Low alcohol Ale

Chopper77 · 28-02-2014 12:51pm #1

Is there such a thing here ?? I drink Smithwicks in pubs and at home but want to try lay off it for a while

BeerNut · 28-02-2014 1:06pm

How low are you looking for? The Porterhouse does a bitter that's 3.8% ABV; the FXB pubs in Dublin have a sub-4% house beer. Tesco sometimes carries Lee's Brewer's Dark which is 2.8% ABV.

Chopper77 · 28-02-2014 2:27pm

BeerNut wrote: »

How low are you looking for? The Porterhouse does a bitter that's 3.8% ABV; the FXB pubs in Dublin have a sub-4% house beer. Tesco sometimes carries Lee's Brewer's Dark which is 2.8% ABV.

Anything around 3% or lower. I used to be able to get my hands on Coopers mild ale, which wasn't bad, but not anymore.

Lovely Bloke · 28-02-2014 2:38pm

Chopper77 wrote: »

Anything around 3% or lower. I used to be able to get my hands on Coopers mild ale, which wasn't bad, but not anymore.

Would you drink a shandy? What about Guinness mid?

Chopper77 · 28-02-2014 2:41pm

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Would you drink a shandy? What about Guinness mid?

Nah I'm only really an ale person

BeerNut · 28-02-2014 2:58pm

Chopper77 wrote: »

Anything around 3% or lower.

You're out of luck, I'd say. The government halved the excise duty for beers at 2.8% or under a couple of years ago, which means micros would effectively pay a quarter of the full rate, but not a single one of them has picked up on it. Only Diageo makes 2.8% beer in Ireland.

brick tamland · 28-02-2014 7:55pm

Dead pony club is 3.8%, not low enough but a nice beer

Chopper77 · 28-02-2014 9:11pm

BeerNut wrote: »

You're out of luck, I'd say. The government halved the excise duty for beers at 2.8% or under a couple of years ago, which means micros would effectively pay a quarter of the full rate, but not a single one of them has picked up on it. Only Diageo makes 2.8% beer in Ireland.

Cheers. I didn't know that. I guess I was spoiled over in Oz for choice. You could get lost in the size of some of those Dan Murphy's off licences over there

Chopper77 · 28-02-2014 9:14pm

brick tamland wrote: »

Dead pony club is 3.8%, not low enough but a nice beer

Sure is. Though they get lashed back way too easy

Tube · 28-02-2014 11:40pm

Tesco has a few 2.8% English ales, from big names like Fullers (Atom). Some are very good.

Chopper77 · 01-03-2014 11:21am

Tube wrote: »

Tesco has a few 2.8% English ales, from big names like Fullers (Atom). Some are very good.

Thanks I'll see what they have in The Tescos near me

rubadub · 03-03-2014 2:16pm

Smithwicks is only 3.8% anyways. Instead of a shandy -before I was suggesting simply watering it down with sparkling water. This sounds odd but many commercial breweries already are fermenting to a high % and diluting down with water afterwards.

I remember drinking 2% beer abroad and liked the fact it kept you so hydrated. I do have glasses of water between beers the odd time, but would prefer if 2% was in pubs here and priced accordingly.

Tube · 03-03-2014 7:56pm

High gravity brewing involves diluting a very heavy bodied and full flavoured beer to arrive at the desired body and flavour. Diluting Smithwicks will leave it with very little body or flavour.

Ravelleman · 03-03-2014 9:30pm

Diluting the taste of Smithwicks further would cause it to implode on itself.

You might also consider Thwaites Nutty Black, I've seen in bottles in Dublin upon occasion - possibly in Tesco.

sudzs · 03-03-2014 10:14pm

I tried a bottle of Tolly English Ale last week, it's just 2.8%, it has bad reviews online but I liked it!

I got it in Sainsburys in Newry, £1 a bottle.

rubadub · 04-03-2014 10:48am

Tube wrote: »

Diluting Smithwicks will leave it with very little body or flavour.

Ravelleman wrote: »

Diluting the taste of Smithwicks further would cause it to implode on itself..

yeah, but remember the best selling beers in this country have little taste! I know people who drink the most tasteless beer they can find, one guy was shocked when he heard I would drink a beer with my dinner and enjoyed the taste.

Zymurgist · 04-03-2014 1:27pm

Brewdog Dead Pony Club is 3.8% too, and a lot tastier than Smithwicks.

matban · 04-03-2014 1:33pm

Adnams Lighthouse is the nicest low alcohol ale (3.4%) I have ever drank

http://adnams.co.uk/beer/our-beers/adnams-lighthouse/

You will do well to find this in pubs, McHughs off licences stock it on the northside.

GLaDOS · 04-03-2014 1:34pm

Ravelleman wrote: »

You might also consider Thwaites Nutty Black, I've seen in bottles in Dublin upon occasion - possibly in Tesco.

I've gotten it in the Comet off license in Santry, seem to have it permanently. Nice beer.

Bigcheeze · 04-03-2014 1:50pm

Zymurgist wrote: »

Brewdog Dead Pony Club is 3.8% too, and a lot tastier than Smithwicks.

A similar, better value (500ml bottle) beer is Jarl by fyne ales. Tastes better than Dead Pony IMO. Also 3.8%.

Ravelleman · 04-03-2014 4:09pm

Zymurgist wrote: »

Brewdog Dead Pony Club is 3.8% too, and a lot tastier than Smithwicks.

Totally different beer though...

Chopper77 · 05-03-2014 10:57am

matban wrote: »

Adnams Lighthouse is the nicest low alcohol ale (3.4%) I have ever drank

http://adnams.co.uk/beer/our-beers/adnams-lighthouse/

You will do well to find this in pubs, McHughs off licences stock it on the northside.

I seen another Adnams ale in there called Sole Star. 2.7% as well. Think I'll grab some of those the weekend and a couple of the Lighthouse one's

MonstaMash · 05-03-2014 1:24pm

Anchor Small Beer is only 3.3%

http://www.drinkstore.ie/ANCHOR-SMALL-BEER-650ML-072783000775/

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