What beer are we drinking this week ?

BeerNut

Seaneh wrote: »

Old Engine Oil is different class.

A 6% ABV class. They only decided last year that they were going to designate it as a porter
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Cheats!

redalan wrote: »

Clotworthy Dobbin is really good. Is it readily available in many pubs?

Any of the decent craft beer pubs have it bottled.

redalan

BeerNut wrote: »

A 6% ABV class. They only decided last year that they were going to designate it as a porter
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Cheats!

Any of the decent craft beer pubs have it bottled.

Cheers

Seaneh

BeerNut wrote: »

A 6% ABV class. They only decided last year that they were going to designate it as a porter
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Any of the decent craft beer pubs have it bottled.

Yeah, it's had a few name changes are really porter or stout is about right for where it fits in the world of beers and what is comparable to.
Makes sense for marketing reasons too, people walking into an offie and seeing Dark Beer or lack ale might not know wtf it is, but calling it a porter makes people think of the likes of Anchor or Sierra Nevada Poter and will know what to expect.


As for where to get the mighty Dobbin, it is not to be found in Galway as far as I can tell

BeerNut

Seaneh wrote: »

it is not to be found in Galway as far as I can tell

The Salt House would be the first place I'd check. It's distributed by C&R in Cork and I'm sure they're sending some of their stuff to The Salt House.

Seaneh

BeerNut wrote: »

The Salt House would be the first place I'd check. It's distributed by C&R in Cork and I'm sure they're sending some of their stuff to The Salt House.

Well, they haven't stocked it before, ever and Tarin hadn't even heard of it the last time I asked for it but he does have about 8 new beers in the store up stairs just waiting for fridge shelve space (getting rid of a few non sellers) and I know that one of them is porterhouse celebration (the cooley aged one) and he said something about another few porters/stouts so hopefully it will be in that lot.

That said, their selection is pretty good for dark beers, off the top of my hear they have Stormy Port, Guinness, Black Rock (guest on cask) Dark Arts, Anchor Porter, Monteiths Black Beer, Leann Follain, O'Hara's, Brooklyn Dark Chocolate Stout and possibly a few more.

CiaranC

After the abominaton of their 100% heavy peated malt one, this one is superb. A hoppy, "Black IPA".

Martyn1989

Dropped into the Supervalue on the quays on my way home

Picked up
Black Diamond Wheat Wacker (a wheat IPA, looking forward to it)
Youngs Double Chocolate Stout - Its been on the list for a while
Hilden Brewery Titanic Quarter - Had a taste in Against the Grain but didn't get to go back for one, remember liking it though.
Old Engine Oil - This supervalue always has this in stock, a really nice beer.

I'm abstaining as I will hopefully be enjoying a few tomorrow evening in The Black Sheep.

Heliotrope

Should be tucking in to some Westvleteren 12 this time next week.

mongdesade

Tripel Karmeliet & Gulden Draak this evening

kraggy

Anyone know what the name of the stout in the Oslo in Salthill, Galway is called? It was on tap.

Had it last year and it was unreal.

Seaneh

If it was the one they brew there themselves, it's Stormy Port. If it was brewed by someone else, no clue.

LordSutch

Karpackie > http://athina.hu/lelekrablo/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/karpackie-premium.jpg

Lapsed Catholic

Thwaites Tavern Porter. 4.7%, very enjoyable. Creamy, chocolate, good head. Would have again.

evercloserunion

After reading this thread and some very positive reviews on BeerAdvocate I went out and bought a bottle of Old Engine Oil, I have to say it's as delicious as everyone says.

Also had Young's Double Chocolate Stout, Fuller's London Pride and Fuller's India Pale Ale. Pretty good night

ciaran76

Copper Coast on cask. Oh yes there is a cask god.

Ronan cork

i had a bottle of brooklyn sorachi ace last night



a champagne style saison is probably the best way to describe it! i really enjoyed it, a very light fresh beer that doesnt taste a bit of its 10%abv

sorry about the size of the pic!

themandan6611

some leann follain & porterhouse celebration stout (11%) :pac:

mongdesade

Duvel last night...too many

johnnyskeleton

Butte creek organic pale ale. Crisp and light but with a bit of sediment at the bottom

Defiler Of The Coffin

Sampling a few of Hilden Brewery's Molly's Chocolate Stout. Beautiful sweet light taste with a hint of coffee. Nice and strong too at 4.2%. Man I could knock this stuff back all night, shame the offy only had 5 bottles in stock

Any of you guys headin up North I recommend you pick up a few bottles of this beauty. Not sure how well stocked this is in the republic.

Seaneh

Today it has been an Anchor Porter and cask Bkackrock Stout day. Gad a Hooker in the middle for ****s and giggles.

