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What beer are we drinking this week ?

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    #7412
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    BeerNut wrote: »
    Too right. Except you have no legal right to know what's in any alcoholic beverage.

    Which is stupid.

    Their should be compulsory labelling of all foodstuffs, people should have the basic right of knowing what they are putting in their bodies.


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    #7413
    Grayditch
    Registered Users Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    I'll be steering clear of any beer I know that have GFCS, HFCS, inverted corn syrup, or whatever new name they can think of to hide that stuff, in it.

    I'm guess pretty naive not to have checked before in my beers, I avoid it in anything I can.


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    #7414
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    Grayditch wrote: »
    I'll be steering clear of any beer I know that have GFCS, HFCS, inverted corn syrup, or whatever new name they can think of to hide that stuff, in it.

    I'm guess pretty naive not to have checked before in my beers, I avoid it in anything I can.


    Yeah, I try not to eat highly processed foods like refined sugars or grains and completely avoid HFCS when I am aware of it, putting **** like that into your body is just daft.


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    #7415
    G rock
    Registered Users Posts: 926 ✭✭✭G rock


    My Local off license has severely limited what used to be (for cavan) quite a good range of beer, so today I placed my first order on drinkstore.

    Thanks to this thread I had a few on the list to try, so looking forward to the delivery.

    Got a couple of hoptimum, and a couple of the oxman. I'm expecting big things!


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    #7416
    drumswan
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    Seaneh wrote: »
    Yeah, I try not to eat highly processed foods like refined sugars or grains and completely avoid HFCS when I am aware of it, putting **** like that into your body is just daft.

    Surely the HFCS is the fermentable and is not actually present in the finished beer no?


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    #7417
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    drumswan wrote: »
    Surely the HFCS is the fermentable and is not actually present in the finished beer no?

    It's not all fermented out, and even if it was, I still don't want to drink a beer that the makers don't even believe in enough to bother to use proper ingredients to make.


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    #7418
    Passenger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,144 ✭✭✭Passenger


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    Galway Bay Brewery Buried At Sea

    Delicious full bodied stout with just the lightest hint of dark chocolate and coffee.


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    #7419
    snowblind
    Registered Users Posts: 972 ✭✭✭snowblind


    Seeing corn in an ingredients list certainly won't leave me a good first impression.

    Thankfully I read the label of Rodenbach Grand Cru only on my second bottle, maybe I would have convinced myself it was less lovely if I had known...


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    #7420
    quinnp
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭quinnp


    Am drinking 'King Goblin' this week.. Gorgeous stuff..!! (a bit pricey though).

    I'm becoming a big fan of Wychwood brewery. Had some of their 'Scarecrow' pale ale as well this week. Very nice too..:)


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    #7421
    Grayditch
    Registered Users Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    Hoptimum. Holy mother of hops. I like this though. There's a few different flavours coming out during different sips, it's unusual. This is really good.


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    #7422
    Grayditch
    Registered Users Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    My second ever Sierra Nevada Porter. Even more delicious than I remembered it.

    Tried the Porterhouse Celebration stout. Still not sure of what I make of it.


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    #7423
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    Two new beers on the way from 8 Degrees, Hurricane and Cyclone. Hoppy affairs by all accounts. Interesting.


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    #7424
    Insect Overlord
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    Any fans of Kwak here? I'm enjoying my first bottle of the stuff quite a lot.
    BaZmO* wrote: »
    Two new beers on the way from 8 Degrees, Hurricane and Cyclone. Hoppy affairs by all accounts. Interesting.

    They've been talking about these a lot on their Facebook page. Northern Hemisphere hops versus Southern. Should be a fun experiment anyway!


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    #7425
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,203 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Insect Overlord wrote: »
    Any fans of Kwak here? I'm enjoying my first bottle of the stuff quite a lot.

    Yep I love the stuff. They have bottles of it inconsistently in ATG. Usually get one when I see it.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #7426
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    Insect Overlord wrote: »
    They've been talking about these a lot on their Facebook page. Northern Hemisphere hops versus Southern. Should be a fun experiment anyway!
    A la Sierra Nevada so. Hopefully it's as nice.


