What beer are we drinking this week, too?

Lovely Bloke

brewer has changed since then afaik

matrim

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

brewer has changed since then afaik

Don't think so. They had a meet the brewer a few weeks ago and it was the same American guy that I met last year

jsa112

Founders bolt cutter, very nice !

Had trouble brewing simcoe smash, was dreadful

snowblind

St. Lupulin wrote: »

So, why is no one talking about White Hag's Session IPA?

Best Irish session beer on the market.

Murders Metalman and Grand Stretch.

Damn right. Aroma is beautiful, flavour is on the money. 2.49 a bottle at least in the SCR Next Door

matrim

snowblind wrote: »

Damn right. Aroma is beautiful, flavour is on the money. 2.49 a bottle at least in the SCR Next Door

Having the last of the 24 I got from them for doing the linked finance lending. It's a really nice beer and is definitely making it onto my list of regulars.

I ended up throwing that Red IPA down the sink. I just couldn't finish it. Looking at the bottle it's down as 4.7%. I remember it being stronger and rate beer has it as 6.8 from last year. Maybe I just got a dud bottle but it could be that the recipe change isn't doing it any favours.

irish_goat

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Sierra Nevada Blindfold Black IPA, the colour of stout & intense flavours of a classic American IPA...

This available in Dublin?

BaZmO*

irish_goat wrote: »

This available in Dublin?

Has been for a while now.

BeerNut

Yep, I got it in DrinkStore.

Lovely Bloke

Is it as described above, or are the darker malts bringing anything to the table other than colour?

Uncle_moe

The hop oil really seems to make a difference in this, intensely hoppy but not too bitter.

BaZmO*

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Is it as described above, or are the darker malts bringing anything to the table other than colour?

I liked it, although I thought it was more of a hopped Porter than a full on BIPA.

BeerNut

I thought Blindfold was possibly the least IPA-like of any black IPA I've tasted. It's a very nice porter though.

Lovely Bloke

lol, both those reviews are in stark contrast to mesrine's

BaZmO*

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

lol, both those reviews are in stark contrast to mesrine's

I refer you to my signature.

Mesrine65

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

lol, both those reviews are in stark contrast to mesrine's

Mine wasn't a review, description just lifted off the bottle

BaZmO*

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Mine wasn't a review, description just lifted off the bottle

But what did you think of it?

Mesrine65

BaZmO* wrote: »

But what did you think of it?

I liked it a lot, dark & full of flavour with a nice kick to it.

Lovely Bloke

BaZmO* wrote: »

I refer you to my signature.

pffftttt, I don't speak Romanian.

BaZmO*

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

pffftttt, I don't speak Romanian.

I don't speak Japanese.

Lovely Bloke

BaZmO* wrote: »

I don't speak Japanese.

味についての侃々諤々はありません

Aji ni tsuite no kankangakugaku wa arimasen

lk67

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Sierra Nevada Blindfold Black IPA ...

The nicest SN beer I've had in a while, and it's available in Carlow!

Krusty_Clown

Thornbridge Jaipur X - How they pack so many percentage points into such a refreshing, fruity beer that is almost entirely devoid of bitterness - one of life's great mysteries.

BaZmO*

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Thornbridge Jaipur X - How they pack so many percentage points into such a refreshing, fruity beer that is almost entirely devoid of bitterness - one of life's great mysteries.

Cold Hopping?

snowblind

I found Jaipur X to be sickly sweet and quite boozy :eek:

ghogie91

Finns Craft Irish Lager.... oh the boy its unreal!

Subcomandante Marcos

ghogie91 wrote: »

Finns Craft Irish Lager.... oh the boy its unreal!

If by unreal you mean tastes like remarkably little, then yes.

snowblind

New Firestone Walker beers are in the shops! Got mine from Redmonds: Pivo Pils, Double Jack, Pale 31 and DBA

Also stocked are Succaba & Stickee Monkee bombers for 30€ each but didn't go for them....

Double Jack is excellent. Dry, resinous, piney. Not too boozy. If Jaipur X is what I hate in DIPA's, this is what I love about them...9.5% so quite dangerous.

Bebo stunnah

ghogie91 wrote: »

Finns Craft Irish Lager.... oh the boy its unreal!

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

If by unreal you mean tastes like remarkably little, then yes.

I tried that a few weeks back in a friends, I bought the pack of four it definitely didn't taste of nothing. It stank like nail polish remover and tasted worse. I was raging I bought the 4!

MonkstownHoop

snowblind wrote: »

New Firestone Walker beers are in the shops! Got mine from Redmonds: Pivo Pils, Double Jack, Pale 31 and DBA

Also stocked are Succaba & Stickee Monkee bombers for 30€ each but didn't go for them....

Double Jack is excellent. Dry, resinous, piney. Not too boozy. If Jaipur X is what I hate in DIPA's, this is what I love about them...9.5% so quite dangerous.

Have one coming up, heard only good things!

BaZmO*

I thought the €28 price tags for a couple of them were typos on Drinkstore. Obviously not.

The other ones were at a decent price. Unfortunately I picked up a big order yesterday so the new stuff might have to wait. Might...........