What beer are we drinking this week ?

ASJ112 · 22-04-2012 03:53PM

Drinking the following

Samichlaus
Goose Island Bourbon country stout
Flying Dog's Kujo

Had Brewdog's Motueka a while ago, amazing.

rcaz · 22-04-2012 04:08PM

ASJ112 wrote: »

Goose Island Bourbon country stout

Where'd you get that one?

KJ · 22-04-2012 05:11PM

rcaz wrote: »

Where'd you get that one?

Drink store have it. I got one but I'm letting it age a bit.

themandan6611 · 22-04-2012 09:05PM

a bottle of innis & gunn original = very smooth, would have again absolutely

ciaran76 · 23-04-2012 10:30AM

Negra Modelo - quite sweet but worked with Mexican food. Wouldn't drink it in general if not having it with food.

Ranger IPA - quite liked this IPA as wasn't sweet but more bitter and a nice hop hit but nothing over the top.

stuchyg · 23-04-2012 05:40PM

had a bottle of Chimay red last night, was not impressed at all, unpleasant aroma mixed with an un-likeable taste.

RichieC · 23-04-2012 06:02PM

Had 6 bottles of Flying dog Raging bitch the weekend, lovingly bottled with art by Ralph Steadman. It was very nice, really starting to feel hoppy drinks these days. When I ran out and had a can of Heineken it literally tasted like piss water.

trackguy · 23-04-2012 09:23PM

in Bull & Castle the other night and had the Shandon Stout from the cask - outstanding. Pint of Metalman and a bottle of Copper Coast rounded it off nicely. The pint of Guinness in the Olympia after was a little depressing.

Pint of Belfast Blonde and another of 5AM Saint in Blue Bar Skerries last night.

Home drinking consisted of a Maredsous Brune, Sierra Nevada Tumbler, Headless Dog and Titantic Quarter.

BaZmO* · 23-04-2012 09:40PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

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.

Got a couple of bottles of M&S Cornish IPA last week, (apparently it's just a rebadge of Proper Job). I've had it before but couldn't remember what my impressions of it were. Really liked it.

trackguy wrote: »

in Bull & Castle the other night and had the Shandon Stout from the cask - outstanding.

Had a pint of the Alpha Dawg on cask on Saturday and thought it was amazing.

hawkhead · 23-04-2012 10:10PM

Anyone take advantage of the error on the Superquinn website over the weekend.

Their usual "beers of the world" offer of six bottles for the price of five was incorrectly put on their website as six bottles for €5.

48 bottles for €46 incl delivery. Good times

BaZmO* · 23-04-2012 10:13PM

hawkhead wrote: »

Anyone take advantage of the error on the Superquinn website over the weekend.

Their usual "beers of the world" offer of six bottles for the price of five was incorrectly put on their website as six bottles for €5.

48 bottles for €46 incl delivery. Good times

Did you actually receive them?

hawkhead · 23-04-2012 10:23PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

Did you actually receive them?

I did indeed mate. The order confirmation email clearly stated that the offer was six for €5 and showed the discount being taken from the actual price.

BeardySi · 24-04-2012 12:23PM

Shandon Stout and Dark arts (both from cask) have fuelled a brilliant weeknd.

Losty Dublin · 24-04-2012 09:44PM

Picked up 11 bottles of Hobson's Choice last night for the princely sum of €1.50 each. Going to have a few tonight, you gotta love a bargain

Heroditas · 24-04-2012 09:46PM

hawkhead wrote: »

BaZmO* wrote: »

Did you actually receive them?

I did indeed mate. The order confirmation email clearly stated that the offer was six for €5 and showed the discount being taken from the actual price.

You should be given a ban for not sharing this with the rest of us at the time!

GristlyEnd · 24-04-2012 09:52PM

Picked up a 6 pack of 2012 Bigfoot. Going to put a few away for a year or two and drink the others when I start drinking again (couple of weeks away)

hawkhead · 25-04-2012 11:32AM

Heroditas wrote: »

You should be given a ban for not sharing this with the rest of us at the time!

I was afraid it would go pear shaped for me if there was suddenly a huge amount of people ordering the stuff. Sorry lads.

