A thread for the beer snobs!

Links234

Are you picky about your tipple? Get excited when your local gets in a new brew you've not tried before? Are you all about the cask? Well then this thread is for you! Share your excitement, your favourite beers from ale to hefenweizen to imperial stout and everything else out there!

What's your beer of choice at the moment?
Stocking up on anything for Christmas?

gimmick

Slabs of Miller and Carlsberg are €28 in Dunnes at the moment.

SV

Budweiser is the nicest beer in the world. Fact.

lol

rustedtrumpet

Queers!

Mod: Banned, for what should be very obvious reasons.

Grayditch

This wonderful wonderland exists, mate.

Edit: URL deleted. I just realised this is After Hours. I like that place the way it is

wonderfulname

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

Queers!

Where?!

MonstaMash

Anything by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

Links234

Grayditch wrote: »

This wonderful wonderland exists, mate.

Edit: URL deleted. I just realised this is After Hours. I like that place the way it is

Yeah, I know about the other place, just meant this to be a counterpoint to this thread for the AH heads

Captain Farrell

Kwak! Three bottles ready when i get home tonight.

shedweller

I'm loving Crabbies at the moment. Fecking stuff is like crack cocaine to me!

Timmyctc

I'm trying out this cool new beer Coors Light. Its really nice and good guys you should try it!

Grayditch

After Hours is a god-awful place for this thread.

"Carlsberg Carlberg, craft beer is a rip off for ponces, etc, etc"! G'luck, OP!

The Backwards Man

This day next week i will be in a bar that has 120 craft beers on tap, shipped in from all over the world and lying festering in the lines for who knows how long until some beer 'expert' nearly poisons himself on it, yet lauds it's uniqueness.

Meanwhile, I'll stick to the Bud light and PBR at three dollars a pop and still be able to tolerate the smell of my own poop the next morning.

Mr.McLovin

Dutch Gold washed down with a good kick in the face for a random stranger

Timmyctc

Grayditch wrote: »

After Hours is a god-awful place for this thread.

"Carlsberg Carlberg, craft beer is a rip off for ponces, etc, etc"! G'luck, OP!

... youre the first person to say anything like that

eviltimeban

Any porter, ale or IPA is fine by me.

Grayditch

Timmyctc wrote: »

... youre the first person to say anything like that

I must be an oracle.

Mint Aero

I'm brewing potato beer for myself

MadsL

Timmyctc wrote: »

I'm trying out this cool new beer Coors Light. Its really nice and good guys you should try it!

They also make a trendy 'craft' belgian-style white beer which you can put an orange in...:D

Anyone

This week, I 'ave mostly been drinking, cans of Kilkenny.

Links234

Grayditch wrote: »

After Hours is a god-awful place for this thread.

"Carlsberg Carlberg, craft beer is a rip off for ponces, etc, etc"! G'luck, OP!

Oh I know well what I'm getting myself into, and sure the great unwashed who drink whatever watered down swill diageo push on them love to give us smug hipster snobs a good ribbing over drinking expensive rubbish just to feel superior, and vice versa

MadsL

The Backwards Man wrote: »

This day next week i will be in a bar that has 120 craft beers on tap, shipped in from all over the world and lying festering in the lines for who knows how long until some beer 'expert' nearly poisons himself on it, yet lauds it's uniqueness.

If it is a direct draw setup with the lines sitting in a refrigerated space or on a glycol system, there is nothing wrong with it 'sitting' in the lines, it is as perfectly chilled as it it were sitting in the keg. Most places run off the first yard or so from the lines before pouring anyway (drives me nuts to see the waste, but ther you go, old yield management habits die hard)

Meanwhile, I'll stick to the Bud light and PBR at three dollars a pop and still be able to tolerate the smell of my own poop the next morning.

Might I suggest Mama's Little Yella Pils from Oskar Blues if your arm is twisted...

Grayditch

I say drink and let live! Thou shalt not pass judgements on thy neighbours pint.

MadsL

Links234 wrote: »

Oh I know well what I'm getting myself into, and sure the great unwashed who drink whatever watered down swill diageo push on them love to give us smug hipster snobs a good ribbing over drinking expensive rubbish just to feel superior, and vice versa

The only thing 'hipster' about me is the prospect of the surgery...
Hippy rather than hipster thanks...

MadsL

Grayditch wrote: »

I say drink and let live! Thou shalt not pass judgements on thy neighbours pint.

Unless it is Budweiser. Then we can snicker, right?

Crooked Jack

Links234 wrote: »

Oh I know well what I'm getting myself into, and sure the great unwashed who drink whatever watered down swill diageo push on them love to give us smug hipster snobs a good ribbing over drinking expensive rubbish just to feel superior, and vice versa

Beer is kind of like chips, there are some higher quality ones and some lower quality ones but at the end of the day you're still drinkin beer, man, be happy.
I prefer porter/cider/whiskey myself but I'd never say no to a bottle of suds.

preston johnny

Anything by Shepherd Neame

Matt_Trakker

That pub called something "...grain' on Wexford st in Dubland had a beer named after Tom Crean. Mighty.

Links234

Grayditch wrote: »

I say drink and let live! Thou shalt not pass judgements on thy neighbours pint.

