What beer are we drinking this week ?

cormacjones

DarrenG wrote: »

Can't get enough of stout/porter at the moment. This evening I have been mostly drinking...

Youngs Double Chocolate Stout
Belfast Black
Fullers London Porter - my favourite of the evening

Not a big fan of the Belfast. I like the Youngs though. Haven't tried the Fullers, heard it's good.

Berty

Last of my Shepherd Neame Indian Pale Ale.

Nectar of the gods and even the sun shines from it. LOL



Have 2 Erdinger Snowbeers as well. It's strange how you forget what it tastes like from year to year. I said the same about Erdinger Oktoberfest though.

Zebra3

cormacjones wrote: »

Not a big fan of the Belfast. I like the Youngs though. Haven't tried the Fullers, heard it's good.

Fuller's London Porter is the cat's pyjamas. :pac:

BaZmO*

Was in WJ Kavanaghs tonight and tried their new range of Rogue beers.

Tried the 3 that they had on draught. Brutal IPA (American IPA 5.80%), Hazelnut Brown (American Brown Ale 6.20%) & Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout (Oatmeal Stout 6.10%)

All amazing beers. Don't think I've ever had 3 new beers in a row that all tasted so great. The Hazlenut was the best of the 3

ASJ112

How much were you paying for those Bazmo ? Rogue's Yellow Snow IPA was very nice on draught when I had it in London.

BaZmO*

I think they were no more than €5.50 each. Smaller Rogue glass though, think it's 400ml? Or there or thereabouts.

They had quite a few others in bottles. I think the dearest one was something like €30 for 750ml. Definitely a sharing beer between a few. Considering how good the 3 I tried were I'd definitely be tempted to try them though.

They had the Rogue's Yellow Snow IPA in bottles. Can't remember how much though.

ASJ112

Not bad, I have a friend who lives near WJK so will have to pay him a visit tomorrow and get him out for a few !

Have drunk the following since Friday

Epic Zythos - pretty good
Epic Armageddon - ditto
Tutara IPA - average, tasted like a mix of an IPA and blonde ale

The Epics were around 8.50 per 500ml. Zythos would be the only one I'd get again from a cost perspective.

blueshed

cormacjones wrote: »

Not a big fan of the Belfast. I like the Youngs though. Haven't tried the Fullers, heard it's good.

what part of this wonderfull island you living, check out your local Tesco as they have a decent range of stouts atm.

you could also ask your local off licence to get some beers in for you, i asked the good people in the wine well Dunboyne to try a few new beers and they got the Dungarvans and Howling gales in plus a few others.

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O'Hara's are making a golden ale for the Bull & Castle - it's a decent enough session ale, at 3.8% and 3.95 a pint, it's good value.

Compares well to other Golden Ales, like Ór.

Good to see a craft beer coming in at the lower end of the ABV scale too

BaZmO*

_blank_ wrote: »

O'Hara's are making a golden ale for the Bull & Castle - it's a decent enough session ale, at 3.8% and 3.95 a pint, it's good value.

Compares well to other Golden Ales, like Ór.

Good to see a craft beer coming in at the lower end of the ABV scale too

They've been doing it for quite a while. Nice beer

Heroditas

Tonight I'm supping a White Gypsy bottle of American Pale Ale.
Hadn't had it since the Craft Beer festival and it's my first time drinking it from a bottle. Not sure if it's worth the €7.99 for the 750ml bottle, particularly when I think I've been spoilt too much by the likes of Nogne recently.

Son0vagun

Just had my first Flying Dog beer. I found Doggie Style to be delicious. Very impressed. I wanna try more of their beers now.

Followed it with Brew Dogs 5AM Saint, it's a very fine beer!

BaZmO*

Seaneh wrote: »

Black Ops is a fantastic beer to be honest. not an every day beery but a beautiful example of what an imperial stout can be!

Wasn't expecting it to be an every day. I knew it'd be a sipper. It just seemed a little bit thin. Although when I had the second half of the bottle the next day there seemed to be a good bit of sediment that gave it a lot more body and a lot more balance too. Much nicer than my first impression.

