What beer are we drinking this week, too?

BaZmO* · 20-04-2014 7:42pm

snollup wrote: »

Just opened a bottle of Brewdog's Jack Hammer. Finding it a little sharp for my taste.

Continuing on from yesterday's theme, you're finding it a little 'bitter'

nibble · 20-04-2014 8:18pm

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Was in Brewery corner last night. Busy without being "mad" busy

Only had 2 pints, one Metalman & one Leann Follain. Got a tasting mat for the people I was with as while they'd be up for trying beer they don't drink much. Leann Follain was universally loved & two ordered the DIPA after tasting it

Was in there too last night. Nicely busy I would say, bit of atmosphere but still somewhere to sit.

Just drank O' Haras Single IPA for the evening, wasn't feeling particularly adventurous. I do like it though I have to say, more on draught than in the bottles I think. Not excessively hopped or bitter - a good, solid pale ale.

snollup · 20-04-2014 8:18pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

Continuing on from yesterday's theme, you're finding it a little 'bitter'

Just a tad but I can't accuse BD of false advertising!

adamski8 · 20-04-2014 9:31pm

A bottle of beoir #1 (not on gen sale). Excellent stuff.

Passenger · 20-04-2014 10:40pm

Sierra Nevada Porter. Very tasty and has a subtle hint of chocolate and coffee. Might be my second favourite porter after Leann Folain.

jsa112 · 20-04-2014 11:09pm

Had brooklyn's wild streak, bourbon barrel aged ale with brett yeast. The bourbon aging is working very well, but not getting those brett flavours from it. Quite good, but not worth 21 euros

matrim · 20-04-2014 11:10pm

Had a couple of O'Hara Double IPA tonight which I got in my local spar. It's nice to see choices getting into even the small shops.

For the beer I think it's improved from when I first had it. Still not a full on DIPA but I enjoyed it today

Had a draught Two Hundred Fathoms on Thursday and a bottle last night. Think I preferred it from the bottle. It may have been because I'd a bit of a cold on Thursday but I thought the bottle was more complex and showed off the sweetness from the aging more.

BaZmO* · 20-04-2014 11:11pm

jsa112 wrote: »

Had brooklyn's wild streak, bourbon barrel aged ale with brett yeast. The bourbon aging is working very well, but not getting those brett flavours from it. Quite good, but not worth 21 euros

Is that the actual price? I thought it was a typo on the Drinkstore website as it was much dearer than the other Brooklyn special series.

jsa112 · 20-04-2014 11:27pm

Its 23/24 euros in drinkstore/baggot street/redmonds, donnybrook fair tend to be the best cost wise(saved a few euros), but yeah thats in or around the actual price. Some of the limited edition brooklyn beers tend to be around that cost(black ops is too).

Paying for that barrel aging and brett unfortunately. I just cant resist brett yeast beers

Creamy Goodness · 20-04-2014 11:33pm

Had epic comet and hop zombie tonight. The hop zombie was delicious.

Insect Overlord · 21-04-2014 12:17am

I finally got to visit the Salt House in Galway last night. Place was packed!

Had a pint of Buried At Sea to start. First time having it on draught. Wonderful stuff.
That was followed by a glass of 200 Fathoms. I like my imperial stouts, but this one still kicked the head off me! Powerful, tasty stuff. The girlfriend wasn't impressed. :pac:
Finished up with a glass of OFAF. Fantastic as ever.

Seaneh · 21-04-2014 1:29am

An File wrote: »

I finally got to visit the Salt House in Galway last night. Place was packed!

Had a pint of Buried At Sea to start. First time having it on draught. Wonderful stuff.
That was followed by a glass of 200 Fathoms. I like my imperial stouts, but this one still kicked the head off me! Powerful, tasty stuff. The girlfriend wasn't impressed. :pac:
Finished up with a glass of OFAF. Fantastic as ever.

My local when I lived in Galway (about 250 meters away from the pub) probably my favourite pub in the world.

bladebrew · 21-04-2014 1:52am

Knifey Spoony wrote: »

Beoir DIPA and the Full Irish by 8 degrees were definitely highlights of Easterfest yesterday. It was great to see so many Irish breweries producing some many great beers.

I'm debating whether to go back in later on.

