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What beer are we drinking this week, too?

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    #3542
    murphyebass
    Registered Users Posts: 5,553 ✭✭✭murphyebass


    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    Founders isn't Irish though.

    Very true but the same can be said for all craft beer imo


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    #3543
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    murphyebass wrote: »
    Very true but the same can be said for all craft beer imo

    Eh, except for the Irish ones.


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    #3544
    Lovely Bloke
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    Weird.


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    #3545
    murphyebass
    Registered Users Posts: 5,553 ✭✭✭murphyebass


    BaZmO* wrote: »
    Eh, except for the Irish ones.

    ok maybe I need another coffee.

    I was trying, probably very poorly, to make the point that you need to be picky with all craft beer and not just Irish ones.

    Its early and Monday so go easy lads. :)


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    #3546
    jh79
    Registered Users Posts: 8,216 ✭✭✭jh79


    Had Buxton's Double Axe DIPA 13.6%, great stuff follwed by a White Gypsy Porter on cask , very light mouth feel but once I got used to it very enjoyable and to finish a Founders Curmudgeon, a less sweet "Dirty Bastard" another great Founders beer.


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    #3547
    blueshed
    Registered Users Posts: 627 ✭✭✭blueshed


    Just had a btl of the Brehon Brewhousr red ale, as red ales go it's not bad. much better than Mcgargles, Kenmare and Clew bay i have tasted lately.

    Now having Jack Cody's amber ale, nice enough beer. not a style i would normally drink but this is better than the 12th Abbey i tried last week.

    have the Cody's Pilsner to try next, again not a style i would drink to often but want to brew some soon so looking for inspiration.


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    #3548
    Redsoxfan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,258 ✭✭✭Redsoxfan


    Had some of the Jack Cody's Pilsner at the weekend. Liked it. Would like it a lot more on a hot day.

    Agreed on 12 Abbey. Their pale ale is awful stuff. The amber/red is a bit better.


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    #3549
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,773 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Saw 750ml bottles of Leffe Nectar in Tesco (£2.99). Anyone have anything nice to say about it? Sounds like it will be awfully sweet.

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    #3550
    Karpackie
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21 ✭Karpackie


    Was in O'Neill's of Suffolk Street on Saturday for the match. Not a place I'd normally frequent, but what a selection of Irish craft beers on tap.
    Had a Galway Hooker Porter. Which I'd never heard of before. It was fairly decent. Nothing more than that though. Real bang of roasted coffee off it which isn't to my taste.

    Went back to their pale ale. The success of Hooker means I can order it in pubs I'd never have believed would have tried something new. And selling like hot cakes in most of them by all accounts. So I wasn't been adventerous by ordering it. It's still my default session beer if I fancy a fair few.


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    #3551
    WallsToTheBall
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    Long time reader, first time poster in this thread...thought I might try to keep better track of new beers I try rather than the current 'take-a-picture-of-it-with-phone-and-if-it-was-great-or-terrible-I-will-remember-it' approach!

    Tonight I had a scrumptious Evil Twin Brewing 'Falco', decent IPA, strong enough at 7% but easy to drink, similar enough to BrewDog Hardcore Punk IPA but a little more lively, fresher and less alcohol taste, good mix of sweet like a pineapple thrown at a crate of citrus, masking a Geuze-ish sour! Will definitely try more of these so called Gypsy-brews from that company.

    A Lomza Export Niefiltrowane next to clean out the palate so I could actually taste ANYTHING(!) after that sensory explosion... This beer seems to have horrid ratings on ratebeer but I like it quite a bit and drink it quite often, the other two Lomza offerings we get here are not great but this one has a nice subtle milky character, reminds me of a lot of Lithuanian farmhouse ales, very subtle, but very refreshing and a great beer to have after/between anything with a lot of flavour.

    Next a Sierra Nevada 'Snow Wit' White IPA. I have yet to be disappointed by any SN beer I have ever tried and this just continues that...them guys sure know how to go from Micro to Macro without ruining the process with time/money savers like flavourings and are always releasing new delicious wonders *tips hat*. Nice blend of Belgian Wit, wheaty but CLEAN with a grapefruit hammering away on the front, very nice blend, seldom to come across an IPA you would consider 'clean' as they are nice and dirty by their very nature.


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    #3552
    anticonscience
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 24 ✭anticonscience


    BaZmO* wrote: »
    Eh, except for the Irish ones.
    Weird.


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    #3553
    Ruben Remus
    Registered Users Posts: 430 ✭✭Ruben Remus


    A question about three Christmas/Winter beers:

    O'Hara's Winter Star
    Bateman's Rosey Nosey
    Wychwood Bah Humbug

    These seem to be very widely available this year. Has anyone tried them and, if so, what's the verdict?


