If that's the future of pubs, I want no part of it! Reminds me of the famous Simpsons scene..
They are terrible looking designs for pubs.
Jaysus that's awful. Used to be one of my favourite places.
That does look like somewhere Google would hold their staff meetings.
Complete with wnky mission statement in the back and everything.
It's in their Dublin one as well.
Brew Dog Cork has a similar set up as the second picture - it's the smoking area and has a couple (maybe 4?) high tables & stools, then this weird staircase thing which you can use as a seat but looks wildly uncomfortable.
That's the look I expected them to go for. I've seen similar around some for the craft beer chain groups. I'de say it will do very well in terms of attracting customers and the kinda Brewdog industrial style will be instantly recognizable to casual beer drinkers.
Are they reopening that really good offie next door ?
Sterile for sure. As long as it isn't testing ground for a possible Porterhouse TB refurbishment.
So here's what Porterhouse Central has become. Design looks like an American diner and those stools looks very uncomfortable...
This area looks like something you'd see in a US tech firm office.
Speaking of White Hag. Spotted this rum barrel aged version of black boar available today. I normally don't like rum barrel aged beers, but enjoyed this one. Didn't find it was too much different from the bourbon barrel aged one to be honest. Less of a liquorice flavour from it.
Cheers bud. I'll give it a whirl so.
Yeah, they have a bar setup there. I visited for the open day during the Summer. Well worth a look, and close enough to the Dart station to get to easily.
Some of the more expensive gins, Hendricks included, are terribly overpriced. The quality just doesn't justify the leap in price a lot of the time.
Gin Mare, Monkey 47, the blue Hendricks, Tanqueray 10, The Botanist etc. are all €45-55 per bottle. The Monkey 47 coming in 500ml bottles takes the absolute piss also. There's no way it's worth €110 per litre. Not when you've really decent gins that go on special all the time......
Ha'penny Dublin Gin, Plymouth, Tanqueray lime and orange variants, Gordon's lemon (regular Gordon's is muck but this is decent), Whitley Neil mango and lime are all really good for half the outlay.
Malfy blood orange is usually expensive but has been on special a lot recently. Getting this for under €30 is a real bargain.
Re: Craft Breweries: Was thinking of doing the Hope brewery tour. Has anyone done this? Is there any sort of a bar or taproom attached where you can try their range afterwards etc? Is it worth it?
Thanks. Your blog is where I had seen Post Card, but didn't realise the co-location with Farrington's. Appreciate it.
Ironically given that it's everyone's biggest whinge about WH, I can only recall getting one or two 330 pastry stouts in the Clann boxes in the last year.
New poster here 👋 wasn't a fan myself, but generally speaking I do love what The White Hag has to offer. Ninth Wave being my particular favourite.
Post Card is now based at Farrington's so it's essentially the same brewery. I've enjoyed most of what they've put out so far.
https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2022/08/that-summer-in-dublin.html
Bradleys have posted they've taken a delivery of Post Card Brew Co and Farrington Brewery.
The former I've seen here or there, the latter are totally new to me but their labels stand out from the rest.
Is there a consensus on the either of them?
That was an auful auful beer but I do appreciate the attempt a small brewery made at a green beer
If its anything like the St Patrick's Day beer, it's awful.
Anyway, Bran and Sceolan back in stock so 2 cases on the way.
Oh god yeah, that was desperate. I pride myself on being able to at least finish almost any drink but that got fucked down the drain after a sip
Never tried that but it has some pretty bad reviews.
I personally wouldn't trust buying something like that. Even though there's some nice breweries there.
Probably a few of these in the box too.
Did anyone manage to get one of the extra white hag guest boxes? Back to school It’s called. I got the email at 8am but sold out by 10am on the day. Seems a bit odd it sold so fast.
I don't understand that myself. I enjoy Hendricks, but would hate to stick religiously to it. And I'd look at the choices rather than just pick the most expensive.
Really interesting views here. What I fail to comprehend is those who dont like a certain beer summarise by the conclusion that the same drink is crap.
For me? I despise sours but just cos I dont like them doesnt mean that they are bad. Just not my taste.
I have a relation who will always pick the most expensive gin on the menu if Hendricks is not available. Is Hendricks bad? I dont know, is the most expensive gin better? Who knows.
Let people off to drink what they want but like religion and all the various movements we have going on....if you try to push your agenda on someone (in this case beer I dont like is **** beer) then you can **** off.
take the bottle of IPA we had on Sunday, it was murky, no not bottle conditioned, suggesting he either didn't boil it hard enough or for long enough.
Or you were drinking a New England IPA, and it was true to the style? No carrageen or isinglass would be used. No, not to my taste either, but that's the way NEIPAs are.
I remember infuriating conversations with a German guy who had a taste for lager (or whatever sub set of lager term he was using for his favoured lager).
He'd go on about how he liked, valued and appreciated craft beer and IPAs and such but sometimes (which was actually all the time) he just wants a "proper" beer. Drove me nuts!
Using the term, "proper" to describe your preferred style is real ass hat stuff.
Likewise a woman in a bar saying that while the stemless wine glass she was served her wine in was lovely, she does like a "proper" wineglass! Arrrgh! 😡
The only thing worse than a craft beer bore is an anti-craft beer bore.
How do you know if someone doesn't like that modern muck and just wants a pint of proper beer?
Don't worry. They'll tell you
I think White Hag often use these boxes to get rid of stuff that is so bad, it just doesn't sell. Maybe I'm just being cynical.
Same reason I would rarely buy these kind of mixed boxes. I'll buy, and drink, what I know I prefer.
I'll often try styles I know I generally don't like, in case I find something interesting. But I want to know I'm choosing that.
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