What beer are we drinking this week ?

G rock · 19-08-2013 8:29pm

BPBP oxman at the minute.

like nothing this newbie has had before. preceeded with a london porter.

good evening so far

Ravelleman · 20-08-2013 12:25am

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

they didn't, and I didn't get it in the bottle, ridiculously strong, as is the Dr Rudi.

I did, however, leg it across the road to pick up a bottle of their 3rd beer which is having a blind tasting on twitter this week. And I brought home a growler full of Dark Arts.

What's the new beer?

Lovely Bloke · 20-08-2013 8:37am

Ravelleman wrote: »

What's the new beer?

I don't know, it's literally wrapped in a brown paper bag with a sticker asking the purhcaser to not remove the bag until after the blind tasting on Thursday evening. It's in a brown bottle, and holding it up to the light it looks cloudy, so best guess is something like maybe a Weiss, but that's too obvious really.

I was talking to the bar man in LMG about it, and he was staying tight lipped about it too.

I'm sure there are people out there who've bought it and opened it already, but I want to get involved in the #BPBPBT blind tasting on Twitter.

BeerNut · 20-08-2013 9:28am

No spoilers! :P

Seaneh · 20-08-2013 10:20am

Sunday was my birthday so I had a few treats this week.

Sunday night I had:
Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest Fresh Hop IPA (3/4 pint)
Thornbridge Smoked Porter (can't remember the name, starts with a D, 3/4 pint).
Hoptimum (a present, 355ml bottle)
Dr. Rudi (1/2 pint)

Also this past week I'd an Anderson Valley Hop Ottin, A Caledonian Brewing Co 80 Shilling, Galway Bay Full Sail and Stormy Port, Brewdog #Mashtag and a few pints of Punk and 5am Saint and a Thornbridge Jaipur and Chiron.

Not a bad week beer wise me thinks.

BaZmO* · 20-08-2013 10:44am

Had a bottle of Kona Koko Brown over the weekend. It's brewed with real toasted coconut which adds a beautiful creamy coconut flavour to the beer.

I love coconut so I adored this beer. It's world's apart from that monstrosity that is Mongozo (Coconut).

Grayditch · 20-08-2013 10:47am

BaZmO* wrote: »

Had a bottle of Kona Koko Brown over the weekend. It's brewed with real toasted coconut which adds a beautiful creamy coconut flavour to the beer.

I love coconut so I adored this beer. It's world's apart from that monstrosity that is Mongozo (Coconut).

I've rambled on about it a few times here, and had one last night, even. It really is subtle and much more than a "coconut flavoured beer" which I thought I was going to be getting. One of the best I've tried this year. Their Big Wave has replaced Dead Pony Club for my "starter".

BaZmO* · 20-08-2013 10:56am

Grayditch wrote: »

I've rambled on about it a few times here, and had one last night, even. It really is subtle and much more than a "coconut flavoured beer" which I thought I was going to be getting. One of the best I've tried this year. Their Big Wave has replaced Dead Pony Club for my "starter".

Yeah it's a nice sweet brown ale but with a nice hint of coconut. I feared it be the usual, make a beer and add some real sickly artificial like flavouring, but it was nothing like that.

I'm actually quite impressed with Kona, they have some really nice beers.

Grayditch · 20-08-2013 11:17am

I can't remeber which of the Firerock and Longboard I found the nicest, but one was great and the other decent enough.

Surprised to see Black Ball porter in O'Briens yesterday. No too bad at €4.49, so I had to.

BaZmO* · 20-08-2013 11:23am

Grayditch wrote: »

I can't remeber which of the Firerock and Longboard I found the nicest, but one was great and the other decent enough.

Surprised to see Black Ball porter in O'Briens yesterday. No too bad at €4.49, so I had to.

I actually had a bottle of Longboard last night that I had picked up in Superquinn. It was in a different shaped bottle than the one I'd gotten in Drinkstore. I think it's a great beer.

Grayditch · 20-08-2013 11:25am

Yeah, I like the newer stumpier bottles.

Glebee · 20-08-2013 1:44pm

Just back from a weekend in London and spent a very enjoyable Friday evening in a craft pub called The Draft House on Seething Lane near Tower Bridge. The list of beers include;
Flying Dog Raging bitch (Draft)- Lovely beer but on the strong side so only had a few.
Sierra Nevada Torpedo ( Draft) - Very nice. No complaints
Little Creatures Pale Ale (Bottle) - Nice. Was expecting more.
Titantic Stout ( Draft) - Very nice Stout.
Camden Pale Ale (Cask) - Very mild but nice.

