What beer are we drinking this week ?

Technocentral · 12-08-2010 05:27PM

ciaran76 wrote: »

Got a few different beers to try this weekend after reading recommendations on here.

Sierra Nevada Torpedo.
Old Engine Oil
Dungarvan Blackrock Stout
Batemans XXB
Brewdog Punk IPA

Looking forward to this bounty !

In my humble opinion:

Sierra Nevada Torpedo : Great
Old Engine Oil : Didn't find it that interesting.
Dungarvan Blackrock Stout : Yet to taste it
Batemans XXB : Really nice
Brewdog Punk IPA: Excellent!

Technocentral · 12-08-2010 05:29PM

builttospill wrote: »

Yep the Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA would be my favourite. There's a lot going on in there.

Cheers, will try soon.

Technocentral · 12-08-2010 05:30PM

DBCyc wrote: »

Try Hop Hazard and Hopalotamus by River Horse and Dogfish Heads 60 Minute and 90 Minute IPA.

The Hopalotamus and 90 Minute are imperial IPAs I suppose, so drink them last!

Man I'm a sucker for the hops. I haven't seen it here in a while but the Great Divide's Hercules Double IPA is another cracking beer.

Cheers, will try soon.

ciaran76 · 13-08-2010 03:38PM

Tried the Sierra Nevada Torpedo and loved it. Have no complaints about this beer at all.

Brewdog Punk IPA very good but found it had a strange aftertaste that I can't put my finger on. Almost a dry herby taste.

JonathanAnon · 13-08-2010 05:56PM

I went to Aldi for the first time in my life today, in Portlaoise... A quick shout out to the beautiful and friendly Monika who served me... and bought Rheinbacher. Gonna try it tonight, but I assume it is just Perlenbacher repackaged ??

Also been drinking Nobelander (Lidl) which is 10 bottles / 250mls / 4.8% for €4.49 ... incredible, a night's drinking for the price of a pint...

ciaran76 · 14-08-2010 07:19AM

Old Engine Oil : Liked it found it had a nice hint of chocolate abd coffee taste but just a hint and not over powering.

Batemans XXB : Really liked this also pours a lovely colour and again got a sweet toffee smell/taste from this. It says on the bottle its a Pale ale but I reckoned it was more bitter than ale. But still a very nice drink.

Brew Dog 5 a.m. Saint : Wow , loved it. The other half also shared this bottle with me and demanded I get more for herself ! Very strong hoppy taste from this. If you don't like a hoppy taste stay away from this.

BeerNut · 14-08-2010 08:17AM

ciaran76 wrote: »

It says on the bottle its a Pale ale but I reckoned it was more bitter than ale.

Traditionally they're the same thing. Breweries call them pale ales, and put that term on the bottle labels. The same beer on draught, before pumpclips were invented, was nicknamed "bitter" by the drinkers. I always think there's something a bit wrong when a brewery has a bottle labelled as "bitter", which lots of them do now.

The same relationship exists between "brown ale" and "mild".

ciaran76 · 14-08-2010 12:51PM

Parents have dropped me in 3 new bottles for the football today from Co. Down!

Strangford Lough Brewing Company :
Legbiter Ale
Barelegs
St Patrick’s Best

Bigcheeze · 14-08-2010 01:44PM

I picked up a couple of bottles of "organic ale" in Sainsburys. Anyone had this ? Not holding out much hope as the bottle seems to be more concerned about it being organic than what the beer actually tastes like.

I also picked up some Marstons Pedigree which is drinkable but kind of so-so with not a whole lot of flavour; some Abbot ale which is quite tasty and at 5% has a bit more body than a lot of English ale; some Brewdog IPA which is lovely and bitter without being rough. Should have bought more of the Brewdog.

BeerNut · 14-08-2010 03:03PM

ciaran76 wrote: »

from Co. Down!

Only sort of. Strangford Lough produces a liquid concentrate in Co. Down and ships this to breweries in Britain and the US where it's turned into beer. It's not really Irish beer.

Let us know what they're like. I've never tried them.

ciaran76 · 15-08-2010 08:26AM

BeerNut wrote: »

Only sort of. Strangford Lough produces a liquid concentrate in Co. Down and ships this to breweries in Britain and the US where it's turned into beer. It's not really Irish beer.

Let us know what they're like. I've never tried them.

Alot or work going on there to make some beer.

Tried the St Patricks Best and was not impressed. Also it may have been too cold but others who tasted it thought it was a bit bland also.

Tried the Old engine oil stout and thought it was very nice.

Also tried the Dungarvan Blackrock Stout and thought it was better than the Old engine oil stout. I got more flavours from the Dungarven stout than the old engine oil.

