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    #5072
    thesandeman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,389 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    Anyone know if there's something special about Mo Chara lager? Spotted it in Tesco earlier but at €3.79 or €3 with Clubcard for a 4.2% 330ml stubbie it seems crazily expensive.

    I do know that they have a few pubs in Dundalk.



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    #5073
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 6,014 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Bullhouse have announced a 10th birthday party festival that will be happening at their east Belfast taproom (and the public square out the back) on Friday 31st July and Saturday 1st August. 20 guest breweries being invited. Tickets will be on sale tomorrow.



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    #5074
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,079 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124511454#Comment_124511454

    That's so weird. I have never heard of them before 10 minutes ago when I bought one in an offie.

    I was coming on to ask about them.



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    #5075
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,217 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124508445#Comment_124508445

    Strangely their Double Bangin IPA(7.2%) is not as nice as Big Bangin IPA(7.1%). Double Bangin seems a bit redundant, not sure why they brew it 🤔



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    #5076
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76,224 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124512009#Comment_124512009

    It was 8%. Have they cut it?



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    #5077
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,217 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124512073#Comment_124512073

    Sorry you're right it is 8%



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    #5078
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,268 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124512009#Comment_124512009

    I've had both in the last two weeks. Might them again side by side over the long weekend. You know, for science. 😎



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    #5079
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76,224 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124512086#Comment_124512086

    Recipes do change so I was just checking!

    I find Double Banging tastes like a conventional strong IPA, and Big Banging is much more hop heavy and hides that. Which makes it dangerous in volume



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    #5080
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,217 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124512376#Comment_124512376

    Yes exactly, Double Bangin is more malt forward. I suppose there is a place for beers like that, I just find them a bit boring nowadays



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    #5081
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,268 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124512327#Comment_124512327

    Tried this tonight with the 330ml cans from Dunnes rather than the 500ml bottles. While I would probably agree with youcancallmeal that the Big Bangin' is a tastier ale than the Double Bangin', I enjoyed both of them a lot.

    I was trying to find Póg, the new sour from Wicklow Wolf, as well, but hadn't much luck sourcing that in Limerick these last few days.



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    #5082
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    On the Mo Lager / Mo Chara question above, to me, there’s nothing remarkable about it. It’s a fairly good, clean lager that is benefiting massively from very good branding and a novelty form factor. I got it in Bradleys some time ago, and then again in Tesco when I saw it land on offer but I wouldn’t bother getting it again especially for the price. Tesco’s own Czech pils is €2.00 w/Clubcard for 500ml. No brainer.

    I went to college with two of the Mo Chara lads, though I wouldn’t pretend to know them. Believe they worked for Dundalk Bay Brewery for a period and then set up Mo Chara which is a pub in Dundalk, and the beer followed. I’d go out on a limb to assume the beer is brewed by Dundalk Bay…

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    #5083
    Passenger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,172 ✭✭✭Passenger


    Third Barrel are opening their own pub/taproom in the former The Beer Market location on High Street called The Christchurch. Apparently opening in the next couple of weeks.



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    #5084
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 6,014 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Bullhouse East pouring Cantillon Kriek currently at a pricey £8.90/€10.29 per half. Has to be the most expensive beer the north has seen on tap. Can't recall any Dublin bars ever charging prices like that but I'm guessing Underdog or one of the GBB pubs has gotten something rare in that was similarly priced.

    Weirdly as well the Vineyard are selling 375ml bottles of the Cantillon for £15.



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    #5085
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,079 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124525865#Comment_124525865

    It's not a beer I associate with tap at all. Even in the brewery I only ever drank bottles.

    £15 is steep. Can't remember what I paid Cork and Limerick but it was a decent bit less.



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    #5086
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 6,014 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124525890#Comment_124525890

    Yeah same. I also wouldn't really fancy sipping on it from a half pint nonic glass in Bullhouse, which tends to be a quite lively taproom.



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    #5087
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,079 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124525910#Comment_124525910

    Fekin UK and their nonics. The rare chance you get a Belgian beer it's in a fekin nonic.

