What beer are we drinking this week, too?

Heroditas

Did anyone, by any chance, read the article on the McGargles enterprise in the Sunday Times? I took a photo of it and will try and post it later.

blueshed

Heroditas wrote: »

Did anyone, by any chance, read the article on the McGargles enterprise in the Sunday Times? I took a photo of it and will try and post it later.

also a piece in the Liffey Champion - new brewery opening very soon in Kilcock Co Kildare on the site of the old Kelly's Bakery.

€1 million investment and 30 jobs.

matrim

blueshed wrote: »

also a piece in the Liffey Champion - new brewery opening very soon in Kilcock Co Kildare on the site of the old Kelly's Bakery.

€1 million investment and 30 jobs.

Is that the one setup by ex Heineken (maybe Guinness) guys?

drumswan

Beoir Chorca Dhuibhne Cul Dorcha, a cracking beer from the weirdest and most unfriendly brewpub I ever visited

irish_goat

matrim wrote: »

Is that the one setup by ex Heineken (maybe Guinness) guys?

Former Diageo and Molson Coors employees.

cormacjones

drumswan wrote: »

Beoir Chorca Dhuibhne Cul Dorcha, a cracking beer from the weirdest and most unfriendly brewpub I ever visited

Do you mean the one in Dingle? I always wanted to visit it when I was down that direction.

Gandhi

Victory Dirtwolf double IPA. It replaces Hop Wallop, which I will definitely miss, but Dirtwolf has a crisper (almost harsh) texture that I like. Tastes like it is dry-hopped, even though I don't think it is. Would not have had two (pints, not tulips) at lunchtime if I had known it was 8.7%.

Ipso

Sierra Nevada's Ruthless Rye. I'll need to try it again but it came across like a spicy version of Celebration.

BaZmO*

Ipso wrote: »

Sierra Nevada's Ruthless Rye. I'll need to try it again but it came across like a spicy version of Celebration.

That's kinda what it is.

Ipso

Had it again, wasn't overly crazy about it. There is a bitter taste that Celebration also has that I'm not keen on, although I like the Rye taste.
It was a toss up over Ruthless Rye or Old Chico Crystal Wheat, I saw some not too stellar reviews for Old Chico so I took the Ruthless Rye.

Lovely Bloke

If you like the Rye, give Kinnegar's Rustbucket a go.

Lovely Irish Rye beer.

drumswan

JW Sweetman rated fourth best new brewer in the world on ratebeer

http://www.ratebeer.com/RateBeerBest/newbrewers_012014cc.asp

I remember a certain poster referring to their beer as 'tasting like bad homebrew' - harhar

Herb Powell

Finally picked up a Gose, Rittergut's Gose to be exact.

This is one damn good beer. Deliciously crisp and sour. Will be drinking more of it.

Ipso

drumswan wrote: »

JW Sweetman rated fourth best new brewer in the world on ratebeer

http://www.ratebeer.com/RateBeerBest/newbrewers_012014cc.asp

I remember a certain poster referring to their beer as 'tasting like bad homebrew' - harhar

Good to see. Who knows, some tome in the future when a US president visits instead of getting a photo of the divils buttermilk it may be JW Sweetman.

Technocentral

ciaran76 wrote: »

I see L.Mulligans has Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier on tap.

Not my cup of tea but I know there is a few in here who like it.

Love it, but 2 bottles at the most, usually one.

Heroditas

Bottle of Brewdog's Russian Imperial Stout tonight. Not sure what to make of it yet.
It's been a while since I've had an imperial stout so the taste buds are getting used to it!

EDIT: just finished it and can honestly say there's far better Imperial stouts out there.

drumswan

Herb Powell wrote: »

Finally picked up a Gose, Rittergut's Gose to be exact.

This is one damn good beer. Deliciously crisp and sour. Will be drinking more of it.

Whered you get that?

Losty Dublin

irish_goat wrote: »

Former Diageo and Molson Coors employees.

