What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

TXPTGR1

Otterbank -so, it begins
8.2% saison
Dangerously drinkable
Lovely

L1011

There are Boyne bottles in O'Briens with BBEs that cannot be from the old stock - 09/21 - so O'Haras seem to be doing *something* with the brand anyway.

BeerNut

L1011 wrote: »

There are Boyne bottles in O'Briens with BBEs that cannot be from the old stock - 09/21 - so O'Haras seem to be doing *something* with the brand anyway.

Gotta use up the custom-embossed bottles somehow

Insect Overlord

Anyone here know anything about Ondineke? I picked up a bottle of their oilsjtersen tripel. Belgian. 8.5%. Reminds me of Duvel, but possibly even nicer.

Losty Dublin

Had a bit of a thirst on me last night so I dipped into two cans of Full Irish and two bottles of Whitewater's Maggie's Leaf. Two very different IPA's but definitely two of the best out there.

guitarhappy

Grumpy Grandma Bitter Ale by Politically Correct Micro Brew, Pawtucket, R.I.
Very Bitter.

JoeLapira

Vietnow from Trouble Brewing and Horse Power from Whiplash, I thought the first was a decent IPA but Horse Power crushes it.

overthebridge

Sipping on a Pointy Shoes : 2020 from Wicklow Wolf. It's very nice. Definitely as good if not better than last years edition.

Effects

Got a can of whiplash water jump, which I haven’t tried yet.
But also picked up some pointy shoes, so will have to sample that first.

L1011

Offo today said they'd have some in tomorrow when I was getting a can of Fighting Wildfire (and other stuff); I had no intention of going back that soon but I may have to now.

L1011

L1011 wrote: »

Offo today said they'd have some in tomorrow when I was getting a can of Fighting Wildfire (and other stuff); I had no intention of going back that soon but I may have to now.

I didn't realise Fighting Wildfire was still around.

L1011

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

I didn't realise Fighting Wildfire was still around.

Can's in the can bin so not going to go check the BBE; but I'd never noticed it before today.

Offo in question is Sweeneys in Marino and I normally just go to the walk in chiller and the pile of (usually) Trouble near the door so I could just have missed it.

Pen Rua

There seemed to be a real lull in new beers being brought out / being distributed and all of a sudden there was a slew of new beers. Very testing for my self control & bank balance...!

Enjoyed my first lambic the other evening - Boon Brewery Geuze Mariage Parfait (2015). Wow. So unlike the other beers I've been taking to date. Sour, tart but not over the top. Pleasant.

I've said earlier in this thread that I feel like I need to break from IPAs yet each time I go, breweries keep coming up with new productions and my basket remain 90% IPAs/derivatives thereof.

Macy0161

Pen Rua wrote: »

There seemed to be a real lull in new beers being brought out / being distributed and all of a sudden there was a slew of new beers. Very testing for my self control & bank balance...!

My drinking habit can't keep up with my buying habit!

Saturday I have the craic festival, but not going to last until then... I picked up the new Whiplash Grisette yesterday (while looking for Pointy Shoes :rolleyes:) - a new style for me, so looking forward to it. Also have the Yellowbelly/ Heaney Wit, and the Yellowbelly Strawberry Sour. IPA wise I have the Rascals Strawberry Vanilla Shake, and Rye River The Dropper.

Pen Rua

I try to be responsible / reasonable and have just one beer with dinner, but not every single night of the week. But there's so many beers I wish to try!

OOnegative

I’d be divorced if I tried keeping up with all the new beers Dutch brewers release here, Folkingebrew Never Stop Dreaming is a fantastic DIPA if any of ye see it at home.

RasTa

Just picked up most all of those in the supermarket. A nice surprise.

Macy0161

Macy0161 wrote: »

My drinking habit can't keep up with my buying habit!

Saturday I have the craic festival, but not going to last until then... I picked up the new Whiplash Grisette yesterday (while looking for Pointy Shoes :rolleyes:) - a new style for me, so looking forward to it. Also have the Yellowbelly/ Heaney Wit, and the Yellowbelly Strawberry Sour. IPA wise I have the Rascals Strawberry Vanilla Shake, and Rye River The Dropper.

Beer cloud has pointy shoes.

JoeLapira

Cracking into a couple of beers from Browar Stu Mostow out of Poland. The Milkshake IPA is the best so far!

A good old rustbucket. Hard to beat.

youcancallmeal

Effects wrote: »

Got a can of whiplash water jump, which I haven’t tried yet.
But also picked up some pointy shoes, so will have to sample that first.

Had a can of Water Jump and another newish Whiplash IPA, Horse Power. Water Jump was only okay but I really enjoyed Horse Power. Something about the combination of hops used in Water Jump didnt feel right to me. Horse Power was a very well executed NEIPA as you'd expect from Whiplash

Insect Overlord

Cúl Dorcha. Beoir Chorca Dhuibhne. Dark ale, 5%. An-mhaith ar fad.

matrim

Pointy Shoes 2020. I missed it last year so can’t compare but really enjoying this years version. A nice boozy hit but enough roasted malts to back it up.

sceach16

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Cúl Dorcha. Beoir Chorca Dhuibhne. Dark ale, 5%. An-mhaith ar fad.

Ca bhfuil se ar fail ? Ta me in Uibh Rathach a gceann seachtain .Where is it available? In Iveragh next week.

Insect Overlord

sceach16 wrote: »

Ca bhfuil se ar fail ? Ta me in Uibh Rathach a gceann seachtain .Where is it available? In Iveragh next week.

Fuaireas i Number 21 i Luimneach anocht. Bíonn sé ag Fine Wines freisin, uaireannta.

bobbysands81

JoeLapira wrote: »

Cracking into a couple of beers from Browar Stu Mostow out of Poland. The Milkshake IPA is the best so far!

Had the Strawberry Milkshake IPA last night and whilst not much of a Strawberry taste off it I still found it very nice.

bobbysands81

Aún Más Café Jesús - Evil Twin. Double coffee Imperial Stout, 12%. Aged in some port barrels... but didn’t do anything at all for me even though it gets great reviews on Untappd.

The Bruery - Banana Bread. Double pastry stout. 10.2%. This was quite nice, strong thick sweet tasting stout.

Datapop Coconut and Vanilla Sweet Stout. 6%. With a higher alcohol content and more depth to it this could be absolutely amazing. As it is, it’s very good and has a lovely sweet milky taste.

Browar Stu Mostow - Salamander Milkshake IPA Strawberry. 5.9%. Really good... though not much of a Strawberry taste but still a cracking drink.

Castaway Mai Tai Double IPA - nice juicy IPA and a kick at 8%.

Dillonb3

Going through a few Kinnegar IPA's, Big Bunny East Coast my favorite so far

dominatinMC

Dillonb3 wrote: »

Going through a few Kinnegar IPA's, Big Bunny East Coast my favorite so far

Kinnegar is king! Hard to beat their range IMO

Very hard. After the few scraggy last night I'm on a few rustbucket tonight