. Mmm, generic.

If it wasn't so pricey - €6! - it could be decent if it was somewhere which had it in a very limited range. Their new ad campaign trying to suggest they're just like homebrewers isn't really on target though.

RasTa

This just arrived, serious savings but there was 4 beers missing which I think the courier stole. Should be interesting to get resolved. I used beerhawk

Uncle_moe

Green Flash soul style IPA - has a tropical aroma but isn't nearly as sweet as you'd expect. Started to really come to life when it warmed up a bit.
Alpine Duet IPA, nicest I've had in a while, apart from the latest Born to Die. Nice resin flavour with a bit of steeped fruits and covers the 7% really well.

snowblind

Alpine are great - I visited the brewery shop and pub in August; best hoppy beer selection I encountered on a very beery california trip

Bigbok

Anyone know where I can buy Amstel beer in Ireland for home consumption?Must be the green bottle one not the normal brown bottle one that I see in Ireland

TIA

demanufactured

Crafty brewing company limited edition American style pale wheat ale.......BLOODY LOVELY.!!!

RasTa

Born to die is pretty amazing.

Ruben Remus

A bottle of Independent's Connemara Black IPA. It's basically a tasty, strong (6%) and hoppy stout. Good stuff.

viztopia

just trying a bottle of lidls crafty brewing company american style pale wheat ale and have to admit it is very nice!

Cast Iron

So opened a bottle of White Hags Bran & Sceolan and it came out with a bunch of sediment.
Few weeks before expiry.

BaZmO*

Cast Iron wrote: »

So opened a bottle of White Hags Bran & Sceolan and it came out with a bunch of sediment.
Few weeks before expiry.

That's Craft Beer for ya!

Cast Iron

Never seen this much...from a 330 too!

jsa112

If you think that is bad, I had a 20 y/o bottle of port and the sediment was like sludge