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Let me push that stool in for you: the off-topic thread

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  • #242
    Geuze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,262 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    I was in TESCO yesterday, and is it just me, or are there a lot of Double IPAs for sale by Irish brewers?



  • #243
    awec
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123049388#Comment_123049388

    It's everywhere now.

    I think I am in the minority when I prefer my beer to be in the 4.5-5.5% range. Anything above this really lacks appeal for me.

    I got a mystery beer craft selection for Christmas, it was like 12 cans and almost all of them are high ABV. Some of them are stupid high like 10%, who wants to drink that? I don't like drinking beer as if it were a glass of wine.



  • #244
    Black Sheep
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    On a rainy Sunday afternoon, with the paper out on the table, I can sip on something hefty like a Sierra Nevada Narwhal (10% I think?) and be happy out.

    Probably less fond of Double IPAs, but I have a soft spot for them from time to time, if you really want to get a massive blast of hops, something that'll knock you for six.

    I do like 4.5-5.5% for session drinking, but that's like a different game mode…



  • #245
    awec
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123052037#Comment_123052037

    How long would you sip on it for?

    I suspect my problem is that I'd end up drinking it too fast and then be looking another one…



  • #246
    Black Sheep
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123052715#Comment_123052715

    Well, if it's a very strong beer - 7% and up - then I'd probably take twice or three times as long as a lower ABV beer of the same volume.

    I do recognise the same issue you're talking about, though, particularly if I was drinking a stronger beer in a bar… The habit of knocking it back the way you would a session beer will come to the surface unless you're mindful about what you're doing.

    Sometimes - at home as well - I'd have a few session beers to quench the thirst, and then cap it off with a stronger beer.



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  • #247
    Pen Rua
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    I'd find it hard to down a hefty beer and / or have more than one in a sitting.

    If I know I have a big stout in the fridge, I will typically pair it with a standard 440ml can of a session beer, or a small 330ml can of a slightly higher ABV beer (e.g., an IPA).

    There were a couple of "micro IPAs" floating around, and they used to work well for such purposes.

    I've almost completely gone off barleywines.



  • #248
    Hotblack Desiato
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    Stout in the fridge? Heresy! 😃

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



  • #249
    Pen Rua
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123053909#Comment_123053909

    It usually comes out sometime before it is to be drank, in my defense…!



  • #250
    the beer revolu
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123054076#Comment_123054076

    It'll always warm up but once it's opened, it's not getting any colder!



  • #251
    Black Sheep
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    If your house is warm, drinking stout and red wine at room temperature might be quite soupy, so I'm with Pen Rua on this one.

    Store cold, let it warm up and drink to taste… I like it a little cooler than room temperature.



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  • #252
    the beer revolu
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123055088#Comment_123055088

    The pint bottle of Guinness in a pub dilemma : Shelf is too warm, fridge is too cold 🤷. (unless it's a chilly pub, then shelf is perfect)



  • #253
    BeerNut
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123057467#Comment_123057467

    The thick reusable glass bottle is too good an insulator, so the beer is still too cold when you pour the second half into the half-pint glass. The sweet spot is to get the barman to take a few bottles out of the fridge so at least the subsequent ones will be at cellar temperature by the time you buy them. Easy peasy.

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  • #254
    the beer revolu
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123057691#Comment_123057691

    This is exactly what I've done in the past. Suffer one too cold, knowing the next one will be about right!



  • #255
    awec
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123055088#Comment_123055088

    I was in Paris and was served red wine a bit chilled and it was revolutionary to me!



  • #256
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,344 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Room temperature when it comes to wine seems to mean that of a draughty castle \ manor house … not a central heated one :)

    I remember in Lyon on a warm evening, the carafe of house red came out slightly chilled, and was better for it.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #257
    the beer revolu
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    I always maintain that most Irish people want their white wine too cold and their red wine too warm!

    I've been served luke warm red wine in restaurants. Euch!



