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What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

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    #2462
    Uncle_moe
    Registered Users Posts: 768 ✭✭✭Uncle_moe


    RasTa wrote: »

    I think it's the franchise part of their bars I hate. I've being in them now in Manchester, Tokyo, Barcelona, Stockholm and London.

    All the same and nothing distinguishing about either

    Thinly veiled "I'm well travelled". Sorry had to be done. Why visit their bars if you dislike them so much?


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    #2463
    RasTa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    To see what guest beers they have


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    #2464
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,842 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    RasTa wrote: »
    To see what guest beers they have
    Guest beers? That sounds like some sort of distinguishing feature :p

    My beer blog | The Twitter | My other beer blog



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    #2465
    HopsAndJumps
    Registered Users Posts: 310 ✭✭HopsAndJumps


    Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »
    RasTa wrote: »
    No chance, had it again and it's nowhere near the level of Double Banging. I even had a punk that said kegged on the 6th of Jan and that was awful.

    Hope brewdog never opens in Dublin, something about them I don't like. The weatherspoons of craft beer. Actually I prefer spoons.

    To be honest it sounds like confirmation bias on you part. You don't like Brewdog for some reason so you've decided it's not good.

    I've had Double Banging IPA a few times and to be honest I think it's a pretty poor double IPA. It's thin in body and the alcohol is very warm for something of a fairly moderate alcohol content. of the three "banging" IPA's they make it's the poorest.

    And that's before we get into the Rye River problem of their beers looking and tasting different every 3 months.

    One month the IPA is crystal clear and thin bodied, the next it's chewy and hazey, then a while later it has clumps of sediment in it.

    I know with Hardcore/Punk/BD in general what I'm getting every time I pop a bottle.
    I wouldn't consider double bangin to have a thin body and its 8%, that is hefty, booze tastes good. If  drinking alcopops, (NEIPAs) is your thing then I can understand the logic.


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    #2466
    s3rtvdbwfj81ch
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    HopsAndJumps wrote: »
    If  drinking alcopops, (NEIPAs) is your thing .
    :rolleyes:

    snob much


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    #2467
    snowblind
    Registered Users Posts: 972 ✭✭✭snowblind


    I hate brewdog. Stop trying to own the word "punk" while being as far from "punk" as can be. Their achievements are all publicity stunts with nothing to do with beer. Put a bottle into a dead rodent, make your company into a thinly veiled pyramid scheme, steal the name on bottles publicity stunt from Coca Cola. Beers stoink too, remember when ppl were going ape**** about the rarity of that NEIPA they did while there were far better examples of the style around?

    I think their bars are the best thing about brewdog due to solid guest beers they get and don't charge too much for, or at least I remember this being the case earlier.

    Galway Bay pubs however have a lot to do to become even decent.


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    #2468
    HopsAndJumps
    Registered Users Posts: 310 ✭✭HopsAndJumps


    Gianna Tart Farming wrote: »
    HopsAndJumps wrote: »
    If  drinking alcopops, (NEIPAs) is your thing .
    :rolleyes:

    snob much
    guilty as charged


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    #2469
    Trond
    Registered Users Posts: 1,972 ✭✭✭Trond


    For those who think its drinkable Elvis Juice is currently 4 for a tenner in Stephens Street News :-) great value tbf....


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    #2470
    Creamy Goodness
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    Trond wrote: »
    For those who think its drinkable Elvis Juice is currently 4 for a tenner in Stephens Street News :-) great value tbf....

    Got 4 for £6 in Asda at Christmas. Wiped out their stock :)


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    #2471
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,666 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    What beer am I drinking this week? Argus Strong :)

    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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    #2472
    RasTa
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    NE DIPA Citra & Mosaic by cloudwater. Yup, tis great. Only two people in their barrel store tap room place at 8pm.

    It's being awhile since I've been in a bar with more staff then customers.
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    #2473
    RasTa
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    The other cloudwater I bought yesterday up tonight. It was canned on the 17th. DIPA Ekuanot Mosaic and it says on the tin they did a 25g/L dry hop which has is pretty ridiculous.

    9% juice


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    #2474
    BaZmO*
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    RasTa wrote: »
    The other cloudwater I bought yesterday up tonight. It was canned on the 17th. DIPA Ekuanot Mosaic and it says on the tin they did a 25g/L dry hop which has is pretty ridiculous.

    9% juice

    Would make you wonder how they have any beer left after adding that much hops to it!!

    Had the Session IPA Citra Ekuanot during the summer. Nice enough, but wasn't as good as their usual standard.

    Had a bottle of Harmonic Convergence by Galway Bay/Boundary earlier. 500ml @ 12% pretty much knocked me for six on a tired Friday night tbh, but that said, it's a cracking beer. It's on the malty end of a Barleywine, more like a sticky Scotch Ale. Reminds me of AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale which is an incredible beer.