The strange thing is though I think I was one of very few people who saw this because after placing my order and getting my email confirmation I ensured that I only had the amount shown on the order confirmation in my account as I figured when the order was being dispatched they would see the error and try to take the correct amount.

Sure enough I got a call on Monday saying my card had been declined to which I replied that couldn't be the case as I had made sure I had enough to cover the order in my A/C. I explained that my order was 6 bottles for €5 not 6 for the price 5 to which the girl asked where did I find this offer, I said its on your website. Girl heads off to investigate, calls back says it was an error on the website and that my order has now been dispatched.

Should have ordered more really

Big Nasty · 25-04-2012 11:43AM

^^^ Damn sorry I missed that 'deal'!

munchkin_utd · 25-04-2012 12:14PM

stuchyg wrote: »

had a bottle of Chimay red last night, was not impressed at all, unpleasant aroma mixed with an un-likeable taste.

good to hear, I thought I had got some dodgy bottles or something back a couple of weeks.
Both blue and red were far from enjoyable and will never be bought again.

White_Wolf · 25-04-2012 01:35PM

DarrenG wrote: »

Picked up a 6 pack of 2012 Bigfoot. Going to put a few away for a year or two and drink the others when I start drinking again (couple of weeks away)

You know the hops will fade yeah? Have not had a Bigfoot yet, so I don't know how hop-forward they are, I wouldn't say they are as hoppy as an IPA of course.

As for what I am drinking myself.

Great Divide YETI Imperial Stout
Some Sierra Nevada Ruthless RHY IPA
trying to get my hands on a bottle of Elder the Pliny too, but that may be a week or 2 away.

BeerNut · 25-04-2012 01:37PM

I always find Bigfoot undrinkable in its first year, and tough even in the second. Definitely one to hang on to a while, I reckon.

White_Wolf · 25-04-2012 01:56PM

BeerNut wrote: »

I always find Bigfoot undrinkable in its first year, and tough even in the second. Definitely one to hang on to a while, I reckon.

Must go try it and see for myself, never had a barley-wine ale. From what I understand they are hoppy though, will have to check for myself.

BeerNut · 25-04-2012 01:58PM

"Hoppy" can mean lots of different things. It's very bitter and quite harsh when it's young. It mellows with age.

White_Wolf · 25-04-2012 02:13PM

So for a hop head like myself, do you think I would enjoy it young? I guess I will really have to try it myself.

KJ · 25-04-2012 07:16PM

BrewDog Punk IPA. One of my go to beers. It's always good.

BaZmO* · 25-04-2012 08:02PM

Trying a Gueuze for the first time. Cantillon Gueuze Lambic Bio.
Hmmm, not sure what to make of it tbh.

the beer revolu · 25-04-2012 09:22PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

Trying a Gueuze for the first time. Cantillon Gueuze Lambic Bio.
Hmmm, not sure what to make of it tbh.

Ha ha.. welcome to the strange world of sour beers.
Some are less sour than others... beginers Lambic!!
Try Boon Mariage Parfait a very good introduction to Lambic - sour but lots more going on too.

BeerNut · 25-04-2012 09:27PM

Yeah, you kinda started with the big dog there, BaZmO*. I hate when people patronisingly say something is an acquired taste. But lambic... is kind of an acquired taste.

+1 on the Mariage Parfait. Lovely beer, with just enough aged woody smoothness to knock the rougher edges off the sourness.

BaZmO* · 25-04-2012 09:29PM

the beer revolu wrote: »

Ha ha.. welcome to the strange world of sour beers.
Some are less sour than others... beginers Lambic!!
Try Boon Mariage Parfait a very good introduction to Lambic - sour but lots more going on too.

Still sipping on it an hour and a half later.

I've had it in the fridge for ages and I was putting off trying it as I wasn't too sure how I'd take to Lambics. It's not as bad as I thought it would be, quite nice actually. Smells like a fruity Champagne and tastes like a dry apple juice but without the dryness, more of a sour fruit finish than dry.

I certainly wouldn't be opposed to trying more of that style.

source · 25-04-2012 09:30PM

Sitting down with a pint of Shepard neame whitstable bay, very nice beer, refreshing but a little tangy, and a nice golden colour.

What beer are we drinking this week ?

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