The random stuff thread

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 20-06-2017 8:39pm

Yellowbelly with a Buckfast flavoured lager.

Jesus

L1011 · 27-06-2017 8:08pm

The Journals request to TDs about whether they'd ever had a "bag of cans" shows a decent enough knowledge of their local craft producers, but not of whether they actually do cans

http://www.dailyedge.ie/bag-of-cans-irish-politicians-3452187-Jun2017/?r_dir_d=1

Pretty sure of the names mentioned, only Yellowbelly do cans.

4 of 20 go for craft; 3 reference a constituency based brewer, Noel Rock likes his stuff to come from Waterford or Scotland.

MonkstownHoop · 29-06-2017 5:15pm

Seen Wicklow Wolf IPA in Dunnes today, €4.05 a bottle!

Zaph · 08-11-2017 11:29pm

I'll be up in Belfast at the weekend. Anyone have any recommendations for off-licences that are worth stopping off in on the way back for a decent selection of craft beers that you wouldn't normally find down here? Got a couple of suggestions elsewhere but they weren't really on my route and time might be a bit tight so I don't want to stray too far off the motorway.

BeerNut · 08-11-2017 11:36pm

Doubt there's much of interest between The Vineyard on the Ormeau Road and McHugh's on the Kilbarrack Road.

Subcomandante Marcos · 08-11-2017 11:41pm

The Drink Link in Newry beats both.

Zaph · 09-11-2017 1:31am

Thanks guys.

L1011 · 09-11-2017 10:00pm

Off to Basel in two weeks. Any decent bars, and does Basel-Mulhouse-Frieburg airport have anything decent spirits wise in duty free? Have a checked back so can do the duty free outbound in DUB.

L1011 · 24-11-2017 4:14pm

Bought a litre of Gordons in DUB (after commenting that their selection of gin is wildly expensive), duty free and with their Black Friday bollox 15% off. €17. This was to avoid what I assumed would be obscene Swiss prices for some level of pre-drinking in the hotel

Land in BSL, there's an arrivals duty free. Litre of Gordons for €13.06. Some decent whiskey prices as well but its all the very common NAS products.

Actually I think its still less than €17 on the plane. DAA duty free really is becoming pointless.

Zaph · 27-11-2017 1:57am

L1011 wrote: »

Bought a litre of Gordons in DUB (after commenting that their selection of gin is wildly expensive), duty free and with their Black Friday bollox 15% off. €17. This was to avoid what I assumed would be obscene Swiss prices for some level of pre-drinking in the hotel

Land in BSL, there's an arrivals duty free. Litre of Gordons for €13.06. Some decent whiskey prices as well but its all the very common NAS products.

Actually I think its still less than €17 on the plane. DAA duty free really is becoming pointless.

My father-in-law promotes Irish whiskey at the airport. We were in his local SuperValu yesterday and he told me that the prices there were significantly less than you'd pay in the airport. I think there was something like a €7 difference on the most basic bottle of one of his brands. Why would you bother?

L1011 · 27-11-2017 6:56pm

For an airport that is otherwise very cheap - fast food outlets the same price as the city centre, the €1 water honesty boxes etc - they really do grab with the spirits prices

Beer in Basel is crap. Was in a brewery owned bar and the beer was all pouring incredibly high (two or three glasses of head thrown down the sink on some) and tasted musty; €8 for 400ml. Feldschlossen about all you can get in most shops and is similarly priced to premium lagers in shops here and is just meh.

Airport outbound duty free has a decent selection of spirits and is quite cheap. They had twin packs of 1L JW Black for something in the 30 euro range; you need two people or to be willing to break the rules to buy that. Got a bottle of The Laddie 8 for 56 as I want to finish the Islays and its probably the hardest to find here/

BaZmO* · 28-11-2017 6:47pm

The Mikkeller website had 3 “super fresh” The Alchemist beers going on sale first thing this morning. Heady Topper was included in the 3. Mad money but I had a look this morning. They went on sale at 7:57 and were sold out by 7:57 and 15 seconds!

But pointless putting them on the site but I suppose it creates a buzz.

RasTa · 28-11-2017 9:54pm

How mad?

BaZmO* · 28-11-2017 9:57pm

RasTa wrote: »

How mad?

400kr for a 4 pack.

About €54

RasTa · 28-11-2017 10:27pm

Hmmm, probably would have bought it. My Teku glass broke tonight or the housemate broke it.

Anywhere to buy them or any pub? The ones in Underdog are smaller then the one I had from the Italian Craft festival 2 years back

emo72 · 29-11-2017 2:29pm

Lads anyone know where I could buy the Johnnie walker blade runner whiskey? Not my area of expertise.

