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What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

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  • #7742
    Citizen Six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭Citizen Six


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123984798#Comment_123984798

    ah shïte.



  • #7743
    EthelMercaptan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭EthelMercaptan


    Enjoying a Dot Brew Brown Ale (5%) from Aldi. Loads of malt, toffee and cocoa and a decent amount of bitterness to hold back the sugar.



  • #7744
    cunnifferous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭cunnifferous


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124004631#Comment_124004631

    Haven't seen them in my local branch yet, must keep an eye out!

    On the subject or dark beer, having a Kinnegar Dark Rye IPA. Top notch.



  • #7745
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    I've been drinking a good few stouts and brown ales lately.

    Macadamia nut brown ale from Lough Gill is very good.

    Stout wise, O'Hara's Nitro, Lublin to Dublin coffee stout and also Lough Gill Shamrock Breakfast Stout.



  • #7746
    Hodors Appletart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭Hodors Appletart


    Ooh must get some of that Aldi brown ale.



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  • #7747
    EthelMercaptan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭EthelMercaptan


    King Goblin vs Abbot Reserve tonight… had them separately many times but this was the first time I'd compared them directly. Abbot Reserve won hands down - it showed up the Goblin as much more sugary, even sickly.



  • #7748
    patrickc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,204 ✭✭✭patrickc


    I tried O haras hop adventure nelson sauvin last night. I'd definitely recommended its a really nice IPA



  • #7749
    crazyhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 119 ✭✭crazyhorse


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124008268#Comment_124008268

    I was interested to try this as I really like the Nelson Sauvin hop but didn't find that it came through. Ok pale ale but didn't deliver as promised.

    The Dot Brew Brown ale from Aldi is lovely though. I've gone back for more.



  • #7750
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,144 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    Seconded on the lacklustre O'Hara's effort with Nelson Sauvin. Benefit of the doubt, maybe, that it was handled poorly by Tesco (picked up off unrefrigerated shelf, assumed it was stored in similar ambient conditions for some time) but still uninspiring.



  • #7751
    dakar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭dakar


    Tree’s up just in time for the Toy Show.

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  • #7752
    EthelMercaptan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭EthelMercaptan


    Vault City Crunch (15.0% ABV) - it was… an experience…



  • #7753
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,221 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124081194#Comment_124081194

    What kind of a beer is that?

    I had an interesting barrel aged stout from a Northern Irish brewery tonight. Stouts Out from Bullhouse Brew. 8.4%. Impressive that the stout flavours shine through more than the whiskey/oak.

    That said, I felt like I was missing something and ended up cracking open a 2024 Pointy Shoes from Wicklow Wolf as well. I think that one had 12.4% mentioned somewhere on the can. Utterly sensational. Two big treats for one night, but totally worth it.



  • #7754
    EthelMercaptan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭EthelMercaptan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124081261#Comment_124081261

    Imperial stout with chocolate and honeycomb. Also the odd waft of acetone 😂. Very rich, very decadent and at the edge of my sweetness threshold but it does retain balance. A sipper for sure and unusually cheaper here than the UK (eg. McHughs selling at €9.50 + DRS vs UK price around £10).



  • #7755
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,221 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Bit of a mouthful tonight!

    Wicklow Wolf again. Bourbon barrel aged imperial Four Bean Apex. 13.2%, 440ml can.

    Described as "bourbon barrel aged imperial cocoa, coffee, tonka & vanilla bean oatmeal stout". Number 51 in their Endangered Species series.



  • #7756
    Hodors Appletart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭Hodors Appletart


    I had the WW BA Barleywine, The Still Hand.

    Found it got fairly cloying by the end of the glass.



  • #7757
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,221 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Just in case the Mother Mac's lads are reading, that Verdant pale ale from the Advent Calendar today was the loveliest IPA I've had in several years. Perfectly balanced from start to finish.



  • #7758
    Geuze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,056 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    I bought two bottles of Guiness FES in O'Briens Wines last week.

    Although the two ABVs are identical, the bottles shapes are slightly different.

    One label says: Brewed in Ireland, then the address St. James's Gate

    The other label says Brewed under licence in the UK for Guinness.

    Does anybody know the provenance of the second bottle?

    Thanks.



  • #7759
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,192 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    That's very strange. I've never heard of Guinness Foreign Extra Stout being brewed in the UK. Do you have a picture of the label?

    My beer blog | Bluesky | My other beer blog



  • #7760
    redshift-rider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 323 ✭✭redshift-rider


    I've seen reports of US market FES "brewed under license in the UK" recently.

    There was possibly some kinda shortage of FES on the Irish market some months ago, I remember you couldn't get it in O'Briens for a while. Dunno if related.



  • #7761
    Geuze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,056 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124092631#Comment_124092631
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  • #7762
    EthelMercaptan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭EthelMercaptan


    On a similar subject, tonight's standout was Kinnegar Flying Saucer Foreign Extra Stout (6.5% abv). Good mouthfeel and mildly-sweetened espresso flavour.



  • #7763
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,221 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Siren collaboration with Evil Twin, a big imperial stout called Even More Jesus XII. 12%. Can bought earlier this year in Bradley's in Cork City, if ai remember correctly. Superb stuff. Up there with the 2020 edition of 200 Fathoms I dug out of my stash the other night.



  • #7764
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    Haven't heard of Evil Twin in years!



  • #7765
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,221 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124097404#Comment_124097404

    I think he's been based in New York for a long time and hasn't been doing his Gypsy brewing projects since setting up a permanent base there. Was good fun reading up about Mikkeler and Evil Twin and refreshing my knowledge while enjoying the stout! 😃



  • #7766
    flended12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 436 ✭✭flended12


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    7%! A tune maybe sung!



  • #7767
    Beanstalk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭Beanstalk


    Kinnegar can do no wrong!



  • #7768
    flended12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 436 ✭✭flended12


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100479#Comment_124100479

    It's easy drank. Into me 5th tune now!



  • #7769
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 41,281 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124094208#Comment_124094208

    I had a look in the local Dunnes the other day and the FES was all brewed in UK.

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



  • #7770
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,682 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    The Grafters Brown Ale from Dunnes Stores. My local branch seems to have trouble keeping it in stock which is a good sign. Outstanding beer for the price. And much welcome since the parent brewer (Rye River) inexplicably binned the equally excellent Crafty Brown Ale from LIDL.



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  • #7771
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,192 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Rye River didn't bin it, Lidl did. And I'm sure it's entirely explicable on the grounds it wasn't selling as much as they wanted it too. I'm delighted to see Dunnes take it over, and I hope people keep buying it there after the novelty wears off. As you say, it's a spectacular beer at the price. I doubt there's a better deal for €2.10.

    My beer blog | Bluesky | My other beer blog



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