Krusty_Clown

Picked up a selection of beers from Marks and Sparks. Big mistake. Expensive, at around €3 for a 500ml bottle, and entirely unimpressive. Cheshire Chocolate porter, Staffordshire IPA, Belgian wheat beer... All awful. I'll be shopping local in future.

Only saving grace was that I was in 'The Pub' in Monkstown earlier and had a pint of Buckleys Golden Ale, which was top notch. Pity it's not more readily available.

Defiler Of The Coffin

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Picked up a selection of beers from Marks and Sparks. Big mistake. Expensive, at around €3 for a 500ml bottle, and entirely unimpressive. Cheshire Chocolate porter, Staffordshire IPA, Belgian wheat beer... All awful. I'll be shopping local in future.

Have to disagree with you on the Cheshire Chocolate Porter, really enjoyed it. Didn't look anything like a porter mind you but that hardly matters. Did you see the Carlow Porter there?

Krusty_Clown

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

Have to disagree with you on the Cheshire Chocolate Porter, really enjoyed it. Didn't look anything like a porter mind you but that hardly matters. Did you see the Carlow Porter there?

Initially, I thought it was ok, but after a few sips I found it sickly sweet, and it tasted like the chocolate flavour was an additive (flavour enhancer), rather than part of the brewing process.

Didn't see the Carlow porter. Is it an O'Haras? I've had the Winter IPA (Adnams Innovation) before (and really liked it) so thought I've give the rest of the range a try. I've a few more to try, but they just seem to be poor copies of established (cheaper) beers.

BeerNut

The Cornish IPA is another stand-out -- based on St Austell Proper Job. As is the Southwold Winter Ale -- a straight re-badge of Adnams Tally Ho. And the Carlow Irish Stout is good too (I've preferred it to O'Hara's in a blind taste). There is a fair amount of overpriced dreck in the range, though. It's worth paying attention to who the breweries are and whether their beers are any good to begin with.

irish_goat

Couldn't get a seat to watch the rugby in the Porterhouse or O'Neills today so I begrudgingly agreed to go to Doyle's though I knew from last time that they only did bottles of Erdinger or Budvar and nothing else exciting. Pleasently surprised when I walked in and saw O'Hara's Red and IPA on tap. €3.50 a pint all day cause of the match too. :D

Defiler Of The Coffin

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Initially, I thought it was ok, but after a few sips I found it sickly sweet, and it tasted like the chocolate flavour was an additive (flavour enhancer), rather than part of the brewing process.

Didn't see the Carlow porter. Is it an O'Haras? I've had the Winter IPA (Adnams Innovation) before (and really liked it) so thought I've give the rest of the range a try. I've a few more to try, but they just seem to be poor copies of established (cheaper) beers.

Could be that have I haven't developed my taste to the same extent so I will be a bit more critical next time I buy it, to be honest I don't bother much with M&S but I agree that it was a bit expensive. That's M&S's business model though. They have to differentiate themselves from Tesco somehow!

Carlow porter is indeed an O'Haras. Worth a try if you see it, but could well be a rebranded version of another of one of their own.

johnnyskeleton

irish_goat wrote: »

Couldn't get a seat to watch the rugby in the Porterhouse or O'Neills today so I begrudgingly agreed to go to Doyle's though I knew from last time that they only did bottles of Erdinger or Budvar and nothing else exciting. Pleasently surprised when I walked in and saw O'Hara's Red and IPA on tap. €3.50 a pint all day cause of the match too. :D

On the other hand, I was pleasantly surpised by a good beer on tap in an otherwise standard selection pub, until I tasted it and it had probably been sitting for weeks or months since the last person had a pint of it.

Krusty_Clown

BeerNut wrote: »

The Cornish IPA is another stand-out -- based on St Austell Proper Job. As is the Southwold Winter Ale -- a straight re-badge of Adnams Tally Ho. And the Carlow Irish Stout is good too (I've preferred it to O'Hara's in a blind taste). There is a fair amount of overpriced dreck in the range, though. It's worth paying attention to who the breweries are and whether their beers are any good to begin with.

Perhaps I just chose poorly. The other one I had was the Belgian Wheat Beer, which is a pretty good knock-off of Hoegaarden, but didn't add anything more than you'd get in a bottle of the original. The beers I've yet to sample are: Southwald Dark Ale (another Adnams beer), Cornish IPA (glad to hear it's good), and the Cherry Wheat beer, so perhaps I'm saving the best until last.


BTW: Delighted to see that Hollands of Bray will shorty have Brewdog Punk IPA on tap. Super news. I understand (from Twitter) that it'll also be coming to a few more pubs soon.

BeerNut

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

the Cherry Wheat beer

I rarely say this about any beer, but I wouldn't touch that one with a very long barge pole. I don't trust the brewery (I suspect this is a very close cousin to the awful Floris Kriek), it's got very little alcohol in it and is outrageously expensive, even by M&S standards.

Farringtons and The Black Sheep already have draught Punk.