What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

the beer revolu · 05-08-2021 01:35PM

Just to add, neither is cask beer served warm or at room temperature.

It should be cool - cellar temperature.

Passenger · 06-08-2021 06:12PM

Underwater Welding. A collab of Wicklow Wolf & Boundary Brewing. Triple dry hopped TIPA. It's fruity, floral and grassy.

06-08-2021 06:16PM

I want to try get that one. They’ve finally jumped the shark with the other one.

Passenger · 06-08-2021 06:23PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117716998#Comment_117716998

What other one was that?

06-08-2021 06:50PM

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The “collab” with a very niche singer (ie he showed up for a photos and they stuck his name on the can).

Passenger · 06-08-2021 06:55PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117717128#Comment_117717128

Ah yes. That's right. Prob won't bother with that one.

Krusty_Clown · 07-08-2021 08:32PM

Kinnegar Walla Walla is the hit of the night. Immense rhubarb hit (perfect pairing for a sour beer). Just moved to the top of my favourite sour beer list. In a word... superb.

Cetyl Palmitate · 07-08-2021 09:55PM

Piraat triple hop. A beast of a brew. Nobody can touch the Belgians.

Effects · 07-08-2021 10:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117717128#Comment_117717128

What's a 'niche' singer?

the beer revolu · 11-08-2021 10:10AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117721545#Comment_117721545

I really like this, too, but I don't find it very sour, really.

slayerking · 12-08-2021 07:28PM

The classic Porterhouse oyster stout is apparently being replaced by Porterhouse Irish stout. I'm told its the exact same recipe but it doesn't taste so to me. Always though oyster stout was a good seller but maybe not.

Will have to give the Irish stout another try again to suss it out.

BeerNut · 12-08-2021 09:17PM

Well, it's the same recipe but without the oysters. 25 years is a good innings for a gimmick recipe. Well played, Oyster. Hit the showers.

Hotblack Desiato · 13-08-2021 12:24PM

It probably had only a homeopathic quantity of oysters anyway...

ben.schlomo · 13-08-2021 02:41PM

Had a cupla draught beers for the first time in a long time last night.

Hopfully No Cars Fruited Hose - love it.

Trouble - Ambush, really nice.

Lervig Orange Velvet - did not enjoy, too strong in vanilla and it didn't work against the bitterness for me.

Debub · 13-08-2021 07:43PM

Hello knowledgeable people - 2 queries that you might help me with … going from West Cork to Waterford - is there a good craft beer shop in Waterford or am I better off stopping in Cork (Bradley)?

and what would you rate as a better stout (than Guinness)? Leann Follain? Others?

thanks

ben.schlomo · 13-08-2021 09:17PM

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Better than Guinness? Pretty much anything else for me. Leann Follain, Yannaroddy, O'Haras Stout, Porterhouse Plain, Galway Hooker Stout, Galway Bay Stormy Port etc etc etc.

13-08-2021 09:23PM

The nitro O’Hara’s.

Debub · 13-08-2021 09:49PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117750077#Comment_117750077

To put it into context, I have a friend who only drinks Guinness as an alcoholic intake 😀, so wanted to introduce a few new ones to him. Personally the only ones I know off are LF, Beamish and Porterhouse Oyster, the last two of which are not easily available around the area I live in and that is why I have the first question about a craft beer shop in Waterford

BeerNut · 13-08-2021 10:33PM

World Wide Wines is worth a look for beer in Waterford.

I think the Sean's Export Stout from McGargles is very under-rated. Porterhouse XXXX is in Lidl at the moment and is excellent. But... I don't think your friend is a stout drinker so putting other stouts in front of him may not work as you plan. Good luck though!

Hotblack Desiato · 14-08-2021 11:19AM

Would also be interested in good craft beer off licence / pub recommendations in Waterford city as I'll be visiting soon.

Last time I was there was the day after Metalman bar closed!

matrim · 14-08-2021 09:36PM

Finally found a beer with Chilli that I really like. Mayan Continuous Improvements from Cloudwater. Super thick and heavy imperial stout. Loads of dark chocolate and spice (ginger, cinnamon). The chilli hits more like a minor tingle instead of heat because the rest of the beer is so decadent.

Macy0161 · 18-08-2021 10:27AM

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Yes, I'd agree on Sean's Export Stout being very good, and great VFM. Also, a shout for O'Hara's Dry Irish Stout - kinda gets lost in the noise of LF.

I'd also agree that Guinness drinkers the hardest to convert - father in law would go for IPA's and Red Ales over craft cans or bottles, even if he is partial to the Crafty Stout in lidl. Although he does like barrel aged season - he went big for Pointy Shoes last year!

Beanstalk · 18-08-2021 01:27PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755650#Comment_117755650

nice! i've been on the hunt for a nice chili beer for years. a local brewery to me, which has sadly closed (Old Mill) had a smoked chipotle chili stout which just needed a little tweaking and it would have been there!

Pen Rua · 20-08-2021 08:08AM

My break from IPAs has consisted almost solely of German beers from Weihenstephaner & Ayinger. They've been top notch but now I'm worried I'm doing the same to them as I did to IPAs...!

Lineman's Further was an exceptionally good stout.

I told myself I wouldn't buy into TIPAs anymore (didn't get the Boundary Wicklow Wolf effort), but I'm a Whiplash fanboy at heart so had to pick their one up. Big, brash, warm IPA.

Hoping to get the Rye River 4 pack whenever it makes its way down this side of the country. I value the 4 pack being 4 different beers.

Debub · 20-08-2021 08:44AM

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Visited World Wide Wines - as it was just up the road - great collection, thanks for the recommendation

Debub · 20-08-2021 08:45AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117750112#Comment_117750112

we got this one among others - was very good

Effects · 20-08-2021 02:46PM

Really enjoying Oak and Mirrors from Brehon at the moment.

And of course with the barrel aged Black Boar being available, I've been drinking that. Even bought some to put in the cellar, and ended up drinking some of them before they got there 😂

youcancallmeal · 21-08-2021 08:09AM

Tried all the new Brehon 'Kavanagh' range, decent and fairly inoffensivem, great branding as well. What is with Irish brewers and overloading ales of all types with malt though. Their blonde ale, pale ale and IPA were all malt bombs. The IPA probably the pick of the bunch mainly due to the use of Ella

Speak Now · 21-08-2021 08:32AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117751807#Comment_117751807

Wexford yellow belly beer have a bar, Gradys yard. Tullys and Revolution would both have a big craft range as well. Haven't been in Downes or Grimes in a while but were 2 of the first locally to offer options outside of the mainstream beers.

Hotblack Desiato · 10-09-2021 11:28AM

Thanks, unfortunately I didn't see your post until after I got back 😕

Couldn't remember the name of Revolution (was there on my previous visit but there was nothing on the lunch menu the OH could eat, so we didn't go in) and couldn't find it this time even though I was staying on the Mall! Google Maps doesn't show a pub there (but of course it's there on Street View once you know where to look)

Hotel bar and various places we had lunch at were hopeless beer wise. Even The Reg only had 2 Metalmans on tap, waiter said that that's the only craft draught available to them atm which may be the case but why not have a few decent bottled beers? I asked about stouts too and wasn't even offered a bottle of Guinness! (which I like, and which I believe is fairly popular in that part of the country)

What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

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