What beer are we drinking this week ?

matrim

I decided to follow the 8 degrees up with a Full Sail. The full sail is maltier and actually seems a fuller bodied beer but is a lot less hoppy.

There is a difference between them though and the Hurricane in particular is a much better beer.

ciaran76

Jack Hammer from BrewDog it's bitter bitter bitter.

Lovely grapefruit aftertaste that leaves the mouth feeling dry.
Not for everyone and not a session beer as its 7.3%.
You know you were drinking a brewdog all the same.

Moved on to Sierra Nevada Hoptimum which smelled lovely and piney when pouring.

Another hop bomb which I was shocked about as didn't expect it too be so strong.
For a 10%+ beer you couldn't taste the alcohol. I really liked it and my pregnant OH said it smelled great also.

She had a sip and demanded I get 2/3 bottles for storage for after the baby is born.

Lovely Bloke

ciaran76 wrote: »

Jack Hammer from BrewDog it's bitter bitter bitter.

Lovely grapefruit aftertaste that leaves the mouth feeling dry.
Not for everyone and not a session beer as its 7.3%.
You know you were drinking a brewdog all the same.

Moved on to Sierra Nevada Hoptimum which smelled lovely and piney when pouring.

Another hop bomb which I was shocked about as didn't expect it too be so strong.
For a 10%+ beer you couldn't taste the alcohol. I really liked it and my pregnant OH said it smelled great also.

She had a sip and demanded I get 2/3 bottles for storage for after the baby is born.

sounds like a keeper

congrats on the little one

ciaran76

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

sounds like a keeper

congrats on the little one

Thanks.

Stroke Politics

This week I am mostly drinking Full Sail dry hopped IPA. Got it tonight in Trim, discovered Leonard's last week by accident, like visiting Santa's Kingdom for the first time! Had the draught version in Salthill this summer and really liked it. Bottle seems to have a stronger hoppy taste, reminiscent of American PA's like Goose Island....

Herb Powell

Watou Wit. Nyom.

robot6

Having a pint of 8 Wired - Hopwired in a bar in Wellington. Going down nicely.

drumswan

robot6 wrote: »

Having a pint of 8 Wired - Hopwired in a bar in Wellington. Going down nicely.

Lucky you. Hashigo Zake is possibly my favorite bar in the world

Andre Salmon

I saw very large bottles of Franciscan well stout aged in Jameson barrels in lilac wines yesterday. Might pick one up today, sounds interesting

Insect Overlord

Andre Salmon wrote: »

I saw very large bottles of Franciscan well stout aged in Jameson barrels in lilac wines yesterday. Might pick one up today, sounds interesting

I ordered one of those on-line last night, along with a few other beers I've been trying to find for a while! Looking forward to a delivery during the week now.

Andre Salmon

Andre Salmon wrote: »

I saw very large bottles of Franciscan well stout aged in Jameson barrels in lilac wines yesterday. Might pick one up today, sounds interesting

I picked one up for €10, they are litre bottles. 2,000 bottles in total. Label says to consume by may 2014. Maybe I should have got 2

A_Fitz

ciaran76 wrote: »

Jack Hammer from BrewDog it's bitter bitter bitter.

Lovely grapefruit aftertaste that leaves the mouth feeling dry.
Not for everyone and not a session beer as its 7.3%.
You know you were drinking a brewdog all the same.

Had a bottle of it last night - didn't hate it or anything but I reckon there much better, more flavoursome beers out there at the moment, and many at a lower price than Jackhammer.


Looking forward to sampling a Hoptimum later on

adamski8

Andre Salmon wrote: »

I picked one up for €10, they are litre bottles. 2,000 bottles in total. Label says to consume by may 2014. Maybe I should have got 2

Only 10? I paid 15

Colonel Sanders

Andre Salmon wrote: »

I picked one up for €10, they are litre bottles. 2,000 bottles in total. Label says to consume by may 2014. Maybe I should have got 2

Thought it was 12.99 in Lilac (although I got a discount last night in there off the sticker price of my beers)?

It was €15 in Sweeney's Glasnevin

Caonima

Going the cheap route tonight with some 500ml cans of Suntory

Grayditch

In Manchester drinking some local ales from Hawkshead Brewery. The golden ale is lovely.

Herb Powell

Hurricane IPA is lovely stuff, wasn't sure at the start, but it's a solid IPA alright. Would drink again.

ciaran76

Rogue american amber ale it's very malty and I get a metal taste.

Not great in my opinion.

baron von something

all i have is cans of cobra..bleugh

Colonel Sanders

Went into lilac wines as with 20% off it'd be rude not to

Having Odell's Cuthroat Porter, quite a nice drink. Stocked up on Dark Arts at the price but that will wait for another night. Also got the Fran Well Jameson aged stout but again not for tonight

The Drunken Destrier

An old favourite, Knockmealdown Porter. So nice...

MonkstownHoop

Picked up the last 3 Proper Job & last 3 Fullers IPA in tesco dun laoghaire today

Andre Salmon

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Thought it was 12.99 in Lilac (although I got a discount last night in there off the sticker price of my beers)?

It was €15 in Sweeney's Glasnevin

I bought a lot of beer and wine so got a great discount on everything.thought it was priced at €12.50,anyway sweeneys are taking lilac over today so guess it will be €15 now.

Colonel Sanders

Andre Salmon wrote: »

I bought a lot of beer and wine so got a great discount on everything.thought it was priced at €12.50,anyway sweeneys are taking lilac over today so guess it will be €15 now.

Did not know that. At least I'll still have a decent off licence within walking distance

IT-Guy

Was in BDSM bar on Fri night, had my first pints of Metalman and Trouble Brewing's Sabotage. Both lovely though I preferred the Metalman, would be my go-to beer if it were in more bars. Still yet to try the Hurricane and Cyclone I bought last week, they're both still sitting in the bottom of the fridge lovely and cool for consumption later tonight

G rock

Anchor steam beer. Was ok, nothing too interesting.

Dark arts porter as recommended above. Delicious.

Stocked up on quite a lot in the crushed grape, derrylin, fermanagh, on the way home from a wedding!

Scortho

G rock wrote: »

Anchor steam beer. Was ok, nothing too interesting.

Dark arts porter as recommended above. Delicious.

Stocked up on quite a lot in the crushed grape, derrylin, fermanagh, on the way home from a wedding!

The anchor beer to go for is anchor porter.

Herb Powell

Tyskie-honestly a very decent cheap lager, good bang for your buck at 5.6% as well.

robot6

drumswan wrote: »

Lucky you. Hashigo Zake is possibly my favorite bar in the world

Yeh it is a real good bar. I was in Little Beer Quarter though the other night, another excellent bar if you don't know it.

snowblind

Full Sail - almost poured it down the drain. Tastes like water with hop essence poured in from a bottle. Ouch.
Buried at Sea - very sweet and the chocolate/milk taste is predominant, not enough beer taste going for me there.

Hurricane and Cyclone were positive numbers for me. Preferred Hurricane, Cyclone had some strange (but not wholly in a bad way either, just uncanny or something) aftertaste going on.