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 30-11-2017 9:57am

RasTa wrote: »

Hmmm, probably would have bought it. My Teku glass broke tonight or the housemate broke it.

Anywhere to buy them or any pub? The ones in Underdog are smaller then the one I had from the Italian Craft festival 2 years back

Wallace's Taverna use the large ones, if you go in and buy an Italian Craft beer off them they might let you keep the glass.

Not sure where you are based, but Wallace's place near Croke Park has them too.

RasTa · 06-12-2017 8:42pm

Too far?

BaZmO* · 06-12-2017 8:53pm

RasTa wrote: »

Too far?

Is that the one they used in Black House? I liked that beer.

RasTa · 06-12-2017 8:59pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

Is that the one they used in Black House? I liked that beer.

Not sure, I was just reading a blog about it on their site from 2014

In fact, I’m so pleased with the way this experiment turned out, I’m adding a full-scale batch of Black House with bourbon barrel-aged coffee beans to our “to-do” list (no schedule yet). I’m also putting a lot more green coffee into barrels ASAP.

BaZmO* · 07-12-2017 1:40pm

I’ve just seen on instagram that BrewDog are doing something similar.

BaZmO* · 19-01-2018 9:18pm

This made me chuckle

Imagine the mess!

L1011 · 16-03-2018 11:04pm

Off to Lisbon the end of May/early June.

I know from Porto that the beers being made in Portugal are pretty decent but the bars were a bollox to find initially there. Anyone any idea what Lisbon's like?

The Letra brewery has a bar in Porto with a fair few taps (one or two is the norm elsewhere) and a pile of bottles and damn good tapas for tiny money; not quite expecting that in the capital though.

Subcomandante Marcos · 17-03-2018 1:53am

L1011 wrote: »

Off to Lisbon the end of May/early June.

I know from Porto that the beers being made in Portugal are pretty decent but the bars were a bollox to find initially there. Anyone any idea what Lisbon's like?

The Letra brewery has a bar in Porto with a fair few taps (one or two is the norm elsewhere) and a pile of bottles and damn good tapas for tiny money; not quite expecting that in the capital though.

Wander around Barrio Alto, you'll find something.

beertons · 20-03-2018 10:25pm

As my name might suggest, I am no stranger to a tipple of all kinds. I've worked behind the bar for years, but never have I seen what was put into a glass of ice this morning. Club lemon and a quarter bottle of red wine. Does this have a name? Anyone come across this before?

matrim · 20-03-2018 10:32pm

beertons wrote: »

As my name might suggest, I am no stranger to a tipple of all kinds. I've worked behind the bar for years, but never have I seen what was put into a glass of ice this morning. Club lemon and a quarter bottle of red wine. Does this have a name? Anyone come across this before?

sounds like they were trying to make a tinto de verano

Subcomandante Marcos · 20-03-2018 10:33pm

beertons wrote: »

As my name might suggest, I am no stranger to a tipple of all kinds. I've worked behind the bar for years, but never have I seen what was put into a glass of ice this morning. Club lemon and a quarter bottle of red wine. Does this have a name? Anyone come across this before?

Tinto de verano.

beertons · 21-03-2018 11:01am

Many thanks. I can't get my taste buds around it. Sounds disgusting.

odyssey06 · 21-03-2018 12:10pm

beertons wrote: »

Many thanks. I can't get my taste buds around it. Sounds disgusting.

On the continent things like campari and aperol mixed with soft drink is quite popular I understand.

I've had cheap red wine with fanta at parties and it tastes cheap... but Martini (Vermouth) Rosso with club orange and lemon+lime wedges is a nice lazy summer cocktail.

BaZmO* · 23-03-2018 8:22pm

Anyone for Glitter Beer?

https://www.craftbeer.com/craft-beer-muses/glitter-beer-sparkles-springs-craft-beer-trend

Gold-Dust-Woman_Sasquatch-Brewery-Giltter-Beer-Feature.jpg

Gold-Dust-Woman_Sasquatch-Brewery-Giltter-Beer-Feature.jpg

Why on earth would you want to drink that? It looks like hair conditioner!

Creamy Goodness · 27-03-2018 10:46am

no worse than Irish pubs throwing green dye into beers for Paddy's Day.

My craft rule of "trying everything/anything once" applies to the glitter beer. Sure it's a gimmick but if it's a tasty drop I don't care

Hotblack Desiato · 31-03-2018 9:48pm

Do any Irish pubs (as opposed to American Irish-themed pubs) actually do that, ever?

BeerNut · 31-03-2018 11:13pm

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Do any Irish pubs (as opposed to American Irish-themed pubs) actually do that, ever?

Yes.

Creamy Goodness · 09-04-2018 11:27am

I've seen it in the Bull & Castle for sure.

