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    #1502
    Ivefoundgod
    Registered Users Posts: 2,447 ✭✭✭Ivefoundgod


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    I still want to try a few but all the pictures I’m seeing today that people have of the O’Hara’s Nitro are not making it look all that impressive.

    Same here, their instagram was reposting peoples pictures there earlier and it looked ****e not filling the glasses. Missed a trick not having 500ml cans IMO.


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    #1503
    adocholiday
    Registered Users Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭adocholiday


    Beanstalk wrote: »
    Finally I've got my hands on Rauchbier though, can't wait!

    It's like drinking a bottle of liquidised bacon. I tried it once out of curiosity, couldn't finish it :D


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    #1504
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,442 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    I've the O'Hara's and Hope for the weekend. I'm trying to keep an open mind, despite me not liking draught Nitro beers.
    adocholiday wrote: »
    It's like drinking a bottle of liquidised bacon. I tried it once out of curiosity, couldn't finish it :D
    Acquired taste, but I love the Schlenkerla. I still thank Wicklow Wolf for the introduction to the style with their special "Ranchero".


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    #1505
    Beanstalk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,212 ✭✭✭Beanstalk


    adocholiday wrote: »
    It's like drinking a bottle of liquidised bacon. I tried it once out of curiosity, couldn't finish it :D

    see that just sounds amazing to me! :D


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    #1506
    Starlord_01
    Registered Users Posts: 443 ✭✭Starlord_01


    Macy0161 wrote: »
    I've the O'Hara's and Hope for the weekend. I'm trying to keep an open mind, despite me not liking draught Nitro beers.

    Picked both up aswell looking forward to trying.


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    #1507
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,442 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    I'm assume the Hope should be "hard poured", where as the O'Hara's with the widget won't need to be?


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    #1508
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,791 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Is the O'Hara's in any supermarkets yet?


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    #1509
    Starlord_01
    Registered Users Posts: 443 ✭✭Starlord_01


    Macy0161 wrote: »
    I'm assume the Hope should be "hard poured", where as the O'Hara's with the widget won't need to be?

    Hope have a video on their instagram.


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    #1510
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,890 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    I've a pair of O'Hara's double barrel aged stouts arriving today with 2 of the nitro cans and a few other treats. Looking forward to trying the stouts this weekend, but glad to have tutorials in here first! :D


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    #1511
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users Posts: 1,989 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Is the O'Hara's in any supermarkets yet?

    They said independent off licenses specifically. I'm doing my grocery run to a Tesco tonight so will scope it out if I think of it.


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    #1512
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,442 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Starlord_01 wrote: »
    Hope have a video on their instagram.
    In to a tasting glass though! Hard pour not needed based upon that though.


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    #1513
    irish_goat
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    Macy0161 wrote: »
    I'm assume the Hope should be "hard poured", where as the O'Hara's with the widget won't need to be?

    Seems to be a normal pour for the O'Hara's.

    https://twitter.com/OHarasBeers/status/1367812141550567431


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    #1514
    TaurenDruid
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    irish_goat wrote: »
    Is the O'Hara's in any supermarkets yet?

    Didn't see any in Dunnes yesterday evening.

    My craftcentral arrived this morning with eight cans, so that's my WandaVision pints sorted for later :-)


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    #1515
    irish_goat
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    Popped out to Tesco Letterkenny during my lunch and there was none there either.


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    #1516
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,889 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    This beauty is now in a 440ml - in this month's Clann box:

    PXL-20210305-155351172-2.jpg


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    #1517
    BaZmO*
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    Macy0161 wrote: »
    I'm assume the Hope should be "hard poured", where as the O'Hara's with the widget won't need to be?

    I always find the "hard pour" funny. Wife thinks I'm mad when I put the glass into the sink and pour from a height. :D


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    #1518
    [Deleted User]
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    12 Acres Double NEIPA - oh yes. Can’t wait to get that.


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    #1519
    mcgovern
    Registered Users Posts: 4,267 ✭✭✭mcgovern


    I got a bottle of Rye River's The Herd last weekend. It's a bourbon barrel aged quad ale.
    Is there any point saving it for a special occasion or is it as good now as its going to get as best to drink fresh? The best before on the bottle is 2030!


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    #1520
    L1011
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    White Hag box event tonight had the expected (and probably missed if it didn't happen) technical issues and abject chaos anyway. Two and a half hour distraction from everything else at least.

    Some interesting bits though. They have a keg nitro dry stout which is mostly sold to the UK, but now has home bar demands on it - but will be available in can shortly; and they're doing to do 4 pack cans in Lidl soon, sounds like a short-termer like the Four Provinces one but will still get product out there.


