What beer are we drinking this week, too?

GLaDOS

ciaran76 wrote: »

Where in Prague you staying? If central the Beer museum has a great choice of beers but it's not a museum.

Will have to double check with the missus (she has all the details ) but pretty sure we'll be central.

BeerNut

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Hitting up Brussels, Munich and Prague in the next few weeks, any boozers I absolutely should not miss?

On a strict one-per-city basis I'd go with Moeder Lambic Fontinas, Augustiner-Keller and Klášterní Pivovar Strahov, respectively. Tough choices though

ciaran76

Oh yeah Klášterní Pivovar Strahov is great too for traditional Czech food too.

I'm over there in a few weeks myself again so will hit those 2 places and most likely the Staropramen brewey too.

stuchyg

BeerNut wrote: »

On a strict one-per-city basis I'd go with Moeder Lambic Fontinas, Augustiner-Keller and Klášterní Pivovar Strahov, respectively. Tough choices though

I'd have to agree re moeder, also try find the cantillon brewery

symbolic

stuchyg wrote: »

I'd have to agree re moeder, also try find the cantillon brewery

Yes Moeder is a nice bar.

I didn't like that Delirium Village place at all, although it maybe just me, it seems popular!

BeerNut

symbolic wrote: »

I didn't like that Delirium Village place at all

The ground floor and basement are pretty grim but upstairs is excellent: civilised and with a well-chosen beer list -- not just hundred of beers made by the owners' brewery, which is what downstairs sometimes seems to be.

drumswan

Is this the loft or attic or something? It was closed when I went in on a Sunday morning. Barstaff were anything but friendly when I was there too. Polar opposite of Chez Moeder

BeerNut

The Hoppy Loft, yes. It's not really a chat-to-the-barman-about-beer sort of place. Actually, there aren't many of those in Brussels full stop.

irish_goat

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Hitting up Brussels, Munich and Prague in the next few weeks, any boozers I absolutely should not miss? I doubt it'll be hard to find good beer in any of them

Definitely go to Schneider's place in Munich. http://www.schneider-weisse.de/index.php?lang=en&tpl=brauerei.brauhaeusser

My advice would be to go here after you've been to a few other places as it'll nice to see a bar with a bit of beer variety in it after a while.

BeerNut

irish_goat wrote: »

My advice would be to go here after you've been to a few other places as it'll nice to see a bar with a bit of beer variety in it after a while.

I found it was very busy all evening when I was last in Munich. Go for a Hopfen-Weisse breakfast instead The biggest disappointment for me at Schneider was I expected to see Taps 1 through X as actual taps, but they don't exist :mad:

For variety, Camba Bavaria now has a pub.

lk67

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Hitting up Brussels, Munich and Prague in the next few weeks, any boozers I absolutely should not miss? I doubt it'll be hard to find good beer in any of them

I like Moeder Lambic Fontainas in Brussels but much prefer the original in St. Gilles. Harder to get to but well worth the trip. More sociable bar people and great mix of locals and beer nerds. Haven't been there in well over a year though.

Ravelleman

Had a nice little can of Mackeson Stout. Softly carbonated but there's a surprising amount of body for all of its 2.8% ABV - some light smoky roastiness and perhaps a hint of something vegetable behind it. Seemingly a classic milk stout but apparently now a ghost.

Geuze

I had a cask ale made by Fyne Ales in the Salthouse pub in Galway.

It's called Superior IPA, 7.1% ABV, priced at 5 euro per pint.

Lovely stuff, it didn't feel like 7.1%.

The mouth-feel of cask is different to keg, it seems to go down easier.

BeerNut

Geuze wrote: »

The mouth-feel of cask is different to keg, it seems to go down easier.

"Keg is for sipping and cask is for supping", as one CAMRA stalwart I know puts it.

upforit101

BeerNut wrote: »

Augustiner-Keller

+1 on the Augustiner Keller in Munich.
Pure bliss sitting outside in the sunshine with Augustiner Edelstoff tapped from wooden barrels.
Perfectly accompanied with Bavarian sausage to tuck into when you get hungry.

http://www.augustinerkeller.de/en.htm

Losty Dublin

Ravelleman wrote: »

Had a nice little can of Mackeson Stout. Softly carbonated but there's a surprising amount of body for all of its 2.8% ABV - some light smoky roastiness and perhaps a hint of something vegetable behind it. Seemingly a classic milk stout but apparently now a ghost.

I got my hands on a few cans years ago and a few cans later I was wondering what all the fuss was about. I can but assume that it was one of the so called medicinal stouts that one hears about, hence the lower ABV.

Ravelleman

Losty Dublin wrote: »

I got my hands on a few cans years ago and a few cans later I was wondering what all the fuss was about. I can but assume that it was one of the so called medicinal stouts that one hears about, hence the lower ABV.

Yes, an old-style milk stout. I'm not sure there really is much fuss these days though. They still produce it but without any marketing behind it. Tesco and Sainsburys in the North stock it against all the odds.

There are nicer milk stouts out there and it wasn't even particularly cheap but I quite like it.

baron von something

one of my locals got in 5a.m. saint and metalman on tap.the pubs round my area seem to finally be coming round to their beer senses and are getting in a few nice ones

Ravelleman

Had a Beoir #1 in The Black Sheep this evening. Not too bad for a mere €4.50. A very nice DIPA indeed, though a completely different end of the spectrum to OFAF and Pliny, which is my reference point for the style. In my mind the hop comes through in #1 a lot more than in either of the either of the other two; much more bitter and perhaps a little less well rounded but very good none the less.

Ipso

Bear Republic's Red Rocket Ale; it seems to be a Red/Amber/Scotch Ale mish mash with more hops. I would have preferred it with less hops.

drumswan

Is Bear Republic back in Dublin?

Had the three Sixpoints, a cask Ghost Ship and a pint of GBB Table Beer last night, Bengali Tiger and Table were superb.

Losty Dublin

drumswan wrote: »

Is Bear Republic back in Dublin?

Had the three Sixpoints, a cask Ghost Ship and a pint of GBB Table Beer last night, Bengali Tiger and Table were superb.

Fairly sure Drinkstore had it in the other day.

drumswan

Is there Racer 5? Tell me there is Racer 5!

Ravelleman

I thought the Bear Republic stuff had been around for a while with a new distributor.

drumswan

Nope. the last of it sold out everywhere months ago

Ravelleman

Never noticed. Pity about that.

Lovely Bloke

Does Alfie's have Table? Heading to the Iveagh Gardens and going to stop in beforehand.

With vouchers

C.K Dexter Haven

I placed a few of these in the fridge this evening, given the balmy weather:


Stonewell Cider- anyone tried it? Am I in for a treat?:D

Losty Dublin

C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

I placed a few of these in the fridge this evening, given the balmy weather:


Stonewell Cider- anyone tried it? Am I in for a treat?:D

You are indeed. This is what Bulmers can only dream of being like.

baron von something

theres a new brewery opened up in killanny.Brehon Brewhouse.my local offie has 4 bottles for a tenner so they'll be on my menu tomorrow night.i think they only have a blonde beer and a red ale so far