BeerNut · 15-08-2010 10:57AM

ciaran76 wrote: »

Alot or work going on there to make some beer.

It saves on a few troublesome necessities like needing a brewing licence and paying excise duty. The end product is also more economical as you're not shipping water overseas.

ciaran76 · 16-08-2010 07:13PM

Tried the rest of the "Co. Down" ales !!!!

Legbiter Ale : Ok better than St Patricks ale anyway.
Barelegs : Same as above except more plain imo.

Wont be purchasing these again I reckon. Happy someone else got them for me.

Frisbee · 17-08-2010 09:28AM

Had a bottle of 'Brooklyn East India Pale Ake' there the other night. Was very impressed with it.

ciaran76 · 20-08-2010 05:26PM

Purchased a bottle of Meantime IPA this evening and will be sampling in the next few hours.
Anyone tried it before?

BeerNut · 20-08-2010 07:38PM

Yeah. All very historically interesting and that, but I didn't really enjoy it. If you can get hold of the porter which comes in a similar big corked bottle, it's fantastic.

Knifey Spoony · 20-08-2010 08:22PM

Just having a banana bread beer there. It is pretty bad. Terrible after taste off it.

ciaran76 · 20-08-2010 08:40PM

BeerNut wrote: »

Yeah. All very historically interesting and that, but I didn't really enjoy it. If you can get hold of the porter which comes in a similar big corked bottle, it's fantastic.

Have to agree 100% there with you(your blog). A lot of bubbles and fizz when drinking which is really off putting imo.
Thank god I tasted it before I read it as it might have slightly biased me.

mayordenis · 20-08-2010 10:03PM

I had the meantime IPA again a few nights ago and was pretty impessed this time round, it's soooo bitter, loved it.
Might go have a look at the stash later I have a big DIPA that's looking to be drank along with a meantime porter but for now it's the Brooklyn Lager.

Sergeant · 20-08-2010 10:46PM

Just finished a few bottles of Old Speckled Hen (€1.99 in Tesco, stop putting clear bottles of ale on the top shelf), with 2 bottles of O'Hara's Irish Pale Ale to come.

redsteveireland · 21-08-2010 04:43PM

Just sampled some Innis & Gunn Oak aged scottish Beer, very nice beer IMO. I should have bought more than 2:(.

ciaran76 · 21-08-2010 07:30PM

Was in England today and tried Abbots ale from a cask. Much different to the bottle. Was still nice but had a few beers already so cant reall judge.

IrishWhiskeyCha · 21-08-2010 08:21PM

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale ... non of your 4 for 10Euro rubbish just an honest 2.50 a bottle from the Harvest in Galway

Frisbee · 22-08-2010 06:29PM

Few new beers this weekend:

Sierra Nevada Stout - Not a huge fan of stout but thought this was pretty good, nice taste and a hint of chocolate almost.

Innis + Gunn India Pale Ale - Wasn't a fan of this at all.

Brewdog Hardcore IPA - At 9.2% I wasn't expecting this to taste great but it was really nice. Could barely tell it had such a high alcohol content, would definitely drink it again if it wasn't so expensive for a 33cl bottle.

Technocentral · 25-08-2010 01:16PM

Bought a couple of Titanic Quarter pale ales to try later, haven't heard any reports on them.

Pretty odd for a so called ipa, more like a beer like Budvar than any ale I ever tasted. Would be be quite nice if it wasn't supposed to be a ale.

25-08-2010 06:49PM

Technocentral wrote: »

Bought a couple of Titanic Quarter pale ales to try later, haven't heard any reports on them.

I tried that a bottle of that a month or two ago, didn't like it.

Sergeant · 25-08-2010 07:37PM

Having a bottle of Cribyn Ale which I picked up in Redmond's this evening. Wretched stuff.

Having a "CAMRA says this is a real ale" logo on the bottle doesn't make the stuff any good.

A couple of clotworthy dobbins and an O'Hara's IPA will raise the spirits.

Bigcheeze · 26-08-2010 09:41AM

Sergeant wrote: »

Having a "CAMRA says this is a real ale" logo on the bottle doesn't make the stuff any good.

AFAIK, the CAMRA thing just means that it was naturally carbonated in the bottle and has nothing to do with the taste.

tombliboo83 · 26-08-2010 07:27PM

Baltika 9? Just about to open it

irish_goat · 27-08-2010 12:37PM

Last night I had
a bottle of Organic Honey Dew
a bottle of Combined Harvest
a bottle of Grolsch wheat beer.

The Honey Dew was lovely, definitely buying it again. The other 2 were alright just.

What beer are we drinking this week ?

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