What beer are we drinking this week ?

Technocentral

I second that, 1845 is fantastic!

Jagera

Mo14 wrote: »

Where abouts did your Mrs pick up the glass, if you don't mind me asking?

Someone was selling them second hand.

I do see them on ebay.co.uk aswell. Not sure if you'd want to risk the postage overseas, breakages and all that.

ciaran76

Clanconnel - Weaver's Gold, Blonde Irish Ale.

Not a bad blonde beer at all. A slight citrus taste at the beginning but easy to drink. I was snacking on some spicy food at the time so was a great compliment to the spice.

FruitLover

BeerNut wrote: »

Nope. What Scien is probably talking about is the beer called "Kirin Ichiban", brewed under licence by Wells & Young in Bedfordshire.

Sorry. Pet peeve of mine.

That is Kirin Ichiban Shibori. Did you even read the article you linked to?

Ichiban Shibori brewing process ensures that only the first press of the finest ingredients is used

tommyboyle

Are you lads able to find Yards brewing Co. They make an assortment of awesome ales. They have kenzinger, American Pale Ale. Brawlers Ale, George Washington Lager. They specialiize in the beer drank by our fore fathers. Like Franklin, Adams. Payne. Its awesome and strong. Quick question do you guys drink warmish beer? Over here ice cold id the way to go

Sharkey 10

tommyboyle wrote: »

Are you lads able to find Yards brewing Co. They make an assortment of awesome ales. They have kenzinger, American Pale Ale. Brawlers Ale, George Washington Lager. They specialiize in the beer drank by our fore fathers. Like Franklin, Adams. Payne. Its awesome and strong. Quick question do you guys drink warmish beer? Over here ice cold id the way to go

I haven't personally come across yards but sounds interesting , Ive always wondered whether the beer people drank back then is much different to todays beers. Besides Jefferson, Paine and Madison are heroes of mine
Beer here i generally served quite cold but in england alot of there ales are served warmer afaik .

Edit: im having a pint of kilkenny right now , i had forgoten how much i liked it. You should try and get your hands on some in philly

Technocentral

tommyboyle wrote: »

Are you lads able to find Yards brewing Co. They make an assortment of awesome ales. They have kenzinger, American Pale Ale. Brawlers Ale, George Washington Lager. They specialiize in the beer drank by our fore fathers. Like Franklin, Adams. Payne. Its awesome and strong. Quick question do you guys drink warmish beer? Over here ice cold id the way to go

Ales are supposed to be drunk anywhere from lightly chilled up to room temperature depending on alcohol content, the ice cold thing is promoted to disguise the non existent taste of rubbish beers like Budweiser and Coors lite, I haven't tasted any of the ones you mentioned and will look out for them but we get a load of great American beers over here in bottles, my favorites are Brooklyn IPA, Sierra Nevada range and Punk IPA's, in the last while a few Dublin pubs are even selling Sierra Nevada on draft which is great.

BaZmO*

Was up north over the weekend so picked up a load of English Ales, and a lot of Clotworthy Dobbin too!!

Having a Badger Golden Glory Badger at the moment. Lovely fruity Ale, with strong notes of peach. Although I find that the fruitiness is not backed up with enough sweetness which makes it feel like it's lacking something. It would make a nice beer for a hot summers day mind.

UrbanSea

I've been on the Beamish lately,love it.

UrbanSea

Sharkey 10 wrote: »

so i tried hobgoblin and innis and gun original tonight

Really liked the hobgoblin as i thought i would but really disliked the innis and gunn . I think its just personal taste that i dont like some sweet beers infact i found the i&g kind of sickly.

I like london pride also , Could someone recommend me some beers along the lines of hobgoblin or london pride?
I like stouts also

Edit : i tried the paulaner oktoberfest also , it was quite poor imo . That is the oktoberfest edition ive tried that has been poor , so im wondering if that is a general trend?

I had the Innus and Gunn a few months ago in Glasgow. Must say I found it quite sickening,rather vanilla like.

SomeDose

Technocentral wrote: »

I second that, 1845 is fantastic!

Another vote here for Fuller's 1845, had a bottle at the weekend. Fairly similar to their ESB, which I also really like, but with just a bit something extra.

I was in a Fuller's pub a few weeks ago and they had some bottles of the Vintage Ale (didn't see what year it was)...kicking myself now that I didn't try it. Has anyone on here had it?

Sephiroth_dude

Saw estrella damm beer in super value today,4 for 6 euro,is it a nice beer?

Molloys Clondalkin

Some serious product reasearch is about to start in a few Ive the day off tomorrow so I got
Leffe (love this pity It only 330ml bottles) Okocim Mocne, youngs chocolate stout, coopers sparkling,sierra nevada,kirin iciban,steen bruge, and a baltika 3 plus 5 bottles of Franziskanner but that was an impulse buy theyre 5 for ten euro at the moment.
I was thinking of writing a little description for each one as Im a novice with beers I usually have a glass of wine or a scotch and when Im out a nice pint of guinness!!

evercloserunion

In the Super Valu where I live you can get a few interesting drinks, I might try a few new ales or some of that chocolate stout. Though I kind of have a hankering for a weissbier.

What's Inidian pale ale like btw? Never tried it.

Simon201

Have had some that nice 'Whitstable Bay' beer from Shepherd Neame recently and also my favourite at the moment Greene King Abbot Ale - in a tin as well! lovely! and an excellent price as well, although my local offy has sold out of them at the moment.

Incidently is there any pub in Dublin that sells English real ales, and just as importantly, dispenses them in the correct manner?

BeerNut

Simon201 wrote: »

Incidently is there any pub in Dublin that sells English real ales, and just as importantly, dispenses them in the correct manner?

