What beer are we drinking this week ?

BaZmO*

Wow

Big Nasty

BaZmO* wrote: »

Wow

They're not ornaments dude!

emmet the rover

oharas IPA

jjanderton

Vodka has always been best for me and I'm gonna drink it with some new things that I'll let you know guys after awhile.

ciaran76

Was not in Dublin this weekend so feared what beers would be available in the pub I was going to in Meath.

Stuck to the Macardle's Ale (bottle)for the night.

Dont know how many people asked me what I was drinking and saying they never heard of it and this in their own local pub !

stevenmu

Had some bottles of SN Torpedo over the weekend. Very nice, possibly a little too hoppy for my uneducated taste buds, but still enjoyed it. I'll be coming back to it after I get some more experience with proper beers.

the beer revolu

Got a bottle of Abstrakt AB:06 and a bottle of Nøgne Ø #500 Imperial IPA in NextDoor, Clonakilty of all places!

Tried the Abstrakt last night - certainly very big and interesting but it just didn't really work for me (at €13 a bottle:eek:).

I'm looking forward to trying the Nøgne Ø.

Great to see a chain offie in a small town selling some interesting beers.

Tigger

o'haras irish pale ale is in tesco in mayo now, this makes me happy

emmet the rover

Tigger wrote: »

o'haras irish pale ale is in tesco in mayo now, this makes me happy

yea me too though its more expensive than the classic oharas! still cheaper than supervalue balbriggan selling it for €3 a btl

Saruman

€2.69 vs €1.99 for the stout and red ale. That makes it expensive considering a lot of specialist offies do the whole range, Leann Follain included at 4 for €10

emmet the rover

agreed. how can a hudge store like tesco not want to sell at a competitive rate?

mind you plenty of offers on heinken and such.......

big players seem to have more clout :rolleyes:

its a good thing for the small independent off licences just a pity balbriggan dosent have a good one

irish_goat

Introduced a Coors Light drinking friend to BrewDog Punk IPA.

Also got an Innis and Gunn Rum Cask.

And bought this cause the can looks cool.

Saruman

Ah Sapporo... I was introduced to that years ago in many an American Sushi restaurant. Back before we had any in this country.
Lovely can. The beer is not bad I suppose but certainly not as good as the can which looks like a pint glass.

LaBaguette

I also had a BrewDog Punk last weekend, very nice stuff. I don't recall it to be very hoppy, but very enojyable nonetheless. The friend I was drinking with said it literally smelled and tasted like piss, and quickly went back to her Pêcheresse. Ah well.

I've also tasted the Norman cider they have at DrinkStore. Obviously nicer that the Bulmers crap, but I was still disappointed by its lack of depth and, well, of apple. I guess I expected too much of it !

ciaran76

Just been handed 2 beers from the same company.

St Paul Double and Triple.

Anyone had these before should I keep or taste as soon as possible?

Saruman

Saint Paul? If it's the same brewery, I only had the blonde which was lovely.

Just drink them!

Glebee

Only new to the whole craft beer/ale scene, but am just complete sick of the regular pub beers.

Had a couple of bottle of Bishops Fingers last week end. Not bad.

Now ive picked up the following to sup on..

2 x hobgoblin.
2 x O'Haras Irish Red.
1 x OHaras IPA.

I know everyones tastes are different, but are there any other ales out there that are a must try.....:)

Technocentral

Glebee wrote: »

Only new to the whole craft beer/ale scene, but am just complete sick of the regular pub beers.

Had a couple of bottle of Bishops Fingers last week end. Not bad.

Now ive picked up the following to sup on..

2 x hobgoblin.
2 x O'Haras Irish Red.
1 x OHaras IPA.

I know everyones tastes are different, but are there any other ales out there that are a must try.....:)

I would suggest the following which are usually easy to find:

Batemans xxb, bursting with flavour
Fullers London Pride, a great classic ale
Fullers 1845, a really tasty ale
Timothy Taylor Landlord my current favorite beer.

Ruben Remus

Glebee wrote: »

are there any other ales out there that are a must try.....:)

There's a huge variety of good beers out there.

When I was first getting acquainted with the joys of quality beer some of my favourites were:

- Leffe blonde
- Chimay Red
- Fuller's ESB
- Theakston Old Peculier (Dunnes are stocking this now)
- Galway Hooker
- Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

LaBaguette

Are Chimay and Leffe considered "ales" ? It's a genuine question, I drank these before I could speak English, so the labels attached to the Belgian beers always confuse me

Also, if you're in Dublin head down to the Porterhouse and try Metalman Pale Ale and their homemade Hop Head - two different, albeit very tasty, takes on that style.

On a side note, I have fond memories of the Bishop's Finger, as it was my first English Ale. It pretty much introduced me to the more bitter and less carbonated beers (compared to my usual diet of Trappists), and I liked it. I'm wondering what you guys think of it ? Obviously you've had much more experience of that style that I had at the time

the beer revolu

In the broad sense of the term, Chimay and Leffe are ales.
To oversimplify things, if it isn't lager, it's ale.

emmet the rover

generally ale is beer made using top fermenting yeast.

chimay is a style of trappist beer whitch itslef is a a style of ale that is made to follow certin specific rules like being made in or very near a trappist monestry under the controll of monks.

there is also the sudivision of dubbel,tripel (beers that have been made stronger usually trough the addition of extra malt or candied sugar during the fermentation process
and fathersbeer only available within the monestry

oblivious

emmet the rover wrote: »

generally ale is beer made using top fermenting yeast.

Yea, also to do with the hopping rate, lower rate for ales higher are classed as beer. Porter and Stout are actually beer under the hopping definition and even IPA should really be called India pale Beer not ale

ciaran76

Just had a pint of Redemtion Hopspur. Very nice but now on pints of 5am saint.

slayerking

Mostly Irish beer tonight I think, drinking Copperhead from Whitewater at the moment.
Had this a while back on draught in the Porterhouse and loved it.
Though, its not as nice as I remember from the bottle, still not bad and only 3.7%.

Up next Breweyed Blond ale, Trouble Brewing Ór and might crack open a can of London Porter!!! It'll be interesting to see how it tastes from the can as its an amazing Porter from the bottle!

redalan

just had an Unertl weissbier. really, really nice.

Saruman

I had two worthington's "E" and now on some homebrew witbier.

writhen

O Haras Irish Pale Ale - bought some last week. Thought they were very nice - this week I'm not so sure. Ah well, another 3 to go.

Krusty_Clown

Good to see Hop Head in Porterhouse Bray. Enjoyed a pint of it (is my memory failing me, or does it taste very similar to Sam Adams?). Followed with a Sierra Nevada, and a Wrasslers, which just doesn't do it for me like O'Haras.

stevenmu

Had some Porterhouse Red last night, loved the fruity flavour. Had some Sierra Nevada too, delicious and refreshing. I'm loving these craft beers.

Now all I need is to find something with the fruityness of a red with the refreshing hoppyness of an IPA. Any suggestions?