What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

mfceiling

Blacks of Kinsale chocolate and vanilla stout. Nice drop.

Ruben Remus

A can of Rascal's Bid Red DIPA. Nothing special. Very malty.

Uncle_moe

Bottle of 8 degrees Trans-pacific ipa was surprisingly unremarkable. Not up to their usual high standards, expected more especially with the Vic Secret hops which are usually interesting at least.
Bottle of Miss Hops by Barcelona beer company - nice but forgettable. Big bear apa by the same brewer was not great at all.
Double chin was worth the money, glad to see Beavertown back to their best.

Erik Shin

Brooklyn Blast from my local SuperValu....Best before Dec 2015 .... Tastes ok...I think

Geuze

I had some of The Hare and the Hag stout, a collaboration between Kinnegar and White Hag.

Sweet, creamy stout.

Pint was 5.50 or 6.00, depending on who served, Swagman pub, Sligo.

Now the following day I was affected, and went to look up the ABV, turns out it's 6.5%.

I had been supping it like regular stout, but now know it's dangerously drinkable.

That explains how I woke up on the couch.

transik

Magnify from new jersey double ipa double dry hoped -can.
GB not even close to that level, great beer

Insect Overlord

I dunno man, I'm slowly working my way through a bottle of Hexed and I'm really enjoying it. Very smooth for an 8.5% DIPA.

It's making me miss Goodbye Blue Monday again though. >_<

BaZmO*

Picked up a bottle of McGargles - Export Stout. Not a fan of their other stuff but this is incredibly good. Bit sweeter than you'd expect from an Export Stout but I tend to like sweet Stouts. Great beer.

Insect Overlord

BaZmO* wrote: »

Picked up a bottle of McGargles - Export Stout. Not a fan of their other stuff but this is incredibly good. Bit sweeter than you'd expect from an Export Stout but I tend to like sweet Stouts. Great beer.

I haven't seen that one yet. I'd assume they'll be distributing it to the supermarkets with the rest of their range? I've already joined the bandwagon of enjoying their Francis' IPA.

Passenger

Wicklow Wolf IPA

Nicely balanced, flavoursome, easy to drink IPA. Enjoyed this.

Trond

Had a couple of pints of Hope's Oatmeal IPA earlier. Nicest beer ive had in a long time. Dont miss out.........

irish_goat

Gave McGargles Rosie's Pale Ale a go yesterday as there wasn't much on offer in the petrol station we stopped at enroute to Dublin. Was a bit too sweet for my liking.

Blacks KPA when we got to Dublin was as tasty as ever.

ben.schlomo

Having a Blacks Sub White IPA now. Really enjoying it,nice grapefruit hit at first, light and fruity with a decent bitterness. Will definitely buy again if I can find it.

Ruben Remus

Trond wrote: »

Had a couple of pints of Hope's Oatmeal IPA earlier. Nicest beer ive had in a long time. Dont miss out.........

Had a bottle of this over the weekend, it is very nice alright. Pretty good value at €2.70 a bottle in the O'Brien's chain.

matrim

Had a couple of White Hag sours at the weekend. The Apple Sour is only ok but the Puca Lemon Sour with Hibiscus and Ginger is lovely.

Trond

Ruben Remus wrote: »

Had a bottle of this over the weekend, it is very nice alright. Pretty good value at €2.70 a bottle in the O'Brien's chain.

An ill informed mate told me it was only available on tap! Good news thanks

aaronm13

Had a Yellowbelly Juice Wayne. Nice enough but nowhere near as good as the pineapple double IPA. Fruit didn't come through as well on it.

n97 mini

Trond wrote: »

Had a couple of pints of Hope's Oatmeal IPA earlier. Nicest beer ive had in a long time. Dont miss out.........

Would 2nd that.

aaronm13 wrote: »

Had a Yellowbelly Juice Wayne. Nice enough but nowhere near as good as the pineapple double IPA. Fruit didn't come through as well on it.