  • #258
    adaminho
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123057467#Comment_123057467

    Knew a lad that used to take his pint bottle off the shelf, pour a quarter into the glass and put the rest next to the fire and then Mull the pint with a poker!



  • #259
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    The BrewDog founder, James Watt, keeps coming up on my social feed of late. He seems to be trying to launch himself as a business influencer type, really leaning into his being a "captain in the North Atlantic" prior to starting BrewDog. He's picking up plenty of viral headlines for himself too.

    I'm also starting to see a lot of parodies poking fun at his approach & content.



  • #260
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    DIAGEO IS CONSIDERING spinning off or selling its historic Guinness beer business, according to reports.

    Bloomberg News reported today that the drinks giant is also reviewing the future of its 34% stake in Moet Hennessy, the drinks division of luxury firm LVMH.

    A spinoff would mean carving out Guinness as a separate company, rather than selling it altogether. 

    https://www.thejournal.ie/diageo-considering-selling-guinness-6604375-Jan2025/



  • #261
    the beer revolu
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    I thought Guinness, literally, couldn't keep up with demand! Must be other areas bringing down share price!



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  • #262
    Geuze
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    Diageo says it has no intention to sell Guinness or stake in Moet Hennessy

    https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0127/1493094-diageo-says-it-has-no-intention-to-sell-guinness/



  • #263
    irish_goat
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123103970#Comment_123103970

    Interesting but I'd imagine if the right buyer with the right offer came along they'd change their mind. Presumingly Heineken would be barred from purchasing by the competition authority as they would then only all 3 major stout brands?



  • #264
    Pen Rua
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    Smoke, fire etc? Bloomberg News hardly came up with the report out of thin air. Someone in Diageo leaking info to fly some kites to see market reaction?



  • #265
    L1011
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123104131#Comment_123104131

    And the bulk of the lager market; and at this stage possibly >50% of the draught cider market (Bulmers seems to be in retreat on draught, plenty of places have Orchard Theives or Rockshore as their sole draught option).

    Only option would be Heineken might be basically selling the Cork ops to someone else and moving actual Heineken production to James Gate/Newbridge; a huge amount of faffing around. Let Carlsberg or ABInbev buy Murphys/Beamish and the Coors/Fosters/Tiger etc licences.



  • #266
    BeerNut
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123104163#Comment_123104163

    Possibly, but this story comes up regularly. I would say it gets discussed a lot within Diageo and is never fully off the agenda. That doesn't mean it'll ever actually happen, though.

    I'd have thought Carlsberg would be the obvious candidate to buy it, since there's an existing longstanding commercial relationship and they otherwise have no presence in Ireland.

    My beer blog | Bluesky | My other beer blog



  • #267
    L1011
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123104260#Comment_123104260

    Carlsberg now have a soft drink manufacturing arm here, which I would think increases the chances they may want their own brewing arm.



  • #268
    irish_goat
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    Pint of Perlenbacher anyone?

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  • #269
    Geuze
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    I can't understand why Lidl would do this?

    Does anybody know the particular supermarket?

    What is the story?



  • #270
    L1011
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123142476#Comment_123142476

    NI has our licencing system, but mostly pickled in aspic since the 1900s. This seems to be the easiest way for that branch to get off-sales.

    They used to run their off-sales in Strabane out of a petrol station that already had a licence, because the main shop didn't (this was resolved)

    The Belgard Road Lidl in Tallaght has both a licence and a site with permission for a pub, but it was never built.



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  • #271
    irish_goat
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123142476#Comment_123142476

    It's actually the closest Lidl to my house but I never really go there much as it doesn't have an off licence at present. Dundonald has a population of 16k and only has 1 pub at present so there definitely is room for another. I guess they got a full licence with the idea of just opening an offy and then realised they could also make a few quid selling pints. I'm curious to see whether it will be a "Lidl" pub or just a bog standard one.



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