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    #1521
    DrZeuss
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    L1011 wrote: »
    White Hag box event tonight had the expected (and probably missed if it didn't happen) technical issues and abject chaos anyway. Two and a half hour distraction from everything else at least.

    Some interesting bits though. They have a keg nitro dry stout which is mostly sold to the UK, but now has home bar demands on it - but will be available in can shortly; and they're doing to do 4 pack cans in Lidl soon, sounds like a short-termer like the Four Provinces one but will still get product out there.

    Interesting, is that 4 pack of their range or just the nitro dry stout did they say?


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    #1522
    BeerNut
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    L1011 wrote: »
    They have a keg nitro dry stout which is mostly sold to the UK
    The Black Pig. As far as I know it has only appeared once over here, at the pop-up festival they did in 2018 at what's now The Big Romance in Dublin.

    My beer blog | The Twitter | My other beer blog



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    #1523
    TaurenDruid
    Registered Users Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭TaurenDruid


    Had my first O'Hara's Nitro, on my second, and very glad I have two more in the fridge for tonight and four more for tomorrow. Turns out, I am a fan!


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    #1524
    Fall_Guy
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    TaurenDruid wrote: »
    Had my first O'Hara's Nitro, on my second, and very glad I have two more in the fridge for tonight and four more for tomorrow. Turns out, I am a fan!

    I had one this evening too, and I think it's a one and done for me. It had slightly more flavour than a draught can of Guinness I guess, but at the end of the day it cost me 50c more than the bottle of leann folláin i am sipping now, and it doesn't come close to matching it for me.


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    #1525
    L1011
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    DrZeuss wrote: »
    Interesting, is that 4 pack of their range or just the nitro dry stout did they say?

    Core range, not the stout I'd imagine.


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    #1526
    The Buster
    Registered Users Posts: 218 ✭✭The Buster


    Enjoyed the white hag event tonight.

    Decided to have a few more beers after it finished and opened bottle of black donkey TKO. Unusual taste but really enjoyable.

    haven’t had a black donkey beers in quite a while. Must pick up a few sheep stealers soon as it was a beer I would drink the odd time when we were allowed go to pubs but completely went of my radar in last 12 months


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    #1527
    Basq
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    White Hag event was fun despite my mortifying charade ("Shamrock Shake")! :rolleyes:

    Enjoying their Mocchacino stout.. just the right side of sweet!


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    #1528
    [Deleted User]
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    Fall_Guy wrote: »
    I had one this evening too, and I think it's a one and done for me. It had slightly more flavour than a draught can of Guinness I guess, but at the end of the day it cost me 50c more than the bottle of leann folláin i am sipping now, and it doesn't come close to matching it for me.

    Got a few too. If I can get a bottle cheaper then I’ll get that, nothing special at all even outside being too small.


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    #1529
    Passenger
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    TaurenDruid wrote: »
    Had my first O'Hara's Nitro, on my second, and very glad I have two more in the fridge for tonight and four more for tomorrow. Turns out, I am a fan!

    Glad to see them doing the canned Nitro Stout.


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    #1530
    Ivefoundgod
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    Got a few cans of the nitro O' Haras as well. Its nice allright but as Fall_Guy said its not that much nicer than a can of Guinness. I had two O' Haras and on a Guinness now and its just not worth the premium IMO. Leann Follain is also a lot nicer and can be got cheaper too.

    It would need to be about €2 a can or less to tempt me back. I've two more in the fridge but that'll do it for me I think unless it lands in the supermarkets cheaper.

    If I'm spending €3 on a can of beer I have higher expectations than it. That said, O' Haras stout on tap is lovely and I'd take it all day over Guinness (as I would with the nitro can if the prices were similar).


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    #1531
    Passenger
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    Ivefoundgod wrote: »
    Got a few cans of the nitro O' Haras as well. Its nice allright but as Fall_Guy said its not that much nicer than a can of Guinness. I had two O' Haras and on a Guinness now and its just not worth the premium IMO. Leann Follain is also a lot nicer and can be got cheaper too.

    It would need to be about €2 a can or less to tempt me back. I've two more in the fridge but that'll do it for me I think unless it lands in the supermarkets cheaper.

    If I'm spending €3 on a can of beer I have higher expectations than it. That said, O' Haras stout on tap is lovely and I'd take it all day over Guinness (as I would with the nitro can if the prices were similar).

    True enough. Some domestic competition in the Nitro Stout department is certainly no harm though. Who knows, we might even see it on draught in some places when the situation resumes to normal scheduling.


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