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molloyjh · 28-01-2017 11:15AM

swiwi_ wrote: »

Brewdog Libertine Black Ale.

Have to say I really like that beer.

Will need to keep an eye out for that. Sounds interesting.

swiwi_ · 28-01-2017 11:38AM

molloyjh wrote: »

Will need to keep an eye out for that. Sounds interesting.

It wasn't what I was expecting. Thought it would be a porter type beer.

Instead it was sort of a "dark" take on an Indian pale ale.

It was pretty nice anyway imo. Combing my 2 favourite beer styles: pale ale and stout/porter.

I basically avoid lager (so bland) and anything that is based around wheat (just don't like the taste).

thomond2006 · 28-01-2017 01:09PM

Maggie's Leap

mfceiling · 28-01-2017 01:25PM

Almost anything by kinsale brewers. They have a discovery series that I'm working on. Obviously not this month...stupid dry January.

28-01-2017 01:39PM

swiwi_ wrote: »

It wasn't what I was expecting. Thought it would be a porter type beer.

Instead it was sort of a "dark" take on an Indian pale ale.

It was pretty nice anyway imo. Combing my 2 favourite beer styles: pale ale and stout/porter.

I basically avoid lager (so bland) and anything that is based around wheat (just don't like the taste).

I have an identical taste in beer to you. However, I do sometimes like a plain enough larger, but only if it's cold and I'm thirsty!

swiwi_ · 28-01-2017 02:59PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I have an identical taste in beer to you. However, I do sometimes like a plain enough larger, but only if it's cold and I'm thirsty!

If it's piping hot outside, I'm parched, and an ice-cold lager is on offer, I won't look a gift horse in the mouth. In fact I can just about scull a lager in such instances.

But heading home from the supermarket with a crate of lager that I've paid for out of my own hard-earned wages. Not a chance!

molloyjh · 29-01-2017 12:43PM

If it's hot then a good cider (note: a good one, not Bulmers or any of those cheap gut rot things) is your only man.

Had a Trouble Brewing Dark Arts Nitro stout in the Square Ball a while back. That was bloody lovely. Wicklow Brewry do another lovely one, but that's next to impossible to find anywhere.

swiwi_ · 29-01-2017 01:18PM

molloyjh wrote: »

If it's hot then a good cider (note: a good one, not Bulmers or any of those cheap gut rot things) is your only man.

Had a Trouble Brewing Dark Arts Nitro stout in the Square Ball a while back. That was bloody lovely. Wicklow Brewry do another lovely one, but that's next to impossible to find anywhere.

+1 for good quality cider when it's hot.

Podge_irl · 29-01-2017 03:11PM

swiwi_ wrote: »

+1 for good quality cider when it's hot.

Annoyingly difficult to get in Switz which is annoying as it's the perfect place for it. On a hot day it's your only choice.

CatFromHue · 29-01-2017 04:27PM

Most of the craft ciders tend to be dry ciders which turn my stomach.

Dan Kelly's seems to be one of the few that's not dry and not super sweet.

Some of the sweet ciders make me feel like I should brush my teeth after having one.

Stheno · 29-01-2017 04:36PM

CatFromHue wrote: »

Most of the craft ciders tend to be dry ciders which turn my stomach.

Dan Kelly's seems to be one of the few that's not dry and not super sweet.

Some of the sweet ciders make me feel like I should brush my teeth after having one.

I'd one from Aldi during the week, came in sweet dry and medium, the medium was nice.

The OH once got me an Orchard Thieves by mistake, I nearly puked after the first sip.

Bridge93 · 29-01-2017 04:55PM

I much prefer Orchards Thieves to Bulmers. Having said that I couldn't drink anymore than maybe 2 pints of cider at any time. I had a lot of Sommersby when I was in Australia when I was younger. Good memories of it. Great memories of drinking Koppaberg in a bush when even younger and can barely smell it now without feeling sick

CatFromHue · 29-01-2017 04:58PM

Drinking Kopparberg in a bush?

