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Buer · 03-03-2017 04:12PM

Deleted User wrote: »

O'Haras stout is quite nice but it's pretty strong if I recall. I wouldn't stomach more than 2 of them.

That 2011 HEC final really must have done a number on you.

awec · 03-03-2017 04:13PM

The O'Hara's stuff is alright but I can't have more than a couple.

Every time I go out I inevitably end up back at the old faithful and ever reliable Guinness. God bless Arthur.

Buer · 03-03-2017 04:15PM

awec wrote: »

Every time I go out I inevitably end up back at the old faithful and ever reliable Guinness. God bless Arthur.

Whatever would Sally O'Brien say to that?

03-03-2017 04:15PM

Buer wrote: »

That 2011 HEC final really must have done a number on you.

It outed me as a closet alcoholic....!

03-03-2017 04:16PM

On a separate note, I don't have adblock on my work laptop and boards needs to stop with the automusic ads.

awec · 03-03-2017 04:16PM

Buer wrote: »

Whatever would Sally O'Brien say to that?

Who?

swiwi_ · 03-03-2017 04:22PM

awec wrote: »

The O'Hara's stuff is alright but I can't have more than a couple.

Every time I go out I inevitably end up back at the old faithful and ever reliable Guinness. God bless Arthur.

Guinness. It's not the same outside of Ireland. Truly.

Ah it was dregin who put me onto o'haras good man. Don't like their pale ale though.

03-03-2017 04:23PM

swiwi_ wrote: »

Guinness. It's not the same outside of Ireland. Truly.

Ah it was dregin who put me onto o'haras good man. Don't like their pale ale though.

I had a very nice Guinness in Finland once.

awec · 03-03-2017 04:25PM

swiwi_ wrote: »

Guinness. It's not the same outside of Ireland. Truly.

Ah it was dregin who put me onto o'haras good man. Don't like their pale ale though.

Their pale ale is usually what I have.

I can't drink other stout. I feel like I'm cheating on my wife, the Guinness tap looks at me with a hint of sadness.

irishbucsfan · 03-03-2017 04:26PM

I wouldn't dare touch Guinness outside of Ireland, some of it is atrocious stuff.

irishbucsfan · 03-03-2017 04:26PM

CMOTDibbler wrote: »

And there have been a few hints:

There are even more once you search for the correct county!

swiwi_ · 03-03-2017 04:29PM

awec wrote: »

Their pale ale is usually what I have.

I can't drink other stout. I feel like I'm cheating on my wife, the Guinness tap looks at me with a hint of sadness.

TBH I like beamish too. Kind of viewed as a granddad drink in cork though. They prefer Murphy's which I find too bitter. Guinness on tap is always good.

Buer · 03-03-2017 04:35PM

awec wrote: »

Who?

Very famous ad for the backwash that the northern lot drink....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4hmFPBf-C8

Erik Shin · 03-03-2017 04:39PM

Buer wrote: »

Very famous ad for the backwash that the northern lot drink....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4hmFPBf-C8

She of "Allo Allo" fame

errlloyd · 03-03-2017 04:40PM

irishbucsfan wrote: »

There are even more once you search for the correct county!

Hmmm like these ones where you said you were from Kildare?

irishbucsfan wrote:

Yes I was fortunate enough to be raised in Kildare.

Unlike most mixed marriages I managed to avoid most of the more unfortunate tendencies of the wildlings

irishbucsfan wrote:

Don't get me wrong I love going racing. I'm from kildare, punchestown was a rite of passage!

I just don't get why absolutely everyone is into Cheltenham so much! It seems everyone gets sucked in.

irishbucsfan wrote:

I'm from Kildare. I was a season ticket holder for a long time until last year (live abroad now). When I first started attending games there was very much a south Dublin feel to them (D4 is a stupid term because the fools who use it are generally referring to people from places outside D4) but there was very definitely a larger minority of fans like myself from all over the province. As the RDS and Leinster became more and more popular that changed more and more and nowadays I don't think you'd notice it at all, if you went in there without preconceived notions and unfair bias.

irishbucsfan wrote:

Yes, I'm from Kildare and this is how I ensure we keep our place as the 2nd biggest contributor to Leinster rugby.