Insect Overlord · 20-04-2018 12:57am

The thought just occurred to me, most randomly, that I haven't seen a Brown Paper Bag Project beer in ages. Whatever happened to them, and are they still brewing anywhere?

Subcomandante Marcos · 20-04-2018 1:04am

Insect Overlord wrote: »

The thought just occurred to me, most randomly, that I haven't seen a Brown Paper Bag Project beer in ages. Whatever happened to them, and are they still brewing anywhere?

It was a side project for the lads who own L. Mulligan's Grocer's. I'd say they saw limited return so abandoned it.

BeerNut · 20-04-2018 9:04am

Insect Overlord wrote: »

The thought just occurred to me, most randomly, that I haven't seen a Brown Paper Bag Project beer in ages. Whatever happened to them, and are they still brewing anywhere?

Brian, who headed up the brewing side, went home to the US. Colin has done odd bits and pieces since, generally on cask for LMG, and I think that has dried up now too.

MonkstownHoop · 20-04-2018 11:44am

BeerNut wrote: »

Brian, who headed up the brewing side, went home to the US. Colin has done odd bits and pieces since, generally on cask for LMG, and I think that has dried up now too.

That's a shame, the big red was a favourite of mine

diusmr8a504cvk · 26-04-2018 7:40pm

Lads, I saw a bit ago that they had brought out kegs of Desperados over in England. Any chance they come out in Ireland?

BaZmO* · 26-04-2018 7:45pm

Eva Juicy Wreck wrote: »

Lads, I saw a bit ago that they had brought out kegs of Desperados over in England. Any chance they come out in Ireland?

I think the reason why they put it in kegs is because it's a more efficient way of disposing it.

L1011 · 18-05-2018 4:09pm

A local pub is doing 'craft beer tastings' this weekend. Main event tonight is Rye River, all good. They sell the McGargles Pale and the Session IPA (rebadged as Lilywhites as it seems to be everywhere in Kildare) on different bars in the pub already and those seem to be what they're pushing. More intesting stuff in the range but I doubt they'd want Double Banging going around a bunch of students...

Saturday the 'craft beer' they have is Hophouse.

L1011 · 04-06-2018 5:41pm

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Wander around Barrio Alto, you'll find something.

I didn't really - Fado bars with just Super Bock mostly. Duque Brewpub a standout exception but it is tiny.

In Cerveteca Lisboa currently, semi suburban location and a decent range. Porto had a better selection I think

L1011 · 06-06-2018 8:55pm

Last night in Lisbon, had an afternoon in Quimera which is in suburbia in what is basically Meath Street. In a former carriage house, setup not that unlike a normal Irish craft bar and drink prices to match - 6.50 for 586ml for all the draught. Food is cheaper than Ireland though and is decent enough - NY sandwich shop options.

Probably the best range on tap but bottle range is lacking compared to Ceveteca; however Cerveteca is awkward to get to and has very poor food options. For a city with **** all on Ratebeer, you should probably trust it - have usually found when there's limited listings they're useless. There's plenty listed here but most are 1 or 2 reviews tops.

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 21-06-2018 10:04am

Beavertown sell out.

Fúck them guys.

Subcomandante Marcos · 21-06-2018 10:30am

Bot42 wrote: »

Beavertown sell out.

Fúck them guys.

Gonna be a hape of breweries pulling out of their festival in September so.

Creamy Goodness · 21-06-2018 10:31am

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Gonna be a hape of breweries pulling out of their festival in September so.

I'm sure Logan Plant will be crying into his £40million.

I'm going to sit on the fence and see, if there's a noticeable dip in the quality of their beers I'll spend my money elsewhere.

Subcomandante Marcos · 21-06-2018 10:33am

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

I'm sure Logan Plant will be crying into his £40million.

I'm going to sit on the fence and see, if there's a noticeable dip in the quality of their beers I'll spend my money elsewhere.

I'm sure he's already doing his best scrooge mcduck impression in Daddy's money.

listermint · 21-06-2018 11:17am

Pearl Silly Stucco wrote: »

Beavertown sell out.

Fúck them guys.

Heineken ?

Sold entirely or just a stake ?

Details!!

matrim · 21-06-2018 11:20am

listermint wrote: »

Heineken ?

Sold entirely or just a stake ?

Details!!

Minority stake to Heineken. But they don't say want percentage.

Full statement is on their website

BaZmO* · 21-06-2018 11:34am

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

I'm sure Logan Plant will be crying into his £40million.

I'm going to sit on the fence and see, if there's a noticeable dip in the quality of their beers I'll spend my money elsewhere.

I doubt that the £40 million goes into his account. It's to invest in expansion.

Also, if the £40 million is a minority share (highest case being 49%?), the company is valued at at least £80 million?

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