What beer are we drinking this week ?

Saruman · 27-08-2010 02:17PM

Last night I had a Brewdog Paradox Isle if Arran edition. Fantastic stuff.

I might crack open a Tokyo* tonight and have it all to myself

Timistry · 27-08-2010 02:52PM

Knifey Spoony wrote: »

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

You are drinking WHAT?

BeerNut · 27-08-2010 03:01PM

Timistry wrote: »

You are drinking WHAT?

pic from DrinkStore

Gandhi · 27-08-2010 05:18PM

Working my way through the most recent office beer-swap. Two bottles each of:

Long Trail Brewery Double Bag - Altbier (Bridgewater Corners, VT) - Kind of Okay

Otter Creek Brewing Copper Ale - Amber Ale (Middlebury, VT) - Haven't tried it yet

Tommyknocker Brewery Maple Nut Brown Ale (Idaho Springs, CO) - Maple syrup takes the Edge off the Brown Ale, but they put in too much and make it actually taste like syrup

Smuttynose Brewing Co. Old Brown Dog - Brown Ale (Portsmouth, NH) - Haven't tried it yet

Magic Hat Brewing Co. Circus Boy - Hefeweizen (South Burlington, VT) - My own contribution to the beer swap. Vague hint of lemongrass gives it a citrusy taste. Prob my favourite Hefe.

Paulaner Hefeweizen (Bremen, Germany) - About as good as its been since 1634

Flying Dog Brewery Snake Dog IPA (Frederick, MD) - Excellent IPA taste with fairly light body.

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Summerfest - Premium Lager (Chico, CA) - Disappointed with this.

Oskar Blues Grill and Brew Old Chub Scotch Ale (Lyons, CO) - Sickly sweet. Not a fan.

Anderson Valley Brewing Co. Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout (Boonville, CA) - Great job of combining Stout taste with light body.

Lancaster Brewing Co. Milk Stout - Sweet Stout (Lancaster, PA) - Haven't tried it yet.

Bells Brewery Oberon Ale - Wheat Ale (Kalamazoo, MI) - Prob my favourite so far of this batch. The lad who brought this brought Corona to the last one, so he easily wins "most improved".

ciaran76 · 27-08-2010 06:03PM

Tonights line up is :

Anchor Steam Beer , 1st time tasting this.
Landlord - Strong Pale Ale , 1st time also.
Brew Dog Hardcore IPA , 1st time again !
Curim Gold Celtic Wheat Beer 1st time also.

So 4 to look forward to. Will report back later on what I thought !

Knifey Spoony · 27-08-2010 06:18PM

Timistry wrote: »

You are drinking WHAT?

BeerNut got it.

But it really was horrible stuff, couldn't finish the bottle. Plus it has put me off trying weird beers for a while. Nice bottle of Grolsch for me tonight.

Technocentral · 27-08-2010 06:25PM

ciaran76 wrote: »

Tonights line up is :

Anchor Steam Beer , 1st time tasting this.
Landlord - Strong Pale Ale , 1st time also.
Brew Dog Hardcore IPA , 1st time again !
Curim Gold Celtic Wheat Beer 1st time also.

So 4 to look forward to. Will report back later on what I thought !

Landlord is great, not strong at all though

ciaran76 · 27-08-2010 06:37PM

Knifey Spoony wrote: »

BeerNut got it.

But it really was horrible stuff, couldn't finish the bottle. Plus it has put me off trying weird beers for a while. Nice bottle of Grolsch for me tonight.

Too sweet for me also. Love sweet stuff just not in beer !

BeerNut · 27-08-2010 10:53PM

Gandhi wrote: »

Paulaner Hefeweizen (Bremen, Germany)

Between the Müncheners and Bremeners, I don't know who'd be more offended at that one.

Saruman · 28-08-2010 09:08AM

Banana bread beer is not for me but my wife loves it.
There is the possibility though that the weird aftertaste was because the bottle was exposed to too much light, a downside of using clear glass.

I know my wife had one she just did not like for some reason.

ciaran76 · 28-08-2010 12:59PM

Anchor Steam Beer : A Nice ok beer , I'd say lovely in hot weather etc. But I don't think I be buying it week after week.

Landlord - Strong Pale Ale : Nice not hoppy at all , not sure why I expected it to be hoppy but it was a very drinkable ale.

Brew Dog Hardcore IPA : wow , strong stuff ! Found it very sweet on initial taste then finishes very dry. You can taste the 9.2% in the glass and thank god I was sharing this bottle with someone else as I could feel it going to my head.

Curim Gold Celtic Wheat Beer : Nice beer , loved the aroma from this when poured.

BeerNut · 28-08-2010 01:29PM

ciaran76 wrote: »

Landlord - Strong Pale Ale : Nice not hoppy at all , not sure why I expected it to be hoppy but it was a very drinkable ale.

The draught version is very hoppy. It has one of the biggest differences between draught and bottled of any beer I know. They really should give it a different name, IMO.

Bigcheeze · 29-08-2010 01:11PM

BeerNut wrote: »

The draught version is very hoppy. It has one of the biggest differences between draught and bottled of any beer I know. They really should give it a different name, IMO.