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    #2475
    Subcomandante Marcos
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    BaZmO* wrote: »
    Would make you wonder how they have any beer left after adding that much hops to it!!

    You'd be praying to the efficiency gods that your centrifuge was working optimally that brew day anyway.


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    #2476
    Mervyn Skidmore
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    Treated myself to an Elvis Juice tonight, €6.50 for a 330ml in Caribou in Galway, thought it was mediocre at best. Home now and having a Crafty Brewing Company Irish IPA that cost €2.50 from Lidl. It's very nice.


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    #2477
    BaZmO*
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    Also picked up the last 3 bottles of 2017 KBS from O’Briens in Blanchardstown tonight. €6 each. Absolute steal at that price.


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    #2478
    Passenger
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    Magic Rock Common Grounds Triple Coffee Porter

    Enjoyed this even more than the first time I had it. Dark fruits, dark chocolate, a pretty distinctive coffee flavour too. Smooth and medium bodied. Picked it up in Stephen Street News earlier.


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    #2479
    senordingdong
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    Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »
    Treated myself to an Elvis Juice tonight, €6.50 for a 330ml in Caribou in Galway, thought it was mediocre at best. Home now and having a Crafty Brewing Company Irish IPA that cost €2.50 from Lidl. It's very nice.

    It's not great at that price.
    If you have gotten from the off license at about half that price, it wouldn't have been bad at all.

    Treated myself to a Lervig passionfruit sour. It was very nice and still set itself apart from Yellowbellys Castaway (the benchmark for p/fruit sour).
    It was a darker shade than I expected, amber in colour, softer around the edges but had a little bit more gas too.


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    #2480
    Passenger
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    Four Provinces Brewing Torc Fiain on tap in Underdog. A really interesting DIPA. Distinctive and flavoursome with a good dose of hops.


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    #2481
    Passenger
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    Vocation Brewing Cloak & Dagger Oatmeal Stout

    Smooth, roasted malt, easy to drink, nothing particularly distinctive but a very pleasant sup indeed. 5.9% ABV.


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    #2482
    Passenger
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    Beavertown Holy Cowbell India Stout

    Dry, roasted malts, dark chocolate with a bitter finish. 5.6% ABV.


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    #2483
    BaZmO*
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    Picked up some CBS tonight. Just when you thought KBS couldn’t ge any better. Stuff is sublime.


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    #2484
    jh79
    Registered Users Posts: 8,258 ✭✭✭jh79


    BaZmO* wrote: »
    Picked up some CBS tonight. Just when you thought KBS couldn’t ge any better. Stuff is sublime.

    The Salthouse in Galway is getting a keg of it.


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    #2485
    BaZmO*
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    jh79 wrote: »
    The Salthouse in Galway is getting a keg of it.

    I’d imagine it won’t be cheap!

    It’s fantastic though. The maple syrup adds such a lovely sweetness.


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    #2486
    Herb Powell
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    Tried a bottle of Lidl's Crafty Brewing Co. Brown Ale, which seems to be a new addition.

    Not bad at all! A sharper hop taste than I was expecting, but that's not a bad thing. Fair bit of sediment in the pour so it wasn't filtered well but I don't mind at all.

    Could definitely drink more of this.


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    #2487
    Subcomandante Marcos
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    Herb Powell wrote: »
    T Fair bit of sediment in the pour so it wasn't filtered well but I don't mind at all.


    Common problem with Rye River beers, one week it's crystal clear, next it's hazy, next it's full of clumps of sediment. Massive inconsistency.


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    #2488
    RasTa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    Never ever thought i'd say this but cask ale is a millon times better then keg.


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    #2489
    Trond
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    Anyone manage to get the Foam and Fury offer in Stephens St. News yesterday? 3 for €9 savage deal. Sold out now so I believe....


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    #2490
    mfceiling
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    Trond wrote: »
    Anyone manage to get the Foam and Fury offer in Stephens St. News yesterday? 3 for €9 savage deal. Sold out now so I believe....

    Saw it on twitter but wasn't around to try and get it.


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    #2491
    Passenger
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    Trond wrote: »
    Anyone manage to get the Foam and Fury offer in Stephens St. News yesterday? 3 for €9 savage deal. Sold out now so I believe....

    Can confirm they are indeed sold out of OFAF. They've plenty of the other beers though. Had a good chat with the manager, he confirmed that they were a loss maker to get punters in the door. Good move imho. It created a bit of buzz about the place anyway. Picked up a couple tasty other beers to whet my whistle. He also said that they're expanding the craft beer area soon too.


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