Supporting craft breweries

Black Sheep

It's been years since I had any Trouble Brewing, even though they were a stalwart of the early Irish craft beer days. I'm not sure that a beer like Ór would fare too well by current standards, although I retain a soft spot for Dark Arts, I'd almost be afraid to try it again in case it doesn't match what I remember.

Anyway, had a can of Ambush last night and thought it was very good - very clean, good body, nice head.

dominatinMC

Black Sheep wrote: »

It's been years since I had any Trouble Brewing, even though they were a stalwart of the early Irish craft beer days. I'm not sure that a beer like Ór would fare too well by current standards, although I retain a soft spot for Dark Arts, I'd almost be afraid to try it again in case it doesn't match what I remember.

Anyway, had a can of Ambush last night and thought it was very good - very clean, good body, nice head.

Ambush is definetly one of the best out there IMO. Very refreshing, and not overpowering the way a lot of them are now.

Macy0161

dominatinMC wrote: »

Ambush is definetly one of the best out there IMO. Very refreshing, and not overpowering the way a lot of them are now.

Sabotage and Graffiti still stand up for me, especially when 2.50!

flended12

Not a fan of sours, but was gladly looking forward to the lemon puca.

I can confirm, I am still not a fan of sours.

DrZeuss

flended12 wrote: »

Not a fan of sours, but was gladly looking forward to the lemon puca.

I can confirm, I am still not a fan of sours.

Tried the Puca's and even tried Passion Pool on the back of the buzz here.
I thought Passion Pool might have been the one to sway me but alas no.

I can also confirm that I am still not a fan of these Sours/Gose etc, but the search will continue!

The Buster

DrZeuss wrote: »

Tried the Puca's and even tried Passion Pool on the back of the buzz here.
I thought Passion Pool might have been the one to sway me but alas no.

I can also confirm that I am still not a fan of these Sours/Gose etc, but the search will continue!

Have always disliked the Sours - I thought I would enjoy one of the Puca's but no joy. Someone gave me a Lough Gill Gose last week. Wasnt even going to open it but did and funnily enough I enjoyed it. Doesnt seem to be as sweet as the other Sours i have tried

The two latest Wicklow wolf sours are good, and I’m not normally a big fan of the style.

the beer revolu

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

The two latest Wicklow wolf sours are good, and I’m not normally a big fan of the style.

The Takes two to Mango collaboration was really good.
I can see it as a good gateway fruited sour - in that it is only moderately sour and moderately fruited and not terribly sweet. You could actually taste the beer.

I could probably drink sours 80% of the time!

I wasn't overly impressed with the Whiplash mango and lime sour. It was fine but not worth the premium price, imho

DrZeuss

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

The two latest Wicklow wolf sours are good, and I’m not normally a big fan of the style.

the beer revolu wrote: »

The Takes two to Mango collaboration was really good.

This could be it, this could be the one!
Shall pop one on an order.

MonkstownHoop

DrZeuss wrote: »

This could be it, this could be the one!
Shall pop one on an order.

Its great imo, and i've generally gone off sours, didn't actually realize it was one when I ordered

Knightofcydonia

the beer revolu wrote: »

The Takes two to Mango collaboration was really good.
I can see it as a good gateway fruited sour - in that it is only moderately sour and moderately fruited and not terribly sweet. You could actually taste the beer.

I could probably drink sours 80% of the time!

I wasn't overly impressed with the Whiplash mango and lime sour. It was fine but not worth the premium price, imho

With you on the whiplash sour. I love sours but disappointed with this one.

BonnieSituation

Knightofcydonia wrote: »

With you on the whiplash sour. I love sours but disappointed with this one.

These are sad reports. Just got a Wit Bier report earlier of "Meh", so may not bother with either.

irish_goat

White Hag hoping to run Hagstravaganza this year.

https://twitter.com/TheWhiteHag/status/1398292880695963649

adrian522

I was in the off license yesterday and picked up the Whiplash Sour, Fruit Salad Days Mango and Lime as well as their Prisoner of Love (Cascadian Pale). Given the feedback on some of their recent offerings I only went with one of each though.

I also have 2 each of the Let It Bleed (Witbeer), Covered in Dust (West Coast IPA) and Midnight Dipper (Pale Ale) that I ordered last week but only getting around to now.

