What beer are we drinking this week ?

BaZmO* · 04-05-2012 08:38PM

themandan6611 wrote: »

The brother brought home 3 bottles from the US last weekend. Shame he only comes home once every 3 years

How difficult is it to get in the US? Is it restricted to its homeland area?

White_Wolf · 04-05-2012 08:52PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

How difficult is it to get in the US? Is it restricted to its homeland area?

As far as I know, pretty much, they don't ship much around.

stuchyg · 04-05-2012 09:01PM

currently enjoying a Nogne IPA, had O Hara IPA earlier i was pleasently surprised, will try their aldi version next

KJ · 04-05-2012 09:41PM

BrewDog Tokyo. I love this beer.

SomeDose · 04-05-2012 10:01PM

ASJ112 wrote:

Have the following myself

De Molen Rasputin

How was it? I've got a bottle of this at home since xmas and thinking of drinking it soon.

The last few weeks have seen me quaffing:

Flying Dog Raging Bitch - loving this at the moment, the spice and pepperiness from the belgian yeast works well with the IPA flavours. Perilously drinkable too.

Flying Dog Kujo Coffee stout - as per White_Wolf's comments, very nice. It's labelled as a coffee stout although I got more chocolate flavour from it. For me, it's up there with Brooklyn BCS as a fantastic yet reasonably priced imperial stout.

Rogue Dad's Little Helper black IPA (draft) - first time to try a black IPA and this would tempt me to try more of the style. Definite bitter hop IPA character but not as up front as I expect from US pale ales...the roast malt and stouty flavours were more noticeable. Lovely beer.

SummerWine Diablo (draft) - very nice pale ale, floral and citrus but not too bitter. Ideal for a summer day.

Great Divide Belgian Yeti (draft) - Imperial stout brewed with a belgian yeast...ashamed to say I can't remember much detail except that I enjoyed it!

themandan6611 · 04-05-2012 10:22PM

Sierra Nevada Torpedo & Ruthless Rye (which is lovely tasting - not a typical IPA, but one i would have again)

ASJ112 · 04-05-2012 10:24PM

Will be trying Rasputin tomorrow/sunday so will let you know how it turns out. Great Divide Belgian Yeti is an amazing stout, haven't been let down by any of their beers, well their limited edition beers did a little actually.

I love black IPAs too, have come across very few though. If you haven't tried Thornbridge's Raven BIPA, you need to ! Would love to find more BIPA's and barleywines in Dublin. Brewdog did a BIPA with Abstrakt 06, remember not being particularly blown away with it though.

So jealous you tried those last 3 beers on draft. I had Rogue's yellow snow IPA on tap before, was quite good.

Polished off that Brewdog Dogma, was nice.

BaZmO* · 04-05-2012 10:30PM

themandan6611 wrote: »

Sierra Nevada Torpedo & Ruthless Rye (which is lovely tasting - not a typical IPA, but one i would have again)

Actually sipping on a Ruthless Rye as I type, great beer. Same SN quality, but the hops seem to have an almost vegetable quality (in a good way), nice bitter twang to it too.

Martyn1989 · 05-05-2012 12:18AM

ciaran76 wrote: »

Just picked up a few Little Creatures from Drinkstore. Can't wait.

Just finished one of these picked up from Martins Fairview, the guy in the shop asked had it been me asking for it so obviously your not the only one whos after it and I see why, a very nice example of how a beer can be hop forward but not over the top. Thanks for the heads up because it could well be a go to pale ale, very nice :cool:

White_Wolf · 05-05-2012 12:38AM

KJ wrote: »

BrewDog Tokyo. I love this beer.

15 quid a beer though, it's pretty steep to say the least.

Seaneh · 05-05-2012 01:34AM

White_Wolf wrote: »

15 quid a beer though, it's pretty steep to say the least.

7-8 quid in an offie is a bit morev acceptable but still not worth it imho, really dont like tokyo.

ciaran76 · 05-05-2012 06:58AM

Martyn1989 wrote: »

Just finished one of these picked up from Martins Fairview, the guy in the shop asked had it been me asking for it so obviously your not the only one whos after it and I see why, a very nice example of how a beer can be hop forward but not over the top. Thanks for the heads up because it could well be a go to pale ale, very nice :cool:

I gave a bottle to my friend also and he cannot do IPA's or any Pale Ale's in general as any hoppy flavour and it turns him off but this he loved. He was very surprised as he was expecting to hand it back to me.