Interesting. I'd love it to try it on draught as it's one of my favourite English ales in a bottle.

oblivious · 30-08-2010 08:33AM

BeerNut wrote: »

The draught version is very hoppy. It has one of the biggest differences between draught and bottled of any beer I know. They really should give it a different name, IMO.

I see it as a good example of how good cask ale can beat a good bottled ale, although American C hop ale do come across very well from the bottle

Gandhi · 30-08-2010 03:02PM

BeerNut wrote: »

Between the Müncheners and Bremeners, I don't know who'd be more offended at that one.

Copy-and-paste error. Previous beer swap had St Pauli Girl as the sole German Entry. My brother live in Munich - he would kick my ass if he saw that.

g5fd6ow0hseima · 01-09-2010 01:31PM

A newly taken over pub in Roscommon Town has old speckled hen, staropramen and galway hooker on tap.

I'd only ever drank OSH in a bottle once so I was surprised to see that it was a two pint pour from the tap - the head was very thick and creamy - nice pint and great that a pub in such a small town has a decent selection of beers (coopers, schnieder, fullers in bottles)

IrishWhiskeyCha · 01-09-2010 06:20PM

Lately I had ....

Innis & Gunn Triple Matured Oak Aged Beer ... all in all not bad but I do notice that there is a bit too much wood influence. Oak can add lovely soft vanilla tones but I think I get a hint of wood sap too which is verging on off putting but luckily does not go there if this was a whiskey I would possibly say it needed to stay a bit longer in cask. May try the Rum cask next ....

Fullers India Pale Ale ... great nose on this and came across quite fruity ... not much fruitness in the taste though but lovely all the same. I think I may go back to this one.

and also

Adnams Innovation ... nothing to add here only great as always.

Technocentral · 01-09-2010 10:22PM

Had some Courage Directors, bleedin' lovely

oblivious · 02-09-2010 09:08AM

IrishWhiskeyCha wrote: »

Lately I had ....

Innis & Gunn Triple Matured Oak Aged Beer ... all in all not bad but I do notice that there is a bit too much wood influence.

Yea not a massive fan of them, if you can get your hands on Fullers Brewer's Reserve No1 I though that was nice

BeerNut · 02-09-2010 10:59AM

oblivious wrote: »

if you can get your hands on Fullers Brewer's Reserve No1 I though that was nice

No. 2 should be out in the next month or so -- aged in cognac barrels rather than whiskey and much much tastier, IMO.

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Gang of Gin · 02-09-2010 11:56AM

Bitter & Twisted. This could become a regular thing..

ciaran76 · 02-09-2010 12:22PM

Gang of Gin wrote: »

Bitter & Twisted. This could become a regular thing..

Yes have to agree 100% there. Its something I always fall back on if I am not in the mood for trying out some new beers.

oblivious · 02-09-2010 01:13PM

BeerNut wrote: »

No. 2 should be out in the next month or so -- aged in cognac barrels rather than whiskey and much much tastier, IMO.

It should be interesting al right, apparent John found a Firkin of original whisky aged beer (4 years old)-and will be available at London Brewers event on the 17th September

http://londonbrewers.org/a-capital-brew/

irish_goat · 02-09-2010 05:48PM

In the fridge for tonight (I'm in Belfast).

Belfast Ale
Belfast Stout
Clothworthy Dobbin
Black Sheep Ale
Fruili (strawberry beer)

There's a few bottles of "Irish Stout" from Marks and Spencers sitting in my friend's house that looks interesting, says it's made in Carlow so assuming it's O'Hara's brand. It's been there a few weeks apparently so I might sneak one if I'm drunk later.

BeerNut · 02-09-2010 06:12PM

irish_goat wrote: »

says it's made in Carlow so assuming it's O'Hara's brand.

Same brewery, but slightly stronger than O'Hara's. Very nice, though not as good as Belfast Black, I think.

ciaran76 · 03-09-2010 04:22PM

With the mini heatwave decided to go for some "Africa" beer !

Bedele beer from Ethiopia.
Just poured it and it smells sweet and the 1st sip is a creamy taste and a hint of honey from it.

Maybe the weather has clouded my taste buds !

builttospill · 03-09-2010 09:58PM

Had a bottle of Victory Storm King imperial stout earlier. Very nice. I probably prefer it to the Brooklyn black chocolate stout which is a little heavier.

ciaran76 · 05-09-2010 09:21AM

Paid a visit to Drinkstore yesterday and picked up...

VICTORY HOP DEVIL
GOOSE ISLAND I.P.A
SIERRA NEVADA SUMMERFEST
Sierra Nevada's 2009 Bigfoot
BATEMANS DARK LORD
BREWDOG Mikkeller Collaboration

the beer revolu · 05-09-2010 11:10AM

After a Franciscan Well's Purgatory and a Floreffe Prima Mellior in The Abbot's, Cork, I had a bottle of Inis & Gunn Rum Cask Oak aged beer at home.

Considering that I don't really like their regular oaky brew at all, this was really good.
No overt rummy taste - just a very nicely balanced dark, strong, slightly sweet beer. Mmmmmmm!!!:P

What beer are we drinking this week ?

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