disco biscuit wrote: » I drank a pint of smithwicks pale ale in the Mutton Lane Inn last night and it tasted pretty good.Its the first time I drank it and does anybody know is it available in other pubs in Cork city?It was draught I had.I don't know if it is available in bottles.
deRanged wrote: » bradleys on north main st were doing it on offer - 5 for 10 last time I looked in.
cork45 wrote: » How long has Bradleys been around?
grenache wrote: » Not trying to diss your taste buds here, but the new Smithwicks is quite bland as pale ales go. There's a thread on it in the Beer & Wines section and 90% of the feedback has been negative. There are so many better pale ales to choose from. The Franciscan Well do Purgatory Pale Ale on draught. Further up the quays, The Bierhaus stocks Greene King, Fullers, Goose Island and Sierra Nevada amongst others, they do the latter on tap from time to time. The Abbot Ale House also stocks numerous pale ales.
run_Forrest_run wrote: » I often feel it's nearly cool for the beer snobs of this world to always diss anything produced from the non-artisan/large scale producers.
Grim_Wreeper wrote: » I completely agree with you there. Some people let the branding get to them, wither by choice of trying to look cool, or my their head playing tricks. I've had the fortune to sample both the purgatory pale ale (in the Franciscan well, although they didn't have it the last time I was there > 3 moths ago?), and also Smithwicks pale ale (mutton lane). To be fair the Smithwicks is a very nice pale ale, good taste, not too strong, but very nice for a mass produced beer, a nice after-taste (a slight "nutty" after-taste as my GF put it), as a pale ale should. Maybe Not as nice as the purgatory ale which has a stronger taste, but a much nicer drink than the standard Smithwicks ale, which is lacking in almost any flavor. I would definitely be switching to this as my drink of choice while drinking in "normal" pubs, where a variety of pale ale is never on offer.
run_Forrest_run wrote: » grenache wrote: » Not trying to diss your taste buds here, but the new Smithwicks is quite bland as pale ales go. There's a thread on it in the Beer & Wines section and 90% of the feedback has been negative. There are so many better pale ales to choose from. The Franciscan Well do Purgatory Pale Ale on draught. Further up the quays, The Bierhaus stocks Greene King, Fullers, Goose Island and Sierra Nevada amongst others, they do the latter on tap from time to time. The Abbot Ale House also stocks numerous pale ales. while I have yet to try Smithwicks Pale Ale I often feel it's nearly cool for the beer snobs of this world to always diss anything produced from the non-artisan/large scale producers. I must try some of it myself this weekend perhaps, I'll have to get it from an off-license so I'll get some other pale ales too and compare myself...I may be eating(drinking?) my words yet
run_Forrest_run wrote: » while I have yet to try Smithwicks Pale Ale I often feel it's nearly cool for the beer snobs of this world to always diss anything produced from the non-artisan/large scale producers. I must try some of it myself this weekend perhaps, I'll have to get it from an off-license so I'll get some other pale ales too and compare myself...I may be eating(drinking?) my words yet
grenache wrote: » i don't diss it because of it's producers, i diss it because it's absolute p*ss