Would this be the McGargles lads or another operation?

Ravelleman

Landlord Strong Pale Ale - 4.1% is hardly strong. Not overly floral but quite bitter. Fairly unremarkable, as I thought last time.

ciaran76

I am in Belgium at the moment but in the south away from any major city.
Anyway Ramée Blonde is what I had last night on draught.

Its a good middle of the road beer for me.
Another Irish lad was with me and he tasted it and said it smelled veru sweet and very hoppy. He went back to drinking Carlsberg.


Its sweet enough and a nice Belgian hop hit.Not the best Belgian beer but hits the spot for me.

Lovely Bloke

I think I'll be in The Beerhouse on Capel St tomorrow, anyone idea what they have on draught in there?

BeerNut

I was in on Tuesday night. Off the top of my head there was Leann Folláin, O'Hara's IPA, Brú Lager, Bo Bristle IPA, Black Pitts Porter, C No Evil and Aztec Stout. Probably a few more too: there always seems to be a couple of Franciscan Well beers and one by BrewDog, but I didn't notice which.

Heroditas

Ravelleman wrote: »

Landlord Strong Pale Ale - 4.1% is hardly strong. Not overly floral but quite bitter. Fairly unremarkable, as I thought last time.

Heresy!

To be fair, many traditional UK bitters were around the 3% mark so, in theory, it would qualify as a strong English pale ale.

Lovely Bloke

BeerNut wrote: »

I was in on Tuesday night. Off the top of my head there was Leann Folláin, O'Hara's IPA, Brú Lager, Bo Bristle IPA, Black Pitts Porter, C No Evil and Aztec Stout. Probably a few more too: there always seems to be a couple of Franciscan Well beers and one by BrewDog, but I didn't notice which.

Cool, sounds like a decent selection.

I think they have some kind of tie-in with MC, do they? Like that pub in Smithfield beside the cinema, they sell no Guinness on tap, and have the FW stuff on draught.

BeerNut

Heroditas wrote: »

Heresy!

Fair comment on the bottled version, I think. It's very different from draught Landlord (rocket fuel at 4.3% ABV), which is a magnificent beer when on form.

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

I think they have some kind of tie-in with MC, do they?

Nah, I think they just rolled over for the rep more than most pubs, but I doubt it's anything more than lots point-of-sale material and several of their beers.

Ravelleman

Heroditas wrote: »

Heresy!

To be fair, many traditional UK bitters were around the 3% mark so, in theory, it would qualify as a strong English pale ale.

I'd consider 4.1% to be in the 'ordinary' bitter territory really. I'd like to try the draught version as BeerNut suggests

adamski8

BeerNut wrote: »

I was in on Tuesday night. Off the top of my head there was Leann Folláin, O'Hara's IPA, Brú Lager, Bo Bristle IPA, Black Pitts Porter, C No Evil and Aztec Stout. Probably a few more too: there always seems to be a couple of Franciscan Well beers and one by BrewDog, but I didn't notice which.

Thats quite a few more taps than they used too. Was just the craft collection, 1 BRU and oharas ipa/lager last time i was there.

slayerking

adamski8 wrote: »

Thats quite a few more taps than they used too. Was just the craft collection, 1 BRU and oharas ipa/lager last time i was there.

Decent value aswell on some beers. For instance, Sunburnt Irish Red by Eight Degrees is 4 euro a pint, and half's are half the price, like they should be! I think they have a good few pints in the 5 or under price bracket.

Heroditas

Currently having a quite pleasant pint of Estaminet in Peggy Kellys before I head to the dogs.
Not a bad Pilsner considering I don't normally go for that style.

Ravelleman

slayerking wrote: »

Decent value aswell on some beers. For instance, Sunburnt Irish Red by Eight Degrees is 4 euro a pint, and half's are half the price, like they should be! I think they have a good few pints in the 5 or under price bracket.

Do want.