I was going to post the same thing, those 2 beers stood out to me aswell, it was a great lineup this year in fairness,
I went, 8 degrees full irish,PH chocolate truffle stout, beoir DIPA, kinsale IPA, dungarvan stout, O'Hara's Amber Adventure, a good day!

matrim · 21-04-2014 1:59am

Is Full Irish going to be on general sale?

irish_goat · 21-04-2014 2:05am

matrim wrote: »

Is Full Irish going to be on general sale?

They sent a full batch of kegs out, but no bottles.

Arriving on taps this weekend in…

Cork
Bierhaus
Franciscan Well Easterfest

Galway
Salthouse

Dublin
57 The Headline
Against the Grain
Bull and Castle
Farringtons Temple Bar
JW Sweetman
Porterhouse Temple Bar

http://www.eightdegrees.ie/the-full-irish/

ciaran76 · 21-04-2014 7:16am

Centennial IPA on draught in LMulligans.
I thought it was sweeter that the bootle version. Not complaing though still a good beer.

Not G.R · 21-04-2014 8:39am

Was in the Living Room last night. Checked out their website for a menu to see if they had any craft. Nearly shat myself when their website claimed to have the "widest selection of craft beer in Dublin". Downloaded the menu and... 9, they carry 9 craft beers. So there you go, 9 craft beers is the widest selection in Dublin. Still though they had Punk on draft so it wasnt all bad! :pac:

blueshed · 21-04-2014 9:45am

wide
wʌɪd/
adjective
superlative adjective: widest

1.
of great or more than average width.
"a wide road"
synonyms:broad, extensive, spacious, open, vast, spread out, outspread More"a wide river"

baggy, loose, capacious, roomy, ample, full, generous, generously cut, commodious, voluminous, oversize;
slack, sloppy, shapeless, sack-like, ill-fitting, ballooning, billowing, floppy
"wide trousers"

antonyms:narrow, tight
- (after a measurement and in questions) from side to side.
  "it measures 15 cm long by 12 cm wide"
- open to the full extent.
  "his eyes were wide with fear"
  synonyms:fully open, gaping, agape, wide open, yawning More"their mouths were wide with shock"
  
  antonyms:closed
- considerable.
  "tax revenues have undershot Treasury projections by a wide margin"
2.
including a great variety of people or things.
"a wide range of opinion"
synonyms:comprehensive, ample, broad, extensive, large, large-scale, vast, immense, far-ranging, wide-ranging, expansive, sweeping, encyclopedic, exhaustive, general, all-inclusive, all-embracing, universal, catholic, compendious More

BaZmO* · 21-04-2014 10:43am

blueshed wrote: »

wide
wʌɪd/
adjective
superlative adjective: widest
1.
of great or more than average width.
"a wide road"
synonyms:broad, extensive, spacious, open, vast, spread out, outspread More"a wide river"

baggy, loose, capacious, roomy, ample, full, generous, generously cut, commodious, voluminous, oversize;
slack, sloppy, shapeless, sack-like, ill-fitting, ballooning, billowing, floppy
"wide trousers"

antonyms:narrow, tight

(after a measurement and in questions) from side to side.
"it measures 15 cm long by 12 cm wide"

open to the full extent.
"his eyes were wide with fear"
synonyms:fully open, gaping, agape, wide open, yawning More"their mouths were wide with shock"

antonyms:closed

considerable.
"tax revenues have undershot Treasury projections by a wide margin"

2.
including a great variety of people or things.
"a wide range of opinion"
synonyms:comprehensive, ample, broad, extensive, large, large-scale, vast, immense, far-ranging, wide-ranging, expansive, sweeping, encyclopedic, exhaustive, general, all-inclusive, all-embracing, universal, catholic, compendious More

You've just defined "wide", the claim was that it had the "widest" selection, as in the "most" wide.

Ravelleman · 21-04-2014 11:15am

BaZmO* wrote: »

You've just defined "wide", the claim was that it had the "widest" selection, as in the "most" wide.

Few, if any, dictionaries give the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives as separate entries though.

Ipso · 21-04-2014 3:38pm

I had Tangerine Wheat by a Northern California brewery called Lost Coast. Ot smelled like flat Fanta, and didn 't taste much better.
Thank god it was a large bottle and not a six pack.

Redsoxfan · 21-04-2014 7:38pm

Had a To Ol Reparation Beer on Saturday night and liked it.

Tried the Nogne IPA for the first time as well. I liked it but it didn't really stand out.

I have to say that none of the Rogue beers I tried (Dead Guy Ale, American Amber Ale and the Brutal IPA) really impressed me. Amber was OK. The Brutal was odd - lots of sediment floating and very flat.

