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What beer are we drinking this week, too?

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    #1502
    Grayditch
    Registered Users Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    I too still think Jack Hammer is good. Not great value though, which would stop it being a regular pick up.


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    #1503
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,873 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    I've a bottle of Founders Dirty Bastard in the fridge, but I don't know if I should open it or not. Hmmm.


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    #1504
    ciaran76
    Registered Users Posts: 4,693 ✭✭✭ciaran76


    Heroditas wrote: »
    Moved on to a Carrig Pipers Pale Ale.
    Reminds me of earlier versions of Sabotage but not as nice.
    Still, not bad for a relatively new brewery.

    Where are they from?


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    #1505
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    An File wrote: »
    I've a bottle of Founders Dirty Bastard in the fridge, but I don't know if I should open it or not. Hmmm.

    Don't open it from the fridge anyway!

    Leave it sitting out for a while before you drink it.


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    #1506
    Redsoxfan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,299 ✭✭✭Redsoxfan


    Seaneh wrote: »
    I haven't tasted it yet so I can't pass comment on the beer itself besides pointing out that it's a long way from the coast of Kerry it was brewed.


    Brewed and bottled in Little Island according to the label. And hour and a half?

    If Galway Hooker can be brewed in Roscommon, fair enough I suppose....

    Oh and Muckish Mountain Miners Red Ale is brewed and bottled in Mitchelstown which is a hike


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    #1507
    Redsoxfan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,299 ✭✭✭Redsoxfan


    ciaran76 wrote: »
    Where are they from?


    Leitrim I think?


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    #1508
    ciaran76
    Registered Users Posts: 4,693 ✭✭✭ciaran76


    Grayditch wrote: »
    I too still think Jack Hammer is good. Not great value though, which would stop it being a regular pick up.

    Agree


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    #1509
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    Redsoxfan wrote: »
    Brewed and bottled in Little Island according to the label. And hour and a half?

    If Galway Hooker can be brewed in Roscommon, fair enough I suppose....

    Oh and Muckish Mountain Miners Red Ale is brewed and bottled in Mitchelstown which is a hike

    Bottled maybe, AFAIK it's being brewed in Meath. Hooker never claimed to be brewed in Galway, they just named their brewery after a type of boat.

    Kenmare is being brewed for C&R by Bru in Meath.


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    #1510
    Seaneh
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    ciaran76 wrote: »
    Where are they from?

    Leitrim but were being brewed in Offaly (at Bo Bristle/Brew Eyed) until very recently.


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    #1511
    Redsoxfan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,299 ✭✭✭Redsoxfan


    Seaneh wrote: »
    Bottled maybe, AFAIK it's being brewed in Meath. Hooker never claimed to be brewed in Galway, they just named their brewery after a type of boat.

    Kenmare is being brewed for C&R by Bru in Meath.

    Sorry, I see now that it is brewed and bottled for... Little Island Brewing Company etc.

    Anyway, I didn't buy it because I thought it was from the coast of Kerry but because it was Irish.

    Makes sense, I found it in SuperValu in Maynooth who just started stocking Bru.


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    #1512
    Seaneh
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    Redsoxfan wrote: »
    Sorry, I see now that it is brewed and bottled for... Little Island Brewing Company etc.

    Anyway, I didn't buy it because I thought it was from the coast of Kerry but because it was Irish.

    Makes sense, I found it in SuperValu in Maynooth who just started stocking Bru.

    I've actually since found out it's brewed in Meath and bottled up north.

    Bru make a good stout and a good Red Ale though, so I'd expect Kenmare to be decent enough.


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    #1513
    upforit101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 263 ✭✭upforit101


    Seaneh wrote: »
    Is is that good? I'm not really a fan of pale lagers, but I'll try anything once, I don't mind the likes of spaten...

    It's far superior to Spaten - although I'd much prefer Augustiner Edelstoff over the Helles.

    It's €7 a pint in the brewdock :eek:

    At that price I won't be bothering; a lot more than what I paid for it in Munich - €3.50 and Bergamo, Italy - €5.50.


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    #1514
    Redsoxfan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,299 ✭✭✭Redsoxfan


    Seaneh wrote: »
    I've actually since found out it's brewed in Meath and bottled up north.

    Bru make a good stout and a good Red Ale though, so I'd expect Kenmare to be decent enough.

    Bottled at Hilden?

    I like the Bru Ri and Rua. I have both in the fridge so I'll be able to compare the Ri to the Kenmare later. I'm just back from SuperValu and see they now have the Kenmare Red, so I must try that at some stage.


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    #1515
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,827 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Redsoxfan wrote: »
    Bottled at Hilden?
    At Armagh Cider, I believe, as is Fulcrum. Hilden send their own stuff to Britain.

    My beer blog | The Twitter | My other beer blog



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    #1516
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,558 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    Redsoxfan wrote: »
    Bottled at Hilden?

    I like the Bru Ri and Rua. I have both in the fridge so I'll be able to compare the Ri to the Kenmare later. I'm just back from SuperValu and see they now have the Kenmare Red, so I must try that at some stage.

    Rí is streets ahead of kenmare IMO.


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    #1517
    Ruben Remus
    Registered Users Posts: 430 ✭✭Ruben Remus


    Creamy Goodness wrote: »
    Rí is streets ahead of kenmare IMO.

    Agreed. I really enjoyed the Rí. Kenmare pale is forgettable (haven't tried the red).


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    #1518
    upforit101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 263 ✭✭upforit101


    Got me some Great Danes; TO OL Reparationsbajer and Mikkeller Green gold - Six for the price of five in O'Briens wines over the BH weekend.

    Beer001_zps8cb8680d.jpg


    Going to head into the Black sheep & Brew Dock later on with the Bro for some sample trays of all the new beers!


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    #1519
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,523 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Finally getting to try my first Of Foam and Fury in Alfie Byrne's right now. So excited. :)


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    #1520
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    Diego Simeone wrote: »
    Finally getting to try my first Of Foam and Fury in Alfie Byrne's right now. So excited. :)

    Don't get too ahead of yourself, at the end of the day tis only beer, it's not going to change your life (unless you make it, sell it and make a fortune off of it).


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    #1521
    Redsoxfan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,299 ✭✭✭Redsoxfan


    Creamy Goodness wrote: »
    Rí is streets ahead of kenmare IMO.

    Fully agree, the 'India' makes all the difference. Bit of sweetness to the Ri, Kenmare is more bitter/sharp.


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    #1522
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    Picked up a bottle of Full Sail earlier. I think it's changed again, no bad thing as it's really nice. Carbonation is spot on (big problem last time), but super cloudy, which I don't mind as it gives it lovely body.


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    #1523
    Seaneh
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    BaZmO* wrote: »
    Picked up a bottle of Full Sail earlier. I think it's changed again, no bad thing as it's really nice. Carbonation is spot on (big problem last time), but super cloudy, which I don't mind as it gives it lovely body.

    I had one last week and I noticed it was cloudy too, sent Chris a tweet asking if it they had started bottle conditioning and he replied this:
    Nope, no warehouse space for proper bottle conditioning, but the beer is unpasteurised & unfiltered.Which means occasionally there'll be a bit of sediment.

    The new recipe is 5.8% abv and they've amped up the malt profile to support the hops, I think it's better too as I found the old recipe quite unbalanced.


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    #1524
    quadrifoglio verde
    Registered Users Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭quadrifoglio verde


    surely with the growth of craft beer in the country, it'd make sense for some of the brewers to come together and invest in a bottling line set up in a location central to everywhere?
    If say 10 breweries were to band together and invest in it and run it together, surely it'd be cheaper than sending it to the UK over the long run, not to mention fresher as well :)


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    #1525
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    quadrifoglio verde wrote: »
    surely with the growth of craft beer in the country, it'd make sense for some of the brewers to come together and invest in a bottling line set up in a location central to everywhere?
    If say 10 breweries were to band together and invest in it and run it together, surely it'd be cheaper than sending it to the UK over the long run, not to mention fresher as well :)

    Well some breweries have their own bottling facilities, Eight Degrees,Galway Bay, and Independent to name but 3. They are small scale and not very highly automated.

    I have actually wondered once or twice myself why breweries don't pool together and have a sort of "co-op" for bulk buying grains, hops, glassware, bottling and that sort of thing.


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    #1526
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    Grayditch wrote: »
    Sierra Nevada Beer Camp #95 Imperial Red Ale.

    Hadn't seen this one before, so an "imperial red ale" interested me. It's what you'd expect, from SN, quality wise. Got quite strong as it warmed in the hand. Not sure I'd trust this type of drink from many other breweries, infact has anyone ever had another imperial red ale?

    Oskar Blues G'Knight is supposed to be very good. Haven't tried it yet, but I'm intrigued.
    http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2681/8919/


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    #1527
    upforit101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 263 ✭✭upforit101


    Bro brought back some cans of these from his trip to Iceland; "Egils Gull"

    Nice, smooth, very drinkable lager.

    Voted best standard lager at the world beer awards 2011.

    http://www.icenews.is/2011/11/16/27770/

    IcelandicBeer001_zps60cd1acb.jpg


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    #1528
    drumswan
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    Buxton Stronge Extra Stout, another absolute cracker.


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    #1529
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    Fruh Kolsch.... Mmmmmm Lecker!!!!


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    #1530
    revz
    Registered Users Posts: 478 ✭✭revz


    2014 SN Bigfoot. So well balanced, really enjoying it


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    #1531
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    revz wrote: »
    2014 SN Bigfoot. So well balanced, really enjoying it

    Keep meaning to get some and age a couple bottles.


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