What beer are we drinking this week ?

Herb Powell

Lots and lots of cask ales, including St. Austell's Tribute.

Good stuff all round.

Heroditas

Herb Powell wrote: »

Lots and lots of cask ales, including St. Austell's Tribute.

Good stuff all round.

Tribute is fantastic stuff. If you're somewhere that has it on cask, they should also have HSD on draught too - well worth trying.

As for myself, I shall be drinking many different drinks in the RDS tomorrow. Can't wait!!

jsa112

My bad, just says "aged in Irish whiskey barrels", not specifically Jameson, not sure why that popped into my head.

Hootanany

Fullers IPA very tasty, are their better ones out there?

Creamy Goodness

jsa112 wrote: »

My bad, just says "aged in Irish whiskey barrels", not specifically Jameson, not sure why that popped into my head.

Most likely as there is a Franciscan Well stout aged in Jameson barrels out at the moment too.

GLaDOS

Hootanany wrote: »

Fullers IPA very tasty, are their better ones out there?

Fuller's 'Bengal Lancer' is another IPA they produce, which is nicer imo.

drumswan

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Fuller's 'Bengal Lancer' is another IPA they produce, which is nicer imo.

Fullers IPA is an alias for Fullers Bengal Lancer afaik.

ciaran76

Brewdog El dorado a middle of the road beer. Wouldn't buy it again.

Creamy Goodness

ciaran76 wrote: »

Brewdog El dorado a middle of the road beer. Wouldn't buy it again.

is that part of the IPA is dead series? I found 2013's to be quite underwhelming.

ciaran76

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

is that part of the IPA is dead series? I found 2013's to be quite underwhelming.

Yeah exactly.

Son0vagun

Enjoying a few pints of Rua by Bru, it's not bad, quite tasty.

Seaneh

drumswan wrote: »

Fullers IPA is an alias for Fullers Bengal Lancer afaik.

Different beers.

Seaneh

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

Most likely as there is a Franciscan Well stout aged in Jameson barrels out at the moment too.

IDL aren't really all that easy to get barrels from and when they do give them they insist on the name of their products being used in the marketing.

My guess is the O'Hara's came from one of the Cooley products.

KJ

I'm enjoying some Westvleteren xii that I have been ageing for a couple if years.

GY A1

Just had a flying Scotsman bitter , nice
And opening a deuchars ipa

Heikki

ciaran76 wrote: »

Basically every week or 2 I try at new beer/ale that I never had before.

This week my local is stocking a few beers from Marstons brewery.

I am at the moment trying their Old Empire IPA. Very nice indeed.

Anyone else do something similar?

That's cool

Insect Overlord

3 IPAs ordered from and delivered by the Drink Store.

8 Degrees Cyclone and Hurricane were both very enjoyable. I couldn't really tell them apart, to be honest.

Followed them up with Sierra Nevada Hoptimum. I had no idea it was 10.4% abv. until I saw it written on the bottle. Beautiful beer. I'll need to find somewhere to buy it in Limerick. Best of the lot tonight anyway.

ciaran76

Brewdog Goulding. Another non event beer. Wouldn't drink it again.

jsa112

Is that 2 of the 4 IPA is Dead series you've drunk now ciaran ? If so, save yourself some money and don't bother with the other two. What a disappointment they were.

Creamy Goodness

guessing they were bought in the 4-pack so he won't save any money :pac:

i had both the ipa is dead 2012 and 2013 within the same weekend (bought the 2012 and forgot about it until the 2013 came out) and even after its best before the 2012 was miles better in my opinion

Passenger

8 Degrees Howling Gale



Just a hint of fruitiness, malty, light bodied. Tasty.

ciaran76

jsa112 wrote: »

Is that 2 of the 4 IPA is Dead series you've drunk now ciaran ? If so, save yourself some money and don't bother with the other two. What a disappointment they were.

Yeah bought the 4 pack. Not looking forward to trying the last 2.

ciaran76

Bronx Pale ale another middle of the road pale ale. Quite light with a slight bitterness at the end.

BaZmO*

Oskar Blues - Old Chub Scotch Ale. Really nice beer.

Grayditch

Galway Bay Buried At Sea arrived at my local offie. Tasty stuff. The first sip was very bitter, but it's relaxed now and I'm enjoying it.

Ipso

ciaran76 wrote: »

Bronx Pale ale another middle of the road pale ale. Quite light with a slight bitterness at the end.

Yeah, not worth writing home about. I tried Indiga IPA by Lost Coast Brewery from Northern California, better than average.

Seaneh

Ipso wrote: »

Yeah, not worth writing home about. I tried Indiga IPA by Lost Coast Brewery from Northern California, better than average.

Lost Coast make some great beers. Where did you get it?

seanmacc

Ipso wrote: »

Yeah, not worth writing home about. I tried Indiga IPA by Lost Coast Brewery from Northern California, better than average.

Lost Coast do a fantastic beer called "Great White Beer".

When I'm in the states I drink it by the gallon and I'd love to see it here (provided its not prohibitively priced).

In the supermarket inthe states it runs at about $4.50 for a 16 ounce bottle.

Herb Powell

In the Land of the Lagers now, will be for the forseeable future.

Anyone have any particular recommendations for something different, besides the standard pils (which I DO enjoy)? First on my agenda are the Oktoberfest beers and Leipziger Gose (straight from the brewery)

Insect Overlord

Herb Powell wrote: »

In the Land of the Lagers now, will be for the forseeable future.

I mis-read that and started to write about good Cork beers. :pac: