What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

MonkstownHoop · 24-02-2019 09:46PM

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Having a Lagunitas IPA. Not bad at all. Made by Heineken.

Bit pricey at €6.50 a pint (in a bar).

If you're ever in Balbriggan the pub down the harbour does it for €4

Ruben Remus · 25-02-2019 09:03AM

Had a can of Trouble Brewing's Voodoo Logic (imperial stout with maple syrup) in the fridge for over a year, and finally opened it at the weekend.

I like imperial stouts and I like maple syrup, but this was horribly, cloyingly, sweet. After three sips it had to be poured down the sink. What a waste of money.

BaZmO* · 25-02-2019 09:15AM

Ruben Remus wrote: »

Had a can of Trouble Brewing's Voodoo Logic (imperial stout with maple syrup) in the fridge for over a year, and finally opened it at the weekend.

I like imperial stouts and I like maple syrup, but this was horribly, cloyingly, sweet. After three sips it had to be poured down the sink. What a waste of money.

Yeah I thought it was overly sickly sweet too. TB's beers tend to be sweet anyway but this was above and beyond.

igCorcaigh · 25-02-2019 09:18AM

Impala in Cork are serving left hand's Nitro stout on draught, and it's delicious.

igCorcaigh · 25-02-2019 09:22AM

The cherry lambec too is very good. I forget the name.

the beer revolu · 25-02-2019 12:27PM

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Impala in Cork are serving left hand's Nitro stout on draught, and it's delicious.

So are The Abbot's Ale House

OOnegative · 25-02-2019 08:44PM

Anyone any recommendations for Milan?

BeerNut · 26-02-2019 08:48AM

LambicZoon is excellent. Lambrate's pub on Via Adelchi is fun. I also liked Scott Duff and Sloan Square. Some blog stuff.

OOnegative · 26-02-2019 10:51AM

BeerNut wrote: »

LambicZoon is excellent. Lambrate's pub on Via Adelchi is fun. I also liked Scott Duff and Sloan Square. Some blog stuff.

Cheers for that, will check those out.

OOnegative · 01-03-2019 01:21PM

https://www.sloanesquare.it/

Sampled the following while I was in the above:

Buxton Axe Edge
Het Uiltje Buddy Beer
Lervig Lucky Jack
Marble Beers Ltd Berimbolo
Marble Beers Ltd I’m only Karaoke-ing
Northern Monk Patrons Project 9.06/DDH IPA/Ben Mather/Skelatory/DEYA
Wylam Imperial Macchiato

Seriously impressed by the Wylam & Het Uiltje, Northern Monk was a huge let down very sickly stuff.

Edit: Cheers again to BeerNut for the recommendation.

irish_goat · 01-03-2019 01:50PM

BeerNut wrote: »

Lambrate's pub on Via Adelchi is fun. .

+1

They have a crazy method of pouring beer there though. They pour it straight down, let the head foam up, set the glass aside and then repeat the process until they've gotten the beer up to the right level. Gives longer lasting head but can take a while for your beer to be served. Photo below shows what I mean.

The pub itself is nice and the beer selection is very good too.

OOnegative · 01-03-2019 01:55PM

irish_goat wrote: »

+1

They have a crazy method of pouring beer there though. They pour it straight down, let the head foam up, set the glass aside and then repeat the process until they've gotten the beer up to the right level. Gives longer lasting head but can take a while for your beer to be served. Photo below shows what I mean.

The pub itself is nice and the beer selection is very good too.

Obviously a mainland Europe thing as they do the exact same thing in The Hague where I live, a lot of beer is wasted me thinks.

irish_goat · 01-03-2019 02:00PM

OOnegative wrote: »

Obviously a mainland Europe thing as they do the exact same thing in The Hague where I live, a lot of beer is wasted me thinks.

Not doubting you, but I've never seen it done anywhere else. Not been to the Hague but have been to a few other Dutch cities.

BeerNut · 01-03-2019 02:51PM

The Lambrate method is very different to the Dutch one, in that no beer is wasted: the beer is poured to the top of the glass and let settle, then repeat until servable. Still, it's better than the Canadian method, where the beer is poured to the top of the glass and then served regardless. Plus-size bishop's collar = :mad:

senordingdong · 01-03-2019 08:10PM

OOnegative wrote: »

Obviously a mainland Europe thing as they do the exact same thing in The Hague where I live, a lot of beer is wasted me thinks.

My first ever job was in a pub and the barmen maintained this was the sign of an amateur.
But I too have seen this done all I've the continent.

Tonight I'm having a can of Boundary brewing export stout. Noticeably cheaper than other brands, especially considering the staying, 7%.

It was very good. Decent body, was thinner than i had expected and it went down very easy. Nice balance of all the staple stout flavours of chocolate, coffee and toffee.