Normally I don't, people's tastes vary so much. I mean, I just can't enjoy Belgian beers because I find them far too gassy and heavy for me, same with German ones, so I tend to go for ales. But on After Hours? Half of everyone's out to take the piss anyway.

saintsaltynuts

Guinness in me local last nite was ****in gorgeous.

Links234

Matt_Trakker wrote: »

That pub called something "...grain' on Wexford st in Dubland had a beer named after Tom Crean. Mighty.

Against The Grain?

valknut

Quality craft beer can be got for very reasonable prices, this it's to expensive is rubbish.

Picked myself up 15 bottles of the mighty paulaner in lidl yesterday for €30, been drinking thornbridge pail ales and rougue brewery ales of late.

Fr_Dougal

Grayditch wrote: »

I say drink and let live! Thou shalt not pass judgements on thy neighbours pint.

I agree, but some people just enjoy being smug.

GLaDOS

Going to try the new Galway Bay beer later, 'Of Foam and Fury'. Have high expectations!

Gran Hermano

Have some Black Ball porter chilling in the boot of the car for later.
Will allow it to warm up before imbibing.

Links234

valknut wrote: »

Quality craft beer can be got for very reasonable prices, this it's to expensive is rubbish.

Picked myself up 15 bottles of the mighty paulaner in lidl yesterday for €30, been drinking thornbridge pail ales and rougue brewery ales of late.

When pubs thought they could get away with charging extortionate prices for something different, it was too expensive. Like a few years back when there really wasn't much choice, you'd have a pub that might be charging 6 odd euro for a bottle of Hoegaarden. It was a joke. These days there's much more competition for the craft side of things. My local had a cask of the Thornbridge/Odell's Colorado red, absolutely incredible beverage and it was a fiver for a pint. I was well happy

valknut

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Going to try the new Galway Bay beer later, 'Of Foam and Fury'. Have high expectations!

Had one of there red ales a few weeks back quite nice.

Grayditch

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Have some Black Ball porter chilling in the boot of the car for later.
Will allow it to warm up before imbibing.

Quality porter. Probably the best I've ever tasted.

The Backwards Man

MadsL wrote: »

If it is a direct draw setup with the lines sitting in a refrigerated space or on a glycol system, there is nothing wrong with it 'sitting' in the lines, it is as perfectly chilled as it it were sitting in the keg. Most places run off the first yard or so from the lines before pouring anyway (drives me nuts to see the waste, but ther you go, old yield management habits die hard)

Unless the line is three feet or less between keg and tap you're wasting your time. Beer has to be shifting, not standing. That's what I can't understand about these craft beershops in my opinion, they're carrying too much stock.

Might I suggest Mama's Little Yella Pils from Oskar Blues if your arm is twisted...

Had a couple of cans of that before, I think. Out of Walgreens of all places.:pac:

Links234

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Going to try the new Galway Bay beer later, 'Of Foam and Fury'. Have high expectations!

It's good, but at 8.5% it's a bit much for me

Other people have said it's one of the best things they've done. I did think their Imperial Brown was awesome though

Wacker The Attacker

I had a fe pints of guinness in Kennys in Lucan last night.

The best pint of guinness I've had in years

xXxkorixXx

adnams sole star. the husband loves that stuff

BMJD

Anyone wrote: »

This week, I 'ave mostly been drinking, cans of Kilkenny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeUAso9rx-E

Links234

xXxkorixXx wrote: »

adnams sole star. the husband loves that stuff

Adnams are awesome, their Innovation and Ghost Ship are fantastic, but I've never tried the Sole Star so must give that a go

mojesius

Myself and a few friends enjoyed a few bottles of Ruthless Rye last weekend.

Really tasty, from the Sierra Nevada brewing company.

Just make sure you drink too many and end up in the Ruthless Realm!

frag420

Mint Aero wrote: »

I'm brewing potato beer for myself

Spudweiser?

rednik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_tK_VtjiXc

BUD !!

xXxkorixXx

Mint Aero wrote: »

I'm brewing potato beer for myself

call it 'pickled rooster' thayts a real beery name

humberklog

The down side, I find, with drinking craft beer is that the conversation then often revolves around craft beer. This could easily be the company I keep which is mostly the 30's and 40's age group, regular mid week punters drinking larger brand pints. Guinness for myself. But I do pop into a few craft bars and have a tipple occassionally.

Hit and miss experiences. I like English ales and bitters but haven't found one I really like in Ireland but have had some lovely lagers and ciders. But as the flavours etc. vary so often I'll usually just have two at most. When I have had a night of solid drinking in a craft bar i find myself getting drunker quicker and fairly sloppy drunk too.

Do regular craft beer drinkers find the varying alcohol levels hard to handle?

Knifey Spoony

Nice bottle of Rebel Red chilling in my fridge now, along with a home brewed IPA for tonight. In Bradley's tomorrow on a quest for Dungarvan's Coffee and Oatmeal Stout, Odell's IPA and whatever else takes my fancy. Also have 40 pint bottles of home brewed vanilla whiskey stout slowly conditioning for Christmas.

Can't wait to finish work now.

Links234

humberklog wrote: »

Do regular craft beer drinkers find the varying alcohol levels hard to handle?

Nope, I just go for something lower in alcohol as I don't really like beer that's too strong. But maybe that's just experience, because I do know some folks who have gotten smashed because they went straight for the really strong ones.