What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

aaronm13

RasTa wrote: »

Cider drinkers should start with Belgian sours

I argree, this was my entry years ago. Was a cider only man and the wife got me to try lambics and Hoeggarden/wit beers. Gradually came around and drink everything now,ha. But all the sours around now there's bound to be something you'd like.

snowblind

Best beer of the weekend was I Like To Moob It Moob It by Northern Monk

Worst was Fool For You by Cloudwater, just terrible.

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snowblind

RasTa wrote: »

Cider drinkers should start with Belgian sours

Absolutely. Also wine drinkers.

"Just try some slightly hopped up version of something macro" is rarely a winning formula for someone who's not been really into beer.

RasTa

I see Eight Degrees are releasing a brett stout this christmas, 750ml bottles. Don't like the sound of that.

Insect Overlord

RasTa wrote: »

I see Eight Degrees are releasing a brett stout this christmas, 750ml bottles. Don't like the sound of that.

I'll be buying it anyway. I'm a sucker for fancy/rare/expensive stouts at Christmas time.

Tonight I'm enjoying a glass of Galway Bay's Regular Legs. It's a big IPA. Glorious, but possibly not ideal for such a cold night.

Last night I tried a can of Perfect Union DIPA, a collaboration between GBB and Nola. Another big beer. I loved it, but couldn't justify drinking a can that strong too often.

jsa112

RasTa wrote: »

I see Eight Degrees are releasing a brett stout this christmas, 750ml bottles. Don't like the sound of that.

Only have had a few but brett stouts have always amazed me, definitely curious about this one. Nice to see something besides IPAs 24/7

RasTa

jsa112 wrote: »

Only have had a few but brett stouts have always amazed me, definitely curious about this one. Nice to see something besides IPAs 24/7

Belgian Pale Ale for the other 750ml bottle. I'll get both, have a nice little collection building. https://www.eightdegrees.ie/wild-ballyhoura-legend-oak-king-holly-king/?utm_source=Eight+Degrees+Brewing+newsletter&utm_campaign=eb7802eca8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7b25d70543-eb7802eca8-168210237&mc_cid=eb7802eca8&mc_eid=c97acab74f



To Ol or fourcorners are bringing over there yolo malek stout this month. Caviar and Champagne yeast..... 14%

I'm off IPA's for a few months.

JoeLapira

Heading to Edinburgh for the weekend on a stag. Pretty much all the group have zero interest in craft beers, so with a couple of hours free on Saturday afternoon, I'd like to spend them enjoying some quality beers. My brother recommended The Hanging Bat, anywhere else I should check out while I'm there?

Zaph

Brewdog have a bar in Edinburgh near the castle. While you'll get decent beers there it's not the most comfortable bar you'll ever visit.

JoeLapira

Zaph wrote: »

Brewdog have a bar in Edinburgh near the castle. While you'll get decent beers there it's not the most comfortable bar you'll ever visit.

Been to Brewdog bars in London and Manchester, both were very much the same so I was gonna try out some other places first, but I will definitely pop in the for one or 2, seeing as it's only a 5 min walk from my hostel.

c - 13

JoeLapira wrote: »

Heading to Edinburgh for the weekend on a stag. Pretty much all the group have zero interest in craft beers, so with a couple of hours free on Saturday afternoon, I'd like to spend them enjoying some quality beers. My brother recommended The Hanging Bat, anywhere else I should check out while I'm there?

Definately the Hanging Bat, also the Bow Bar and the potting shed are good.

jsa112

JoeLapira wrote: »

Heading to Edinburgh for the weekend on a stag. Pretty much all the group have zero interest in craft beers, so with a couple of hours free on Saturday afternoon, I'd like to spend them enjoying some quality beers. My brother recommended The Hanging Bat, anywhere else I should check out while I'm there?

I would 100% pick the hanging bat over the brewdog bar. Nicer premises, more interesting beers. Got to try some cognac aged barleywine etc, while Brewdog was just its own stuff, mainly IPAs. It was also easier for us to get to.

No other bar recommendations, but BubbaQ on the royal mile for food and there's another good burger place there worth checking (can't remember name, its a UK franchise). There's an off-license opposite the church on that mile which also has some good beer choices.

calnand

Ox184 is directly across the road from the breeding bar, it's where I first fell in love with Tempest brewing.

Ruben Remus

calnand wrote: »

the breeding bar

Down with that sort of thing.

RasTa

erica74

Hello all!

