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Best IPA

  • 17-06-2015 10:37pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 739 ✭✭✭


    Ever since I tried Of Foam and Fury I've been trying any IPA I can find, be it in bottle in the off licence or on tap at the pub. Problem is that none have matched Foam and Fury for me and it's a bit pricey bottle wise and, at 8.5%, liver health wise.

    Question I have is, does anyone recommend anything approaching the taste/loveliness of Of Foam and Fury that's maybe a little cheaper for a bottle?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭themandan6611


    founders centennial ipa - 7.2%, 4 x 355mls for €10

    98 on rate beer and high on beer advocate

    you wont go wrong


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    Pliny The Elder is "the best beer in the world", but

    1. it's hardly ever available in Ireland
    2. it's hardly ever fresh

    2 is important as the hop aromas will deteriorate over a short enough time in highly-hopped beers.

    For a slightly different IPA tack, you could do worse than Brehon's Stony Grey IPA, it's more piney and resinous than cirtus and floral.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭lk67


    For a slightly different IPA tack, you could do worse than Brehon's Stony Grey IPA, it's more piney and resinous than cirtus and floral.

    This is a fantastic beer, as is all of their range.

    Very underrated imo.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 92 ✭✭billythefish99


    Ever since I tried Of Foam and Fury I've been trying any IPA I can find, be it in bottle in the off licence or on tap at the pub. Problem is that none have matched Foam and Fury for me and it's a bit pricey bottle wise and, at 8.5%, liver health wise.

    Question I have is, does anyone recommend anything approaching the taste/loveliness of Of Foam and Fury that's maybe a little cheaper for a bottle?
    Not to be pedantic, but Foam And Fury is a Double IPA so if you are looking for something similar you'll need to be looking at that style, not IPA.


  • Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,233 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Kinnegar Black Bucket Black IPA is a recent favourite of mine

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Ever since I tried Of Foam and Fury I've been trying any IPA I can find, be it in bottle in the off licence or on tap at the pub. Problem is that none have matched Foam and Fury for me and it's a bit pricey bottle wise and, at 8.5%, liver health wise.

    Question I have is, does anyone recommend anything approaching the taste/loveliness of Of Foam and Fury that's maybe a little cheaper for a bottle?

    I quite like O'Haras double IPA & it's about €3.50 for a 500ml bottle so a lot easier on the wallet.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,632 ✭✭✭willabur


    Best is a tough word because I find my tastes change all the time

    for me Founders Centennial is an amazing american style IPA
    Try also Modus Hoperandi by SKA brewing
    If you want something really full on (aka double IPA) then look out for Sierra Nevadas Hoptimum, its not cheap but comes in at 10% for a 380 ml bottle, prob cost north of a 5er but its a bloody brilliant beer.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,632 ✭✭✭willabur


    I also echo the shout out for Kinnegar, they know what they are at up there in Donegal


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,813 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Brewdog Punk IPA and Thornbridge Jaipur are worth a look-in too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,632 ✭✭✭willabur


    The brewdog guy started out at thornbridge. Jaipur is indeed a lovely beer but for what it is it is really expensive. I would say it is closer to the english style IPA than Punk.

    Its a pity we don't have more access to the American Market. There are so many amazing IPAs over there which we will probably never see over here


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,236 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Any of 8 degrees IPAs


  • Registered Users Posts: 739 ✭✭✭Cantstandsya


    What a great response, I'll be very merry trying all the recommendations :-)

    Thanks everyone.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭HopsAndJumps


    Ever since I tried Of Foam and Fury I've been trying any IPA I can find, be it in bottle in the off licence or on tap at the pub. Problem is that none have matched Foam and Fury for me and it's a bit pricey bottle wise and, at 8.5%, liver health wise.

    Question I have is, does anyone recommend anything approaching the taste/loveliness of Of Foam and Fury that's maybe a little cheaper for a bottle?

    As DIPA's go its not that expensive, it 5.90 in drink store. The O'Brien's price is crazy. Get a beoir card and you get 10% off all Irish beers.

    You will be paying a lot more for beer with flavour unfortunately.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭HopsAndJumps


    willabur wrote: »
    The brewdog guy started out at thornbridge. Jaipur is indeed a lovely beer but for what it is it is really expensive. I would say it is closer to the english style IPA than Punk.

    Its a pity we don't have more access to the American Market. There are so many amazing IPAs over there which we will probably never see over here

    I used to think that. But things have got so much better recently, Firestone walker beers are starting to arrive here, easy jack is a great session IPA. Union Jack and Double Jack will be here in a few months.

