What beer are we drinking this week ?

Ravelleman

I have two bottles of Pliny the Elder to drink over the next week or two. I went to the Russian River brew pub in Santa Rosa and it was magical. Their Imperial Porter was quite excellent, as were the sours I tried.

BaZmO*

Ravelleman wrote: »

I have two bottles of Pliny the Elder to drink over the next week or two. I went to the Russian River brew pub in Santa Rosa and it was magical. Their Imperial Porter was quite excellent, as were the sours I tried.

Can we have an automatic ban on people that say they have just tried or are about to try a Russian River beer?

drumswan

Ive rated the Blind Pig, Damnation and Pliny The Elder. It was before xmas though, so no ban for me.

oblivious

Ravelleman wrote: »

I have two bottles of Pliny the Elder to drink over the next week or two. .

Drink it young,

Seaneh

Ravelleman wrote: »

I have two bottles of Pliny the Elder to drink over the next week or two. I went to the Russian River brew pub in Santa Rosa and it was magical. Their Imperial Porter was quite excellent, as were the sours I tried.

Their consecration sour is meant to be amazing.

Grayditch

Every time I read 'Pliny The Elder' it makes me happy for one second, in that memory and then very sad for more than that because I don't have one.

drumswan

Drinking a Torpedo from a can. Might be my imagination by it seems really fresh and bright

Ipso

Last night I had Mirror Pond Ale by Deschutes brewery from Oregon in an Irish bar in San Francisco, nice stuff. Last week I had Racer 5 IPA, very nice drink and the only reason I tried it was because the place I was in hadn't a great selection. For some reason I always avoided it in the past.
I also found a place that sells Pliny but at $6.50 a bottle.

Ravelleman

Seaneh wrote: »

Their consecration sour is meant to be amazing.

'Tis, aye. About $14 for a bottle though! A glass is closer to $6.

I went to the brew pub on a Sunday - all day happy hour with Pliny at $3.75 a pint.

My pal got Blind Pig, which was also nice.

Went back at 11.30ish on the Monday morning and it was packed... Then we went off to Napa for wine tasting.

Ravelleman

oblivious wrote: »

Drink it young,

So the bottle says. Repeatedly!

sarkozy

drumswan wrote: »

Drinking a Torpedo from a can. Might be my imagination by it seems really fresh and bright

You're right. One of the guys in Redmonds in Ranelagh was explaining that the can has a new kind of lining which prevents 'can taste' from leeching into the beer. Anyway, I got a couple of cans to have by the canal (no bottle opener) and he was absolutely right.

World: more of these cans, please.

sarkozy

Oh, and I'm mostly drinking Kinnegar from Donegal these days.

Ravelleman

sarkozy wrote: »

You're right. One of the guys in Redmonds in Ranelagh was explaining that the can has a new kind of lining which prevents 'can taste' from leeching into the beer. Anyway, I got a couple of cans to have by the canal (no bottle opener) and he was absolutely right.

World: more of these cans, please.

I'm not sure I believe the whole 'can taste' thing.

ciaran76

Negra Modelo Had a bottle of this last year in Atlanta and liked it with Mexican food.
Had a bottle again and went well with Mexican food.

Moved on to Sierra Nevada to finish the meal. It was in tap so not often you get SN on tap so had to have it.

Losty Dublin

sarkozy wrote: »

Oh, and I'm mostly drinking Kinnegar from Donegal these days.

In that case you should pop into the Black Sheep tonight; they are down there with samples and pints and stuff.

irish_goat

Losty Dublin wrote: »

In that case you should pop into the Black Sheep tonight; they are down there with samples and pints and stuff.

That'll be good craic, your man Rick is a sound guy.

Losty Dublin

irish_goat wrote: »

That'll be good craic, your man Rick is a sound guy.

I had a great chin wag with herself at the RDS; they are fierce proud of their beers and rightly so Tonight will be excellent.

Seaneh

What time is this happening in The Black Sheep?

irish_goat

7pm.

Seaneh

Interesting...

Ipso

seanmacc wrote: »

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.

Got some yesterday (6 pack for $12), very nice beer. I will definitely get it again.

hynesie08

Lads, Sierra Nevada hoptimum on draught, it should actually be illegal to make beer this good.

Ravelleman

hynesie08 wrote: »

Lads, Sierra Nevada hoptimum on draught, it should actually be illegal to make beer this good.

I didn't think much of it, really. It had a resin-like quality to it and didn't really seem that bitter at all.

G rock

The aldi "o'shea's" pale ale. And a white water hoppelhammer.

I def prefer the aldi. Half the price too! (for what I paid for the hoppelhammer)

jsa112

Had 8 Degrees Amber Ella, quite a good beer, hopefully it becomes part of their core range.

A_Fitz

Had SN 'Torpedo' for the first time on Wed - definitely will be back for many more. Also had two lovely pints of 5AM Saint in The Raven in Cork........obviously enough, I suppose, but it's so much better than the bottled version......lovely stuff altogether.

A_Fitz

BaZmO* wrote: »

By whom? Apart from the BrewDog site (which is always gonna be full of fan boys) I've only ever heard bad reviews of it.

By mates of mine who were raving about it.

drumswan

Ravelleman wrote: »

I didn't think much of it, really. It had a resin-like quality to it and didn't really seem that bitter at all.

Its 100 IBU...?!

BaZmO*

drumswan wrote: »

Its 100 IBU...?!

'tis. I thought it was more than bitter enough, but nicely balanced.

Had an amazing beer last night. TO ØL - Black Maria Black IPA. Smelled amazing, and tasted just as good. Another one of those beers that reminds you why you drink craft beer. Only criticism is that I felt it could've been a little sweeter, or moreso, it could've done with having a bigger mouthfeel that you tend to get when a beer has a bit more sweetness to it. Still a cracking beer though.

KJ

I'm currently in California. I stocked up on local beer. I've got Mammoth Yosemite Pale Ale, Mammoth Ahwahnee Ale, Buffalo Bills Pumpkin Ale, Sierra Nevada Chico and a couple if ithers that I can't remember off the top of my head.