What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

Whathefeck · 27-05-2018 07:46PM

Tyskie.
Just noticed it's 5% alcohol now!
When did that happen?

ianob7 · 28-05-2018 11:40AM

That 8bit is a fabulous beer ... The price is just the cherry on top

Gonna try and buy some of the last few cans today

RasTa · 28-05-2018 12:51PM

Didn't think 8 bit was great. Thumper much more enjoyable and cheaper too.

n97 mini · 28-05-2018 12:57PM

Whathefeck wrote: »

Tyskie.
Just noticed it's 5% alcohol now!
When did that happen?

Asahi changed the abv from 5.5% to 5.0% by removing the glucose syrup in may 2018.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyskie

ianob7 · 28-05-2018 02:09PM

RasTa wrote:

Didn't think 8 bit was great. Thumper much more enjoyable and cheaper too.

Agree on thumper it's excellent also IMO

L1011 · 28-05-2018 10:31PM

Had to get some generic, already cold beers today so bought an 8 pack of Rockshore

Two shots of vodka in a 500ml glass of water would have been more effective and cheaper. Tastes of nothing even more than Coors Light tastes of nothing, which takes some doing.

sceach16 · 28-05-2018 10:39PM

L1011 wrote: »

Had to get some generic, already cold beers today so bought an 8 pack of Rockshore

Two shots of vodka in a 500ml glass of water would have been more effective and cheaper. Tastes of nothing even more than Coors Light tastes of nothing, which takes some doing.

Merci, Gratias, Danke, GRMA plus many other tongues!

Insect Overlord · 28-05-2018 11:07PM

I had a beer tonight that brought me back to my early days of growing to like "craft" beers. Sierra Nevada porter. Wish I'd bought more than one bottle now!

Ronan|Raven · 29-05-2018 05:45PM

A can of Aldis Twisted Tree vintage cider. Reduced to 99cent along with the hopped variety.

Filled the boot.

30-05-2018 12:42PM

Tried four of the new LIDL range of beers last night:

Voreia (Greek owned brewery)- IPA 7% and Wit Beer also 7%. Think they had a Pilsner on sale also.
Tektonic (Slovenian brewery) - American IPA 6.1% and Witbier 4.8%

All four were pretty tasty, with the Tektonic Witbier being the standout of the bunch. They were all longnecks priced at either 2 for €3 or 2 for €2.50. Will definitely try all four again as I had two of each and the Voreia IPA didn't really get a fair trial considering i was 6 bottles deep by the time i got around to them.

Hotblack Desiato · 30-05-2018 03:24PM

L1011 wrote: »

Had to get some generic, already cold beers today so bought an 8 pack of Rockshore

Two shots of vodka in a 500ml glass of water would have been more effective and cheaper. Tastes of nothing even more than Coors Light tastes of nothing, which takes some doing.

Took one for the team there L1011

Deleted User wrote: »

Tried four of the new LIDL range of beers last night:

Was in my local one on Sunday picking up a few things and had a look in the beer isle, didn't see those. Didn't have a great selection of 4 for €10 craft bottles, I got two O'Haras Hop Adventure (can't remember name of hops, but it's a new one) which were nice, and two Bru IPAs which were pretty bad. Looked and tasted much more like a flat lager than an IPA, with a sort of a burnt aftertaste.

VW 1 · 30-05-2018 03:55PM

if in Lidl and looking for a cheap sipper in the warm weather, you could do worse than 6x500ml of their Perlenbacher Pilsner @7.39.

Gone down well enough over the last week for me.

MonkstownHoop · 30-05-2018 04:41PM

VW 1 wrote: »

if in Lidl and looking for a cheap sipper in the warm weather, you could do worse than 6x500ml of their Perlenbacher Pilsner @7.39.

Gone down well enough over the last week for me.

They had the XXL deal last week, 8 for the same price

RasTa · 31-05-2018 02:21PM

Fanzine beers arrived today. £11 delivered, better be good. Tis a good idea though

irish_goat · 31-05-2018 05:13PM

I'm signed up for Fanzine too. I can get 8 cans of Punk for £9 in Tesco so it is quite expensive when compared to that but it's a nice novelty and the first 2 packs I got were decent (haven't drank the 10% imperial stout yet though). There's not many new releases of beer up here in Derry either so it's a handy way to get something interesting to drink.

BaZmO* · 31-05-2018 07:34PM

I just received Week 2, which is weird because my subscription was cancelled because apparently they can’t deliver Fanzine in Ireland. Ever weirder that I received a refund at the time too.

the beer revolu · 31-05-2018 10:39PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

I just received Week 2, which is weird because my subscription was cancelled because apparently they can’t deliver Fanzine in Ireland. Ever weirder that I received a refund at the time too.

Win, lose, win.
Good result!

BaZmO* · 31-05-2018 10:53PM

the beer revolu wrote: »

Win, lose, win.
Good result!

I also got a voucher for the online shop, so win, lose, win, win!

Eggs For Dinner · 01-06-2018 12:38PM

A few 8 Degree Full Irish nicely chilled since Tuesday waiting for me tonight

ianob7 · 01-06-2018 06:33PM

Was at a tasting of the new Rascals 5 series NEIPA 5%, a bit meh if I'm being honest .

Much preferred the first 7 series beer

Reputable Rog · 02-06-2018 07:48AM

Lidl have Bush blonde this week as well as the Belgian selection box, a couple of Greek beers as well .

Herpes Free Since03 · 04-06-2018 02:51PM

21° ..... Kinnegar Olan's tart .. kettle sour with apple... perfect for today...will have a few White Hag Lemon sours too

RasTa · 04-06-2018 11:00PM

This is the best juicy one I've had in a while.

Passenger · 04-06-2018 11:14PM

De Molen Amarillo Imperial IPA

Best IPA I've had in a long time. Sweet, malty, full bodied, delicious.

HopsAndJumps · 05-06-2018 06:34AM

Passenger wrote: »

De Molen Amarillo Imperial IPA

Best IPA I've had in a long time. Sweet, malty, full bodied, delicious.

An absolute beauty.

OOnegative · 05-06-2018 01:56PM

Passenger wrote: »

De Molen Amarillo Imperial IPA

Best IPA I've had in a long time. Sweet, malty, full bodied, delicious.

There 21 Grams is another very nice Imperial IPA.

OOnegative · 08-06-2018 07:20PM

Impressed with this, not usually an IPA/Weizen combo fan.

Hotblack Desiato · 08-06-2018 10:27PM

Had a White Hag The Puca earlier - dry hopped lemon sour berry hibiscus & ginger.

It's beer but not as we know it Jim. Bright pink with a small head. Tastes a bit like liquidised Haribo extra sour sweets. Nice but I'll keep the second can in reserve for another day, one of these is plenty and it's actually a good way to start off a session - give the tastebuds a glass of water before moving on to the next beer though.

Krusty_Clown · 09-06-2018 12:25AM

Had a Wicklow Wold Ranchero Rauchbier this evening. Being a big Schlenkerla fan, I had set myself up for disappointment, but I thought it was great. Haven't found too many other beers brewers that can pull off a decent rauchbier, and when they do, it's usually a lot more expensive than Schlenkerla, so thumbs-up to Wicklow Wolf. Still pricey by comparison, but fair play to them for succeeding where so many (in my view) have fallen short.

Uncle_moe · 09-06-2018 05:21PM

Had Whiplash Clap Hands American Wheat on tap. It looks soupy was surprisingly refreshing on a hot day. Not too sweet or sickly, but would still like a little more bitterness to balance it out.

What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

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