What beer are we drinking this week ?

Sharkey 10

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Old Speckled Hen.
Hobgoblin.

Both nice.^ I tried the hobgoblin & london pride this weekend & thought both were really nice. Hobgoblin is a superb colour of dark ruby red. Tastey stuff. Its available in Dunnes at the moment.

Are they reasonably priced ? I got the fullers at 2 euro which is good for such a tasty drink

fonecrusher1

Sharkey 10 wrote: »

Are they reasonably priced ? I got the fullers at 2 euro which is good for such a tasty drink

I think they're both 1.99. The Hobgoblin is really nice. I'll be getting a few more next weekend.

Sephiroth_dude

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

I think they're both 1.99. The Hobgoblin is really nice. I'll be getting a few more next weekend.

Is hobgoblin an ale or a beer?

fonecrusher1

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is hobgoblin an ale or a beer?

I think its an ale. Its a really dark red colour with a lovely creamy foam. Im new enough to ales but i like that stuff.

BeerNut

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is hobgoblin an ale or a beer?

Ale is a type of beer.

fonecrusher1

BeerNut wrote: »

Ale is a type of beer.

Yeah i was just thinking isn't beer the umbrella term for everything? Ales, pilsners, wheat beers, lagers...tiz all beer.:pac:

What about cider? Obviously thats not beer yeah? Whats the definition of beer?

BeerNut

If it's based on malt, it's beer (unless it's been distilled). Beer and Ale used to mean different things -- ale was in the no-hop Northern European style while beer came from the continent and was hopped. The umbrella term was "malt liquor", but now it's beer.

Sephiroth_dude

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Yeah i was just thinking isn't beer the umbrella term for everything? Ales, pilsners, wheat beers, lagers...tiz all beer.:pac:

What about cider? Obviously thats not beer yeah? Whats the definition of beer?

oh......thought ale and beer were different

fonecrusher1

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

oh......thought ale and beer were different

Same here.:D

What confuses me is, what the hell is bitter? & whats the difference between bitter & ale??

the beer revolu

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Same here.:D

What confuses me is, what the hell is bitter? & whats the difference between bitter & ale??

Bitter is a type of ale.

Here is a pretty simple explanation.

BaZmO*

Was in Dusseldorf over the weekend so had some lovely Alt beers. One in particular was one of the nicest beers I've ever had.

fonecrusher1

the beer revolu wrote: »

Bitter is a type of ale.

Here is a pretty simple explanation.

Looks like a decent website.

matrim

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Old Speckled Hen.
Hobgoblin.

Both nice.^ I tried the hobgoblin & london pride this weekend & thought both were really nice. Hobgoblin is a superb colour of dark ruby red. Tastey stuff. Its available in Dunnes at the moment.

A couple of others are O'Hara's Irish Red and Black Sheep Ale

From the 5 I'd probably rate them as
O'Hara's Red
Old Speckled Hen
Hobgoblin
Fullers London Pride
Black Sheep Ale

fonecrusher1

matrim wrote: »

A couple of others are O'Hara's Irish Red and Black Sheep Ale

From the 5 I'd probably rate them as
O'Hara's Red
Old Speckled Hen
Hobgoblin
Fullers London Pride
Black Sheep Ale

Haven't tried O'hara's or Black Sheep. Hearing a lot of good things about o'hara's though. Is it something i would get in supermarkets or would i have to go to my local specialist offie?

Sharkey 10

BeerNut wrote: »

If it's based on malt, it's beer (unless it's been distilled). Beer and Ale used to mean different things -- ale was in the no-hop Northern European style while beer came from the continent and was hopped. The umbrella term was "malt liquor", but now it's beer.

What beers dont have hops ? Excuse my ignorance but i thought all modern beer had hops included . I know that they used to brew beer without hops but i thought they all had hops included know.

BeerNut

Sharkey 10 wrote: »

What beers dont have hops ? Excuse my ignorance but i thought all modern beer had hops included . I know that they used to brew beer without hops but i thought they all had hops included know.

Yes, that's why it changed. Ale brewers gradually added hops to their brews, first in tiny amounts, then more and more, despite regular laws trying to maintain the distinction between ale and beer. Eventually ale contained so much hops it was no longer something different from beer and the language usage changed so all beers made in the warm-fermenting English tradition were designated "beer". Though even today, English breweries never refer to stout or porter as ale -- even though they're made by the exact same process and ingredients as ale, they have always been hopped.

And, just to complicate things, there are lots of unhopped beers around. The likes of Fraoch and Alba by Williams Brothers are unhopped, for instance.

Ledger

perlenbacher is my new beer this week.


lager from lidl lovely stuff.

even better price, E6.99 for 6 500ml bottles, 4.9% few of them and your floating

Sarky

Kept it simple with Innis&Gunn tonight. God, that stuff's tasty.

builttospill

Had a bottle of Theakston Old Peculiar over the weekend. I was up in my folks' house and my father had a bottle of it in the cupboard. Seeing as I had never seen it in offys here and I had never heard of it I assumed it would be an average English ale (he bought it in Sainsburys). Pleasantly surprised I was. Very strong, bitter and malty with hints of nut and raisin. A little like Bishops Finger. I would drink it again for sure.

BeerNut

Lovely beer -- I just did a stock-up in Sainsbury's a few weeks back. The Museum Tavern opposite the British Museum in London often has it on cask and it's fantastic.

oblivious

BeerNut wrote: »

The Museum Tavern opposite the British Museum in London often has it on cask and it's fantastic.

One beer i find really improved in cask from

DBCyc

I had a Fullers ESB with a chilli dinner last night - wonderful combination

Krusty_Clown

Enjoyed the following beers over the weekend:
Sierra Nevada
Harpoon IPA
Peak Organic IPA
Goose Island IPA
Brooklyn Larger

Yum.

Peadar_85

Warsteiner is my latest venture. Well worth a try.

Sephiroth_dude

Got 3 bottles of Staropramen for the manchester derby tonight

boardsy

DBCyc wrote: »

I had a Fullers ESB with a chilli dinner last night - wonderful combination

Same here - shared an ESB and a Young's Special London Ale with Mrs Boardsy over an improvised Kung Pao chicken dish; lots of chilli and szechuan pepper, plus shredded savoy cabbage for added health & safety (went beautifully with it too)!

Love bitter ales with spicy Indian & Chinese!

Technocentral

Got a few bottles of Marstons Pedigree and Williams 80 Shilling, both new to me.

Sharkey 10

Had a bottle of gone off blue moon for the first time. Ive heard that it dosent really affect the taste of beer if its gone off. I hope it dosent because compared to other wheat beers ive had i thought it was very bad. It was flavourful but just seemed to be dull at the same time , if that makes sense.
Can someone tell me if the taste would have changed It was only off by a month

BeerNut

Sharkey 10 wrote: »

Can someone tell me if the taste would have changed It was only off by a month

It would depend on what sort of conditions the bottle had been kept in. But on balance I'd say that's just how Blue Moon tastes.

Saruman

BeerNut wrote: »

But on balance I'd say that's just how Blue Moon tastes.

What TBN said

It is brewed by Coors of course and yes Blue Moon is just not a good beer.

It is however an excellent beer for starting your craft beer pilgrimage. It was among the first "not the usual" beers I had years ago in the US. Actually to my mind it tasted better back then, however I found a similar beer brewed by Bells (not available in Ireland) called Oberon and that was a real craft brewery and a far superior beer and thus began my journey in to Craft beer. I think that was 2004/2005.