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Irish Craft Beers I Need To Try??
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09-01-2014 9:10am#1
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Buried at Sea sounds interesting.
I'm going to jump on this, just because BAS is a stout and I love the style.
Galway Bay's other porter is called Stormy Port. It's not as full on as BAS, but a very good beer all the same. For me though, I can't drink it because I can usually see the BAS tap beside it, and know by drinking SP I'm missing out on BAS
Trouble Brewing Dark Arts Porter is an excellent porter. Chocolatey, roasty flavours. A small bit of burnt malt bitterness in there for balance. Drinks very easy. Available in bottles and on draught.
Sweetman's Porter. Available in JW Sweetman's (-ex Messrs Maguire), and for my money, is the best Irish porter available - especially when it's available for €4 a pint (usually €4.50, but they do specials sometimes)
8 Degrees Knockmealdown Porter. Another good, robust porter. Slightly dryer than the others mentioned, the roasty bitterness is more to the front in this one. Available in 330ml bottles, and sometimes on draught.
8 Degrees also do a few specials and seasonals. They did a Whiskey Barrel aged stout called Kindred Spirit which was delish.
O'Hara's Stout Draught A very decent pint of stout, served nitro, so it's more to the taste of people coming in to the craft scene from being Guinness drinkers. It's more stouty than the three "traditional" stouts. Nicely mlaty, but you can also detect the hops.
O'Hara's Stout Bottle I prefer it this way. Obviously not being nitro, it's a bit more complex than the draught version. Nice caramelly background, roasted bitterness and also some hops too. Both O'Hara's stouts have that distinctive "O'Hara's Flavour" I don't know what it is, but it's in their red ale, IPA and Curim too.
O'Hara's Leann Follain A more complex stout, stronger ABV, there's chocolate flavours in there, it's a rich, flavoursome stout. You might even find a bit of liquourice in there if you look hard enough.
Whiskey Aged Stouts I already mentioned Kindred Spirit, and there are two other Irish Whiskey Barrel Aged stouts. One from O'Hara's, it's Leann Follain aged in barrels. I've not had it, so won't comment. There's also Franciscan Well Jameson Aged Stout. I had one bottle from the first batch, and it was amazing. By all accounts the second batch is better. They are usually stronger ABV than their "normal" counterparts, and come in larger bottles, so may seem rather expensive.0 -
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Baldy Conscience wrote: »
Poor Seaneh and his shilling for Galway Bay.
#rumbled
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I haven't done that in ages because my payments have been late.0 -
Baldy Conscience wrote: »I'm going to jump on this, just because BAS is a stout and I love the style.
Galway Bay's other porter is called Stormy Port. It's not as full on as BAS, but a very good beer all the same. For me though, I can't drink it because I can usually see the BAS tap beside it, and know by drinking SP I'm missing out on BAS
Trouble Brewing Dark Arts Porter is an excellent porter. Chocolatey, roasty flavours. A small bit of burnt malt bitterness in there for balance. Drinks very easy. Available in bottles and on draught.
Sweetman's Porter. Available in JW Sweetman's (-ex Messrs Maguire), and for my money, is the best Irish porter available - especially when it's available for €4 a pint (usually €4.50, but they do specials sometimes)
8 Degrees Knockmealdown Porter. Another good, robust porter. Slightly dryer than the others mentioned, the roasty bitterness is more to the front in this one. Available in 330ml bottles, and sometimes on draught.
8 Degrees also do a few specials and seasonals. They did a Whiskey Barrel aged stout called Kindred Spirit which was delish.
O'Hara's Stout Draught A very decent pint of stout, served nitro, so it's more to the taste of people coming in to the craft scene from being Guinness drinkers. It's more stouty than the three "traditional" stouts. Nicely mlaty, but you can also detect the hops.
O'Hara's Stout Bottle I prefer it this way. Obviously not being nitro, it's a bit more complex than the draught version. Nice caramelly background, roasted bitterness and also some hops too. Both O'Hara's stouts have that distinctive "O'Hara's Flavour" I don't know what it is, but it's in their red ale, IPA and Curim too.
O'Hara's Leann Follain A more complex stout, stronger ABV, there's chocolate flavours in there, it's a rich, flavoursome stout. You might even find a bit of liquourice in there if you look hard enough.
Whiskey Aged Stouts I already mentioned Kindred Spirit, and there are two other Irish Whiskey Barrel Aged stouts. One from O'Hara's, it's Leann Follain aged in barrels. I've not had it, so won't comment. There's also Franciscan Well Jameson Aged Stout. I had one bottle from the first batch, and it was amazing. By all accounts the second batch is better. They are usually stronger ABV than their "normal" counterparts, and come in larger bottles, so may seem rather expensive.
Ha, you have made my day! Very interested in whiskey barrel stuff! I am actually combining the trip home with a week in Islay for bit of distillery touring. Plus, one of all time favourite beers here in Oz is this whiskey cask aged stuff: http://moondogbrewing.com.au/portfolio/galleries/black-lung-ii0
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