Also tried two Hard Knot - Azimuth and Infrared. I would try the Infrared again, not the Azimuth.

Insect Overlord · 21-04-2014 11:19pm

I've had a Bourbon County stout tucked away in the cupboard for the last 7 months, waiting for "an occasion" worthy of it. This week I got sick of waiting!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1.0-9/10301459_10152793676419251_8808539166038489620_n.jpg

It's going down slowly, but I'm enjoying every sip.

Ipso · 22-04-2014 3:33am

Sierra Nevada Sunmerfest, cracking beer. I find it a bit more carbonated than usual, I'm not too into high carbonation but I think it wirks really well with this one.

snowblind · 22-04-2014 1:55pm

Kinsale / Beoir was excellent. One of the most complex smelling DIPA's I've had, berries and everthing. Tastewise on par with OFAF albeit with less fruity hops and sweetness, more bitterness. Loved it.

jsa112 · 22-04-2014 11:14pm

Had Hardknott Rhetoric 3, can safely say I'm not a fan of quad's.

Herb Powell · 22-04-2014 11:32pm

Spent the Easter weekend near Zywiec in Poland, so plenty of that was consumed

among other Polish lagers such as Tyskie.

Nothing awe-inspiring, but very very pleasant drinking nonetheless. And very decently priced.

Redsoxfan · 22-04-2014 11:33pm

Anyone tried the Trouble Brewing Whistle Blower IPA in Brew Dock? Seems that's the only place it's available at the moment.

the beer revolu · 23-04-2014 9:51am

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Anyone tried the Trouble Brewing Whistle Blower IPA in Brew Dock? Seems that's the only place it's available at the moment.

I has a sample @ Easterfest.
Decent IPA.

Grayditch · 23-04-2014 10:59am

Sabotage has indeed improved a lot. There's some hop or something in there giving it a slightly smokey or musty flavour on the aftertaste which I'm not sure I was liking, but I'll try it again.

Seaneh · 23-04-2014 12:42pm

The last of my ale adventures in wales the other day:

Sunday night I popped into The Liverpool in Menai Bridge, a 3 star Cask Marque bar, and had a pint of "Dark Side of the Moose" by Purple Moose Brewery form the cask which was a very enjoyable dark ale indeed. Would gladly drink this again and reckon it would become my go to beer if I was to spend any amount of time in North Wales.

On Monday while out enjoying the sun on the terrace of the Victoria Hotel (also in Menai Bridge) I had a half a pint ofKite Brewery's "Thunderbird", described as a "hoppy amber ale", this was a decent english pale ale with a little orange hop twang, so I'd suspect a good amount of late addition and dry hopping with american hops was done here, if I was to hazard a guess I'd say challenger for the bittering and Amarillo and cascade for the dry hopping. Probably the "hoppiest" beer I had besides the Bengali Tiger over the course of the weekend.

Besides those 4 beers (Bengali Tiger, Welsh Black, Dark Side of the Moose and Thunderbird) North Wales is pretty much devoid of interesting beer in the pubs. Lots of cask ale to be had but everywhere has 3 engines and all of them are usually very similar, boring, English bitters. This is suspect is a problem caused by the fact that most pubs are brewery owned, with Robinsons seeming to have the biggest share of the market in the area.

cletus van damme · 23-04-2014 1:33pm

Grayditch wrote: »

Sabotage has indeed improved a lot. There's some hop or something in there giving it a slightly smokey or musty flavour on the aftertaste which I'm not sure I was liking, but I'll try it again.

had some at the weekend - was quite nice.

also had two bottles of dungarvan - Mahon Point (rye ale one)
very nice.

its' a little cheaper than kinnegar - rustbucket which is also nice.

adamski8 · 23-04-2014 1:53pm

I also found that about uk pubs, very similar bitters on cask. Seems like a strange tactic

Seaneh · 23-04-2014 1:56pm

adamski8 wrote: »

I also found that about uk pubs, very similar bitters on cask. Seems like a strange tactic

It seems like almost every pub has 3 casks which are usually very well looked after, the beer is in great condition, but of the 3 casks they will have 2 bitters and maybe a golden ale or Mild or something similar. Maybe a Dark Ale/Porter if you're lucky.

