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What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

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  • #5552
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,411 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    BeerNut wrote: »
    True gypsy brewers! Yeah, they bought the old Metalman brewkit (originally built for Biddy Early) and learned the ways of it in Metalman before moving it to north Dublin. Then they found out why brewing on a 25-year-old cobbled-together brewery isn't a great idea and abandoned it.

    Biddy Early's was probably my first taste of Irish craft beer. Pretty good it was too. I remember we passed the brewery on the way home so we stopped and I bought a couple of cases. From what I recall they seemed surprised to have anyone stop and drop in. :)


  • #5553
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,921 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Did anyone buy the kit?


  • #5554
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,122 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Did anyone buy the kit?
    Not as far as I know. Last I heard it was still for sale to anyone who wants to set up a brewery, has never spoken to any Irish brewer and doesn't know about the internet.

    My beer blog | Bluesky | My other beer blog



  • #5555
    senordingdong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    Just got two hundred Fathoms 2020! Had to do a double take to make sure i wasn't buying barley wine.
    Now it's Christmas.

    Got it in molloys Finglas village fyi


  • #5556
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    The amount of wax being sold to craft brewers must be going through the roof...


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  • #5557
    Dillonb3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,972 ✭✭✭Dillonb3


    Just got a few of the new Siren stouts from craft central. Carribean Chocolate Cake one is nice, annoyed I only bought one


  • #5558
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,122 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Pen Rua wrote: »
    The amount of wax being sold to craft brewers must be going through the roof...
    Pays for itself with the extra couple of euros you can charge for a bottle because it's waxed.

    My beer blog | Bluesky | My other beer blog



  • #5559
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,411 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    The wax is a pain in the arse to get off most of the time. I'd pay extra for a bottle without it.


  • #5560
    Poorside
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,098 ✭✭✭Poorside


    Rascals, The candyman, dark chocolate and salted caramel stout, should have been last night's offering from Mother Mac's but I opened the wrong one yesterday, does a good job of tasting pretty spot on to what they wanted, 1 is enough in a night.


  • #5561
    bobbysands81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,229 ✭✭✭bobbysands81


    BeerNut wrote: »
    Hopfully actually closed their Dublin brewery last year or thereabouts. They brewed at Lough Gill for a while but are now based at Metalman in Waterford again, where they started.

    Metalman and Dungarvan were both trailblazers in Irish beer... it’s a real pity that both of them seem to have stagnated.


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  • #5562
    bobbysands81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,229 ✭✭✭bobbysands81


    senordingdong wrote: »
    Just got two hundred Fathoms 2020! Had to do a double take to make sure i wasn't buying barley wine.
    Now it's Christmas.

    Got it in molloys Finglas village fyi

    craftcentral.ie have it now too.


  • #5563
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,122 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    bobbysands81 wrote: »
    both of them seem to have stagnated.
    Still making beer that tastes like beer. I mean, who wants that?

    My beer blog | Bluesky | My other beer blog



  • #5564
    Helmet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 502 ✭✭✭Helmet


    Zaph wrote: »
    Biddy Early's was probably my first taste of Irish craft beer. Pretty good it was too. I remember we passed the brewery on the way home so we stopped and I bought a couple of cases. From what I recall they seemed surprised to have anyone stop and drop in. :)

    I was a big fan of a Black Biddy, still am I suppose!


  • #5565
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,029 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Zaph wrote: »
    The wax is a pain in the arse to get off most of the time. I'd pay extra for a bottle without it.

    This.
    A royal pain and even worse is a waxed swingtop!
    A friend of mine sliced his finger and leg open, opening a waxed bottle!


  • #5566
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,921 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    This.
    A royal pain and even worse is a waxed swingtop!
    A friend of mine sliced his finger and leg open, opening a waxed bottle!

    I get how you can cut your finger but how'd he manage to cut his leg too??


  • #5567
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,029 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    irish_goat wrote: »
    I get how you can cut your finger but how'd he manage to cut his leg too??

    Well I wasn't there, and I suspect drink was taken but I think he had the bottle wedged between his legs when the knife slipped.
    Had to call an ambulance!


  • #5568
    Mervyn Skidmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,225 ✭✭✭Mervyn Skidmore


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    Well I wasn't there, and I suspect drink was taken but I think he had the bottle wedged between his legs when the knife slipped.
    Had to call an ambulance!

    Did the ambulance get it open?

    On another note, does anyone know where to get Four Provinces Laidir? They don't seem to sell online. Lidl used to stock it an odd time. It's an absolutely beautiful stout, similar to the old Wrasslers.


  • #5569
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,852 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »
    Did the ambulance get it open?

    On another note, does anyone know where to get Four Provinces Laidir? They don't seem to sell online. Lidl used to stock it an odd time. It's an absolutely beautiful stout, similar to the old Wrasslers.

    There do sell online but I think it’s a more informal setup of email or phoning them. Check their facebook page.


  • #5570
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,122 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »
    does anyone know where to get Four Provinces Laidir?
    Pretty much always in stock in SuperValu on Sundrive Road. I guess it doesn't travel.

    My beer blog | Bluesky | My other beer blog



  • #5571
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,852 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I had forgot too that I’d seen it on beercloud.ie earlier in the week. Single cans and all.


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  • #5572
    Mervyn Skidmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,225 ✭✭✭Mervyn Skidmore


    BeerNut wrote: »
    Pretty much always in stock in SuperValu on Sundrive Road. I guess it doesn't travel.

    Thanks, I'm in Galway, never seen it in Supervalu around here.


  • #5573
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,029 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »
    Did the ambulance get it open?
    .

    Ha.
    As he tells it, he drank the beer while waiting for the ambulance.


  • #5574
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,852 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    You’re dead right on how good it is too.


  • #5575
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,202 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Beer Cloud Advent Calendar day #5: Third Circle at Third Barrel Brewing in Dublin. 4.8% Pale Ale

    Coming to you a bit earlier today because, em, it's Saturday. Very mild on the nose, this one, slightly sour. Visually, a dark, golden colour. Taste wise, a nice bite to it, no overpowering flavours. Gets the balance right between sweetness and sour. Another first for me.


  • #5576
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,169 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Mother Mac's advent calendar produced White Hag's Dark Druid Chocolate Orange Pastry Stout yesterday. I'm after necking most of it in two gulps. Proper dessert.


  • #5577
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,852 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Having one of those western herd homebrew ones. A saison. Nice too.


  • #5578
    Poorside
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,098 ✭✭✭Poorside


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    Having one of those western herd homebrew ones. A saison. Nice too.


    Usually like Saison, this is grand but nothing I'd buy.
    I'm working late tomorrow, so just in case I opened tomorrows offering, looks like a lively one.


  • #5579
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,852 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Poorside wrote: »
    Usually like Saison, this is grand but nothing I'd buy.
    I'm working late tomorrow, so just in case I opened tomorrows offering, looks like a lively one.

    I really liked it. Better than the last few saisons I’ve bought.


  • #5580
    OOnegative
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,827 ✭✭✭OOnegative


    Managed to put my hands on a can of Fatal Deviation here in The Netherlands, might put it away till Christmas Eve.


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  • #5581
    Effects
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,741 ✭✭✭Effects


    Managed to get fatal Deviation on draught in Bonobo last night. Still haven't seen it in my local off licences though. Fear I may have missed it.


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