That last one was in response to Buer actually asking where you were from. Which is pretty funny.

irishbucsfan · 03-03-2017 04:41PM

errlloyd wrote: »

Hmmm like these ones where you said you were from Kildare?

That last one was in response to Buer actually asking where you were from. Which is pretty funny.

Mystery solved!

Erik Shin · 03-03-2017 04:42PM

https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/21681/harviestoun-ola-dubh-12-beer

If you want a stout that is as near to nirvana as possible, give this a try, best stout I've ever tried from a bottle

awec · 03-03-2017 04:43PM

Buer wrote: »

Very famous ad for the backwash that the northern lot drink....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4hmFPBf-C8

I haven't had a pint of Harp in years!

sydthebeat · 03-03-2017 05:02PM

awec wrote: »

I haven't had a pint of Harp in years!

dont, its still p!ss

swiwi_ · 03-03-2017 05:15PM

Erik Shin wrote: »

https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/21681/harviestoun-ola-dubh-12-beer

If you want a stout that is as near to nirvana as possible, give this a try, best stout I've ever tried from a bottle

Haven't tried that. But they do a porter called engine oil or similar which is nice.

mfceiling · 03-03-2017 06:18PM

awec wrote: »

I haven't had a pint of Harp in years!

I was actually pining for a pint of harp recently. Instead I drank a few bottles of the insanely good Blacks of Kinsale pale ales.

dregin · 03-03-2017 06:23PM

Deleted User wrote: »

O'Haras stout is quite nice but it's pretty strong if I recall. I wouldn't stomach more than 2 of them.

Their regular stout is similar ABV to Guinness. Their Leann Foileann is about 6%.

pickarooney · 03-03-2017 09:51PM

swiwi_ wrote: »

Happiness is knowing my local off-licence had just started stocking O'Hara's beers. What is more they priced the Leann Follain cheaper than the stout. Suckers!

I just found some of that, and Porterhouse oyster stout in my favourite beer shop which is literally a guy's garage.
#nohipster

pickarooney · 03-03-2017 09:59PM

Erik Shin wrote: »

https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/21681/harviestoun-ola-dubh-12-beer

If you want a stout that is as near to nirvana as possible, give this a try, best stout I've ever tried from a bottle

Damn, I had a bottle of that in my hand earlier (in the aforementioned garage) but I put it back and got something else*. There was another one beside it, an Inish and Gunn in a cardboard box, that might have been great too.

*De Molen Rasputin - one of the best stouts around, as flat as Holland and as rich as Luxembourg.

mfceiling · 03-03-2017 11:30PM

pickarooney wrote: »

as flat as Holland and as rich as Luxembourg.

Magnificent description. Well done!!

CMOTDibbler · 03-03-2017 11:42PM

Buer wrote: »

Whatever would Sally O'Brien say to that?

Random fact.

I once met Sally O'Brien and got a kiss from her. The lads I was with had told me I wouldn't have the nerve.

'twas a good while ago, not long after the ad had aired.

Stheno · 03-03-2017 11:43PM

Do any of you like beers like Spitfire or Bishops finger?

If so would you have any others to recommend?

dregin · 03-03-2017 11:56PM

Stheno wrote: »

Do any of you like beers like Spitfire or Bishops finger?

If so would you have any others to recommend?

Real Ales? You'd be looking for a Red/Amber Ale, maybe. Something like O'Hara's Red would be a decent start for the Irish alternatives. Not sure if anyone goes out and out for the "Real Ale" characteristics, but there're that many craft breweries in Ireland now that there must be some options.

Erik Shin · 04-03-2017 12:20AM

Notorious is enjoyable enough, it's solid and drinkable for anybody trying to develop a taste.
Spotted Blacks "Irish giant" 11° barley wine...Must give it a go this weekend

mfceiling · 04-03-2017 12:46AM

Just finished a bottle of Brewdog Punk and a bottle of 8 degrees Hurricane IPA. Both were a lovely drop.

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