Porterhouse's Wrastler

Devrozex

Has anyone tried this? Its a really strong stout, apparently the drink of choice for such legends as Michael Collins and James Joyce back in the day. Its also mentioned in Flann O'Brien's book The Third Policeman. Personally I like it, buts its so heavy, I wouldn't really be on for more than a couple...

oblivious

It very nice, I think it’s around 5%. You should try their celebration stout it weighs in at 10%!

guildofevil

I like Wrastler too, but like Devrozex, I find it so rich that one or two pints is enough. Then I then switch to Oyster stout, which I also like.

I found their Celebration stout even richer, to the point that half the bottle was really enough for me. Don't get me wrong, I love big beers and have been known to drink several bottles of Aventinus or Chimay Blue in a sitting, but the Celebration stout is just so heavy that I can't handle much of it.

An Brainblásta, at 7%, is much stronger than Wrastler but as an ale it's not as rich, so I could drink it all night without difficulty. Well... there is the falling down hazard you have to worry about, but nothing's perfect.

bigears

Wrasslers is a fantastic stout, again it's a little heavy for all night drinking and I would also move to Oyster Stout for a longer session (also a great stout btw)

Hendrixcat

Wrasslers is the real deal. I love the way the Porterhouse didn't compromise on the flavour, instead leaving it a fulsome, big bodied stout that only the smallest fraction of the beer drinking population would try.

guildofevil

Ok. I take back what I said. I went down to the Porterhouse North last night and had six pints of wrasslers. I could have had more but, surprisingly, common sense prevailed.

This is a wonderful beer. It's so roasty that I could have sworn I tasted coffee in it.

bigears

All in the name of research Well done.

Now let's try the same thing with Brain Blasta. I'll start: 'Nice beer, but I couldn't drink it all night'

MC-1

Thought the Wrastler reported to be a favourite of MC was called Clonakilty Wrastler ?

Is this the same as Porterhouse version ?

Really like their Oyster and if your fair game have a look on their menu for wing dings with 3 different servings, the "suicidal" is and experience not to be missed I can tell you lol

guildofevil

They claim they use the original recipe or it may be “based” on the original recipe, not sure. In any event, it is an old style stout, more like what would have been available back then.

Having said that, even if they are using exactly the same recipe, it would not taste the same as the original, because of the way it is served.

The Porterhouse serve this from a keg, using a mixed gas (co2 and nitrogen) tap, like modern Guinness.

Stouts in the early 20th century were served either from a bottle, which would have been pure co2, (thus lacking the creamy head, like modern bottled Guinness) or from a cask, using a hand pump (like modern English real ales, or the Porterhouse's own TSB). This is where the original creamy headed pint came from.

The mixed gas system was Guinness' way of switching to kegged beers without loosing the creamy head, but it does duplicate the flavour profile of a true cask conditioned stout.