I have never tried any type of beer before and thought recently, with the outpouring of Irish breweries, that I'd like to try some of the local brands.
I bought a bottle of Boyne Brewhouse Irish Craft Amber Ale.
I didn't like it all and I'm not sure if "ale" is just not for me or if, perhaps, this particular brand just isn't for me.
I found the taste completely unpalatable, very sour or bitter tasting, ear waxy or something.

Is there any particular brand or type of ale you'd recommend to a newbie? Or, would you recommend starting somewhere else in the "beer" category?

I'd appreciate your guidance please

Son0vagun

erica74 wrote: »

Hello all!

I have never tried any type of beer before and thought recently, with the outpouring of Irish breweries, that I'd like to try some of the local brands.
I bought a bottle of Boyne Brewhouse Irish Craft Amber Ale.
I didn't like it all and I'm not sure if "ale" is just not for me or if, perhaps, this particular brand just isn't for me.
I found the taste completely unpalatable, very sour or bitter tasting, ear waxy or something.

Is there any particular brand or type of ale you'd recommend to a newbie? Or, would you recommend starting somewhere else in the "beer" category?

I'd appreciate your guidance please

Go to Tesco, and for €10 get a mix of 4 beers. A Stout, A Pale Ale, A IPA and a Lager or what ever. But mix it up, and out of the 4 different styles you might find one you like. whatever style you like, try more of that style. Don't expect to love every beer you try, it's about trying and experiencing different flavours. Enjoy!

Insect Overlord

Anyone else brave/silly/curious enough to try Founders' DKML yet?

Described as "imperial malt liquor aged in bourbon barrels" and packing a punch at 14.2%, but still remarkably drinkable. I'd prefer this over, for example, Samichlaus, if it weren't €7.25 per bottle.

Zaph

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Anyone else brave/silly/curious enough to try Founders' DKML yet?

Described as "imperial malt liquor aged in bourbon barrels" and packing a punch at 14.2%, but still remarkably drinkable. I'd prefer this over, for example, Samichlaus, if it weren't €7.25 per bottle.

Yep, tried it at a Founders tasting evening in Alfie Byrne's a couple of weeks ago and loved it. It's malty, sweet and very boozy, all the stuff I like, but you'd be in some mess if you drank it for the whole night.

St. Lupulin

If you are gonna pick up 4 beers in Tesco, make sure one of them is Carrig Coalface.

Insect Overlord

Zaph wrote: »

Yep, tried it at a Founders tasting evening in Alfie Byrne's a couple of weeks ago and loved it. It's malty, sweet and very boozy, all the stuff I like, but you'd be in some mess if you drank it for the whole night.

Yarp, one bottle is more than enough. Nice to have it to sip on during the match tonight. I was planning an early night in bed anyway. :pac:

igCorcaigh

Having a Friday. Munich IPA.

BaZmO*

Zaph wrote: »

Yep, tried it at a Founders tasting evening in Alfie Byrne's a couple of weeks ago and loved it. It's malty, sweet and very boozy, all the stuff I like, but you'd be in some mess if you drank it for the whole night.

€14.50 for a comparatively strong wine. Sounds like a bargain

igCorcaigh

Zaph wrote: »

Yep, tried it at a Founders tasting evening in Alfie Byrne's a couple of weeks ago and loved it. It's malty, sweet and very boozy, all the stuff I like, but you'd be in some mess if you drank it for the whole night.

Sounds like my thing. Any nationwide stores sell it?

Insect Overlord

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Sounds like my thing. Any nationwide stores sell it?

I got mine in O'Brien's Wines in Limerick. Will let ye know if I see it anywhere else.

matrim

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Anyone else brave/silly/curious enough to try Founders' DKML yet?

Described as "imperial malt liquor aged in bourbon barrels" and packing a punch at 14.2%, but still remarkably drinkable. I'd prefer this over, for example, Samichlaus, if it weren't €7.25 per bottle.

Had one last weekend and liked it. It's very boozy with a strong syrup hit that is offset by wood and smoke.

Hotblack Desiato

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Having a Friday. Munich IPA.

Love that And Uniion Friday, but my local Dunnes hasn't stocked it in ages.

igCorcaigh

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Love that And Uniion Friday, but my local Dunnes hasn't stocked it in ages.

My local Tesco is stocking some of the And Union beers, neu blk etc. but not the Friday

It's a pity there isn't a search engine for beer retailers...

igCorcaigh

matrim wrote: »

Had one last weekend and liked it. It's very boozy with a strong syrup hit that is offset by wood and smoke.

Sounds like a good addition to a chilli con carne.

RasTa

Paleo Pinhead. Beavertown x Cigar City. Stout of the year so far.