What beer are we drinking this week, too?

The One Doctor

Galway Bay 'Of Foam and Fury'.

I'm a long time craft beer enthusiast but this beer is muck. If I wanted my beer to taste of pine resin I'd have filled my glass with pine needles.

That's the last time I drink anything by that brewery.

On a positive note, I tried Perla this week and was pleasantly surprised. Cheap and very nice.

toffeeshel

Having a few bottles of Trouble Brewing Graffiti. A lot of flavour packed into 3.6%

Insect Overlord

The One Doctor wrote: »

Galway Bay 'Of Foam and Fury'.

I'm a long time craft beer enthusiast but this beer is muck.

That's the last time I drink anything by that brewery.

:rolleyes:

jsa112

The victory beers have a TWO YEAR BB date so all the ones we got in ireland are 15months old! Terrible so they are!

Didn't know this, what an absolute joke if true. Have to wonder why even bother importing these considering the improvements in irish craft beer. I was going to pass on the DIPA when I thought it was 3 months old, but boy I wouldn't have been happy if I got it and had then seen your post. Hopefully some Victory special/seasonal beers will show up here cause I sure as hell wont be buying any IPAs that old.

Had the golden monkey tripel and didn't think it was great, although I was a bit the worse for wear

BeerNut

Passenger wrote: »

Anybody any suggestions as to where O'Hara's Milk Stout Lublin to Dublin can be purchased? Draught or bottle.

It's in the fridge in DrinkStore too.

cunnifferous

toffeeshel wrote: »

Having a few bottles of Trouble Brewing Graffiti. A lot of flavour packed into 3.6%

It's been bottled? Tell me where you got it, now!

toffeeshel

cunnifferous wrote: »

It's been bottled? Tell me where you got it, now!

Got it from Stephen from Trouble- it will be on the shop shelves soon:)

Lovely Bloke

toffeeshel wrote: »

Got it from Stephen from Trouble- it will be on the shop shelves soon:)

I need this in my life

toffeeshel

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

I need this in my life

It's replacing Fuzzy Logic as part of the core range.

cunnifferous

toffeeshel wrote: »

It's replacing Fuzzy Logic as part of the core range.

Praise the lord! It's great stuff. Not enough decent session ipas around, especially in bottles. Via maris is also in bottles now, although I've only seen it in the GBB offy in Blackrock.

baconsarnie

toffeeshel wrote: »

It's replacing Fuzzy Logic as part of the core range.

Yessss!!!

Now that is very, very good news

RasTa

Never tried that and I think Via Maris is meh, no aroma just bitter.

cunnifferous

RasTa wrote: »

Never tried that and I think Via Maris is meh, no aroma just bitter.

Try it! I like via maris but this is a step above.

jsa112

Had Trouble brewing's graffiti in bull and castle and thought it was dreadful, didn't think much of via maris either.

Had 200 Fathoms last night, and Founders KBS tonight, much preferred the former. Didn't feel the coffee and chocolate was coming through as much with the KBS (felt I got that more when I first tried it 5 months ago). Had St. Feuillin grand cru, 9.5% blonde, its ok.

jsa112

Had Trouble brewing's graffiti in bull and castle and thought it was dreadful, didn't think much of via maris either.

Had 200 Fathoms last night, and Founders KBS tonight, much preferred the former. Didn't feel the coffee and chocolate was coming through as much with the KBS (felt I got that more when I first tried it 5 months ago). Had St. Feuillin grand cru, 9.5% blonde, its ok.

Subcomandante Marcos

Had a Rascal's Brewing Company "Yankee" White IPA in The Wiley Wolf (used to be The Pint).

Really nice beer and the new lads in there have done a good job with the place.

HopsAndJumps

Even though the new batch of OFAF is dodgy. Galway bay made the best Irish DIPA out there, maybe even the best Irish beer.

I just had Voyager, I think it's a really really good beer. Finally a proper Irish made American IPA. It's tastes like it came from Oregon. Bitter, citrusy, peachy. At north of 7% at last!!! How an IPA should be.

Well done to the folks at Galway Bay.

BaZmO*

the beer revolu wrote: »

I may be lynched for this but I finally opened my bottle of 200 fathoms.
Meh.
To be fair, barrel aged imperial stouts/porters aren't really my thing but this one didn't stand out as a particularly special example of the style. Just big, heavy and bitter to my taste.

I love this style of beer and I have to say I think 200F is up there with the best of them.

OFAF on the otherhand......

I'm just not convinced by it. It's nice, but I just can't see what the fuss is about.

RasTa

I remember when I thought O'Hara's Pale Ale was hoppy.....

It's being awhile since I've had a OFAF, in no real rush to try again.

I also see you can buy GBB beers direct from them now, however it's much cheaper to simply get them from drinkstore??

http://www.galwaybaybrewery.com/shop/

Trond

Anyone familiar with Blacks of Kinsales Black IPA? Picked up a few earlier.

Is it anything like Kinnegars version?

Lovely Bloke

The Kinnegar black beer is a Black Rye IPA (Black Bucket), so there'll be different flavours.

the Blacks has more prominent malt flavours.

Trond

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

The Kinnegar black beer is a Black Rye IPA (Black Bucket), so there'll be different flavours.

the Blacks has more prominent malt flavours.

I loved the Kinnegar black beer when I had it on tap so was hoping The Blacks version was similar.

i'll find out soon enough!!!

Insect Overlord

Trond wrote: »

I loved the Kinnegar black beer when I had it on tap so was hoping The Blacks version was similar.

i'll find out soon enough!!!

It tends to be a good price in Dunnes. Well worth trying.

Trond

An File wrote: »

It tends to be a good price in Dunnes. Well worth trying.

Picked some up in the Stephens Green branch at lunchtime. Think it was €2.50 per bottle.

Herb Powell

Trond wrote: »

Anyone familiar with Blacks of Kinsales Black IPA? Picked up a few earlier.

Is it anything like Kinnegars version?

Honestly it's one of my favourite beers in Ireland. Haven't had the Kinnegar one, but you should like it alright. Maybe even love it.

Sonderkommando

Had a jack the lad ipa from real deal breweries the other night, not as bitter as I would like but would still recommend.

Lovely Bloke

Buried At Sea in Brew Dock still a great stout.

Now on Scraggy Bay in Harry Byrne's

flanzer

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Now on Scraggy Bay in Harry Byrne's

Careful on that. It's a great beer, but not a session ale!! Made that mistake one night in Harry's

Heroditas

Had my worst beer in a long long time last week - Jack Cody's Duxie Grapefruit Tea Pale Ale. Awful stuff - threw most of it down the sink.
Closely followed by Justice Pal Ale by Kelly's Mountain Brew. €1 in the bargain bin in Drinkstore so I bought two. How bad could it be? Bad enough to clean the sink with it as well.

Tenzor07

Took a Roadtrip tonight!