It's a shame because they really do put a lot of effort into their cellaring!

noby · 23-04-2014 1:56pm

Seaneh wrote: »

The last of my ale adventures in wales the other day:

Sunday night I popped into The Liverpool in Menai Bridge, a 3 star Cask Marque bar, and had a pint of "Dark Side of the Moose" by Purple Moose Brewery form the cask which was a very enjoyable dark ale indeed. Would gladly drink this again and reckon it would become my go to beer if I was to spend any amount of time in North Wales..

Spent a week around the Menai strait a few years ago, and I recall all the Purple Moose beers I tried as being good, solid, beers. Enjoyed several pints of 'Dark Side' in Porthmadog.

noby · 23-04-2014 1:58pm

cletus van damme wrote: »

also had two bottles of dungarvan - Mahon Point (rye ale one)

*Mahon Falls* - not named after a shopping centre in Cork.

noby · 23-04-2014 1:59pm

Of the beers I got to try at Easterfest, Trouble's Brown was a stand-out for me.

adamski8 · 23-04-2014 1:59pm

Seaneh wrote: »

It seems like almost every pub has 3 casks which are usually very well looked after, the beer is in great condition, but of the 3 casks they will have 2 bitters and maybe a golden ale or Mild or something similar. Maybe a Dark Ale/Porter if you're lucky.

It's a shame because they really do put a lot of effort into their cellaring!

Yeah exactly what ive found. Nothing wrong with them at all but i guess they are tied to the breweries.

drumswan · 23-04-2014 2:00pm

noby wrote: »

Of the beers I got to try at Easterfest, Trouble's Brown was a stand-out for me.

I guess their new brewer had a input in these, glad to see them expanding the core range.

Seaneh · 23-04-2014 6:30pm

Having a pint of Trouble's new Red Rye Ale from the cask in Brewdock. Vewy vew my noice.

Creamy Goodness · 23-04-2014 6:51pm

Was just there and had the same. It was so delicious.

drumswan · 23-04-2014 7:00pm

Three new beers from Trouble then! Twitter says they are going to bottle the Whistle Blower IPA, available in a few weeks.

Heroditas · 23-04-2014 7:04pm

7.6%?! Holy jaysus!

Seaneh · 23-04-2014 7:09pm

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Anyone tried the Trouble Brewing Whistle Blower IPA in Brew Dock? Seems that's the only place it's available at the moment.

Was in Brewdock today abd this wasn't on. Maybe they have a keg in the cellar?

Seaneh · 23-04-2014 7:12pm

Sitting in Ssweetmans waiting for a friend and ordered a pint of Porter. Up to 4.70 now. Second price hike in 4 months from them, waiting for the ensuing thread full of people spouting faux outrage and cries of price gouging That's a 17.5% increase since new years.

Redsoxfan · 23-04-2014 7:43pm

Seaneh wrote: »

Was in Brewdock today abd this wasn't on. Maybe they have a keg in the cellar?

They must have got ahead of themselves on Twitter.

BrewDock tweeted this evening that they have the Fuzzy Logic and the Red Rye. No mention of the Whistle Blower. I have asked for confirmation....

Eager to try it!

Ravelleman · 23-04-2014 8:07pm

Seaneh wrote: »

Sitting in Ssweetmans waiting for a friend and ordered a pint of Porter. Up to 4.70 now. Second price hike in 4 months from them, waiting for the ensuing thread full of people spouting faux outrage and cries of price gouging That's a 17.5% increase since new years.

That is certainly disappointing, regardless of the 'faux' outrage you see everywhere.

Creamy Goodness · 23-04-2014 8:17pm

Redsoxfan wrote: »

They must have got ahead of themselves on Twitter.

BrewDock tweeted this evening that they have the Fuzzy Logic and the Red Rye. No mention of the Whistle Blower. I have asked for confirmation....

Eager to try it!

They have the keg, what they don't have is a spare tap to put it through

Fuzzy logic was tapped 10 minutes before I had to leave for the train but got a sneaky half pint of it. It's nice as far as witbier goes (I'm not a huge fan of witbier).

Redsoxfan · 23-04-2014 8:24pm

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

They have the keg, what they don't have is a spare tap to put it through

Hmm, they tell me that the keg isn't getting delivered until tomorrow!

Seaneh · 23-04-2014 9:11pm

Ravelleman wrote: »

That is certainly disappointing, regardless of the 'faux' outrage you see everywhere.

It's 4.70 a pint fot decent beer, I won't shed too many tears just yet.

What beer are we drinking this week, too?

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