Say what you want that is some pretty impressive beer naming going on as well as a pretty diverse range of styles.

youcancallmeal

irish_goat wrote: »

White Hag hoping to run Hagstravaganza this year.

https://twitter.com/TheWhiteHag/status/1398292880695963649

I know not everyone was happy with the selection but I really liked the boxtravaganza last year. Would definitely go for it again

Dillonb3

Dot Brewery rolling out a few new beers. Really liked the Imperial Sherry Milk Stout

BonnieSituation

youcancallmeal wrote: »

I know not everyone was happy with the selection but I really liked the boxtravaganza last year. Would definitely go for it again

I thought it was a cracking event and selection. Would do again. Would prefer to be on site though.

Completed the questionnaire anyway

Twee.

adrian522 wrote: »

Say what you want that is some pretty impressive beer naming going on as well as a pretty diverse range of styles.

Midnight Dipper was such a good name that Polly's over in Wales put out an IPA the same week with the same name :pac: At least we were all able to laugh about it!

I'm on Station to Station myself this evening.

breezy1985

DrZeuss wrote: »

Tried the Puca's and even tried Passion Pool on the back of the buzz here.
I thought Passion Pool might have been the one to sway me but alas no.

I can also confirm that I am still not a fan of these Sours/Gose etc, but the search will continue!

Orbit Tzatsiki Sour is the nicest one I have tried from a modern brewery and one of my favorite beers

DrZeuss

breezy1985 wrote: »

Orbit Tzatsiki Sour is the nicest one I have tried from a modern brewery and one of my favorite beers

It sounds like something I really might not like....

A mildly tart sour beer emulating the flavours of the classic Greek yoghurt dip

Which means I must try it....is this available anywhere in Ireland?

breezy1985

DrZeuss wrote: »

It sounds like something I really might not like....



Which means I must try it....is this available anywhere in Ireland?

Don't remember it being all that easy to get in London and I lived 10 mins from the brewery

irish_goat

youcancallmeal wrote: »

I know not everyone was happy with the selection but I really liked the boxtravaganza last year. Would definitely go for it again

I liked a good few of the beers, just thought there was very little variety. Think it was mainly IPAs with a few sours if I remember rightly.

Pen Rua

Welp, I just smashed my Galway Bay Brewery glass from the 200 Fathoms box set. Knocked it over with our water filter and straight into the sink.

It was an incredibly thin glass, and every time I went to wash the thing it felt like it would smash in my hand.

Please no more flimsy glasses.

toffeeshel

DrZeuss wrote: »

Tried the Puca's and even tried Passion Pool on the back of the buzz here.
I thought Passion Pool might have been the one to sway me but alas no.

I can also confirm that I am still not a fan of these Sours/Gose etc, but the search will continue!

Try Green Zebra from Founders. Really refreshing and I think that I’m addicted

the beer revolu

toffeeshel wrote: »

Try Green Zebra from Founders. Really refreshing and I think that I’m addicted

I generally find Founder's "sours" to be very sweet and not very sour at all.

toffeeshel

the beer revolu wrote: »

I generally find Founder's "sours" to be very sweet and not very sour at all.

I think that it’s described as a Gose. Either way I’m liking it and have some cooling in anticipation of some garden drinking tomorrow hopefully

BaZmO*

I finally got around to trying Passion Pool and it has lived up to the hype imo. Top beer. Like a sour Solero.

Looks like an NEIPA and it’s strange that salt is not listed on the ingredients if it’s a Gose. Maybe they’ve gone all technical with the profile of the brewing water? Either way, it’s a great beer. I was getting very bored of “meh” sours.

youcancallmeal

l14masasddadsg wrote: »

One's called Illusion of Choice! :rolleyes:

Funnily enough that was the most unique of the lot, like a neipa/hefeweizen hybrid, really interesting and tasty. The other 3 were everything you would expect from NEIPAs, grand mostly

but1er

Lads that raspberries roadtrip explorer from mchughs was the dream yesterday. really enjoyed it

Basq

BaZmO* wrote: »

I finally got around to trying Passion Pool and it has lived up to the hype imo. Top beer. Like a sour Solero.

Looks like an NEIPA and it’s strange that salt is not listed on the ingredients if it’s a Gose. Maybe they’ve gone all technical with the profile of the brewing water? Either way, it’s a great beer. I was getting very bored of “meh” sours.

Funnily enough.. my girlfriend’s sister arrived yesterday with a few beers for us. Shewent into an offie without her glasses and picked a few beers she thought looked “fancy”..

.. and Passion Pool was one of them. Looking forward to it now!