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    #3554
    Heroditas
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    Redsoxfan wrote: »
    Was delighted to find Franciscan Well Rebel Red and Chieftain IPA on draft in Bradys in Maynooth. Good to have any sort of craft available in the local pubs at last!


    That's great news regaridng Bradys.
    The Halfway House on the Navan Road also has those two beers on draught.


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    #3555
    revz
    Registered Users Posts: 478 ✭✭revz


    Heroditas wrote: »
    That's great news regaridng Bradys.
    The Halfway House on the Navan Road also has those two beers on draught.

    Good to hear! Hole in the Wall not too far away has ~4 craft taps too (last I was there it was the Full Irish, Big Hop Red, Sierra Nevada pale ale, and an O'Haras tap I think - maybe the Natural Blonde)


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    #3556
    Lovely Bloke
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    ...speaking of The Hole in The Wall, they are running some kind of Craft Beer & Wine Festival next Monday (!) night.

    They have a decent off licence, in which you can buy beer for drinking in the pub too.


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    #3557
    baconsarnie
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    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    ...speaking of The Hole in The Wall, they are running some kind of Craft Beer & Wine Festival next Monday (!) night.

    They have a decent off licence, in which you can buy beer for drinking in the pub too.


    Haven't been in there for a while, but the had at least 4 Irish craft beers on tap. Lovely food there too.


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    #3558
    Lovely Bloke
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    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    Weird.
    anticonscience wrote: »
    Weird.

    Weird


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    #3559
    ciaran76
    Registered Users Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭ciaran76


    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    Weird

    Related?


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    #3560
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    no clue, account is banned but


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    #3561
    toffeeshel
    Registered Users Posts: 326 ✭✭toffeeshel


    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    ...speaking of The Hole in The Wall, they are running some kind of Craft Beer & Wine Festival next Monday (!) night.

    They have a decent off licence, in which you can buy beer for drinking in the pub too.

    I'll be there pouring White Hag samples- drop over and say hello.

    Ger from Lefevre will be there too


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    #3562
    Redsoxfan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,258 ✭✭✭Redsoxfan


    Heroditas wrote:
    That's great news regaridng Bradys. The Halfway House on the Navan Road also has those two beers on draught.


    Bradys also have McGargles. If that's your thing. Think it might be in O'Neills as well.


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    #3563
    baconsarnie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,172 ✭✭✭baconsarnie


    toffeeshel wrote: »
    I'll be there pouring White Hag samples- drop over and say hello.

    Ger from Lefevre will be there too

    Ohh!!! Big White Hag fan here- from bottle or keg, & if the latter, is the Imperial Stout one of them? (Please say yes!!)


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    #3564
    oblivious
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    revz wrote: »
    Good to hear! Hole in the Wall not too far away has ~4 craft taps too (last I was there it was the Full Irish, Big Hop Red, Sierra Nevada pale ale, and an O'Haras tap I think - maybe the Natural Blonde)

    They also had rascals Ginger porter, but it may have been subbed out


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    #3565
    oblivious
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    Re the hole in the wall


    Craft beer & wine fair Mon 1st Dec, tickets @ €15. All proceeds go to @SVP_Ireland


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    #3566
    Lovely Bloke
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    Weird to have it on a Monday, but that place does be absolutely hectic at weekends, especially in December.


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    #3567
    ciaran76
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    Waterloo Tripel 7 Blond by Brasserie du Bocq : a little citrus taste and maybe honey and typical Belgian hoppy kick.
    Nothing special but grand with the dinner.


    Leffe Ruby : very sweet and almost like a syrup feel to it. Too sweet for me.


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    #3568
    Mesrine65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,969 ✭✭✭Mesrine65


    Okell's 1907 India Pale ale, a souveneir of this year's TT races.
    Golden amber with a frothy head, tropical fruits with a robust hop bitterness 6.1% ABV
    A fantastic English style IPA, would definately try again.


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    #3569
    a_non_a_mouse
    Registered Users Posts: 328 ✭✭a_non_a_mouse


    Had Pale Ale's from Barrelhead and MetalMan on draft recently.
    While not a huge Pale Ale fan, both were decent and while Barrelhead's was nicer I would be happy to have either again.


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    #3570
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    Lagunitas Brown Shugga, as the name implies it is brewed with brown sugar. It's a Barley Wine but it reminded me of some of their IPAs. Very nice with a lovely mouth feel and goes down easy for 9.9%.
    I have a bottle of Lagunitas Sucks for thanksgiving today.


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    #3571
    Son0vagun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Son0vagun


    Had a Camden Town India Hells Lager, I'm not a fan of lager, but his was well hopped and very nice!


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