KJ · 05-05-2012 07:51AM

White_Wolf wrote: »

15 quid a beer though, it's pretty steep to say the least.

I found it in an off license for €9 the other day so snapped one up. I wouldn't normally get it if it was dearer than that.

slayerking · 05-05-2012 12:18PM

Picked up this year's IPA is Dead from brewdog, really looking forward to trying a few later.
Last year's batch was really interesting!

ASJ112 · 05-05-2012 01:26PM

The Motueka is probably the best beer I've ever had, Challenger didn't quite do it for me though. Definitely have to do another beer run and buy as many of these as I can carry.

Its a shame Motueka wont be part of their core range, what I'd give for that !

BaZmO* · 05-05-2012 01:54PM

slayerking wrote: »

Picked up this year's IPA is Dead from brewdog, really looking forward to trying a few later.
Last year's batch was really interesting!

Picked one up last night. I missed it last year. Really looking forward to trying it.

Ken said that he only got 15 packs in so it won't be around for long!

KJ · 05-05-2012 02:30PM

I was in McHughs today. They seemed to have a fair few packs on display. I got it from BrewDog a few weeks back. They were all really good. I think Galaxy was my favourite.

GristlyEnd · 05-05-2012 04:19PM

Picked these up from McHughs today. Not sure if I'll be drinking them this evening as I took a 14 day break from beer and I've 137 to chose from

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KJ · 05-05-2012 04:49PM

DarrenG wrote: »

Picked these up from McHughs today. Not sure if I'll be drinking them this evening as I took a 14 day break from beer and I've 137 to chose from

I got some Magic Hat in there today as well. Not tried it before.

Martyn1989 · 05-05-2012 04:52PM

That magic hat is like nothing Ive tasted before, a little like a good quality fabric softener in a good way

Krusty_Clown · 05-05-2012 05:56PM

Had a good race today, so treated myself to a couple of nice FA cup beers. The Nøgne Ø pale ale was nice, refreshing, but a little anonymous. Nothing really spectacular about it. Now enjoying a SN Ruthless Rye. I'm not getting a huge Rye flavour from it (but that could be down to the bitter hops of the Nøgne), but loving the fruity IPA all the same. My kind of beer.

matrim · 05-05-2012 07:55PM

Its nice to be back places with a choice other that lager.

Has Porterhouse Wrasslers last week, Dark Arts last night and some Leann Follain for tonight

White_Wolf · 05-05-2012 09:59PM

DarrenG wrote: »

Picked these up from McHughs today. Not sure if I'll be drinking them this evening as I took a 14 day break from beer and I've 137 to chose from

How much was the 4 brewdog in McHughs?

KJ · 05-05-2012 10:42PM

White_Wolf wrote: »

How much was the 4 brewdog in McHughs?

I could be wrong but I think I saw them for around the €15 mark.

White_Wolf · 05-05-2012 11:02PM

KJ wrote: »

I could be wrong but I think I saw them for around the €15 mark.

Yeah seen them for €14 something in Hollands in bray, was wondering if they were cheaper elsewhere, guess not.

evercloserunion · 06-05-2012 01:54AM

Anyone know where I could pick up some SN Ruthless Rye, or any Rye IPA? Never tried one but I've heard good things.

ASJ112 · 06-05-2012 02:06AM

I've seen Ruthless Rye IPA in redmonds of ranelagh, Drinkstore in stoneybatter, O'Briens, and I would imagine in McHugh's. Shouldn't be tough to get your hands on some

White_Wolf · 06-05-2012 02:12AM

evercloserunion wrote: »

Anyone know where I could pick up some SN Ruthless Rye, or any Rye IPA? Never tried one but I've heard good things.

Hollands in Bray have a good few, have had it in stock since it released this year. DrinkStore.ie have it too if Bray is to far.

Krusty_Clown · 06-05-2012 10:10AM

White_Wolf wrote: »

Hollands in Bray have a good few, have had it in stock since it released this year. DrinkStore.ie have it too if Bray is to far.

Yup, got some Ruthless Rye in Hollands yesterday. Damn fine it was too.

White_Wolf · 06-05-2012 11:53AM

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Yup, got some Ruthless Rye in Hollands yesterday. Damn fine it was too.

Get it while you can, I am down there pretty much every day, buying it. Have to say it's definitely my go-to beer at the moment.

What beer are we drinking this week ?

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