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    #7427
    drumswan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,592 ✭✭✭drumswan


    Grayditch wrote: »
    My second ever Sierra Nevada Porter. Even more delicious than I remembered it.
    You pick this up in Dublin perchance?

    About to crack a 750ml bottle of Brooklyn Sorachi Ace.


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    #7428
    Grayditch
    Registered Users Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    drumswan wrote: »
    You pick this up in Dublin perchance?

    Yeah, in Drinkstore. The only place know that does it.


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    #7429
    Ravelleman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 3,635 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ravelleman


    Grayditch wrote: »
    Yeah, in Drinkstore. The only place know that does it.

    I've bought it in Redmonds.


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    #7430
    Ravelleman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 3,635 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ravelleman


    Also, Devenneys DO, in fact, now have Hoptimum. I think I was misunderstood when I asked last week.


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    #7431
    Grayditch
    Registered Users Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    Ravelleman wrote: »
    I've bought it in Redmonds.

    Cool, I'll keep remember that. Dya know if they had the Stout? It's nothing amazing, I'd just like to have another for the memories.


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    #7432
    drumswan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,592 ✭✭✭drumswan


    Ravelleman wrote: »
    I've bought it in Redmonds.

    Ive never seen it in Redmonds, have been on the lookout too. You just cant beat Drinkstores selection.

    The Brooklyn Sorachi Ace is awesome. Must drink more Belgian style beer.


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    #7433
    Ravelleman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 3,635 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ravelleman


    Grayditch wrote: »
    Cool, I'll keep remember that. Dya know if they had the Stout? It's nothing amazing, I'd just like to have another for the memories.

    I was in there today but just got my Hoptimum so I wasn't looking for long.
    drumswan wrote: »
    Ive never seen it in Redmonds, have been on the lookout too. You just cant beat Drinkstores selection.

    I got it there in May or early June if I remember correctly.


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    #7434
    Grayditch
    Registered Users Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    I need to get another Hoptimum. It leaves a taste in your mouth that you never want to go away.


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    #7435
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,780 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Whitewater's Hopplehammer on cask in Bierhaus and Abbot's, Cork.
    And at a recession busting €4 pint/€2 half.
    For a 6% beer, that's cheap drinking.
    I never tried this beer in bottle as I never heard anything good about them but it is lovely on cask - not exactly a hop bomb by any means but a lovely cask offering.


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    #7436
    Grayditch
    Registered Users Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    Left Hand's Fade To Black. Reminds me a bit of Emelisse Black IPA.

    Harviestoun Ola Dubh (Not sure if it's a porter or stout) is a little disappointing. Very syrupy which would be ok, but the whiskey doesn't come through strong enough for me. It has some nice roasted flavours beyond that, but a little let down.


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    #7437
    Heroditas
    Registered Users Posts: 9,442 ✭✭✭Heroditas


    Pint of St Austell Tribute with lunch
    St Austell HSD later on during a pit stop.
    Now supping on a Wooden Hand Brewery Cornish Buccaneer.


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    #7438
    Grayditch
    Registered Users Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast. That's some bitter coffee flavour, but one of the more impressive Mikkeller's overall.


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    #7439
    Ruben Remus
    Registered Users Posts: 430 ✭✭Ruben Remus


    Hi folks. I'm visiting New York soon, but will spend most of my time upstate rather than in the city. Are there any beers in particular that I should try to seek out?


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    #7440
    drumswan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,592 ✭✭✭drumswan


    Ruben Remus wrote: »
    Hi folks. I'm visiting New York soon, but will spend most of my time upstate rather than in the city. Are there any beers in particular that I should try to seek out?
    If you can get your hands on some Southern Tier theres enough there to keep you going a year.

    Ratebeers search function lets you search by US state and order by rating:

    http://www.ratebeer.com/search.php


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    #7441
    quinnp
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭quinnp


    Picked up some Fullers 'ESB' & '1845' yesterday after I discovered them in my local off license.

    The 1845 looks interesting at 6.3% abv..

    Going to have 'em with a good cigar later this evening..:)


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