    Double Jack is arguably as good as Pliny the elder. Its so fecking tasty!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 92 ✭✭billythefish99


    willabur wrote: »
    Its a pity we don't have more access to the American Market. There are so many amazing IPAs over there which we will probably never see over here
    Its a style which cries out to be drank fresh, the logistics involved in getting beer over from the US dont work towards fresh IPA. The beauty of the classic west coast IPA in the states is that it comes from a very local brewery and is served within days of leaving the brewery.

    A lot of guys I know are opening US IPAs here with stratospheric reputations in the US and not getting what all the fuss is about.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,632 ✭✭✭willabur


    yeah, I lived in Montreal for a while which has some world class breweries and was just an hours drive north of Vermont. I was able to get some fresh from the brewery Heady Topper and it was amazing.

    But to emphasis your own point I have had some disappointing IPAs here for the very reason you have pointed out above


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    I don't buy IPA's anymore unless they have the bottling date. Got burnt badly with a Hardcore by Brewdog, Jai alai was worth it even though it was canned 6 months ago but wouldn't order again


  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,525 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    RasTa wrote: »
    I don't buy IPA's anymore unless they have the bottling date. Got burnt badly with a Hardcore by Brewdog, Jai alai was worth it even though it was canned 6 months ago but wouldn't order again
    Any rough recommendations on how long is too long after bottling?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    dregin wrote: »
    Any rough recommendations on how long is too long after bottling?

    For me 2 months is pushing it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭HopsAndJumps


    3-4 weeks is the peak after bottling. After 3 months you really start to taste the hop profile die off. At 6 months its a different beer.

    That being said, a lot of beers can end up here only a few weeks after the bottling date in USA. Always check and buy form the big off licences here.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 709 ✭✭✭Ranchu


    Not a double but I really like Vietnow which is sold on draught in PMacs and blackbird. Great value and it's brewed in Ireland, possibly by Trouble.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,133 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Ranchu wrote: »
    Not a double but I really like Vietnow which is sold on draught in PMacs and blackbird. Great value and it's brewed in Ireland, possibly by Trouble.

    Aye top drink that, also Modus Operandai Quality stuff.


  • Registered Users Posts: 509 ✭✭✭Not G.R


    Op try Via Maris by GBB. Its a table beer made from the same stuff as OFAF as far as I know.

    Also give Bevertowns Bloody 'Ell a go. Its outstanding.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭slayerking


    Second for Beavertown bloody ell.
    Lagunitas a little sumpin sumpin is also worth a look, not technically an IPA, but it sure drinks like one.
    Founders all day IPA for something more sessionable.
    If you want to keep it Irish, eight degrees are knocking it out of the park with most of their seasonal beers, most are very hop forward.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Son0vagun


    The OP might like to try a Triple IPA. There's still some of Troubles Hop Priority around. I was lucky enough to get a bottle of Magic Rocks UnHuman Cannonball, that was some drink.

    Also Beavertown have Skull King and Vodoo, a DIPA and TIPA, but worth trying to source!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    I prefer Gammy Ray over Bloody ell from Beavertown.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    Is Hop Stoopid from Lagunitas available on Ireland?
    Probably my favourite.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭Zymurgist


    Odells IPA is consistently good


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭HopsAndJumps


    Ipso wrote: »
    Is Hop Stoopid from Lagunitas available on Ireland?
    Probably my favourite.

    Hop stoopid is here. 8.50 a bomber though. The odd keg of Lagunitas sucks floating about too.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,153 ✭✭✭cavan4sam


    Try some of The White Hag range .they are in most super valu shops. Irish brewed in county sligo


  • Registered Users Posts: 509 ✭✭✭Not G.R


    RasTa wrote: »
    I prefer Gammy Ray over Bloody ell from Beavertown.

    Also fantastic. Neck oil is worth a too even though its not an IPA.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭slayerking


    Not G.R wrote: »
    Also fantastic. Neck oil is worth a too even though its not an IPA.

    Tis a session IPA. Haven't had a bad beer from Beavertown tbh.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭oblivious


    What three pages in and no one has mentioned Heady Topper and John f***ing Kimmich, call yourself beer nerds !!! ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    oblivious wrote: »
    What three pages in and no one has mentioned Heady Topper and John f***ing Kimmich, call yourself beer nerds !!! ;)


    We're realistic beer nerds. No point talking about IPA's that are for the most part unattainable unless you know someone in the area near the brewery. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭oblivious


    We're realistic beer nerds. No point talking about IPA's that are for the most part unattainable unless you know someone in the area near the brewery. :D

    But you don't ever have to try it, just belive in it :P:D


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    I laugh at your 3 pages also!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,632 ✭✭✭willabur


    oblivious wrote: »
    What three pages in and no one has mentioned Heady Topper and John f***ing Kimmich, call yourself beer nerds !!! ;)

    oblivious to my posts it would seem :D:D:D


    I mentioned I managed to procure a 4 pack of cans of Heady Topper straight from the Brewery. Beautiful beer. Always torn between drinking it from the can or pouring it into a glass.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭oblivious


    willabur wrote: »
    oblivious to my posts it would seem :D:D:D
    .

