Name your favourite craft beers

Dally

Hi All,

I'm living abroad but I return soon for a while. I moved away 3 years ago and I think a few new craft beers have appeared since then. I want to try some of the Irish ones when I'm home.

Please tell us your favourite craft beers (preferably including Irish ones), as many or as few as you like, in order if you like, and maybe with a brief (or long!) explanation of what's so good about each.

Thank you

Seaneh

O'Haras Leann Follain
Whitewater Clothworthy Dobbin
Blacks Black IPA
Blacks Pale Ale
Trouble Whistle Blower
Trouble Red Rye Ale
Independent Pale Ale
Bru Rua
Bru Dubh
Dungarvan Blackrock
Eight Degrees Amberella
Galway Bay Of Foam & Fury
Galway Bay Buried at Sea


And loads more worth checking out.

irish_goat

Metalman Pale ale, how I miss thee.

Seaneh

I think he wants to take some away with him. Hard done with Metalman until they get this elusive canning line up and running.

yknaa

Big fan of Rower's Ale from Offaly. Well worth a sample when spending time in Ireland. Oh, and Rebel Red too.

Maynard

Porterhouse Celebration Stout.
Leann Folláin
O'Haras IPA
8 Degrees Amber Ella

Ravelleman

Leann Folláin
Horn8s' Nest
Amber Ella
Full Sail, latterly

Slaphead07

as a Guinness drinker I love O'hara's stout. Nectar!

drumswan

Is Horn8ts nest pouring anywhere? Has it been bottled?

Ravelleman

drumswan wrote: »

Is Horn8ts nest pouring anywhere? Has it been bottled?

The Norseman in Temple Bar, for one. The price is entirely reasonable too - €5.50, I believe.

Lucena

yknaa wrote: »

Big fan of Rower's Ale from Offaly. Well worth a sample when spending time in Ireland. Oh, and Rebel Red too.

Is this the one you mean? (Carrig Rowers Red Ale)

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/carrig-rowers-red-ale/184950/

Losty Dublin

In no particular order I'm a big fan of O'Hara's Red, Porterhouse Plain, Bru Rua, Dark Arts porter, Metalman PA, Galway Hooker, Dungarvan's excellent Copper Coast and Kinnegar's Rustbucket and Yannaroddy. And that's just whats on my mind just now.

Ravelleman

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Porterhouse Plain

This is an underrated beer.

Dont be at yourself

Dally wrote: »

Hi All,

I'm living abroad but I return soon for a while. I moved away 3 years ago and I think a few new craft beers have appeared since then. I want to try some of the Irish ones when I'm home.

Please tell us your favourite craft beers (preferably including Irish ones), as many or as few as you like, in order if you like, and maybe with a brief (or long!) explanation of what's so good about each.

Thank you

Anything by Kinnegar or White Gypsy: far and away the two stand-out Irish brewers, to my mind.

yknaa

Lucena wrote: »

Is this the one you mean? (Carrig Rowers Red Ale)

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/carrig-rowers-red-ale/184950/

It is indeed. Apologies.I didn't know they moved from Banagher in Offaly to Leitrim. It seems a bit sketchy. Are Carrig and Bo Bristle one and the same?

BeerNut

yknaa wrote: »

Are Carrig and Bo Bristle one and the same?

No. Bo Bristle brewed the first two Carrig beers: Lager and Rowers Red. My understanding is that this arrangement has continued even now that Carrig has its own standalone brewery in Carrick brewing all the other Carrig beers: Pipers, Poachers, Brazen and the Pilsner.

Seaneh

yknaa wrote: »

It is indeed. Apologies.I didn't know they moved from Banagher in Offaly to Leitrim. It seems a bit sketchy. Are Carrig and Bo Bristle one and the same?

Nothing sketchy about it. Lots of brewers start off contracting their beers to an established brewery while they build they own, Metalman was being brewed by Whitegypsy for a while at the start, Brú are brewing for one or 2 new companies, Eight Degrees brewed the first few batches of Black's Pale Ale and so on. Fairly standard stuff.

Aglomerado

Hilden's Headless Dog and Twisted Hop.
PorterHouse's Hop Head.

Dally

Great suggestions. Thanks all!

Angron

I grew very fond of Jarl by Fyne Ales after I tried one at the recommendation of a boardsie. There's a few others I've liked, but that one would be my favourite.

uch

McGargles, Granny Mary's Red Ale is savage and very reasonably priced


http://www.mcgargles.com/

irish_goat

uch wrote: »

McGargles, Granny Mary's Red Ale is savage and very reasonably priced

He's looking for Irish craft beer though.

Ravelleman

irish_goat wrote: »

He's looking for Irish craft beer though.

Jarl is indeed lovely though.

perth112

Fuller's London Pride
Fuller's Organic Honey dew
O'Haras Red Ale/ Stout
Old Speckled Hen
Hobgoblin by Wychwood Brewery.
Fuller's India Pale Ale
O'Hara's Pale Ale

All the above beers are great and readily available in most supermarkets.

schemingbohemia

perth112 wrote: »

Fuller's London Pride
Fuller's Organic Honey dew
O'Haras Red Ale/ Stout
Old Speckled Hen
Hobgoblin by Wychwood Brewery.
Fuller's India Pale Ale
O'Hara's Pale Ale

All the above beers are great and readily available in most supermarkets.

Did you miss the bit about Irish craft beers?

For me Kinnegar's Rustbucket Rye Ale is my favourite tipple at the mo.

Ravelleman

schemingbohemia wrote: »

Did you miss the bit about Irish craft beers?

To me it reads like the shelf of my local Tesco.

perth112

schemingbohemia wrote: »

Did you miss the bit about Irish craft beers?

For me Kinnegar's Rustbucket Rye Ale is my favourite tipple at the mo.

It says nothing about ' Irish 'craft beers.

perth112

Carling is nice, but I prefer Cider, Bulmers is nice, but I prefer Druids.

Niallp1976

Quote: uch
McGargles, Granny Mary's Red Ale is savage and very reasonably priced


He's looking for Irish craft beer though. "

McGargles is an Irish Craft beer. We've invested over a million euro in the brewery in Kilcock and hired 17 people

drumswan

Niallp1976 wrote: »

Quote: uch
McGargles, Granny Mary's Red Ale is savage and very reasonably priced


He's looking for Irish craft beer though. "

McGargles is an Irish Craft beer. We've invested over a million euro in the brewery in Kilcock and hired 17 people

Great stuff, has production of the mc gargles range moved over fully? Any plans to produce beers under a different label than mc gargles?

Ravelleman

perth112 wrote: »

It says nothing about ' Irish 'craft beers.

Check again.