Well boy do I have bad news for you…
https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2024/11/black-danker.html
"The man in the shop told me this is replacing Yannaroddy coconut porter…"
cc @BeerNut
Im a big black lager fan and hate coconut so it's a win for me but a pity it's an either or situation.
I was at Hopfully on Saturday and they said they are testing the market with their Waterford Dark porter. They'll consider making it regular if the current small batch sells. I have heard from other breweries that dark beers are a tough sell generally.
Can they not do a black lager AND yararoody? I’m a big fan of porters and stouts myself and there aren’t many being made now. Ostara by GBB isn’t all that great. Carriage Dubh by West Kerry is nice. Turlough by Western Herd is grand but not remarkable. We really could do with a lot more. The place is awash with IPAs and pale ales and hop forward beers. You rash have mess choice if tore into malty beers.
Can't express sufficiently the level of disappointment that this is replacing Yannaroddy. Thought it was a lovely porter myself and would have been a staple of my darker drinking habits in winter months.
Staying in the Premier Inn next to Teeling in a few weeks.
Where in the Liberties are the good beer spots ?
One with food would be hand y too cause I will be starving by the time I get in.
Dudley's and Harkin's are decent spots in that area.
There just isn't the demand. Kinnegar already have quite a large range and the darker beers were always the slowest sellers.
I see they've just announced this one. Will definitely be grabbing a couple of these at the weekend.
https://x.com/KinnegarBrewing/status/1861374295340921100
Wicklow Wolf have free shipping on all orders, with code WWFREESHIP244.
Whiplash have a flat 25% off on the webshop, no code required.
Rascals have free shipping with code ElectionCans.
Galway Bay have Black Friday deals from 7am on Fri, with free shipping on orders over €60 from Friday through till the end of December.
The Wicklow Wolf code appears to be a €5 delivery coupon, but delivery costs €6. So, it’s not quite free shipping but €1 shipping. Picked up a glass after some time of wanting one.
@breezy1985 Bull and castle do decent food n drink.
Id like a glass to pour 330ml/400ml cans into. Any breweries sell one you'd recommend online?
If your into Belgian beer many offies do packs with the 330ml+ glass included at Christmas time.
Great shout. Thanks
Just double checking before pre-gig beers over the weekend, but it was only the brewery that Porterhouse sold to McGregor, not the pubs?
Yeah. The pubs and the brand stayed with the original owners. The beer is now made in White Hag and Kinnegar, I believe the tap logos now tell you which makes which.
Last time in there I concentrated on the cask lough gill macnutty!
Yep, had the Oyster stout last weekend in their London pub. Also noted they have gotten rid of the weird 'estate agent' style logo they had before.
Dudley's, as stated elsewhere, is a great pub for craft beers and food.
Love Tempo is directly across the road from there and is also good for the craft stuff. Pretty sure it's partnered with/owned by the Whiplash Brewery so you'll get a decent selection of stuff.
I could be wrong but Beavertown seems like it's all over Dublin now. I say it in a lot of non craft pubs
As for Changing Times it's grand and what you would expect. The only thing it will "change the times" for is the likes of 5 Lamps I reckon.
Heineken did a big launch for Beavertown in Dublin at Halloween. Saturating the market is phase two. They're in non-craft pubs because they're non-craft beers.
Is the original Beavertown brewery gone now, and it's produced by bigger Heineken plant?
I was just gonna say I noticed it in loads of non craft Dublin pubs over the weekend. I was sure they weren't there the last time I was up.
Don't think so. Heineken built a gigantic new Beavertown brewery in Enfield, and the plan was to keep the original site going for small-batch projects like the barrel-aged stuff.
In the fraft world, there was mention that Diageo are or were going to brew Brooklyn Lager in James Gate. Did anything come of that or of Diageo doing more with Brooklyn?
It would be better for the independent sector if they didn't.
In Denmark, their agent there is Carlsberg and they're basically everywhere Carlsberg is (except very small rural bars); but not the lager primarily, and probably understandably - the Stonewall IPA seemed to be the most common.
In 'trendy' bars in the cities there could be 4-6 different Brooklyn taps. Bars generally either have Carlsberg and its lineup (Tuborg, Somersby, Brooklyn etc) or Royal (Faxe, Heineken etc) and its ones; pretty much never both.
Whiplash have dropped Fatal Deviation and BA Fatal Deviation on their webshop. The BA version gives little detail - Imperial Stout aged from 2022 to 2024 in bourbon barrels at our Dublin brewery.
They have 20% off a 12 can build-your-own box, with a free tote (when you add it to the cart). No codes required.
Mescan have launched a 3 bottle 6 bottle plus 1 glass gift pack for Christmas on their webshop. Available direct from the brewery through their online shop, in various Mayo supermarkets and good off-licences nationwide, so they say.
https://www.mescanbrewery.com/product-page/mescan-gift-box
It's 6 bottles. That's a front and back photo of the same box.
Oh, oops. That's decent value and quite a mix of beers. Nice set. I know they used to have wooden crate ones years ago.