    :)
    Who's: got time to read three page :P :D John f***ing Kimmich :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,632 ✭✭✭willabur


    Alchemist have collaboration with Dieu Du Ciel called Moralite which is also incredible but you would need to be in Quebec to source it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    willabur wrote: »
    Alchemist have collaboration with Dieu Du Ciel called Moralite which is also incredible but you would need to be in Quebec to source it.

    Don't make me order from here again...

    https://www.saveur-biere.com/en/bottled-beer/6358-dieu-du-ciel-moralite.html


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,632 ✭✭✭willabur


    Does that site still work? Tried to add some items to basket there to no avail


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    willabur wrote: »
    Does that site still work? Tried to add some items to basket there to no avail

    Yup, made an order 2 weeks back


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 391 ✭✭twerg_85


    Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA is really nice.

    F.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,251 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    Ages ago I dug out a few bottles of Whistleblower (Trouble Brewing) that had gone long past it's supposed best before date. It was heavenly and benefited from the extra few months. Thing is, it's an occasional brew so you'll be waiting for a bottle of it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭Herb Powell


    My personal preference is to stick with Irish breweries for IPAs at least, UK IPAs are usually good too, and at a push, European IPAs. American IPAs, while they are fantastic (cans of Founder's stuff have always delivered, Lagunitas was wonderful when I tried it on draught, same with Sierra Nevada Pale Ale), they can suffer from their long journey, as people have mentioned. They're at their best when fresh, otherwise they're not necessarily THAT much better than anything you can get here anyway. Which can be annoying when you're paying for the privilege of drinking an American beer.

    8 Degrees make lovely IPAs, The Full Irish is worth trying anyway. Other than that my advice would be just go mad! And most importantly, ignore online advice. Even this post. It might not apply to your tastes at all. You'll notice there's a massive range of opinion on here when it comes to beer (for example, some posters mentioned the O'Hara's Double IPA, and that is really one of the only beers I could not finish), and tbh there's none of us wrong.

    If you don't find something satisfying your specific taste, you could always have a go at brewing your own (assuming you don't already). It's a lot easier than you might think.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 758 ✭✭✭Rakish Paddy


    some posters mentioned the O'Hara's Double IPA, and that is really one of the only beers I could not finish)

    I tried it once and thought it was so horrendous that I figured I had got a bottle that was either gone bad or from a dodgy batch. Maybe I was wrong and that's how it's supposed to taste! Their regular IPA isn't too bad though.

    Personally I enjoy any of the following, off the top of my head:
    Founders All Day IPA
    Sierra Nevada IPA
    Blacks of Kinsale IPA
    Farmaggedon IPA
    Modus Hoperandi
    Lagunitas Lil Sumpin Sumpin

    I don't know enough about beers to say that any of them are the best, but I'd happily drink plenty of any of the above.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    willabur wrote: »
    Alchemist have collaboration with Dieu Du Ciel called Moralite which is also incredible but you would need to be in Quebec to source it.
    I thought it was ok but not great. Very heavy grapefruit hop flavour with a bitter finish. Could probably have done with being a bit sweeter imo. One of the weaker beers I've tried from that brewery, most of their stuff is pretty amazing. Their Corne du Diable IPA was pure perfection.

    American IPAs, while they are fantastic (cans of Founder's stuff have always delivered, Lagunitas was wonderful when I tried it on draught, same with Sierra Nevada Pale Ale), they can suffer from their long journey, as people have mentioned. They're at their best when fresh, otherwise they're not necessarily THAT much better than anything you can get here anyway. Which can be annoying when you're paying for the privilege of drinking an American beer.
    Thing is though, you're generally not paying for the privilege when you consider that a lot of the core ranges of US beers are still cheaper than their Irish equivalents.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭Herb Powell


    BaZmO* wrote: »

    Thing is though, you're generally not paying for the privilege when you consider that a lot of the core ranges of US beers are still cheaper than their Irish equivalents.


    Are they though?

    A lot of the Irish breweries bottle in 500ml bottles, whereas the US standard seems to be 355ml. Most of the Irish 330ml bottles I've seen were cheaper than their similar-sized US counterparts.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,697 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Considering it hasn't been mentioned once on the thread I'll stick up for Proper Job. Widely available, very hoppy. Maybe it isn't the best of the best, but it has it's own definite qualities.

    Galway Hooker is perfectly passable too.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    Hooker is not an IPA nor does it claim to be


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