What beer are we drinking this week ?

IPA · 22-03-2012 02:37AM

Tonight, I tried organic beer for the first time ever. It was delicious. I tried a pale ale, red ale, blonde ale, and a very hoppy IPA. It's some brewery located in Orlando, Fl.

BeerNut · 22-03-2012 09:33AM

I've never really found organic beer to be better or worse than non-organic: there are diamonds and stinkers in both. Though I've noticed that breweries that are all-organic tend to make better beer than the token organic one produced by an otherwise non-organic brewery. Although now that I've written that I'm immediately thinking of exceptions. Mmm, Schneider Tap 4... :pac:

KJ · 22-03-2012 12:32PM

IPA wrote: »

Tonight, I tried organic beer for the first time ever. It was delicious. I tried a pale ale, red ale, blonde ale, and a very hoppy IPA. It's some brewery located in Orlando, Fl.

Was it Butte Creek?

BeerNut · 22-03-2012 12:37PM

Butte Creek is in California.

Orlando Brewing claims to be the only organic brewery in the southern US.

KJ · 22-03-2012 09:23PM

Right now I'm having a Brewdog Zeitgeist. Before this was BrewDog Riptide, Great Divide Yeti and Green Flash Stout.

IPA · 22-03-2012 09:51PM

BeerNut wrote: »

Butte Creek is in California.

Orlando Brewing claims to be the only organic brewery in the southern US.

yup, it was Orlando Brewing

acejeff · 23-03-2012 12:17PM

Howling gale by eight degrees- been drinking it for the last while on draught in FXB Monkstown. Good beer a lot of bite and hoppy and very refreshing.

St. James - amber ale - NICE

Hobgoblin Special Reserve 6 % - good stuff, I've always been a fan of the standard Hobgoblin.

Brooklyn Brewing Co. - chocolate stout 10% - a wee bit too intense even for me who likes a dark ale / porter with real bitterness and kick

Ruben Remus · 23-03-2012 12:39PM

acejeff wrote: »

Brooklyn Brewing Co. - chocolate stout 10% - a wee bit too intense even for me who likes a dark ale / porter with real bitterness and kick

I agree with your opinion on this. I like Brooklyn's beers in general, and the black chocolate stout is widely-praised, but I found it tough going on the two or three occasions when I've had it.

I wonder would it mellow a bit if left to age for a year or two?

the beer revolu · 23-03-2012 12:47PM

Ruben Remus wrote: »

I agree with your opinion on this. I like Brooklyn's beers in general, and the black chocolate shout is widely-praised, but I found it tough going on the two or three occasions when I've had it.

I wonder would it mellow a bit if left to age for a year or two?

Share a bottle between 2 or even 3 people after dinner.
Lovely;)

Seaneh · 23-03-2012 06:33PM

Ruben Remus wrote: »

I agree with your opinion on this. I like Brooklyn's beers in general, and the black chocolate stout is widely-praised, but I found it tough going on the two or three occasions when I've had it.

I wonder would it mellow a bit if left to age for a year or two?

I think it's an amazing beer.

It's everything I want from an Imperial Chocolate Stout.

Focalbhach · 23-03-2012 09:00PM

I found it tough enough going the twice I've tried it as well - gets a bit sickly for me! I did have my first Porterhouse Chocolate Truffle Stout of the season a few days ago... yum.

ciaran76 · 23-03-2012 09:21PM

Thornbridge Raven - a black IPA. Slight malt coffee taste initially followed by the citrus and bitter hops Thornbridge are famed for.
Another Thornbridge I can add to good list.

BaZmO* · 23-03-2012 09:35PM

ciaran76 wrote: »

Thornbridge Raven - a black IPA. Slight malt coffee taste initially followed by the citrus and bitter hops Thornbridge are famed for.
Another Thornbridge I can add to good list.

...and expensive list!

ciaran76 · 23-03-2012 09:45PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

...and expensive list!

True enough but I see it as 2 bottles cost the same as a nice bottle of wine so worth it.

BaZmO* · 23-03-2012 09:57PM

ciaran76 wrote: »

True enough but I see it as 2 bottles cost the same as a nice bottle of wine so worth it.

Ha. I always do that type of justification of cost too.

ciaran76 · 23-03-2012 11:23PM

Odell Red Ale - another lovely beer from Odells.

Reminds me of Brewdogs 5 am Saint nice hoppy flavours and bitter.
Less of an after taste but stll a very good beer.