    I know tap rooms that would charge hefty prices like this and think it can go in the same glass as their IPAs.



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    #5088
    Citizen Six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,651 ✭✭✭Citizen Six


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124524939#Comment_124524939

    Hope it works out. That spot's always been a bit cursed I think.



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    #5089
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,079 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124526247#Comment_124526247

    Great location but awkward building. Will make a nice stepping stone to/from Dudley's.

    I like the simple name. Names like Beer Temple just scare away people who you might need if you want to survive.



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    #5090
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76,224 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    GBB lasted the longest of any recent operators there, possibly since the newer building was built even; as is quite common with cursed locations and them. Black Sheep site was a cursed corner, still there; Against The Grain also and it did ~10 years.

    Hopefully it being a brewery bar assists in keeping it going.



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    #5091
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,079 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124526273#Comment_124526273

    Their brief spot in Limerick is closed again. No surprise really as it was just reopened in the same bare dilapidated state GBB had it in and only opened erratically.



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    #5092
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76,224 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124526304#Comment_124526304

    I was last in Limerick in November - was it even open then? Didn't notice it being.

    Seems to have had licencing troubles:

    Company fined for selling whiskey at Limerick pub while trading without a licence



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    #5093
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,079 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124526364#Comment_124526364

    Ya I could never tell when the Wickham was or wasn't open. The owner seemed to be doing part time as a side thing and not very well.

    It was recently declared officially closed.



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    #5094
    Citizen Six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,651 ✭✭✭Citizen Six


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124526273#Comment_124526273

    I always thought Against the Grain was a decent location, along that strip of pubs and restaurants.

    I was put off by a combination of bad bar staff, and a smell from their sewers. So I never went back after my initial visit.



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    #5095
    wassie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,683 ✭✭✭wassie


    Appreciate this is not to everyone's liking, but Tesco are doing a run out on Foxes Rock Session IPA for €1.71 a bottle.

    https://www.tesco.ie/shop/en-IE/products/297739720

    Picked a few up today and they had best before dates of Feb next year.



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    #5096
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,216 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    That could be the end for Foxes Rock. The Pearse Lyons brewery is closed and O'Hara's, who now own the brand, already have a rake of other beers in Tesco. I'm surprised that the market for half-litre bottles in the supermarket is as large as it is, but if you're going to cut one, I'd say Foxes Rock is a prime candidate.

    My beer blog | Bluesky | My other beer blog



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    #5097
    wassie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,683 ✭✭✭wassie


    Your right about the variety - but its perfect for the likes of myself. I hate drinking out of cans and love the pint(ish) sized bottles, as they keep nice and cold. I would buy a good few and enjoy one or two when watching my teams on the TV.



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    #5098
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,216 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Absolutely! The half-litre bottle is a precious commodity and should be protected. We don't want it going the way of the pint bottle.

    My beer blog | Bluesky | My other beer blog



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    #5099
    TaurenDruid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭TaurenDruid


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124526893#Comment_124526893

    Foxes Rock used to be the only IPA available in Ryans Beggars Bush, but only in bottles. Used to have it on Leinster match days. They got rid of the tap early this year and if it got replaced, it was with another macro lager tap :-(

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    #5100
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    I've noticed a considerable slowing in the amount of one off brews / specials landing on Irish shelves, both from Irish breweries and imports. I feel like I could go two to three weeks now without seeing something new / interesting, whereas a year ago you couldn't go more than a week without something new landing. Might just be a sign of the shifting landscape for craft beer between costs & demand.



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    #5101
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76,224 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124536699#Comment_124536699

    Craft beer market has definitely peaked, and DRS adds costs to one-offs (and DRS is coming in basically everywhere in Europe by 2030, so in time it may be a case that there's less one-offs at all, not just that they're a costly pain here).

    I also think the problem where there's periods where the bulk of the specials are all the bloody same - a rake of pastry stouts or exceptionally murky IPAs etc - doesn't help either as it will have put some people off the very idea of them.



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