Cant remember any more......:)

The rest of the weekend was spent drinking London Pride on cask when ever I got the chance.

Colonel Sanders · 20-08-2013 9:33pm

8 Degrees Barefoot Bohemian

Mediocre at best IMO & I really like their Porter & Howling Gale

matrim · 20-08-2013 9:48pm

I'm in chicago for work at the moment. Not sure if I'll get to the city to see bars but if I get a chance to go to an offie, what should I look for that you won't get back home?

Scortho · 20-08-2013 9:53pm

matrim wrote: »

I'm in chicago for work at the moment. Not sure if I'll get to the city to see bars but if I get a chance to go to an offie, what should I look for that you won't get back home?

Any of the three floyds brewing company beers.
Especially alpha king and dreadnought. I had the alpha king last year and I've dreadnought coming to me this September!:)
Where abouts in Chicago are you staying.

MonstaMash · 20-08-2013 10:15pm

Flying Dog Double Dog Double Pale Ale...I'm going to need to get new leathers for the bike if I keep quaffing this stuff :eek:

A damn fine libation

Seaneh · 20-08-2013 10:49pm

matrim wrote: »

I'm in chicago for work at the moment. Not sure if I'll get to the city to see bars but if I get a chance to go to an offie, what should I look for that you won't get back home?

Go to a Goose Island bar. They will have limited editions and seasonals that you won't get here and most of their beers ate top notch.

Grayditch · 20-08-2013 10:50pm

You have to try Goose Island Bourbon County. I know they have it here, but still. Their Christmas Ale is great, too.

Ipso · 21-08-2013 1:29am

Lagunitas Sumpin Sumpin Ale; hoppy like an IPA and very nice.

Seaneh · 21-08-2013 2:58am

Ipso wrote: »

Lagunitas Sumpin Sumpin Ale; hoppy like an IPA and very nice.

Where did you get Lagunitas?

They are a tiny brewery in Petaluma California and I actually knew someone who works in the brewery, they make a great session Pale Ale called "Day Time" which I've had.

matrim · 21-08-2013 3:14am

Seaneh wrote: »

Where did you get Lagunitas?

They are a tiny brewery in Petaluma California and I actually knew someone who works in the brewery, they make a great session Pale Ale called "Day Time" which I've had.

At least where I am in Chicago now Lagunitas seems to be in a good few places. I've been in 4 bars and 3 of them had it. I'm not sure if it's the one Ipso mentioned as it was just down as Lagunitas IPA on draft. In 2 of the place it was nice. In one it wasn't great but the quality of all the beer in that place was very poor

Ipso · 21-08-2013 4:09am

Seaneh wrote: »

Where did you get Lagunitas?

They are a tiny brewery in Petaluma California and I actually knew someone who works in the brewery, they make a great session Pale Ale called "Day Time" which I've had.

I just moved to outside San Francisco; I got the Sumpin Sumpin as a gift and had their IPA in a bar (that was lovely too, probably the same one matrim had). I hope to get to 21st Amendments bar in the city soon, their Back in Black Dark IPA is excellent.

Seaneh · 21-08-2013 4:43am

Ipso wrote: »

I just moved to outside San Francisco; I got the Sumpin Sumpin as a gift and had their IPA in a bar (that was lovely too). I hope to get to 21st Amendments bar in the city soon, their Back in Black Dark IPA is excellent.

The friend who brought me the bottle of Pliny the Elder in June is actually from Petaluma (where Lagunitas are based), it's a great little town to visit as it's slap bang in the middle of loads of great breweries and only 15 miles from the Russian River brewpub.

Go visit!

drumswan · 21-08-2013 8:11am

Ipso wrote: »

Lagunitas Sumpin Sumpin Ale; hoppy like an IPA and very nice.

It is an IPA, a cracking beer

BaZmO* · 21-08-2013 8:31am

Had a bottle of Jackhammer by Brewdog last night. Jesus Christ this beer is bitter! Way too bitter. Underneath there's a nice enough (Brewdog style) IPA, but the lasting bitterness just doesn't go away, a couple of hours later and I could still feel it in my mouth. Their blurb says that it's 200 theoretical IBUs, but also that it's actually 100 IBUs. Either way, it's way too much for a beer that hasn't turned up the sweetness to balance it, like the way a lot of US style IPAs do.

