What beer are we drinking this week ?

rcaz · 12-04-2012 03:07PM

Is Russian River Pliny the Elder something you can get in Ireland? I've heard a lot about it on beerit, would love to give it a try.

BaZmO* · 12-04-2012 04:00PM

For those who missed it, O'Hara's Perfect Storm is on cask in the Bull & Castle.

BeerNut · 12-04-2012 05:15PM

rcaz wrote: »

Is Russian River Pliny the Elder something you can get in Ireland?

It's barely available outside Northern California. Which is part of the reason it gets talked about so much. It's nice, but it's not worth hankering after.

rcaz · 12-04-2012 05:22PM

BeerNut wrote: »

It's nice, but it's not worth hankering after.

Excellent :pac:

the beer revolu · 13-04-2012 10:59AM

I've been enjoying Troublemaker Spelt Saison on cast in The Abbot's, Cork this week.

KJ · 13-04-2012 04:12PM

BrewDog HBC. It's deliciously hoppy.

Seaneh · 13-04-2012 07:34PM

sipping a Dungarvin Coffee and Oatmeal post dinner.

found it in an offie just off Patricks Quak across from Cork Coffee Roasters yesterday afternoon in cork.

really impressed.

Gandhi · 13-04-2012 07:37PM

Walt Wit by Philly Brewing Company. Refreshing taste, but texture a bit harsher than I like in a Witbier. Good but not great.

ciaran76 · 13-04-2012 08:07PM

Porterhouse Oyster stout on cask. Yum

Gandhi · 14-04-2012 02:26AM

Dogfish Head 90 minute IPA. My contribution to yesterday's beer swap. Great hoppy taste but could do with a little less aftertaste. Fabulous beer overall.

rcaz · 14-04-2012 04:35AM

Gandhi wrote: »

Dogfish Head 90 minute IPA. My contribution to yesterday's beer swap. Great hoppy taste but could do with a little less aftertaste. Fabulous beer overall.

Where'd you get it?

Seaneh · 14-04-2012 06:12PM

Having a Saltaire Triple Chocoholic at the min.
It's a SIBA National Winner from 2010, winning the "Supreme Champion" award.

It's a really nice stout, not as chocolatey as I'd expected but that's a good thing, a lot more balanced than the likes of Youngs Double Chocolate or Meantime's Chocolate.

Well worth the try but don't know that I'd bother to buy it again.

Berty · 14-04-2012 06:18PM

I was offered a case of Trappist Westvleteren the other day but couldn't justify the price. I can only dream of what it tastes like. I imagine it tastes great but as a natural sceptic I have to tell myself it could be down to great marketing by the monks themselves in making it hard to acquire.

Other than that I'm confined to an Erdinger Pikantus this evening. Can't have too many because of the 7.3% ABV.

I did see a "Sink the Bismark" from Brew Dog fall from a shelf the other day. Poor bar man nearly sponged it up off the floor trying to find a bottle to put it back into.

Felt so sorry for him having to explain that to the boss.

Seaneh · 14-04-2012 06:21PM

Beer Baron wrote: »

I did see a "Sink the Bismark" from Brew Dog fall from a shelf the other day. Poor bar man nearly sponged it up off the floor trying to find a bottle to put it back into. Felt so sorry for him having to explain that to the boss.

No great loss really, the stuff is a gimmick, not a beer :P

IrishGeordie · 14-04-2012 06:21PM

Heineken!

Berty · 14-04-2012 06:24PM

Seaneh wrote: »

No great loss really, the stuff is a gimmick, not a beer :P

I imagine his wages were at a "great loss" though.

I wouldn't drink it myself because I'm far too poor for it.

Have seen a few guys splitting the bottle 4/5 ways just to see what it tastes like. I'm told its near to a Whiskey.

irish_goat · 14-04-2012 06:29PM

Beer Baron wrote: »

I imagine his wages were at a "great loss" though. I wouldn't drink it myself because I'm far too poor for it. Have seen a few guys splitting the bottle 4/5 ways just to see what it tastes like. I'm told its near to a Whiskey.

Fella working in the Beer Dock described it as something close to "sherry", except with beer taste.