SomeDose

Recently had a not-so-swift half of Magic Rock Big Top India red ale - an absolute hop monster. The subsequent sticky lips and 8% strength suggest a fair whack of malt in there somewhere but to be honest all I got was massive hop bitterness. Could do with being toned down just a tad.

Son0vagun wrote: »

Just had my first Flying Dog beer. I found Doggie Style to be delicious. Very impressed. I wanna try more of their beers now.

Flying Dog do some good stuff...Raging Bitch Belgian IPA is a fantastic beer, the spicey pepperiness from the belgian yeast really works well with the punchy hop profile. It's also disastrously drinkable at around 8%. Old Scratch is a nice amber ale. And if you like rich porters & stout, then you'll not be disappointed with their Kujo imperial coffee stout or Gonzo imperial porter.

Heroditas

Son0vagun wrote: »

Just had my first Flying Dog beer. I found Doggie Style to be delicious. Very impressed. I wanna try more of their beers now.

Followed it with Brew Dogs 5AM Saint, it's a very fine beer!

5am Saint is very nice. Much prefer their Hardcore IPA though.

beglee

Just discovered that Magic Hat #9 is now on drinkstore.ie for €2 a bottle.
But if you buy a case of 24 bottles, its only €1.80 a bottle

€5 delivery in Dublin, so a total of €48.20 for 24

That's a great price for an import like MH#9, and I love it, so think that'll be me sorted for this weekend

Sarky

I have a lovely bottle of Franziskaner waiting for me when I get home. I can almost taste it now...

BaZmO*

Sarky wrote: »

I have a lovely bottle of Franziskaner waiting for me when I get home. I can almost taste it now...

Apparently it's brewed by Diageo

irish_goat

BaZmO* wrote: »

Apparently it's brewed by Diageo

Close enough, it's an Anheuser-Busch brand.

BaZmO*

irish_goat wrote: »

Close enough, it's an Anheuser-Busch brand.

Ha. I was joking but it just goes to show ya.

Martyn1989

Got the Philips Brewing Hop Box 12 pack, containing Krypton Rye-PA, Hop Circle IPA, Grow Hop Series: Chinook and their Cascadian Brown Ale. Its a great selection of hoppy brews, my favourite being the Brown Ale which is smooth, malty, chocolate with a big kick of cascade for a great beer. Picked up a 'bomber' of Philips Chocolate Porter for soon.

Seaneh

Picked up 5 bottles of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale in O'Brien's (5 for €10) and just finished my second bottle, about to pour the 3rd and final bottle for tonight.

It really is a near perfect example of an American Pale Ale. Very hard to fault it at all.

Wish I didn't have to be up in the morning so I could have a few more!

Krusty_Clown

Popped into ATG last night, and had the Mad Goose pale ale on cask. Very nice (some similarities to Galway Hooker). Also had a glass of the Left Hand Brewing Milk Stout, which was very smooth, but I think I prefer the roughness and flavour explosion of O'Haras Stout/Leann Folláin (and you get twice as much for the price too!).

Knifey Spoony

It actually ridiculous how much I'm looking forward to tasting this stout. Should be out sometime next week.

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Oh jaysis, would love a sample of that.

irish_goat

Knifey Spoony wrote: »

It actually ridiculous how much I'm looking forward to tasting this stout. Should be out sometime next week.

There is a free cask of this being made available to Beoir members on the 7th of December.

Sign up today. www.beoir.org

Knifey Spoony

irish_goat wrote: »

There is a free cask of this being made available to Beoir members on the 7th of December.

Sign up today. www.beoir.org

I couldn't wait that long, free or not, to taste it. Straight into Bradly's on the day of release and pick up a few bottles, some for now, some for Christmas.

Seaneh

irish_goat wrote: »

There is a free cask of this being made available to Beoir members on the 7th of December.

Sign up today. www.beoir.org

In the brewpub?

BeerNut

Seaneh wrote: »

In the brewpub?

In the brewpub. From 8.

Seaneh

BeerNut wrote: »

In the brewpub. From 8.

I have a little under a month to think of a reason to visit a friend in cork so