What beer are we drinking this week ?

ciaran76 · 16-04-2010 7:58pm #1

Basically every week or 2 I try at new beer/ale that I never had before.

This week my local is stocking a few beers from Marstons brewery.

I am at the moment trying their Old Empire IPA. Very nice indeed.

Anyone else do something similar?

BeerNut · 17-04-2010 10:27am

ciaran76 wrote: »

Anyone else do something similar?

Yep. Though a little more often than every week or two

oblivious · 17-04-2010 12:28pm

ciaran76 wrote: »

I am at the moment trying their Old Empire IPA. Very nice indeed.

Get it fresh as those clear bottles are bad for beer

as for me some Young's london ale

tim_holsters · 17-04-2010 12:38pm

ciaran76 wrote: »

Basically every week or 2 I try at new beer/ale that I never had before.

This week my local is stocking a few beers from Marstons brewery.

I am at the moment trying their Old Empire IPA. Very nice indeed.

Anyone else do something similar?

Try some weiss beer if you haven't tried it before.

Blisterman · 17-04-2010 1:51pm

Went to the Marstons brewery a few weeks ago, and bought a mixed box of all their beers. Didn't think much of the Old Empire IPA. Tastes a bit like when I tried to increase the alcohol of my homebrew by adding loads of sugar.

Thundercats Ho · 20-04-2010 12:28pm

Had a few bottles of this Russian porter the other night
Baltika 7%
Not too bad. Nice to mix it up every few weeks.

pa990 · 20-04-2010 1:42pm

this week i was gonna be drinking Hoegarrden, but lidl have let me down

oblivious · 20-04-2010 4:24pm

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Had a few bottles of this Russian porter the other night
Baltika 7%
Not too bad. Nice to mix it up every few weeks.

Love the stuff

ciaran76 · 21-04-2010 8:48pm

This evening I have gone for a Bitter & Twisted from Harviestoun Brewery.

Really nice kind of refreshing type of beer.

pa990 · 21-04-2010 9:15pm

vodka and diet coke is the order of the day tonight.

noby · 21-04-2010 10:09pm

Helvick Gold. Followed by bed - it's been a long brew day.

bennyob · 21-04-2010 11:10pm

I have 3 bottles lined up for tomorrow night.....

Aventinus doppelbock
Flensburger wiezen
Weltenburger barock hell

thelynchfella · 22-04-2010 9:30am

noby wrote: »

Helvick Gold

why amn't i surprised!!!!;)

Zulu · 22-04-2010 9:36am

Well I can't get enough of this http://www.bluemoonbrewingcompany.com/ - its just amazing!

BeerNut · 22-04-2010 9:44am

Zulu wrote: »

Well I can't get enough of this http://www.bluemoonbrewingcompany.com/ - its just amazing!

"Welcome to our quest for a more unique beer"? :mad:

Coors really do have a neck like a jockey's you-know-what. "Artfully crafted" indeed :rolleyes:

Speak Now · 22-04-2010 9:46am

pa990 wrote: »

vodka and diet coke is the order of the day tonight.

Is that a new beer

Zulu · 22-04-2010 9:48am

Ehh whats with the attitude Beernut?

You've tried this beer and didn't like it, no? Right?

BeerNut · 22-04-2010 9:54am

Zulu wrote: »

Ehh whats with the attitude Beernut?

You've tried this beer and didn't like it, no? Right?

The beer's OK. It's the marketing of it I'm complaining about. Coors pretend it's a craft beer; their marketing department want customers to think there's a "Blue Moon Brewing Company", which there isn't. It's roaringly dishonest, IMO, and sailing very close to consumer protection laws on misinformation. I've no objection to the beer, nor people enjoying it: it's just the dishonest presentation that really gets my dander up.

And you can't have anything "more unique" than anything else. That's an indecent assault on the English language right there.

thelynchfella · 22-04-2010 9:55am

Zulu wrote: »

Ehh whats with the attitude Beernut?

You've tried this beer and didn't like it, no? Right?

from the post it seems more of an issue with whats said on the website!!! It is bull to be fair, plus their use of an orange slice in their wit instead of a lemon slice, to 'accentuate the flavor of the brew', is bull too!! Cant understand why people put lemon slices in wit beer anyway!!!

oblivious · 22-04-2010 10:23am

thelynchfella wrote: »

from the post it seems more of an issue with whats said on the website!!! It is bull to be fair, plus their use of an orange slice in their wit instead of a lemon slice, to 'accentuate the flavor of the brew', is bull too!! Cant understand why people put lemon slices in wit beer anyway!!!

