What beer are we drinking this week ?

ciaran76

Tried a bottle of Weltenburger Barock Hell last night. Very nice indeed.

A nice drink on a warm summers evening!:)

IrishWhiskeyCha

the beer revolu wrote: »

Woo hoo!!
Got me one of these

Never tried it before.
€10.50 for a very small bottle for a .25l bottle:eek:
Still, alot cheaper than Utopias

What % is it???

Harvest in Galway had "a" bottle of Utopias a couple years ago ... €125 or something.

So yes the Triple Bock is a bargain

the beer revolu

IrishWhiskeyCha wrote: »

What % is it???

Harvest in Galway had "a" bottle of Utopias a couple years ago ... €125 or something.

So yes the Triple Bock is a bargain

Not on bottle but as far as I know, it's 17.5%

enda1

the beer revolu wrote: »

Not on bottle but as far as I know, it's 17.5%

I thought the % was a legal requirement for sale in the EU?

BeerNut

enda1 wrote: »

I thought the % was a legal requirement for sale in the EU?

I believe so too. Likewise the quantity in metric units. An astounding number of beers on sale here don't have them. Ones that have come through the UK often have a sticker on them from the UK importer with the statutory information on them, but I don't think any of the direct Irish importers do it.

enda1

BeerNut wrote: »

I believe so too. Likewise the quantity in metric units. An astounding number of beers on sale here don't have them. Ones that have come through the UK often have a sticker on them from the UK importer with the statutory information on them, but I don't think any of the direct Irish importers do it.

That's funny. Surely customs and excise should be making sure of this, especially if charging duty relating to the strength in some cases no?

BeerNut

enda1 wrote: »

That's funny. Surely customs and excise should be making sure of this, especially if charging duty relating to the strength in some cases no?

No I don't think it's a Revenue issue -- the importer will most likely declare the ABV and pay accordingly. Revenue gets money: job done. This is a consumer issue and falls, oddly, to the Food Safety Authority, who tend to be very lax about such things. Probably too busy trying stop people being actually poisoned by kebab vans.

enda1

Although I am not drinking it NOW!, tonight I will drink La Chouffe and Mc Chouffe. Had them both before but want to directly compare them tonight.

Also some Brugs Witbier.

Then onto a Tapas bar for some Galician cider, sangria Tinto de Verano (these aren't really beers though...).

ShumanTheHuman

IrishWhiskeyCha wrote: »

Sierra Nevada Pale ale ... very tasty indeed. Fruity nose and there is a lovely grapefruit after taste.

Now

Sierra Nevada Glissade Golden Bock very nice also but I think I prefer the pale ale.

the beer revolu wrote: »

Their Torpedo Ale is fantastic!!

Their Harvest Ale is delicious too

Had a bottle of O'Hara's Pale Ale last night, nothing to get too excited about I thought

the beer revolu

the beer revolu wrote: »

Woo hoo!!
Got me one of these

Never tried it before.
€10.50 for a very small bottle for a .25l bottle:eek:
Still, alot cheaper than Utopias

Oh my!
Opened it last night (cork broke).
Port is certainly a good description but so bovrily!
I've had bovrily beers before (aged Samichlaus, aged Eisbock and a strange Meantime London Porter) but this is really like port mixed with bovril.

I think I'll have to revisit it to form a final opinion.
(barely made an impression on it last night)

IrishWhiskeyCha

enda1 wrote: »

...tonight I will drink La Chouffe

Had that lately in Amsterdam ... €1.26 from an offie there

Really really nice ....


Drinking a schnider weisse kristall at the mo ... not bad but a bit fizzy which I was not expecting.

Had a St Bernardus Wit beer just before that. There was a bit of fizz in this too but suited the beer.

Thundercats Ho

Had a 6 pack of Brooklyn Lager yesterday.
It won't be the last time i have it either. Lovely stuff.
It's on offer in O Briens @ 6 for €8.50.

oblivious

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Had a 6 pack of Brooklyn Lager yesterday.
It won't be the last time i have it either. Lovely stuff.
It's on offer in O Briens @ 6 for €8.50.