Did I mention it's too bitter?

Grayditch · 21-08-2013 8:37am

Lagunitas is all I drank in Las Vegas. It's the only decent beer I could find where I was, so I have fond memories of it.

Grayditch · 21-08-2013 8:41am

Also, I found somehwhere in Amsterdam that does Pliney The Elder, so I'm going to see what gigs are on there, so I'm not just shooting over for a beer (even if it is worth it) Trying to convince some lads to do a short round trip to Flanders to try W12 from the pub beside the monastery, too. Beer holiday.

Scortho · 21-08-2013 8:45am

Grayditch wrote: »

Also, I found somehwhere in Amsterdam that does Pliney The Elder, so I'm going to see what gigs are on there, so I'm not just shooting over for a beer (even if it is worth it) Trying to convince some lads to do a short round trip to Flanders to try W12 from the pub beside the monastery, too. Beer holiday.

Who goes to Amsterdam just for beer eh? With a bunch of lads. :pac:

Grayditch · 21-08-2013 8:48am

Scortho wrote: »

Who goes to Amsterdam just for beer eh? With a bunch of lads. :pac:

Yeah, the missus shot me a look when I said it too. Might have to bring her.

ciaran76 · 21-08-2013 9:04am

Last night I had :

Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale this tasted less strong then I remembered it from the Beerfest last year.
I really like the smell when pouring this as you get loads of bourbon and a woody smell.
Its a real sipping beer and can only drink one.

Moved on to 8 Degrees Barefoot Bohemian Pils enjoyed it last night but its just a middle of the road beer for me. I prefer Howling Gale.

Also was in Fade Street Social(not my choice) last night and they had a list of Irish beers on their menu but apart from Howling Gale they had no stock of anything else Irish.
Shame really as I had 15 work colleagues from the US and Asia who all wanted to try Irish beer but not Guinness.
The worst part was asking for a beer like Belfast Lager and 5 mins later a waiter would come back and say no we have none.
3 beers in a row this happened on and left a bad impression on some of the guys.

Ruben Remus · 21-08-2013 12:14pm

Had a bottle each of Galway Bay's Buried At Sea and Full Sail.

I thought Buried At Sea was a little disappointing. It had a smokey sweetness to it but the chocolate taste didn't come through as well as it does on draught.

The Full Sail had a delicious, juicy hop flavour.

One thing I noticed about both was that they had virtually no head.

drumswan · 21-08-2013 12:16pm

Must get some of these Galway bay beers, anyone seen them in Redmonds?

the beer revolu · 21-08-2013 12:20pm

Now that the Hopplehammer cask is gone it's a choice of Metalman Pale Ale or Windjammer for me in The Abbot's or there's Jaipur on keg in The Bierhaus, Cork.
I'm all about pale ales at the moment.

Seaneh · 21-08-2013 12:25pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

Had a bottle of Jackhammer by Brewdog last night. Jesus Christ this beer is bitter! Way too bitter. Underneath there's a nice enough (Brewdog style) IPA, but the lasting bitterness just doesn't go away, a couple of hours later and I could still feel it in my mouth. Their blurb says that it's 200 theoretical IBUs, but also that it's actually 100 IBUs. Either way, it's way too much for a beer that hasn't turned up the sweetness to balance it, like the way a lot of US style IPAs do.

Did I mention it's too bitter?

I have one too, it was ok at the start but as I got near halfway through i started to be a little unbearable. Another **** gimmicky effort from brewdog.

Ravelleman · 21-08-2013 12:26pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

Now that the Hopplehammer cask is gone it's a choice of Metalman Pale Ale or Windjammer for me...

I found Windjammer to be a completely different experience on cask to what is was on keg. A great beer in both formats though.

jh79 · 21-08-2013 12:32pm

Ruben Remus wrote: »

Had a bottle each of Galway Bay's Buried At Sea and Full Sail.

I thought Buried At Sea was a little disappointing. It had a smokey sweetness to it but the chocolate taste didn't come through as well as it does on draught.

The Full Sail had a delicious, juicy hop flavour.