I found the bulk of the bitterness seemed to come from the pith. Didn't really float my boat.

schemingbohemia

Had a bottle of Curious Orange in Dungarvan at the end of my cycle on the new Greenway from Kilmacthomas, might have been the thirst on me but honestly think it's the best saison I've had (along with Saison Dupont). I really liked their Seaweed Saison but this is a step up from that, brilliant stuff.

Ruben Remus

Anyone tried the Arthurstown King's Bay maple ale? Maple Syrup listed in the ingredients. It's in Super Valu but I haven't had it yet. Would be interested to know if it's any good.

PropJoe10

Ruben Remus wrote: »

Anyone tried the Arthurstown King's Bay maple ale? Maple Syrup listed in the ingredients. It's in Super Valu but I haven't had it yet. Would be interested to know if it's any good.

Yeah had a bottle of it there the other day and enjoyed it. The maple syrup adds a nice sweetness and complements the hops well. Not a world beater but a nice session beer!

Zaph

Founders Backwoods Bastard on draught in Against the Grain. Scotch ales probably aren't to everyone's liking, but this really is the standard that all other Scotch ales should mark themselves against. The hit of bourbon from the casks adds to the massive booziness of the beer. If it wasn't 11% I'd happily drink it all night.

Unfortunately I followed it with a Yellowbelly Ursa Minor, which was a great disappointment. Supposedly a Coconut Brown Porter, there were plenty of chocolate and coffee flavours, but it didn't seem like a coconut had even been in the same county as the brewery. And at €6.25 a pint for a 3.5% beer I was expecting something a lot more special than this.

Subcomandante Marcos

aaronm13 wrote: »

Had a Yellowbelly Juice Wayne. Nice enough but nowhere near as good as the pineapple double IPA. Fruit didn't come through as well on it.

n97 mini wrote: »

I found the bulk of the bitterness seemed to come from the pith. Didn't really float my boat.

Have to agree with this. Had it in The Brew Dock on Saturday. For one it was ridiculously expensive for a half pint and then I found it under carbonated, very boring and the main bitterness seemed to tasted like citrus pith. It was as if they peeled the oranges and lemons as if you were eating them instead of using a grater/peeler/zester and leaving the pith behind. Citrus pith is very, very unpleasant.

Lovely Bloke

Zaph wrote: »

And at €6.25 a pint for a 3.5% beer I was expecting something a lot more special than this.

To be fair to Yellowbelly here, it's not them that sets the price in GBB bars. GBB bars are notorious for gouging on non-GBB beers in all of their pubs.

That seems crazy excessive though.

ciaran76

matrim wrote: »

Had a couple of White Hag sours at the weekend. The Apple Sour is only ok but the Puca Lemon Sour with Hibiscus and Ginger is lovely.

The Apple sour was just not to my taste at all but I dont like cider/apple juice etc so that might explain that.

The Puca on the otherhand was great as you said.

ciaran76

I had this over the weekend brought it back from US.

Love these metal bottles. Beer was ok! Thought it would be better.



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BaZmO*

schemingbohemia wrote: »

Had a bottle of Curious Orange in Dungarvan at the end of my cycle on the new Greenway from Kilmacthomas, might have been the thirst on me but honestly think it's the best saison I've had (along with Saison Dupont). I really liked their Seaweed Saison but this is a step up from that, brilliant stuff.

I thought the Thyme was waaay too overpowering. Thought the beer itself was top notch just couldn't get my tastebuds around the Thyme.

UnknownSpecies

Agree with the above. The thyme actually worked really well, but would be better if it was more subtle. By the end of the beer, all I could get from it was the thyme.

aaronm13

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Have to agree with this. Had it in The Brew Dock on Saturday. For one it was ridiculously expensive for a half pint and then I found it under carbonated, very boring and the main bitterness seemed to tasted like citrus pith. It was as if they peeled the oranges and lemons as if you were eating them instead of using a grater/peeler/zester and leaving the pith behind. Citrus pith is very, very unpleasant.

I had it in PMacs and they served it in a pint. Though it was strange considering it 7.1% but i wasn't complaining.

Subcomandante Marcos

aaronm13 wrote: »

I had it in PMacs and they served it in a pint. Though it was strange considering it 7.1% but i wasn't complaining.

How much was a pint?