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What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

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  • #7472
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,350 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122347530#Comment_122347530

    Not too many breweries in the midlands. Maybe Wide Street, tend to do unusual beers?



  • #7473
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,530 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122347584#Comment_122347584

    Nah, would've been a few years before Wide Street started up, and I may be mis-remembering the midlands part. 🙂



  • #7474
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,350 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122347629#Comment_122347629

    Black Donkey, Bo Bristle, St Mels and Dead Center are the only other midlands breweries i can think of and none of those seem the type for that style.



  • #7475
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,971 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122347530#Comment_122347530

    Radicale was more like 10 years ago and definitely didn't come in cans.



  • #7476
    flended12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 408 ✭✭flended12


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122347812#Comment_122347812

    Man I loved the Bo Bristle IPA!



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  • #7477
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,350 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122348411#Comment_122348411

    Yeah that and the the Independent green from Connemara were great



  • #7478
    kilrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 200 ✭✭kilrush


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122347629#Comment_122347629

    Canvas maybe? They're north tipp enough that they might be considered midlands and it sounds like something they might do.



  • #7479
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,112 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    Modelo Especial seems to be now imported, and available in Tesco. With Clubcard pricing, it is €8 for 4 bottles. It's a deviation from my usual craft consumption, but there is just something really pleasant about it.



  • #7480
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,112 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    Galway Bay Brewing's Young Cardinals is my highlight from the last few weeks. Enjoyable, big IPA. Juicy Bits from Colorado's WeldWorks was also pleasant. Hopfully's Hair of the Dog duo were… fine. Feels like an age since I've had a Whiplash, let alone a new-new release from them (and not a rebrew).



  • #7481
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,095 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Just had Whiplash's two new ones, Step Steadier and Big Fluffy Clouds. Both are excellent but the latter, an all-Nelson double IPA, is exceptional. Both are on tap at Fidelity but I'd say there will be cans in shops soon. I didn't think much of the watermelon Fruit Salad Days, though.

    My beer blog | Bluesky | My other beer blog



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  • #7482
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,112 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122519966#Comment_122519966

    Munster rep (?) for Four Corners on Twitter suggests they will land in cans this week



  • #7483
    redshift-rider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 216 ✭✭redshift-rider


    Anybody seen these Oktoberfest beers in Lidl this year? All the European and UK Lidl's seem to have them currently but i've not seen them in my local Lidl nor in the catalog

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  • #7484
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,907 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Didn't spot it in Lidl up north when I was there on Saturday.



  • #7485
    Man Vs ManUre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,808 ✭✭✭Man Vs ManUre


    English or Spanish beer??



  • #7486
    EthelMercaptan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭EthelMercaptan


    I found none of the Lidl Oktoberfest packs last year either north or south, Lidl Ireland are woeful for German beer.



  • #7487
    redshift-rider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 216 ✭✭redshift-rider


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122730315#Comment_122730315

    In the last year Lidl has gone really bad for imported beer. The odd time I see videos from reviewers in the UK or Europe, they'll show what they picked up in Lidl - decent Belgian, German beers etc. I go to Lidl here and absolutely nothing.

    It was better in the past, I definitely got that Oktoberfest box here before



  • #7488
    Geuze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,643 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    Yes.

    The 4-packs of Belgian 33cl bottles seem to have disappeared.

    Rye River Backstrand APA

    I am loath to criticise a beer, but I won't be buying this again. Too thin and watery, not a good mouthfeel.

    What does APA stand for?

    Grevensteiner Original landbier and Helles, both 2.50 for 50cl in Carry-Out

    I did not buy the helles again, but I did return for more landbier

    I presumed this is a Franconian brewery, as I associate landbier with that province.

    However, it seems to be a spin-off brand of a larger brewer called C&A Veltins, and it's not from Franconia.



  • #7489
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,971 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    APA = American Pale Ale



  • #7490
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 38,945 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Lidl used to do Oettinger which was a nice lager (and cheap too, before MUP) but not anymore. Have to agree that their imports are poor now, have they even done the Belgian 330mL 6-packs recently?

    @Geuze Veltins is one of the largest German brewers, just not so well known over here, but Molloys stock their pilsner which is quite good (it's not as good as Spaten though!)

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



  • #7491
    EthelMercaptan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭EthelMercaptan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122734071#Comment_122734071

    They had Leute Bokbier in Lidl in the north a few weeks ago, haven't seen it in Dublin for a good while.



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  • #7492
    redshift-rider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 216 ✭✭redshift-rider


    They had Leute Bokbier in Lidl in the north a few weeks ago, haven't seen it in Dublin for a good while.

    Have to agree that their imports are poor now, have they even done the Belgian 330mL 6-packs recently?

    They had Leute Bokbier in Lidl in the north a few weeks ago, haven't seen it in Dublin for a good while.

    Yeah in previous years I would pop in to Lidl every so often and there would be something they didn't have the last time - various different Belgian 330ml bottles, sometimes 750ml Abbey beers, etc.

    This year there's been absolutely nothing. If it's the same nationwide (as seems to be) it must be a deliberate policy.



  • #7493
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,095 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    I like the idea that somebody in Lidl Ireland simply forgot to press the order button. I doubt anything a business that size does isn't deliberate.

    But it's a poor show. Maybe supermarkets are deciding that non-mainstream beer isn't the money-spinner it was a decade ago.

    My beer blog | Bluesky | My other beer blog



  • #7494
    EthelMercaptan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭EthelMercaptan


    Tonight's beer: Maisel & Friends - Jeff's Bavarian Ale (7.1% ABV). Some weissbier trappings (clove etc) but more like a strong ale with a very rich, not overly sweet flavour. For me at least, it's a sipper and at 750ml, a long-haul one.



  • #7495
    EthelMercaptan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭EthelMercaptan


    Following on, tonight's is Maisel & Friends - India Ale (7.3% ABV). Very drinkable despite the strength, burst of malts at the start with a smooth transition to a lingering hoppiness. I expected to like this the least of the Maisel & Friends selection I picked up at The Cru but I'd rate it ahead of the Bavarian Ale.



  • #7496
    Musicrules
    Site Banned Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Musicrules


    Dutch gold.



  • #7497
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,142 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Picked up a few "big" Wicklow Wolf beers this week for my Black Christmas stash. Any other stouts/porters/barley wines I should keep an eye out for this year?



  • #7498
    Citizen Six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,323 ✭✭✭Citizen Six


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122776953#Comment_122776953

    Did you get the 13.2% barrel aged apex?



  • #7499
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,142 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122777607#Comment_122777607

    Yup! Got this year's Pointy Shoes and the recent Locavore barleywine as well.



  • #7500
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,095 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Lough Gill is releasing its usual annual swathe of barrel-aged imperial stouts. This year's new one is Oseberg, fermented with kveik and aged in sherry casks. I don't think it's out in cans yet but I'm sure it will be soon.

    My beer blog | Bluesky | My other beer blog



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  • #7501
    Geuze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,643 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    Wetherspoon Keaven's Port pub on Friday 1st November

    Just one of six cask ales on - poor form!!

    I never expect all six to be available, but just one……..

    So after a while I switched to Worthington's Creamflow

    I like the €2.60 price and the low ABV, but it's very watery, no bite to it, no mouthfeel.



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