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    #1442
    [Deleted User]
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    I always made a point of getting some pink Púca in for the outdoor drinking in the summer months. Lovely stuff though some other breweries have eclipsed it recently.


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    #1443
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,780 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    I always made a point of getting some pink Púca in for the outdoor drinking in the summer months. Lovely stuff though some other breweries have eclipsed it recently.

    For me, that one veered too much into alco pop territory for me. Just didn't taste like beer at all, to me.


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    #1444
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,769 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Game changer, O'Hara's are bringing out their stout in a can, with nitro.

    Screenshot-20210228-122522-Instagram.jpg


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    #1445
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users Posts: 1,963 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Game changer, O'Hara's are bringing out their stout in a can, with nitro.

    /image snip/

    Was just thinking today how good the Nitro Milk Stout from Left Hand is, cannot wait to try this.


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    #1446
    [Deleted User]
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    Brilliant news. Not a fan of Left Hand as it's too sweet for me but this is going to be fantastic.


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    #1447
    Passenger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,144 ✭✭✭Passenger


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    Brilliant news. Not a fan of Left Hand as it's too sweet for me but this is going to be fantastic.

    Try BrewDog VS Evil Twin - Roaster Coaster if you want a nicely balanced Nitro Stout.


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    #1448
    DrZeuss
    Registered Users Posts: 878 ✭✭✭DrZeuss


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Game changer, O'Hara's are bringing out their stout in a can, with nitro.

    /image sniped



    I hope they follow up with canning their Red Nitro that only appears to be available on tap in far too few a place.


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    #1449
    [Deleted User]
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    Passenger wrote: »
    Try BrewDog VS Evil Twin - Roaster Coaster if you want a nicely balanced Nitro Stout.

    That's even sweeter


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    #1450
    Passenger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,144 ✭✭✭Passenger


    winstonia83 wrote: »
    That's even sweeter

    No its not.


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    #1451
    BonnieSituation
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    the beer revolu wrote: »
    Their original Heather sour was fantastic and amazing value.
    The barrel aged one is also excellent but much dearer than the original.

    Of the puca range, I've only likes the lemon, but I really like that.

    I have a few heather sours in the pantry. Rounded up a load of them last year when they made a re-appearance.

    One's just gone into the fridge for after dinner. Good shout.


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    #1452
    [Deleted User]
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    Passenger wrote: »
    No its not.

    It's a Vietnamese coffee stout. A pastry stout.


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    #1453
    TaurenDruid
    Registered Users Posts: 4,023 ✭✭✭TaurenDruid


    So these nitro stouts in a can, with no widget - are these the same as the "surge" cans Diageo are selling up north and in the UK? I had a few cans of Hope's nitro stout last night, and it was lovely stuff. I'd invest in a jewellery cleaner from Lidl next time they're on sale if I could be assured of a regular supply of a dry nitro stout, but the Left Hand one is too sweet for me.


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    #1454
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    I'm not really a fan of nitro*, but was going to pick up the Hope one (and now the O'Hara's).

    *large bottle for me, if I'm in a non-craft pub.


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    #1455
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users Posts: 1,963 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    https://twitter.com/OHarasBeers/status/1366361559501594625

    O'Hara's Nitro will use widgets.

    Follow on tweet says its launching in independent off licenses this week, then to export.

    Wonder will it make its way to Tesco etc where their stuff is already sold.


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    #1456
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,785 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    is it a stupid 440ml though?


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    #1457
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    is it a stupid 440ml though?

    The full glass suggests otherwise (but it might be a 500 ml glass with a decent head)


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    #1458
    Thundercats Ho
    Registered Users Posts: 2,530 ✭✭✭Thundercats Ho


    Hard to tell, but looks like 440ml in this video?

    https://twitter.com/OHarasBeers/status/1366003734321504256?s=20


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    #1459
    L1011
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    You wouldn't get 440ml and a widget in a 440ml sized can - 500ml widget cans are using ~520ml cans for instance.


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    #1460
    adam240610
    Registered Users Posts: 813 ✭✭✭adam240610


    Picked up a few (mostly) Irish beers to try some different beers, anyone have any thoughts or have tried any of these?

    Really missing brewery tours at this stage


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    #1461
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    I love Black Bucket and Vietnow. Worlds End was one of my favourites from the winter.


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    #1462
    adam240610
    Registered Users Posts: 813 ✭✭✭adam240610


    Thundercats Ho wrote: »
    Hard to tell, but looks like 440ml in this video?

    https://twitter.com/OHarasBeers/status/1366003734321504256?s=20

    Yeah that can clearly has 440ml on it if you pause the video


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    #1463
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users Posts: 1,963 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    adam240610 wrote: »
    Yeah that can clearly has 440ml on it if you pause the video
    .

    Screenshot:


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    #1464
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users Posts: 1,963 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    They say 440ml + widget.

    https://twitter.com/OHarasBeers/status/1366406200061878275


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    #1465
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,556 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    Ordered some whiplash cans so that some of the money goes to Alone.

    Order confirmation email at 14:37
    UPS shipment email at 15:34

    57 minutes from order to shipment, fair play Ladies and Gents of Whiplash. That's some turnaround!


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    #1466
    adam240610
    Registered Users Posts: 813 ✭✭✭adam240610


    Macy0161 wrote: »
    I love Black Bucket and Vietnow. Worlds End was one of my favourites from the winter.

    I'm brewing an imperial stout myself so will be interesting to see how it stacks up. looking forwards to the worlds end one most of all


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    #1467
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users Posts: 1,963 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    https://craftcentral.ie/collections/coming-soon

    Quite the week for new releases...

    Kinnegar's new double rye IPA, a NEIPA from Rye River (re-release?), several from To Ol, DOT (including several barrel aged stouts, as to be expected from them!), a couple of new ones from Stone Barrel / Third Circle / Third Barrel, as well as the O'Hara nitro stout. Lineman also have two re-releases due out this week.

    I can't wait to get my hands on the To Øl Chugwork Orange Creamsicle Ale. I know a lot of people have strong feelings about lactose / ice cream type IPAs, but Lervig's Orange Velvet (similar style) was one of the beers that got me into craft beer.

    Might be putting in an order with Craft Central this week... :pac:


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    #1468
    MidlanderMan
    Registered Users Posts: 663 ✭✭✭MidlanderMan


    Pen Rua wrote: »
    They say 440ml + widget.

    https://twitter.com/OHarasBeers/status/1366406200061878275

    500ml can, widget takes up a fair amount of space.


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    #1469
    L1011
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    Could be a 473ml can blank for 440ml+widget, don't think you'd need 60ml volume for that.


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    #1470
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,780 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Again I find it hilarious that people are getting upset about the size of a can, without ever enquiring about the price!
    It would appear that the aversion to cans that aren't 500ml has nothing to do with value.

    What if a brewery brought out 550 ml cans?
    Would they be better?
    What about 600 ml?
    Or is there something magical about 500 ml?

    Do the same people hate 330 cans, too?
    Are 355 cans slightly less loathsome?


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    #1471
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users Posts: 1,963 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    For those in Cork, The Bierhaus are doing free delivery (within 10KM, min order of €20) for the month of March.

    https://www.thebierhauscork.com/

    The website isn't as slick as some other operations, but I'll throw in an order soon of some of the stuff I was eyeing up on Craft Central.ie to support them.


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