What beer are we drinking this week ?

ciaran76 · 18-07-2011 02:15PM

@Dahtac great pic but can you tell me the name of the brewery ?

BeerNut · 18-07-2011 02:16PM

Nøgne Ø

Dahtac · 18-07-2011 02:17PM

Nøgne Ø

Norwegian Brewery, I have only tried the Saison so far but it screams quality

ciaran76 · 18-07-2011 02:27PM

Dahtac wrote: »

Nøgne Ø

Norwegian Brewery, I have only tried the Saison so far but it screams quality

Not familiar with Norwgian beer at all in fact I dont think I have ever had a beer from there before.

Dahtac · 18-07-2011 02:32PM

I've had some average local brewed lagers in Oslo before and I was generally impressed with the quality for what it was.

This stuff is impressing me so far, Saison was nicely crisp and refreshing, fruity and lightly hopped, full of flavour though. Not mindblowing in terms of flavour but one of the best summer ales I have had

neilthefunkeone · 18-07-2011 02:32PM

Picked up 6 Spaten & Franziskaner Heffe and a Sierra Nevada to wash it down with over the weekend..

KJ · 19-07-2011 12:13PM

Dahtac wrote: »

I've had some average local brewed lagers in Oslo before and I was generally impressed with the quality for what it was.

This stuff is impressing me so far, Saison was nicely crisp and refreshing, fruity and lightly hopped, full of flavour though. Not mindblowing in terms of flavour but one of the best summer ales I have had

What are the others like? Ive ordered Saison, Pale Ale and #100

Dahtac · 19-07-2011 06:25PM

Only tried Saison so far. Going to be away for a few days so it will be the weekend before I get to try the rest. From what I hear I am looking particularly forward to the Imperial IPA

Brian CivilEng · 19-07-2011 06:53PM

Dahtac wrote: »

This

Snap!

One question though, where is the imperial stout? That drink is heaven on Earth.

Almost worked my way through my stash. The #500 Imperial IPA was heaven on Earth (yes I am reusing my metaphors). More like a Barleywine, I'd compare it to Sierra Nevada Bigfoot. The IPA was a little disappointing, I remembered it as being much more hoppy when I last had it. Saison was nice, a good example of the style, but I reckon you'd get a cheaper Belgian one that is just as good. My other half had the Pale Ale so I can't pass comment. I was a little disappointed with the #100, I expected it to be more hoppy. Porter was nice, again an excellent example of the style but it hid its alcohol well. 7% but drank like a session ale.

Saving the Imperial Stout, I had one just two weeks ago, and while it is lovely it is an occasional treat, too expensive to develop a taste for it.

So glad that Nøgne Ø is available in Ireland, I like that it is there when I want it. Now hopefully they vary which bottles they send over in the next batch, I really enjoy the Imperial Brown Ale and the Oatmeal Stout. Also, can't wait for Jul Øl...

BaZmO* · 19-07-2011 06:54PM

Dahtac wrote: »

Only tried Saison so far. Going to be away for a few days so it will be the weekend before I get to try the rest. From what I hear I am looking particularly forward to the Imperial IPA

Is it not an Imperial Stout?And just a standard IPA?

Dahtac · 19-07-2011 07:20PM

BaZmO there is both an Imperial Stout and an Imperial IPA

Abitofacomedian It wasn't in stock in Holland's when I was out there, Was really looking forward to it as well, it has taken me a while but I have come to appreciate imperial stouts an awful lot in recent months.

Your thoughts are noted and I will report back with mine once I get through the stash

bnt · 19-07-2011 08:52PM

I hadn't planned to drink anything this week, but I walked past an off-license with Moosehead on display, and it's been years since I had some of that. I find it a great beer to serve with food, totally unfussy.

matrim · 19-07-2011 10:57PM

I'm currently in Chile and there seems to be a decent selection of beers available here (as well as wine). It's probably the best country I've seen in South America so far for beer although also the most expensive.

Austral Calafate Ale has a nice caramel flavour but lacks body. And Austral Patagonia Pale Ale has a nice but very light hop flavour. They also have a honey ale but it has too much honey it was nice at the start but was getting sickly sweet near the end of the bottle.

There's also Kunsmann brewery, who have a nice bock and an ale called Gran Torobayo which is very nice with hints of toffee and caramel and is a very drinkable 7.5%

I also had Kross Golden Ale It's sweetish but has a nice finish and while it's not a world beater is a very nice beer.

I'm heading to New Zealand at the end of the month and am looking forward to trying some beers there

KJ · 21-07-2011 09:33AM

My brother sent these over from Canada for me

They are Fernie Ol' Willy Wit, La Vache Folle & Dominus Vobiscum. The Willy Wit is from British Columbia and the other two from Quebec.

My drinkstore order came today as well. I got:
Ename Blond
Mythos
Samuel Adams Tripel Bock
Anchor Bock Beer
Fullers Past Masters
Nogne O Pale Ale, Saison & #100
KingGoblin
St. Austell Tribute
River Horse Tripel Horse & Belgian Freeze Winter Ale
Victory Storm King
Brooklyn Brown Ale
Adriaen Brouwer Dark Gold
Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere 2011

VW 1 · 21-07-2011 09:45AM

KJ wrote: »

My brother sent these over from Canada for me

They are Fernie Ol' Willy Wit, La Vache Folle & Dominus Vobiscum. The Willy Wit is from British Columbia and the other two from Quebec.