One thing I noticed about both was that they had virtually no head.

Don't know if I was imagining it but I found the glass seemed to make a difference to the head.

I had one of each one night and again the next night with a different glass. The head was better the second night for each. Can't be a coincidence.

Ruben Remus · 21-08-2013 12:36pm

jh79 wrote: »

Don't know if I was imagining it but I found the glass seemed to make a difference to the head.

I had one of each one night and again the next night with a different glass. The head was better the second night for each. Can't be a coincidence.

I dunno, I had the two of them in different glasses and the head was pretty much absent in both.

I also noticed the "psst" sound was barely noticeable in both when the cap was taken off, which might suggest teething issues with the bottling/carbonation. The Full Sail was really good, though. I'll be getting it again.

the beer revolu · 21-08-2013 1:03pm

Ravelleman wrote: »

I found Windjammer to be a completely different experience on cask to what is was on keg. A great beer in both formats though.

Also quite different to what it was a few years ago.
Still good, though.

Seaneh · 21-08-2013 1:35pm

There's a keg of Windjammer sitting in the coldroom of the salt house but they can't find space for it at the minute (it's the square tapping head and they only have a few of those and they are all taken), if it doesn't get put on before I move to Dublin, I might kill someone.

Ravelleman · 21-08-2013 2:59pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

Also quite different to what it was a few years ago.
Still good, though.

I didn't realise they had changed it. When I tried it on cask, a couple of years ago, I thought it was quite nutty, almost mushroomy.

Then I had it again on keg in the Black Sheep and thought it just tasted like a hoppy pale ale of some description. They were worlds apart.

irish_goat · 21-08-2013 3:08pm

The Nelson Sauvin hops that go into Windjammer weren't as pungent this year as they were before. Not sure if they adjusted the malt bill to account for this.

the beer revolu · 21-08-2013 4:04pm

Ravelleman wrote: »

I didn't realise they had changed it. When I tried it on cask, a couple of years ago, I thought it was quite nutty, almost mushroomy.

Then I had it again on keg in the Black Sheep and thought it just tasted like a hoppy pale ale of some description. They were worlds apart.

irish_goat wrote: »

The Nelson Sauvin hops that go into Windjammer weren't as pungent this year as they were before. Not sure if they adjusted the malt bill to account for this.

It's not the grapefruity beauty it was but it's still a really lovely beer.

Colonel Sanders · 21-08-2013 8:40pm

I was also disappointed with bottles of Buried At Sea. As other have said no head. My OH commented it looked like Cola in the glass. Not a patch on the Draft.

Enjoyed the Full Sail but have never had it on draught to compare

Seaneh · 21-08-2013 10:36pm

I'll have to pick up a Burried at Sea tomorrow and check it out.

For what it's worth, my Full Sail had a small but decently laced head, I poured it pretty hard though.

And I thought the bottle was better than the draught, and I really like the draught.

Grayditch · 22-08-2013 1:48am

Had a Hoppelhammer draught tonight, which I really enjoyed. Wanted to try Belfast Black draught, too, but I ran out of time.

Gandhi · 22-08-2013 3:43am

Victory Headwaters American Pale Ale. Very hoppy, though not in the same league as their IPAs (Hop Devil or Hop Wallop). Great taste and crisp texture.

Ipso · 22-08-2013 3:49am

Just had some Hoptimum, lovely stuff. I wasn't a fan of their Torpedo, I thought they should have named it the Esther Rantzen (makes your lips peel back over your gums, stolen from the tv show Bottom).

irish_goat · 22-08-2013 11:00am

Had a pint of Churchyard Bob porter on cask in Derry for an outrageous £1.40 (with CAMRA voucher).

Fantastic porter, comes out with a really thick creamy head and has a great lingering bitterness.

http://www.jdwrealale.co.uk/ales/warwickshire-churchyard-bob-714

22-08-2013 9:51pm

Working my way through a bottle of 8 degrees hurricane now, fantastic stuff. I have a bottle of cyclone as well but that's for tomorrow.

IT-Guy · 23-08-2013 12:53am

Deleted User wrote: »

Working my way through a bottle of 8 degrees hurricane now, fantastic stuff. I have a bottle of cyclone as well but that's for tomorrow.

Where'd you get the bottles of hurricane and cyclone? Really looking forward to trying them

What beer are we drinking this week ?

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