You hipster bastard

Orchard Thieves tastes very chemically too

Bridge93 · 29-01-2017 05:00PM

Haha I wish it was so. Wolfing it down in the bushes at the Radisson hotel before heading to Wezz or wherever. Simpler times

mfceiling · 29-01-2017 05:55PM

Cider?

Most of you are too young too remember the crap that was available in the early 90's. I think if memory serves correctly, drinking ritz? or one called "k". Absolute poison.

Stheno · 29-01-2017 05:59PM

mfceiling wrote: »

Cider?

Most of you are too young too remember the crap that was available in the early 90's. I think if memory serves correctly, drinking ritz? or one called "k". Absolute poison.

Jeez I remember Ritz, pure ****e it was. Can't remember k, I remember when Jaegermeister became "cool"

It had a comeback a couple of years ago iirc

/shudder, you can buy it in cans in Tesco

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/ProductBuylist/default.aspx?id=L00001158

Felix Jones is God · 29-01-2017 06:24PM

Ritz was a perry, a pear cider.... Fairly rough alright

mfceiling · 29-01-2017 06:31PM

Felix Jones is God wrote: »

Ritz was a perry, a pear cider.... Fairly rough alright

It was good value....not only did you have a blinding hangover the next day, you also needed elasticated tracksuit bottoms and access to a well ventilated toilet.

Felix Jones is God · 29-01-2017 06:45PM

mfceiling wrote: »

It was good value....not only did you have a blinding hangover the next day, you also needed elasticated tracksuit bottoms and access to a well ventilated toilet.

It's actually a girl's drink ... But gwan

Stheno · 29-01-2017 06:51PM

Felix Jones is God wrote: »

It's actually a girl's drink ... But gwan

Satzenbrau!

pickarooney · 29-01-2017 07:09PM

Catches the light, catches the light

Zzippy · 29-01-2017 07:17PM

Few of our vintage here then. Ritz and Satz were very definitely girl drinks. There was some awful muck too... remember Kaliber? And babycham! I remember when alco pops first came out too, lads who should have known better... :rolleyes: (was a barman back then and saw it all)

Stheno · 29-01-2017 07:18PM

Zzippy wrote: »

Few of our vintage here then. Ritz and Satz were very definitely girl drinks. There was some awful muck too... remember Kaliber? And babycham! I remember when alco pops first came out too, lads who should have known better... :rolleyes: (was a barman back then and saw it all)

Kaliber was pure muck.
Never drank Babycham

Zzippy · 29-01-2017 07:22PM

Stheno wrote: »

Kaliber was pure muck.
Never drank Babycham

You weren't missing anything!

.ak · 29-01-2017 07:32PM

Myself and the missus got the bug that's going round. What a waste of a Sunday... If I die I leave all my problems to awec.

mfceiling · 29-01-2017 07:41PM

My best mate had to drink satzenbrau years ago. He was a diabetic so it was anything low in sugar for him. God the shíte we used to drink years ago!!

FACECUTTR · 29-01-2017 08:13PM

Remember Mugshot and Woodies ? First alcopops.

Zzippy · 30-01-2017 12:25AM

FACECUTTR wrote: »

Remember Mugshot and Woodies ? First alcopops.

Woodies, that was the one! Tried a sip once, rotten tack...

molloyjh · 30-01-2017 01:50AM

Taking me back here lads. Never drank ritz or satzenbrau. Girly drinks. But when I was a young lad I happily tried Woodys when they came out. Figured it had to be better than the piss I was drinking up until then. Anyone who tells you they enjoyed Bud, Carlsberg or (in my case) Fosters when they first started drinking is a liar. Woodys had plenty of novelty for about an hour or so. And that was it.

I did have a messy night in Germany on some random sour apple liquier at 16 but pretty much avoided the sweet stuff thereafter. Never got into cider until fairly recently. The craft ciders can be pretty good if you get a decent one. I tend to float between dry and medium depending on the brewer. Had Bulmers and Kopperberg before but thankfully never did the various 1 litre for £2.50 type caustic crap. Bulmers was bad enough!

.ak · 30-01-2017 10:25AM

Fat frogs.

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