Berty · 14-04-2012 06:31PM

irish_goat wrote: »

Fella working in the Beer Dock described it as something close to "sherry", except with beer taste.

Should have got down on my hands and knees and could have licked up at least €20 worth of it.

Comment not to be taken to mean ANYTHING else

Seaneh · 14-04-2012 09:01PM

Beer Baron wrote: »

I imagine his wages were at a "great loss" though. I wouldn't drink it myself because I'm far too poor for it. Have seen a few guys splitting the bottle 4/5 ways just to see what it tastes like. I'm told its near to a Whiskey.

If it's taken out of his wages, the owners are breaking the law. He didn't drink it and he didn't mean to drop it. It fell, even if he knocked it, it's an accident.

If I was working a bar and dropped a bottle (whether it was a bottle of coke or a bottle of STB) and the manager/boss told me they were docking it from my wages I'd go absolutely ape****. That would be fierce bad form.

the beer revolu · 15-04-2012 10:16AM

Seaneh wrote: »

No great loss really, the stuff is a gimmick, not a beer :P

I don't really class it as a beer either.
I think it is a very clever bit of marketing.
I also found it to be an absolutely delicious drink (Bierhaus, Cork sell it for €8 a shot) and compared to what you can pay for premium spirits, not bad value in a bar.
It really does taste like a super concentrated IPA, syrupy, intensely hoppy, very warm alcohol and very complex. I loved it.

Seaneh, have you tasted it?

Seaneh · 15-04-2012 12:07PM

the beer revolu wrote: »

I don't really class it as a beer either.
I think it is a very clever bit of marketing.
I also found it to be an absolutely delicious drink (Bierhaus, Cork sell it for €8 a shot) and compared to what you can pay for premium spirits, not bad value in a bar.
It really does taste like a super concentrated IPA, syrupy, intensely hoppy, very warm alcohol and very complex. I loved it.

Seaneh, have you tasted it?

Yesh, tasted it and TNP, have no desire to ever taste either again.

the beer revolu · 15-04-2012 12:56PM

Seaneh wrote: »

Yesh, tasted it and TNP, have no desire to ever taste either again.

I wasn't crazy about TNP - not unpleasant but more of a curiosity than a real pleasure - I'd happily drink it again, though.
But I genuinely loved STB - I think of it more as a spirit than a beer.

source · 15-04-2012 06:48PM

Bottle of thwaites wainwright in the fridge, two bottles of innis & gunn scotch cask and a bottle of chimay red.

Gonna have one tonight but don't know which, they're all so good!!!

stuchyg · 15-04-2012 07:33PM

just finshed a bottle of Fullers IPA, sipping a Joker IPA as I type, v nice ale nice hint of bitterness as it finishes

Creamy Goodness · 15-04-2012 09:01PM

Anchor

Grayditch · 15-04-2012 09:10PM

Quite good.

BaZmO* · 15-04-2012 11:01PM

St Austell’s Proper Job IPA. And a proper job it is too. Nicely crisp & clean almost like a lager but with lots a hoppy goodness.

ciaran76 · 15-04-2012 11:17PM

Sweet Water Brewing company - Extra Pale ale.
Drinking the local beer while in Atlanta.

Nice enough with a slight buttery taste and no real hop kick.

Herb Powell · 16-04-2012 12:21AM

Affligem is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good

Seaneh · 16-04-2012 12:28AM

ciaran76 wrote: »

Sweet Water Brewing company - Extra Pale ale.
Drinking the local beer while in Atlanta.

Nice enough with a slight buttery taste and no real hop kick.

Sweetwater is decent brewery nice, I like the 420 plae, I can't say I ever tasted anything buttery from it but it could just be a case of it sitting in the line too long and and too much Pediococcus bacteria forming or it might have been too much Diacetyl from brewing. Sounds like bad luck either way.

Protip, they sell TONS of it from TGI Fridays in ATL Airport from my experience, thats where I had my first one and I quiet liked it.

If you can find their range of "Dank Tank" beers, they are pretty decent, I like the "Mean Joe Bean" which is a porter. Their Pumpkin Porter is nice too.
I loved their American Wild Ale.

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