If it's Real Ale In A Bottle you want, there's Shep 1698 in the Bull & Castle and probably the Porterhouse.

Cask ale on tends to be Irish around these parts, for obvious reasons. Porterhouse Temple Bar has TSB bitter on handpump and usually something else on gravity cask; the Bull & Castle generally has something Irish on cask in the upstairs bar.

Sarky

Thwaites Lancaster Bomber here.

Damned nice. I'll be drinking that again.

My house has decided to head to the Bierhaus every Wednesday from now on, where we'll each try something new. It's for science, of course.

Anoeta

Technocentral wrote: »

we get a load of great American beers over here in bottles, my favorites are Brooklyn IPA, Sierra Nevada range and Punk IPA's,

Brewdog are a Scottish Brewery..........I think.

BeerNut

Yep, north of Aberdeen.

Saruman

BeerNut wrote: »

If it's Real Ale In A Bottle you want, there's Shep 1698 in the Bull & Castle and probably the Porterhouse.

Cask ale on tends to be Irish around these parts, for obvious reasons. Porterhouse Temple Bar has TSB bitter on handpump and usually something else on gravity cask; the Bull & Castle generally has something Irish on cask in the upstairs bar.

O' Byrnes on Capel street might still have headless dog on Cask but I have not been in a few weeks so not sure.

the beer revolu

Molloys Clondalkin wrote: »

Some serious product reasearch is about to start in a few Ive the day off tomorrow so I got
Leffe (love this pity It only 330ml bottles) Okocim Mocne, youngs chocolate stout, coopers sparkling,sierra nevada,kirin iciban,steen bruge, and a baltika 3 plus 5 bottles of Franziskanner but that was an impulse buy theyre 5 for ten euro at the moment.
I was thinking of writing a little description for each one as Im a novice with beers I usually have a glass of wine or a scotch and when Im out a nice pint of guinness!!

Oh a whole world is about to open up before you!;)

evercloserunion wrote: »

What's Inidian pale ale like btw? Never tried it.

If it is American IPA it will most likely be strong, pale and bitter with a strong hop aroma.
If it is an English IPA it will probably be a rather bland pale ale (maybe I'm being unfair here but I've yet to taste an English ale labelled as IPA that was anything other than bland - I'm sure someone will correct me....now where's beernut?)

BeerNut

the beer revolu wrote: »

I'm sure someone will correct me....now where's beernut?)

O for the ability to "correct" people's sense of taste...

the beer revolu wrote: »

I've yet to taste an English ale labelled as IPA that was anything other than bland

The Marks & Spencer one is superb. I like St Peter's IPA as well. Fuller's IPA is far from bland, but I thought it was disgusting.

grenache

the beer revolu wrote: »

Oh a whole world is about to open up before you!;)



If it is American IPA it will most likely be strong, pale and bitter with a strong hop aroma.
If it is an English IPA it will probably be a rather bland pale ale (maybe I'm being unfair here but I've yet to taste an English ale labelled as IPA that was anything other than bland - I'm sure someone will correct me....now where's beernut?)

I agree with you. I've tried 6 or 7 English IPAs like Greene King, Fullers, etc and i found all of them incredibly bland. American ones like Goose Island, Sierra Nevada and Butte Creek are much more flavoursome.

Technocentral

Anoeta wrote: »

Brewdog are a Scottish Brewery..........I think.

I stand corrected, there's no country of origin on the label, presumed it was a yankee brew

the beer revolu

BeerNut wrote: »

The Marks & Spencer one is superb. I like St Peter's IPA as well. Fuller's IPA is far from bland, but I thought it was disgusting.

Now you mention it, the St. Peter's is very good (and expensive IIRC).

Technocentral wrote: »

I stand corrected, there's no country of origin on the label, presumed it was a yankee brew

For a long time I dismissed those bottles as poor looking US brews.
I still don't like their labelling - apart from Zeitgeist and End of Days (of course).
Love the beers now!

BeerNut

Technocentral wrote: »

there's no country of origin on the label

Bizarrely, it's on the edge of the crown cap.

S.R.F.C.

Had two Baltika's the other night, which i only know by the number on the label, was the number 7 (Golden) and no. 3. Can anyone tell me how these beers are regarded by those a bit more ITK when it comes to beers?

Had a few Staropramen tonight.

BeerNut

S.R.F.C. wrote: »

Had two Baltika's the other night, which i only know by the number on the label, was the number 7 (Golden) and no. 3. Can anyone tell me how these beers are regarded by those a bit more ITK when it comes to beers?

They're fairly generic yellow fizz. Baltika, incidentally, is indirectly and through no fault of its own the reason Beamish was closed down.

Prenderb

the beer revolu wrote: »

It's a happy week in The Abbot's, Cork.
The Hommelbier keg is finished and now on draught is Kwak (8.5% and seems less sugary on draught than from bottle) and St. Bernardus Abt 12 (10.5%). The latter is a very nice, dark, fruity, strong Belgian ale.
Both €3.50 a half pint.
Pity to have two dark Belgians on at the same time, though.
And with Gulden Draak on draught in The Bierhaus, it's like a dark, strong Belgian minifestival in Cork!

Wow, seriously considering a visit... But do they have the Kwak glasses?

DBCyc

Prenderb wrote: »

Wow, seriously considering a visit... But do they have the Kwak glasses?

I was in The Abbot last week - I was in Cork with work and it was my number one tourist attraction that I had to visit :pac:

Its a great place. Full up on a Wednesday night, a nice bit of jazz in the background, women knitting, friendly banter and great beers.

One of the lads got an Orval for last orders, now that is a fantastic glass, for a fantastic beer. I would bet that they do have Kwak glasses.