02-03-2019 06:41PM

Got Yellow Spot in the O'Briens sale.

Gonna pair it with a Boundary Brewing Export Stout and a Boyne Brewhouse sherry / whiskey barrelled aged imperial stout.

Starting with Dot Brewing Back to Black Black IPA and a Buxton Imperial Black IPA.

Don't get out much these days might as well get the good stuff

02-03-2019 07:48PM

Not impressed with the Dot Brewing Fade to Black. A bit bland.

BaZmO* · 02-03-2019 08:14PM

50 Shades of Bray from Wicklow Wolf. A Black NEIPA. A pretty solid Black IPA but without the bitterness, which I suppose is where the NEIPA part comes in.

Not that Black IPA’s are around a particularly long time, but I do always associate them with being quite bitter, as such I found this one a strange. Still nice though.

VW 1 · 03-03-2019 11:31AM

Anyone else notice that a lot of ipas seem to be moving from the crisp bitter american style to a much more malty type ipa? Noteable recently for me with oharas ipa, priory ipa and another irish brand i cant recall the name of off the top of my head.

Is this a change I've noticed, or something i havent noticed as i dont tend to drink many of the core irish ipas?

Creamy Goodness · 03-03-2019 11:34AM

OHaras was always more malt forward and really any bitterness in it at all (well compared to American IPA style that you specifically called out).

Malt is cheaper than bittering hops :pac:

VW 1 · 03-03-2019 11:37AM

Yeah the malt isnt my thing at all, if I'm looking for that I'd go red, which i never tend to do!

OOnegative · 03-03-2019 09:38PM

Had a bit of a milestone age wise(so i was told:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:) but in fairness the Boss Lady stepped up with the following:

Lervig - Easy
North Brewing Co - Coconut IPA
Gamma Brewing Co - Big Doink
Alefarm Brewing - Fading Day
Froontal - North 2018
Siren Craft Brew -Death By Carribean Chocolate Cake

All serious beers and am seriously warming towards porters/stouts after drinking Siren's Chocolate Cake, lovely stuff.

bnt · 04-03-2019 01:31AM

bnt wrote: »

I'm currently staying with friends near Houston TX at the moment, so I'm indulging in some of the local brews. I've had two from Shiner TX: their classic Bock and their Ruby Redbird, the latter being a lager with grapefruit and ginger, though not so much as to make it gimmicky. Both are around 4% ABV. I also tried two seasonal brews from Saint Arnold, from Houston itself: their Summer Pils, which they call a "golden Munich-style Helles" (very nice, 4.9%), and then their Spring Bock. That one has nothing to do with South Africa, and is rather a seriously chewy Bock at 6.9% ABV. Their Fancy Lawnmower Kölsch is one of my all-time favourite summer beers, which I discovered on a previous visit here, but I'm not going to get to it on this visit, nor their White Noise witbier: too many beers, too little time!

I'm back with those friends again, and first up I've got two Shiner beers again: the Bock - can't really go wrong with that - and their attempt at a "session beer", the Day Quencher @ 4.6% ABV. They talk about a "tropical aroma" on the can: it's a little passion fruit in the finish. I like it but it's not exactly blowing me away. It's a good beer to drink while doing something else. I'll try something else next.

RasTa · 04-03-2019 12:54PM

Jester King
Hill Farmstead
Bellswoods
Other Half
Trillum
Monkish
Verdant
Collective arts
Northern Monk
Tilquin
White Hag
Dugges
The Bruery
Green Check
Duration
+more

Had a lot of nice beers from above over the weekend. Great festival that almost got cancelled, some emotions I'd say over here this weekend.

s8n · 05-03-2019 06:57PM

Bourbon county stout (2017 and 2018)

2017 much more complex and deep flavours but 2018 should age in the same way

Also drank some juice pants IPA (delicious) and Hopslam IPA

Green&Red · 06-03-2019 10:55AM

Where do people source their beers?

ianob7 · 06-03-2019 11:12AM

I'm in Dublin and I mainly use drink store, mace on South circular road and a Molloy's location

basskebab · 06-03-2019 11:21AM

If you're in South Dublin the Blackrock Cellar has a great range of beers. Very helpful staff too

L1011 · 06-03-2019 11:51AM

Sweeney's in Marino (still branded as Lilac Wines), O Brien's and very occasionally Stephen Street News for me.

Creamy Goodness · 06-03-2019 12:00PM

Green&Red wrote: »

Where do people source their beers?

Mikkeller BeerMail
YellowBelly Beer Subscription
Blackrock Cellar (for rarer beers)
Centra YellowBelly/Larkin/OBrother beers if I forget to swing by the Blackrock Cellar.

What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

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