What beer are we drinking this week ?

Seaneh

Didn't wait long to crack open one of the cans.

Ah jaysus lads, it's a fecking phenomenal beer.

Grayditch

I'm going to buy a few for Xmas, I think.

drumswan

Grayditch wrote: »

I'm going to buy a few for Xmas, I think.

You'd want to get a shake on, they only got 40 cases.

Grayditch

I ordered 4 cans and some Stone and others there. My Xmas stash is already ridiculous.

ciaran76

6 purchased and ready to drink. Might have 1 can tonight! Treat myself.

MonstaMash

matrim wrote: »

Looks like Drinkstore are out of the new Porterhouse Devils acre or at least it's not showing on the site

McHugh's have it in stock

http://www.mchughs.ie/porterhouse-devils-halfacre-33cl

matrim

So placed my drinkstore order. Highlights include

Porterhouse Barrel Aged Celebration Stout
To Øl Black Ball Porter
Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon Edition #4
Brown Paper Bag Project, Doxie Blonde Wheat Ale
Kinnegar Rustbucket
Kinnegar Long Tongue Pumpkin and Ginger
Founders Breakfast Stout
Founders Backwoods
One of each of the Stone Brewing range
Birra Del Borgo My Antonia
Modus Hopperandi

A couple of Galway Bay Burried at Sea, Blacks Pale Ale and Dungarvan Coffee and Oatmeal as stocking fillers too I'm pretty sure I've enough beer to do me all of Christmas and probably up to February or March.


The Nogne O is the only really expensive one but I really wanted to try it and it will probably be my dessert beer on Christmas day while relaxing after dinner and watching Doctor Who

Heroditas

Having a Modus Hoperandi at the moment.
What a beer! Well worth it for €2 a can.

strobe

Looks like my Christmas order is ready for pick up. Only had a few of them before. Let me know if I'm missing anything obvious that should be on it, feel free to slate awful choices, let me know if anything is especially to be savoured and not accidentally given away to someone that's finished their last Carlsberg etc...

James Boag's Premium
ROCHEFORT (10)
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot
Porterhouse Hophead Irish Pale Ale
Schneider Weisse Tap 5 Meine Hopfenweisse
BrewDog, Mikkeller 'I Hardcore You'
Nøgne Ø Sunturnbrew
BrewDog Fake Lager
Founders Backwoods Bastard
Eight Degrees 'Back To Black Series' Aztec Stout
Stone Brewing Ruination IPA
Birra Del Borgo My Antonia
Nøgne Ø #100
Carlow Brewing O'Hara's Double IPA
Trouble Brewing Dark Arts Porter
Fullers ESB
Kinnegar Brewing 'Special' Long Tongue Pumpkin Ginger Rye Ale
Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keize Blue

Grayditch

8 Degrees Aztec Stout on draught....

Eh...

upforit101

Just in at Drinkstore....
Kinsale Black IPA MINI KEG!! :eek::eek:

http://www.drinkstore.ie/Blacks-Kinsale-Black-IPA-Mini-keg-5L-Blacks-Kinsale-Black-IPA/

drumswan

Ugh drank too much homebrew + Modus last night

snowblind

The Devils Halfacre is 3.39 in Baggot Street Wines. Picked up 6 :rolleyes:

Redsoxfan

Just finished a 8 Degrees Zeus Black IPA in Bowes. It's good, but odd to look at. Seems very flat but probably not much different from most IPAs in that regard?

Having a Howling Gale now while debating whether or not to try the O'Haras Double IPA. Everything I've heard would suggest not to bother...

Heroditas

I think the O'Haras DIPA is very good.
Never had a problem with it.

Heroditas

Currently having a White Gypsy Yule Ol. I hope my taste buds are dulled due to my head cold because there ain't a lot going on in this beer.
Smells good but the flavour just isn't there.

Creamy Goodness

Drinking a Stone IPA to celebrate the arrival of my Brewbot backer reward.





and from the other night the Kinnegar Long tongue with my true batch brew kit

BaZmO*

Modus Hoperandi is verrrrrrry nice! Very similar to SN Torpedo imo. I picked up 5 earlier, and I'd pick up more but my Christmas order is already ridiculous.

I'm having a Birra Del Borgo My Antonia at the moment. Hmmm, can't make up my mind on this, lots of hops, quite sweet without being heavy like a DIPA, but there's a lingering chalky bitterness that I sometimes get from US beers. Jury's out on this one.

Insect Overlord

Having my first Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast. I'm enjoying it a lot. The coffee is very obvious, but in a good way.

Last night I had a Sierra Nevada porter. That was also lovely.

Grayditch

BaZmO* wrote: »

I'm having a Birra Del Borgo My Antonia at the moment.

I stuck one onto my drinkstore order this week.

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Last night I had a Sierra Nevada porter. That was also lovely.

I like it a lot. Wherever there is SN Porter, they usually have Anchor Porter, though and I end up leaning towards that.

Hotblack Desiato

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Had a Greene King IPA with dinner. Meh....

Just tried one for the first time.

Ridiculously bland. Will not buy again.

Heroditas

Meant to post this yesterday but here's my Christmas stock:

ciaran76

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Your xmas stash is almost identical to mine except I dont have the Jameson stout / Yule O or the Louder.

noby

Clearing out the beer cupboard before the holidays. Will be cracking open these two at lunchtime:




And possibly one or two more.

Redsoxfan

Heroditas wrote: »

I think the O'Haras DIPA is very good.
Never had a problem with it.

I passed it up last night. Went for a 'Black Sheep Ale' next which was fine if you like that sort of thing I guess but I wouldn't be ordering another. Will go for the O'Haras next time.

drumswan

Nothing wrong with O'Haras DIPA, its just not a DIPA in the American style.

Lovely Bloke

It's a DIPA in the O'Hara's style.

drumswan

Double Irish Pale Ale, so

Andre Salmon

I finally tried of foam & fury today.
I thought it was a nice hoppy beer, great mouthfeel (that's what struck me the most)
I wasn't blown away though

Ravelleman

Andre Salmon wrote: »

I finally tried of foam & fury today.
I thought it was a nice hoppy beer, great mouthfeel (that's what struck me the most)
I wasn't blown away though

I thought it was very good but not especially amazing. Perhaps it's because it's an Irish beer broadly in the American DIPA style. Such things are relatively uncommon in these parts, hence the wave of praise. It's great to see local breweries doing new things and, again, in this case, the results were great.