What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

Geuze · 14-01-2019 01:20PM

I spotted some Samuel Smiths beer in an off-licence in a small town, unusual I thought.

I bought some oatmeal stout and some organic chocolate stout.

https://www.samuelsmithsbrewery.co.uk/bottles/

The bottles are 550ml, which is odd.

High ratings here, it seems:

https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/samuel-smiths-oatmeal-stout/87/

https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/samuel-smiths-organic-chocolate-stout/182774/

Both beers seemed above average quality to me, I would buy again.

A real strong scent/flavour of choc.

I paid 3.40 / 3.65.

Geuze · 14-01-2019 01:21PM

Last week I had some 8 Degrees Blowhard.

It is an imperial stout.

I paid 5.00 in the Swagman pub, for what was described as "3/4 pint".

Very strong stuff, 12%.

BeerNut · 14-01-2019 04:45PM

Geuze wrote: »

The bottles are 550ml, which is odd.

They're an odd brewery. Pete Brown wrote in one of his books about beer that if Willy Wonka made beer his name would be Samuel Smith.

The owner seems to be a right piece of work. Swearing. The bridge. Short measures. Pensions.

L1011 · 14-01-2019 05:22PM

Their pubs are bloody odd too, the few I've been in

Geuze · 14-01-2019 08:52PM

BeerNut wrote: »

They're an odd brewery. Pete Brown wrote in one of his books about beer that if Willy Wonka made beer his name would be Samuel Smith.

Yes indeed.

Odd to remove all SS branding from the external facades of the pubs.

Odd that there's no maps/locations of the pubs on the brewery website.

They have 20+ pubs in London, good value prices.

Geuze · 14-01-2019 08:57PM

BeerNut wrote: »

They're an odd brewery. Pete Brown wrote in one of his books about beer that if Willy Wonka made beer his name would be Samuel Smith.

The owner seems to be a right piece of work.

Can I ask, even though the owner seems unpleasant, is the beer good quality?

Are the the types to be cutting corners in production?

The two bottles I had seemed good.

BeerNut · 14-01-2019 11:05PM

Geuze wrote: »

is the beer good quality?

In general, yes, even if they're not very exciting. I'm not a fan of the flavoured ones, but the lagers are pretty decent, likewise the porter, stout, imperial stout and winter warmer.

L1011 · 18-01-2019 09:34PM

Two cans of Boyne APA basically pouring, or going in to the mouth, as foam. Have to leave it up to ten minutes with repeat pours to get 330ml + head to fit in to a pint glass!

Pinch Flat · 19-01-2019 10:46AM

Just back from a work trip to Amsterdam so headed off in search of some affligem last night (I know it’s Belgian!).

Anyway no luck so settled on a Chimay brown and linesman’s gueuze.

penev10 · 19-01-2019 11:11AM

Shepherd and Neame's Christmas Ale, hunted down the last bottle in SuperValu on the quays yesterday. My favourite ale by a long margin. Only managed to find 3 bottles over the whole of xmas.

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If anyone spots any more let me know

GY A1 · 20-01-2019 03:34PM

Lagunitas
12 th of never
Ale

Losty Dublin · 21-01-2019 12:33AM

Cracked open a bottle of Mescan's Beoir na Nollaig a while ago. Six months of conditioning and a transfer into whiskey casks for a finishing maturation has given this ale a subtle taste yet an amazingly warm and warming feel. It should be illegal to make beer this good so rarely; it's definitely getting my top vote in the Beoir awards.

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 21-01-2019 01:55PM

L1011 wrote: »

Two cans of Boyne APA basically pouring, or going in to the mouth, as foam. Have to leave it up to ten minutes with repeat pours to get 330ml + head to fit in to a pint glass!

did you let the brewery know?

L1011 · 21-01-2019 04:08PM

No, never really got in the habit of telling places directly when I probably should...

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 21-01-2019 08:09PM

L1011 wrote: »

No, never really got in the habit of telling places directly when I probably should...

I'm not trying to needle you, please don't think I am, but in my experience Irish breweries really appreciate a bit of private feedback, be in a DM on twitter or an email or whatever.

snowblind · 23-01-2019 01:38PM

Trouble Brewing definitely didn't! Unfortunate since buying their cans is too much of a diacetyl-gamble

ben.schlomo · 23-01-2019 03:39PM

snowblind wrote: »

Trouble Brewing definitely didn't! Unfortunate since buying their cans is too much of a diacetyl-gamble

Let alone most of their beers are below average anyway. Their cherry/chocolate type stout was woeful, had it a couple of months back.

Uncle_moe · 24-01-2019 08:30AM

Anyone know if 8 Degrees Hopsfume is still available anywhere. Had it last night and wished I had bought a few more bottles

Beanstalk · 24-01-2019 01:35PM

Vocation Love & Hate NIEPAs only £2 in Tesco in Derry!

RasTa · 24-01-2019 02:25PM

Yeah had one last night. Canned 8th of November. Tastes like it has been sitting on a warm shelf for 3 months but not god awful.

L1011 · 24-01-2019 09:49PM

Drinking the Rye River "Just The Tipple" spruce tip saison currently. Its about as odd as you might expect (and rather expensive)

sceach16 · 24-01-2019 10:18PM

RasTa wrote: »

Yeah had one last night. Canned 8th of November. Tastes like it has been sitting on a warm shelf for 3 months but not god awful.

Fosters?

laros · 24-01-2019 10:28PM

sceach16 wrote: »

Fosters?

Vocation Love & Hate NIEPA I would Imagine....

RasTa · 25-01-2019 12:29PM

Got two more cans of it today. Canned on 21st Jan and still cold, must have just being put out.

£13 for below, serious value

ianob7 · 25-01-2019 03:46PM

RasTa wrote:

Got two more cans of it today. Canned on 21st Jan and still cold, must have just being put out.

RasTa wrote:

Â£13 for below, serious value

That's insane value ! I paid 4 euro something for a single can of the New England

BaZmO* · 25-01-2019 08:21PM

I must have somehow unsubscribed from this thread. I was wondering why I wasn’t getting any notifications!

I love the Vocation stuff. I have fond memories of filling up the car with lots of their range @ £1.50 a can on trips to Newry. Always on offer in Tesco too @ 4 for €10, and often in SuperValu too.

Just finished a can of Coco Joe from Kinnegar. It’s their Yannaroddy with coffee. The combination of coconut and coffee doesn’t do it for me. Tastes almost savoury.

ciaran76 · 26-01-2019 08:28PM

Rascals Irish Coffee Stout bottle. Just didn't do it for me. Kinda sour and hardly if any whiskey taste. Coffee was almost non existent too. Shame as I usually like Thier beers.

slayerking · 26-01-2019 09:32PM

ciaran76 wrote: »

Rascals Irish Coffee Stout bottle. Just didn't do it for me. Kinda sour and hardly if any whiskey taste. Coffee was almost non existent too. Shame as I usually like Thier beers.

I had that on the nitro and thought it was unreal, but then I got the bottle and totally agree, there was defo a strange sourness to it, almost lemon like.

overthebridge · 28-01-2019 01:54PM

penev10 wrote: »

Shepherd and Neame's Christmas Ale, hunted down the last bottle in SuperValu on the quays yesterday. My favourite ale by a long margin. Only managed to find 3 bottles over the whole of xmas.

If anyone spots any more let me know

Not sure where you're based but Super Valu in Corbally in Limerick have a few of these in stock at the minute.

krustydoyle · 30-01-2019 11:30PM

Just opened a bottle of Sierra Nevadas Winter Warmer Lager

Really nice for 6.7% and ill definitely be getting a few more

What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

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