My drinkstore order came today as well. I got:
Ename Blond
Mythos
Samuel Adams Tripel Bock
Anchor Bock Beer
Fullers Past Masters
Nogne O Pale Ale, Saison & #100
KingGoblin
St. Austell Tribute
River Horse Tripel Horse & Belgian Freeze Winter Ale
Victory Storm King
Brooklyn Brown Ale
Adriaen Brouwer Dark Gold
Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere 2011

I spent a week in Greece last week and I never want to see Mythos again! :L it wasn't necessarily bad, more inoffensive and at times it was watery, it differed from place to place. But when the only alternative is bud, heineken and corona it was better than those three. The only time I was able to try something different was when one restaurant had a local Cretan beer on offer at 2.80 a pint, it was light enough and had a slightly hoppy taste off it, it was lovely for having with a salad at lunch time.

ciaran76 · 22-07-2011 04:02PM

Bigcheeze wrote: »

Wouldn't call it lightly hopped. It has a fair punch of bitterness.

Tried it again today and got a hoppier taste alright.
Also noticed it was much crisper than last time. I think O'Haras and Galway hooker is more hoppy.

TheWarrior · 22-07-2011 09:27PM

O Haras Leann follean & when I finish them their IPA, I sing it from the roof tops every week but they are drinks worth having.
Its like a good meal - worth talking about. i had an Belfast blonde * Galway hooker in O Connells the other night - very good. Its good to Support Irish micros!

slayerking · 22-07-2011 11:00PM

Went to the Porterhouse Templebar for one of their weekly beer tastings.
Last night was a bunch of great Americans. They had the following, in order of serving:

Odell's IPA
Goose Island IPA
Sierra Nevada Summerfest
Anchor Summer beer
Sierra Nevada Harvest Northern Hemisphere wet hop ale
Cask Hophead

Great night, and fair play to the Porterhouse for this sort of thing, free and very generous with the servings tbh.

ciaran76 · 25-07-2011 10:10AM

Tried out a few new bottles this week as I had tasted some of hese on cask/keg and loved them so wanted to see how the bottled version goes :

Thornbridge JAIPUR IPA : lovely grapefruit bitterness and a nice hoppy taste also. Different to the cask version I thought but still a great drink.

Thornbridge WILD SWAN white golden pale ale : The colour was very pale and a lovely citrus lemon smell while pouring. Similar to the Jaipur but alot more lighter.

Nøgne Ø #500 : Poured a lovely dark amber colour and smelled like caramel and malt when poured. Took a little moutfull and was very surprised by the taste explosion!
You get the sweetness then the malt finished off with a bitterness and a slight alcohol hit and knowing you have just tasted a 10% beer.

Losty Dublin · 25-07-2011 07:00PM

I had a couple of bottles of Conway's on Saturday night. Their honey beer Honey Fayre is wonderful; not too sweet and no sickly stickiness that usually comes from an overly sweet brew.

the beer revolu · 25-07-2011 07:53PM

Rodenbach Grand Cru in The Abbot's this week.
Lovely sour goodness!

Mo14 · 25-07-2011 11:38PM

Had a Potton Shambles recently, not good, not good at all. Not very distinctive, quite bland tasting, won't be having again.

Chriscl1 · 27-07-2011 07:40PM

Mostly boddingtons this week.

Mo14 · 27-07-2011 08:12PM

Had a Thwaites IPA tonight which was quite tasty, and a Moosehead Pale Ale last night.. not so much. Looking forward to the bottle of Double Chocolate Stout and La Trappe Isid'or I picked up yesterday over the next day or two.

gobythewall · 27-07-2011 09:00PM

6 Bavarias, not even that cold. The vagaries of life.

slayerking · 27-07-2011 09:59PM

Just finished a Brewdog Zeitgeist. Nice Schwartzbier.

Next Schlenkerla Urbock..... Mmm ham

armouredbear · 29-07-2011 08:19AM

Martyn1989 wrote: »

8 Degrees Howling Gale Ale, easy to drink, nice brew, looking forward to trying there red and porter, anyone know where stocks them?

check out their website, it's got a list of stockists.....

Krusty_Clown · 29-07-2011 10:41AM

Enjoyed a Howling Gale ale, followed by the Nøgne Ø IPA. Two absolutely smashing beers. Will have to update my list of favourite Irish beers after the Howling Gale Ale. The Nøgne Ø IPA was another in a long line of really good IPAs I've enjoyed recently, but you could taste some subtle differences to other IPAs and it hides its 7.5% well.

matrim · 29-07-2011 11:20AM

Tonight I had a couple from the Epic Brewery in New Zealand. First was Epic Hop Zombie, which was very strong on hops with a hint of fruit and a bitter strong aftertaste which is to be expected at over 8%. It was very nice and I would highly recommend it.

I followed it up with an Epic Armageddon IPA. This was nice and hoppy with citrus flavours. Compared to the Hop Zombie the hops were weak but compared to most beers it was hoppy.

If I was doing it again (and probably will be tomorrow) I would swap the order around to enjoy the Armageddon more.

ciaran76 · 29-07-2011 07:51PM

Odell Double Pilsner a lovely crisp beer with another citrus flavour hitting you then a lovely alcohol hint.

It's a confusing beer as you feel it's a pils type then the aftertaste isn't pils tasting. Hope that makes sense !

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