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What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

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  • #4352
    nestegg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭nestegg


    Best black IPA at the minute (though I do love black bucket) is Third Barrel's Plastic Paddy. Perfect marriage between hops and malt.


  • #4353
    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,638 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    Hill of the Serpent and Sierra Nevada California IPA with Dinner tinught.


  • #4354
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    RasTa wrote: »
    Loving this Strata hop

    Nice TIPA from Track/Highland Park/Green Cheek - What Could Go Wrong? 10%

    Verdant - The Window 4.7%

    Both 5/5

    Sierra Nevada had a session IPA a few years ago made mainly with Strata. It was a great beer. Loved strata, kind if a lemony weedy taste.


  • #4355
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,912 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    Must look out for that Black Bucket, even though I don’t think I’ve ever had a Kinnegar beer I’ve liked.

    Exact opposite, literally have never had any of theirs that I haven't liked. In the last week I've had Black Bucket, Bucket and Spade and White Rabbit, all as good as ever. Easily one of the country's best breweries.


  • #4356
    Ryath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,552 ✭✭✭Ryath


    Have to agree Rust Bucket is one of my favourite beers. Flying Saucer was a very good export stout would be great if it was made part of their core lineup.


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  • #4357
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,123 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Ryath wrote: »
    Flying Saucer was a very good export stout would be great if it was made part of their core lineup.
    Is it not already? I see cans of it around a lot, including in supermarkets.

    My beer blog | Bluesky | My other beer blog



  • #4358
    Ryath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,552 ✭✭✭Ryath


    Hadn’t seen it in a while. Thought it was just a special, seems to be out of stock online any where I’ve checked.


  • #4359
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,852 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ben.schlomo wrote: »
    Exact opposite, literally have never had any of theirs that I haven't liked. In the last week I've had Black Bucket, Bucket and Spade and White Rabbit, all as good as ever. Easily one of the country's best breweries.

    Yeah I dunno what it is. It’s like Larkins, everyone seems to love their stuff but I’ve never come round to them at all. I’m definitely looking forward to revisiting with that black IPA though.


  • #4360
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,912 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    Yeah I dunno what it is. It’s like Larkins, everyone seems to love their stuff but I’ve never come round to them at all. I’m definitely looking forward to revisiting with that black IPA though.

    Ya another fan of Larkin's here too.


  • #4361
    hetuzozaho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,840 ✭✭✭hetuzozaho


    Ryath wrote: »
    Hadn’t seen it in a while. Thought it was just a special, seems to be out of stock online any where I’ve checked.

    Not sure how accurate this is.. but in specials section here: https://kinnegarbrewing.ie/beers/


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  • #4362
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,123 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Their website also lists WJ Kavanagh and Beerhouse as Dublin outlets so I'm guessing it was last updated around 2017.

    My beer blog | Bluesky | My other beer blog



  • #4363
    Ryath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,552 ✭✭✭Ryath


    Think the flying saucer in cans is 7.7% to so that's not up to date. Must stock up when I see it again. Would probably be my go to stout after lean fholain as it's pretty reasonably priced considering its ABV.


  • #4364
    hetuzozaho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,840 ✭✭✭hetuzozaho


    Ryath wrote: »
    Think the flying saucer in cans is 7.7% to so that's not up to date. Must stock up when I see it again. Would probably be my go to stout after lean fholain as it's pretty reasonably priced considering its ABV.

    Yes it doesn't be in my O'Briens Kinnegar selection, so best stock up loads when you do see it :)


  • #4365
    RasTa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,111 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    https://www.instagram.com/mozzabeers/

    More supermarket beers out over here, Brew York and Buxton new ones going in. Sold out everywhere but might make it over to Ireland when it all calms down


  • #4366
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,169 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Picked out 3 beers for my quiet Saturday night in. Started with Hell's Gate, the helles style lager from Treaty City in Limerick. Nearly finished RED Irish Ale from Porterhouse now, and I've a bottle of their Plain Porter set aside for later. Couldn't be sober for Wrestlemania. :pac:


  • #4367
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,411 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Had a Wicklow Wolf Dawn of the Red last night. According to the can it's a bourbon barrel aged imperial red rye, and I have to say it was delicious. I'm not too familiar with rye ales, but if they were all like this they get my vote. There's a lovely warmth from the bourbon in the background which makes it surprisingly easy to drink for a 9.4% beer. Equally surprising is finding a beer that strong in a 440ml can, but I wasn't complaining. :)


  • #4368
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,169 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Zaph wrote: »
    Had a Wicklow Wolf Dawn of the Red last night. According to the can it's a bourbon barrel aged imperial red rye, and I have to say it was delicious. I'm not too familiar with rye ales, but if they were all like this they get my vote. There's a lovely warmth from the bourbon in the background which makes it surprisingly easy to drink for a 9.4% beer. Equally surprising is finding a beer that strong in a 440ml can, but I wasn't complaining. :)

    8 Degrees and Larkins both had strong stouts in cans recently. The young lad in my local offie thought I was mental for drinking anything north of 11% abv. :D


  • #4369
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,852 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I’ve just opened my last black lightning to savour.


  • #4370
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,411 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Insect Overlord wrote: »
    8 Degrees and Larkins both had strong stouts in cans recently. The young lad in my local offie thought I was mental for drinking anything north of 11% abv. :D

    Ah, the innocence of youth :D

    Were they 440ml cans as well? I would have only expected a 330ml can for that strength.


  • #4371
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,169 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Zaph wrote: »
    Ah, the innocence of youth :D

    Were they 440ml cans as well? I would have only expected a 330ml can for that strength.

    Just double-checked. The 8 Ball "metric stout" is definitely 440. Pretty sure the Morrigan (Larkin's) was the same.


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  • #4372
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,852 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Morrigan is in big tins alright.


  • #4373
    Barna77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,272 ✭✭✭Barna77


    I had Wicklow Wolf gluten free lager the other day. It was vile


  • #4374
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,921 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Sticking an order in with Craft Central, anyone know what the dates are like for the American beers? Don't want to order the likes of New Belgium and Odells to find they're several months old.


  • #4375
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,411 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Sticking an order in with Craft Central, anyone know what the dates are like for the American beers? Don't want to order the likes of New Belgium and Odells to find they're several months old.

    I got 4 different Odells from them the other day. The best before dates on two are 12/6/20, and 17/6/20 on the other two.


  • #4376
    krustydoyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,941 ✭✭✭krustydoyle


    On Full Sail IPA from Galway Bay Brewery tonight


  • #4377
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 39,860 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Been disappointed with that the last couple of times I got it, not a bad beer by any means but much blander than it should be.

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



  • #4378
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,305 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    A mini malt festival took place on my couch. A bottle of Boss Black stout from Swansea that I've waited since September to crack open, a can of Trouble in Paradise, a cocoa orange porter from Kinnegar/Trouble Brewing, Bambricks Brown from Ballykilcavan and last Lough Gill's excelled Mac Nutty.


  • #4379
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,921 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Zaph wrote: »
    I got 4 different Odells from them the other day. The best before dates on two are 12/6/20, and 17/6/20 on the other two.

    Cheers. Probably brewed last summer then? Think I'll just stick to Irish stuff.


  • #4380
    RasTa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,111 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    A nice supermarket haul. £22


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  • #4381
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,305 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    Last week I picked up a bottle of Brewmaster Red. I wasn't expecting a hell of a lot from it but honest to God, it was dire. Flat, sugary, apathetic, lacking any body and tasteless; this was a total disappointment.


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