BaZmO* · 23-03-2012 11:30PM

ciaran76 wrote: »

Odell Red Ale - another lovely beer from Odells.

Reminds me of Brewdogs 5 am Saint nice hoppy flavours and bitter.
Less of an after taste but stll a very good beer.

Great beer. And yeah, reminds me of 5AM too, but with the full on dial turned down a couple of notches.

slayerking · 24-03-2012 01:05AM

Porterhouse Celebration (Whiskey aged): Very nice, powerful Whiskey aroma that blends very nicely with the Roasty smooth stoutness. Had it before in the Porterhouse both on draft and in bottles. It works!

Nogne O #100: Cant say I loved this. It was an ok beer but very big and chewy. The hops were there to try and help cut through the chewyness (all 80 ibus of them) but I found it got a bit cloying towards the end. Didnt seem to balance very well overall.

Goose Island IPA. A staple great beer, one I always enjoy and drink regularly. Lovely cascade aroma, refreshingly bitter and nice light malt body.

the beer revolu · 24-03-2012 01:06PM

slayerking wrote: »

Nogne O #100: Cant say I loved this. It was an ok beer but very big and chewy. The hops were there to try and help cut through the chewyness (all 80 ibus of them) but I found it got a bit cloying towards the end. Didnt seem to balance very well overall.

I find the #500 works better - still very big on the malt and hops but it just seems better balanced somehow. I keep going back to it.

_blank_ · 24-03-2012 06:07PM

Got myself 4 Trashy Blondes for a Saturday night in.

Also, a Nogne O Porter, and a Brooklyn Local 2 (it was the one that appealed to me the most, they also had Local 1, anyone else tried these)?

trackguy · 24-03-2012 07:55PM

More beers from Superquinn yesterday in the 6 for 5 deal. Harringtons, Brooklyn EIPA and some Affligem blonde.

Visited the Next Door in Kimmage today and got a bottle of Brooklyn Sorachi Ace. Drinking it at the mo, it's bleedin' lovely

ASJ112 · 24-03-2012 08:19PM

I've tried them both Des, I may be getting them mixed up as I had them a good while ago, but Brooklyn Local 1 was far better in my opinion. I was expecting to prefer #2 but wasn't the case.

May try #2 again as I had it on tap rather than bottle.

Brooklyn Sorachi Ace. Drinking it at the mo, it's bleedin' lovely

Beautiful smell off it !

_blank_ · 24-03-2012 08:34PM

ASJ112 wrote: »

I've tried them both Des, I may be getting them mixed up as I had them a good while ago, but Brooklyn Local 1 was far better in my opinion. I was expecting to prefer #2 but wasn't the case.

May try #2 again as I had it on tap rather than bottle.

At some stage I'll go and get a #1, but I like Innis & Gunn, and Fuller's Honeydew, and fancied something similar this evening - it's just what I fancied, and when I saw the mention of Honey and Citrus on the label I just grabbed it.

Didn't see the Sorachi, what's it like?

rcaz · 24-03-2012 10:26PM

These just came in Yesterday, about to open the Bombay Pale Ale. Anyone know anything about these lads? I hadn't heard of them till the delivery came in. Second-coolest looking labels in the shop anyway :pac:

BaZmO* · 24-03-2012 10:26PM

Finally got round to trying London Pride on Cask. Had a pint of it in The Black Sheep earlier but wasn't really impressed tbh. The Bengal Lancer is much nicer, which they also have on Cask too, along with Helvick Gold another lovely Cask beer.

Sipping on on a Williams Bros. Grozet - Gooseberry Ale. Huge smell of blackcurrant from it, almost like the smell you'd get from a Blackcurrant Chewit. Not that impressed with the taste though, it's a bit lacking.

BeerNut · 25-03-2012 10:18AM

rcaz wrote: »

Anyone know anything about these lads?

Really good brewery. They've always had great stuff at any of the Danish beer festivals I've been to and their brewpub in Copenhagen is lovely.

KJ · 25-03-2012 10:55AM

What shop are they in?

BeerNut · 25-03-2012 11:00AM

I noticed Next Door in Kimmage had them last night. DrinkStore has them listed here.

rcaz · 25-03-2012 04:01PM

KJ wrote: »

What shop are they in?

I took that photo in Lilac Wines in Fairview/Marino.

MANUTD99 · 25-03-2012 04:05PM

Where is the Black Sheep lads?

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