Great beer and offers around for it

tombliboo83

Had a 750ml bottle of Innis&Gunn original oak aged beer last night 4.85e or 1.85e for a 330 ml bottle. A beautifully smooth and strong beer at 6.6% will be having again!!:D

schemingbohemia

Last night I had a bottle of dogfishhead's india brown ale which was delicious with hints of rum and raisin (to my mind) and Odells 5 barrel Pale Ale the latter was nice enough but didn't rock my world.
Tonight I'll be having the same company's peach beer (can't remember the name) got it in drinkstore who have a great selection of dogfishhead and odell's american craft beers in stock. I also got Williams Brothers - Ginger Beer and their Alba beer both of which sound interesting....

blueshed

tue nite i had a few btls of lager=german and lithuanian.

last nite i had 3btls of the Aldi IRISH ALE,very nice indeed.
had a few pork pies with the ale as i watched the footy.
will get a few more packs of the ale,was 4.50euro for 4btls.
wish i could get good quality pork pies also=only get them in tescos
and there not great imo

tonite going to have a btl or 2 of Erdinger..

BeerNut

blueshed wrote: »

wish i could get good quality pork pies also.

I'm no expert but M&S generally meets my day-to-day pork pie requirements.

blueshed

tanx for reply,would get them in M&S sometimes.
just wish i could find a shop/butchers that did proper pies.
watched a few prgs on tv and certain parts of england they take there pies seriously.

the erdinger is goin down well=tescos 330ml btls.12 for 17euro

Heroditas

Right now - a bottle of Oyster stout

blueshed

got 1 btl of Old speckled hen and 1 btl strong suffolk vintage ale

question on these=drank cold-chilled or room temp.
also it was 7.20euro for the 2btls=did i get ripped off or is this the normal price.
on a seperate note i was looking for a Polish lager=okichom,i think thats the spelling.was unable to find it in kilcock or maynooth.
1st-is it worth looking for
2nd-where would i find it.

thanks in advance...................

the beer revolu

blueshed wrote: »

got 1 btl of Old speckled hen and 1 btl strong suffolk vintage ale

question on these=drank cold-chilled or room temp.
also it was 7.20euro for the 2btls=did i get ripped off or is this the normal price.
on a seperate note i was looking for a Polish lager=okichom,i think thats the spelling.was unable to find it in kilcock or maynooth.
1st-is it worth looking for
2nd-where would i find it.

thanks in advance...................

Drink cool.
(chill, and take out of fridge 1/2 before you want them.
Or keep them in your cellar for half a day!!)
€7.20 seem a bit steep alright but not exactly 'ripoff'.

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Was down in Cork yesterday, so popped into the Franciscan Well for a few pints.

I had a Purgatory Pale Ale, which was nice, I'm not generally a fan of Pale Ales because of the hoppiness, but this isn't too hoppy at all.

Then I had a pint of their own stout which is not bad.

They also have a "guest" stout in there at the moment, which is delicious.

Saruman

blueshed wrote: »

got 1 btl of Old speckled hen and 1 btl strong suffolk vintage ale

question on these=drank cold-chilled or room temp.
also it was 7.20euro for the 2btls=did i get ripped off or is this the normal price.

Seems very expensive. At most a bottle of these types of beer should be €3.50 or so. Ripped off? maybe but not by a whole lot I would say.

Saruman

Saruman wrote: »

Seems very expensive. At most a bottle of these types of beer should be €3.50 or so. Ripped off? maybe but not by a whole lot I would say.

Old speckled hen is 1.99 where I work, don't know about the other one though but it does seem a tad expensive.

Liquidus

Some new ones this weekend, can't remember much details regarding them.

mendocino red tail - very drinkable
mendocino white hawk - decent
grolsch weizen - good, I expected worse
flensburger pils - bitter, took me a while to finish
flensburger weizen – good
black diamond jagged edge – odd taste then the usual ipa but good.

Sarky

Des wrote: »

They also have a "guest" stout in there at the moment, which is delicious.

Black Pearl, yeah? I wish every pub served that, it's wonderful.

mayordenis

Liquidus wrote: »

black diamond jagged edge – odd taste then the usual ipa but good.

Love that myself - got a really nice blackberry flavour from the hops, think it's a top IPA.

JHMEG

Brewdog's Trashy Blonde. Only recently discovered it and currently my 2nd favourite beer.

blueshed

picked up 3 different btls in off license in Dunboyne today.

1st..little valley ginger pale ale
2nd..yebisu malt beer
3rd..harviestoun schiehallion.

the shop had a decent selection of beers imo,i also checked out the eurospar in dunboyne and also decent selection.
still unable to find the Polish lager im looking for=Okchim.

ciaran76

blueshed wrote: »

picked up 3 different btls in off license in Dunboyne today.

1st..little valley ginger pale ale
2nd..yebisu malt beer
3rd..harviestoun schiehallion.

the shop had a decent selection of beers imo,i also checked out the eurospar in dunboyne and also decent selection.
still unable to find the Polish lager im looking for=Okchim.

I seen this (Okchim) in the off licence in Ongar recently.