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texas star

Hello there I had a few of these beers last nite called Hoegaarden in a little boozer in dublin inner city last nite. Now I was wondering if anyone know were I can buy them, they were yummy and the glasses are huge,like I have to use two hands to lift it up haha. Thank you in advance

forbairt

In galway ... Tesco / Dunnes have them to the best of my knowledge ... its usually in a bottle you'll find them though ... I'll assume its the same for dublin

c - 13

Most offlicences (and a lot of supermarkets stock this mow) its only available in 330ml bottles that i've seen though. Never seen the glasses themselves on sale but i'm sure if you talked nicely to the bar staff at one of the places that sells on tap they may help you.

guildofevil

Also keep an eye out for Watou's Wit Beer.

It's the same style of beer but comes in 500ml bottles for about the same price as 330ml of Hoegaarden.

I think it's nicer than Hoegaarden. Gammy looking label though.

texas star

Thank you so much for that. I will pop out at lunch and hopefully stock up.:)

BeerNut

Dunnes and Tesco do Hoegaarden in 750ml bottles as well.

I had to go to Belgium to buy my Hoegaarden bucket-glass.

c - 13

750 ? Good stuff.

delboy159

If you come accross some Hoegaarden Grand Cru (gold on the label), give it a go. It's hitting close to 9%, has very thick sediment and has a real deep rich flavour, without the kick you'd expect from a 9% beer...... Don't have too many though.

happy_acid_face

McHughs have Hoegarden, Hoegarden Grand Cru and Watous wit beer. Also have a a few others along the same lines....

We used to have some hoegaarden glasses for sale too. I'll have a look to see if they are still available. We have many belgian trappist and abbey beer glasses at the moment if thats any help! Chimay, Duvvel, Gulden Draak, Kwak, Westmalle, etc...

oblivious

BeerNut wrote:

Dunnes and Tesco do Hoegaarden in 750ml bottles as well.

I had to go to Belgium to buy my Hoegaarden bucket-glass.

Mine fell into by bag one beery night!

kenmc

Had Hoegaarden Das over the weekend, also delicious. More golden colored than regular, not as strong as the Grand Cru or Forbidden Fruit.

guildofevil

Oh, I forgot another nice beer, of a similar style. Tesco Finest French Wheat beer.

750ml Bottle. Don't know the price off hand.

Lovely white beer with lots of coriander and orange peel flavours.

BeerNut

guildofevil wrote:

Oh, I forgot another nice beer, of a similar style. Tesco Finest French Wheat beer.

750ml Bottle. Don't know the price off hand.

Lovely white beer with lots of coriander and orange peel flavours.

It's about €4 usually. Gotta say I hated the stuff: way too dry. Ch'ti as well. I think the French are mad into their super-dry blanches.

oblivious

BeerNut wrote:

It's about €4 usually. Gotta say I hated the stuff: way too dry. Ch'ti as well. I think the French are mad into their super-dry blanches.

Do you mean the Ch'Ti white?

BeerNut

I'm not a fan of any of the Ch'tis, but yeah, that's the one I meant here.

texas star

McHugh where is that? This is off the point but I was wondering does anyone know of a drink called Absenti???I thinks its called that. Just wondering where you can get it. Is it banned or somthing? Thanks people for the help:)

BeerNut

Contact details for McHugh's are here.

Absinthe (if that's what you mean) isn't banned. You can get it in lots of off licences on the spirits shelves. My preferred brand is Mari Mayans which you can buy online here. Just don't buy the Czech stuff: it's Windowlene.

texas star

Hey Beernut yep thats it. Its made in Ibiza and guess whos going there next week. Happy days I can get myself a bottle or 2. Now its time for some of that lovely beer. Thanks again for the help

happy_acid_face

texas star wrote:

McHugh where is that? This is off the point but I was wondering does anyone know of a drink called Absenti???I thinks its called that. Just wondering where you can get it. Is it banned or somthing? Thanks people for the help:)

Absinthe was banned in most of europe in the early 1900's because they used the wormwood plant, along with others, to flavour it. The wormwood plant caused hallucenagenic effects and thus was banned. Now absinthe doesn't use wormwood and has become very popular over the last ten or so years.

You'll find many versions of it in alot of various off licences. They'll range in price from around €30 - over €100. The most common is Pernod.

Frankiestylee

I've often wondered does anywhere still use wormwood...

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happy_acid_face wrote:

They'll range in price from around €30 - over €100. The most common is Pernod.

Pernod is Absinthe? I never knew that at all.

BeerNut

Frankiestylee wrote:

I've often wondered does anywhere still use wormwood...

Most absinthe contains wormwood, just with much less thujone (the active ingredient) than the pre-ban version.

Pernod make an absinthe. Ordinary Pernod is not an absinthe and contains no wormwood.

happy_acid_face

Well thats news to me. I knew that thujone was the active ingredient that caused the effects but i thought the just stopped using wormwood altogether.

Sorry you're right Beernut, the most common brand is Pernod. Although i would think standard Pernod is down the same road as Absinthe being they are both aniseed spirits. If anyone has seen the film "From Hell" Johnny Depp drinks absinthe by pouring it through a sugar cube into a glass. I think Pernod was the drink to start that (Originally Pernod was just absinthe before the ban)

rubadub

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastis

never knew its real name. I find it vile stuff, like I find all absinthe too. If you want some "extra buzz" do yourself a favour and get some nice tasting spirits and smoke the wormwood.

kenmc

happy_acid_face wrote:

If anyone has seen the film "From Hell" Johnny Depp drinks absinthe by pouring it through a sugar cube into a glass. I think Pernod was the drink to start that (Originally Pernod was just absinthe before the ban)

The way I was taught how to do it, in an Absinthe Bar in Barcelona was to have the absinthe in a glass, put a sugar cube on a fork over the glass and squirt water from a bottle onto the sugar cube to make it melt into the absinthe, then stir it together. We all floated out of the place after 1 absinthe.

BeerNut

I've tried all the gimmicky serving suggestions (including the Czech one where you soak the sugar, then light it and stir it in) and nothing beats just ice and water, same as pastis.

microgirl

oblivious wrote:

Mine fell into by bag one beery night!

Mine too. Cheeky little beggars, aren't they?

I guess it felt it was just too funny to pass up, being in the hands of a wee 5'2" lass

rubadub

happy_acid_face wrote:

Now absinthe doesn't use wormwood and has become very popular over the last ten or so years.

Many absinthe brands do contain wormwood still, but low amounts.

(including the Czech one where you soak the sugar, then light it and stir it in)

I never understood why anybody would burn off good alcohol, I have seen people do it with many spirits. In cooking it is to get rid of it so has a purpose. I can only guess in absinthe it was that strong alcohol can extract the active ingredients from the wormwood better, then the drinker may be after only the wormwood effect and doesnt want it clouded by the alcohol haze. That is the only sense I can make from it, but I dont think any commercial absinthe has enough wormwood in it these days to make this worthwhile. If you want a wormwood kick then just buy it and eat or smoke it, it is available in many headshops and is extremely easy to grow.

happy_acid_face

Back closer to the topic, Hoegaarden glasses are available. We're getting some of the 50cl glasses in next week (they were ment to come in Leffe glasses yesterday but never arrived) and hopfully the 33cl will be in after that. They'll most likely be free with bottles of hoegaarden

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You work in McHugh's don't you.

I wonder if you could find out if it is easy to source this beer from New Zealand.

It's called Monteith's Black.

Cheers.