What beer are we drinking this week, too?

tang1

12th Abbey Irish Pale Ale, mediocre is the best think i can say about it. Shall not be sampling again.

Ravelleman

Two bottles of Hofbrau Oktoberfest for €1.90 in the supermarket in Valladolid. Such value.

snowblind wrote: »

This is the menu at Brewdog Helsinki. Macro beer prices are on average pretty similar in Helsinki vs Dublin.

This is the price of a functioning welfare state.

n97 mini

snowblind wrote: »

This is the menu at Brewdog Helsinki. Macro beer prices are on average pretty similar in Helsinki vs Dublin.
Please tell me more about how microbreweries in Ireland practice price gouging selling 5.50€ pints or whatever.

Brewdog bars the UK are a good bit more expensive than the norm, to the point where people give out about them there too. So I would not take them to be a bell weather of local prices. Same as Moeder Lambic in Brussels. Great beer but inflated prices.

BaZmO*

Second time having The White Hag IPA.

Nope, not feeling it all. When I said that here previously so many said that it was a great beer so I decided to give it another go but I just can't see what the fuss is about.

n97 mini

Bottle or draught? It's underwhelming in bottle, as it's pretty flat!

BaZmO*

n97 mini wrote: »

Bottle or draught? It's underwhelming in bottle, as it's pretty flat!

Bottle both times so maybe that's the why.

Ravelleman

Happy New Year to those on the board. 2014 was a pretty good year for beer.

I imagine 2015 will be a vintage year too.

Grayditch

The White Hag Christmas beer I got was almost completely flat and I couldn't drink it.

Having a Mescan Triple Red. Been looking forward to this one. It's lovely and smooth, but with great flavour.

Ravelleman

Had a very nice Spanish micro last night called Negrón. It's an 8% imperial stout, made as a collaboration between Vier in Valladolid and Bayura in Asturias. Very much in Leann Follain territory but with an extra whack of alcohol and a lingering bitterness, which makes it less dessert-like than LF. Highly enjoyable and evidence that there are some good micros in deeper Spain.

Lovely Bloke

that must be a record for gap between posts on this thread, everyone must have been beered out.

mondeoman2

This Is What I will be Enjoying Tonight

Straylight

Was given a bottle of this for Christmas. Just enjoying it now, it's remarkably good.

astraj

mondeoman2 wrote: »

This Is What I will be Enjoying Tonight

Where did you find this

mondeoman2

astraj wrote: »

Where did you find this

I picked it up In Tesco in Mansfield In The Uk,in September £15:)

Herb Powell

Opened an exclusive bottle of red ale brewed by a neighbour of mine up the road

Excellent stuff, though it wouldn't be a typical red ale, seems to have weissbier-y qualities. Nice and full bodied though. Also have a bottle of his stout to try later, looking forward to it.

BMJD

Brehon Shanco Dubh Porter - outstanding stuff, one of the best Irish porters I've had.

drumswan

BMJD wrote: »

Brehon Shanco Dubh Porter - outstanding stuff, one of the best Irish porters I've had.

Agreed, this is superb stuff, really surprised me when I had it last night.

a_non_a_mouse

Grayditch wrote: »

The White Hag Christmas beer I got was almost completely flat and I couldn't drink it.

Yeah, very disappointed with it.
had a few Christmas beer's over the last couple of weeks and it was the worst by a long way. Still have a bottle in the fridge at home.

Best of Christmas beers that I tried was
Gouden Carolus Christmas Beer - 10% and absolute Christmas in a glass!
followed closely by
St Bernadus Christmas Beer
White Gypsy Yule Ol
then
Corsendonk Christmas beer
Gordon Christmas beer
then a long way back the White Hag...

Also had Trappistes Rochefort 8 which was stunning but at over €4 for a 330ml bottle it won't be a frequent occurance.

and one which surprised me....
Urthel Hop-It (Belgian IPA)
though it was really good, very drinkable and the 9.5% could sneak up on you.

xxyyzz

BaZmO* wrote: »

Second time having The White Hag IPA.

Nope, not feeling it all. When I said that here previously so many said that it was a great beer so I decided to give it another go but I just can't see what the fuss is about.

I had the same issue a few times, flat and tasteless. Subsequently I got a few properly carbonated ones from them and they were very good to be fair.

ben.schlomo

Had White Hag Dunkel in Bierhaus Galway on Saturday night, quite nice, very yeasty and a little sour, different for sure.

lee_baby_simms

Went to a great bar in Paris the other night called La Fine Mousse. Some cracking beers on tap. 20 taps in total.

I tried Gueuze Draft which was great. A sour beer which unfortunately played merry hell with my heartburn. A quick zantac and I was off again. Also tried a triple called Imperial Zest from Italy. Excellent. Tried about half the menu but they're the only two I can remember clearly. *hic*

If you're in Paris and enjoy your beer I highly recommend it.

BMJD

Wicklow Wolf Black Perle Porter - not bad but nothing special

MadYaker

lee_baby_simms wrote: »

Went to a great bar in Paris the other night called La Fine Mousse. Some cracking beers on tap. 20 taps in total.

I tried Gueuze Draft which was great. A sour beer which unfortunately played merry hell with my heartburn. A quick zantac and I was off again. Also tried a triple called Imperial Zest from Italy. Excellent. Tried about half the menu but they're the only two I can remember clearly. *hic*

If you're in Paris and enjoy your beer I highly recommend it.

Sounds good but id say it wasn't cheap! Drinking in Paris can be very expensive, even if you avoid the tourist traps.

Sephiroth_dude

Had a Mayfield 5 lager,lovely stuff

artvandelay48

Had a dungarvan American pale ale. Not sure if it's new or just new to our obriens but it's top stuff.

Ronan|Raven

A nice cup of ovaltine!

MonkstownHoop

artvandelay48 wrote: »

Had a dungarvan American pale ale. Not sure if it's new or just new to our obriens but it's top stuff.

Mine Head?

jsa112

That's the one, had a bottle of it myself and was surprised that it was decent enough

Lovely Bloke

Yeah, had a bottle or two of it a while back, thought the same, surprisingly decent.

anncoates

Trying some Export Stout by The Kernel brewery (London).

7.1%. It's an absolute cracker.