What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

Geuze

Boon geuze [7e] and St. Bernardus Abt [6e].

Is St. Bernardus Abt 12 widely available in Ireland? I presume not. I was surprised to see it in the Swagman, Sligo.

VW 1

Geuze wrote: »

Boon geuze [7e] and St. Bernardus Abt [6e].

Is St. Bernardus Abt 12 widely available in Ireland? I presume not. I was surprised to see it in the Swagman, Sligo.

It is stocked regularly enough in Sweeneys in Phibsborough.

Insect Overlord

One of the pubs in Limerick has it in the fridge at the moment, but I don't recall seeing it in many of the shops. Possibly the odd occasion in O'Briens Wines.

Passenger

Geuze wrote: »

Boon geuze [7e] and St. Bernardus Abt [6e].

Is St. Bernardus Abt 12 widely available in Ireland? I presume not. I was surprised to see it in the Swagman, Sligo.

O'Brien's and Fresh stock it in their stores too.

BeerNut

Geuze wrote: »

Is St. Bernardus Abt 12 widely available in Ireland? I presume not. I was surprised to see it in the Swagman, Sligo.

Grand Cru Beers distributes it, on a permanent basis, as far as I know.

jsa112

Can get 750ml versions of it too, and the oak-aged version was released here 1-2 years ago too.

Trying the 16% BA tipa from Siren later, curious about this one.

Erik Shin

Short dated Affligem blonde from my local SuperValu... €1 a bottle...cant go wrong for a fiver..

ianob7

jsa112 wrote:

Trying the 16% BA tipa from Siren later, curious about this one.

Let us know how you get on ...I'm intrigued myself by it.

OOnegative

Geuze wrote: »

Boon geuze [7e] and St. Bernardus Abt [6e].

Is St. Bernardus Abt 12 widely available in Ireland? I presume not. I was surprised to see it in the Swagman, Sligo.

Just picked up 2 bottles of this for to see what the fuzz is about, 2.09 a bottle ain't bad(again my local price, see its roughly twice that back home)

Trond

Northern Monk Knucklepuck on tap. One of the best beers ive ever had. Outstanding. Top brewery as well.

jsa112

ianob7 wrote: »

Let us know how you get on ...I'm intrigued myself by it.

Was ok, wouldn't get it again. Definitely don't think barrel ageing an ipa is a good idea. As for the non-BA tipa, was ok too.

harry Bailey esq

I have a couple of cans of veltins pils in the fridge, 2 quid each in Lidl drogheda. I've been drinking it in the club bar in Dalymount Park lately and have developed a taste for it. Bargain for 2 euros, it packs quite a punch too.

MonkstownHoop

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

I have a couple of cans of veltins pils in the fridge, 2 quid each in Lidl drogheda. I've been drinking it in the club bar in Dalymount Park lately and have developed a taste for it. Bargain for 2 euros, it packs quite a punch too.

I'd never darken the door but I'm told there's a few decent beers on in there.

Rumpy Pumpy

Can Jai Alai pale ale be bought in any off-licence in Ireland?

https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/cigar-city-jai-alai-india-pale-ale/95103/

RasTa

Rumpy Pumpy wrote: »

Can Jai Alai pale ale be bought in any off-licence in Ireland?

https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/cigar-city-jai-alai-india-pale-ale/95103/

Nope. I got it from saveur-biere before, few months old but it was delicious. I'd love to taste it fresh.

Mervyn Skidmore

Couple of bottles of Independent Pale Ale tonight, lovely stuff. Had Ned's big bangin IPA yesterday. Didn't think it was great but it gets very favourable reviews.

L1011

The Bangin series from Rye River suffer really badly from age; I wouldn't buy any in the old labelling now for instance despite being well before the BBE printed.

matrim

Had a Titanic Brewery Plum Porter from Lidl earlier. It was surprisingly nice, had a really rich plum flavour with a nice body to back it up. It was maybe a bit sweet I'll be picking it up again

Irish_Aus

Yeastie Boys, Bigmouth session IPA, brewed in NSW Australia.. 'tis a fruity un

BaZmO*

Rumpy Pumpy wrote: »

Can Jai Alai pale ale be bought in any off-licence in Ireland?

https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/cigar-city-jai-alai-india-pale-ale/95103/

I think that rating is overly generous tbh. Nice enough but nothing mind blowing imo.

I had a can of it in the US last year and wasn’t overly impressed

OOnegative

My few for tonight, looking forward to the Hand Langer, have heard good things about it

eoins23456

Trying the argus polish selection from lidl thats on offer this week. Not bad at all

OOnegative

OOnegative wrote: »

My few for tonight, looking forward to the Hand Langer, have heard good things about it

The Hand Langer was like a glass of fruit juice, maybe I got a bad bottle, but it was uninspiring stuff, the Hop and Love on the other hand is a quality brew.

Hotblack Desiato

Imagine asking for either of those at a busy bar...

transik

Second can of clouwater triple ipa this stuff in on other level.

Drinking yellow belly after this is like a long bad dream.

MonkstownHoop

Not expecting much but I'm in Rome next week, any suggestions?

Zaph

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Not expecting much but I'm in Rome next week, any suggestions?

Can't offer any suggestions for Rome as it's a few years since I've been there, but was in Sardinia two years ago and near the Amalfi Coast last year and managed to get a lot of top quality Italian craft beers in both places. In particular the range of locally brewed beers in Sardinia was incredible. I know Brewdog have a bar in Rome and I'd be surprised if that was the only decent bar in town.

HopsAndJumps

L1011 wrote: »

The Bangin series from Rye River suffer really badly from age; I wouldn't buy any in the old labelling now for instance despite being well before the BBE printed.

I think all Irish hoppy beers suffer badly from age. From what I hear no Irish brewery is properly set up for bottling/canning, there is no Co2 or nitrogen purge of the cans when filling. Three months after an Irish beer is bottled it tastes completely dead. A US IPA can still taste like an IPA 8 months in.

Liamo08

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Not expecting much but I'm in Rome next week, any suggestions?

Some good suggestions here

https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/beer-stores-liquor-store-in-rome.486912/

https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/rome-craft-beer-recap-july-2017.528080/

BeerNut

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Not expecting much but I'm in Rome next week, any suggestions?

Go to Open Baladin and Ma Che Siete Venuti A Fa'. Two of the best pubs in Europe, IMO.