Its not a true wit, the citrus fruit is to compensate for using a neutral ale yeast and not a true Belgian wit on

Zulu · 22-04-2010 10:33am

BeerNut wrote: »

The beer's OK. It's the marketing of it I'm complaining about. Coors pretend it's a craft beer; their marketing department want customers to think there's a "Blue Moon Brewing Company", which there isn't. It's roaringly dishonest, IMO.

Ah fair enough, I though you were being a beer-snob. From the bottle, it appears that Coors have the importing/distribution licence. I was under the impression it was a smaller brewery actually producing it.

All that aside: have you had it? It's easily my favourate beer I've had this year.

@thelynchfella: well I haven't tried it with lemon, but I have had it with an orange slice as per the direction and it make a massive difference. I have to ask: have you had it?

BeerNut · 22-04-2010 10:44am

Zulu wrote: »

I though you were being a beer-snob.

Moi?:eek: *monocle falls out*

Zulu wrote: »

I was under the impression it was a smaller brewery actually producing it.

Deliberately so. The 2007 Consumer Protection Act forbids companies from misleading punters on, among other things, "the method or date of ...the product’s manufacture;" -- presenting this factory-made beer as craft is, in my reading of the law, illegal in Ireland.

Zulu wrote: »

have you had it?

I've just had a taste of it but haven't given it a proper go yet. It's not as good as the likes of Hoegaarden or St Bernardus Wit, IMO. Could be worth doing a blind tasting on.

thelynchfella · 22-04-2010 11:12am

Zulu wrote: »

Ah fair enough, I though you were being a beer-snob. From the bottle, it appears that Coors have the importing/distribution licence. I was under the impression it was a smaller brewery actually producing it.

All that aside: have you had it? It's easily my favourate beer I've had this year.

@thelynchfella: well I haven't tried it with lemon, but I have had it with an orange slice as per the direction and it make a massive difference. I have to ask: have you had it?

no never drank it, although i know i will at some stage...love a good wit me!!

thelynchfella · 22-04-2010 11:16am

Zulu wrote: »

Ah fair enough, I though you were being a beer-snob. From the bottle, it appears that Coors have the importing/distribution licence. I was under the impression it was a smaller brewery actually producing it.

All that aside: have you had it? It's easily my favourate beer I've had this year.

@thelynchfella: well I haven't tried it with lemon, but I have had it with an orange slice as per the direction and it make a massive difference. I have to ask: have you had it?

if u like american wit beers give 'speakeasy white lightning' a go....one of my favs!!

Zulu · 22-04-2010 11:43am

I like Hoegaarden but I find it a little... ...I dunno, I don't want to say flavourless; maybe a little too "subtle" for me.

oblivious · 22-04-2010 12:56pm

Zulu wrote: »

I like Hoegaarden but I find it a little... ...I dunno, I don't want to say flavourless; maybe a little too "subtle" for me.

yea its supposed to be sshawow of its former self since Inbev took over

GristlyEnd · 22-04-2010 1:01pm

I had some Chimay Blue last night for the first time and found it very gassy but still enjoyable. Is the always like this? I usually drink Chimay Red.

Zulu · 22-04-2010 1:12pm

I don't like Chimay Red, but I love Chimay Blue (and White).
It's not a beer for chugging thats for sure.
I guess it could be considered gassy (in the same way I'd consider Duval gassy) in that it gets a great silky smooth head, but not too gassy.

What I'm trying to say is - expect more of the same if you drink it again. Maybe go for the bigger bottles, you might prefer the second glass better?

ciaran76 · 23-04-2010 8:06pm

Tonights 2 beers will be :

Viru beer - Estonian beer
Trade Route Ginger Pale Ale

Will get back later with how good/bad they were.

GristlyEnd · 23-04-2010 8:10pm

Tonight I'm going with Chimay White & La Trappe Tripel. The last of the 3 Chimay colours to test out.

bennyob · 23-04-2010 9:25pm

Two more Aventinus tonight. It was the best of the 3 I had last night and boy, what a cracker.

What beer are we drinking this week ?

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