What beer are we drinking this week ?

Heroditas · 20-12-2012 09:07PM

Christmas stash!

matrim · 20-12-2012 09:21PM

Have a BrewDog Abstrakt AB:10 and a few episodes of Breaking Bad for tonight

Might follow up with a Poterhouse Celebration Stout depending on how I'm feeling

Frankie Lee · 20-12-2012 09:26PM

The Porterhouse Barrell Aged Celebration Stout is fantastic. I bought 24 bottles of it to do me over the Christmas and to use as an introduction to fine stouts for the unenlightened.

Lucena · 20-12-2012 10:54PM

@ Matrim + Frankie Lee

Where are ye buying these wonderful beers?

matrim · 20-12-2012 11:21PM

I normally use Probus on Fenian St or Drinkstore in Stonybatter. Check the BeoirFinder app, or beoir.org directory for a list of off licenses / pubs

Heroditas · 21-12-2012 09:10AM

Frankie Lee wrote: »

The Porterhouse Barrell Aged Celebration Stout is fantastic. I bought 24 bottles of it to do me over the Christmas and to use as an introduction to fine stouts for the unenlightened.

Yeah, I still have a few more of them squirreled away at home, along with those ones I bought yesterday.
I don't reckon there's too many of them left anymore. Drinkstore seemed to be the only place that had any left.

Also, a friend told me yesterday that Carvill's on Camden Street are selling Beoir Chorca Dhuibhne! :eek:

irish_goat · 21-12-2012 11:20AM

Heroditas wrote: »

Also, a friend told me yesterday that Carvill's on Camden Street are selling Beoir Chorca Dhuibhne! :eek:

The off license beside Kavanagh's has it as well.

Herb Powell · 21-12-2012 01:56PM

Delicious pint of Hop Head last night at the new Porterhouse place, fantastic beer imo.
Followed by Spaten Oktoberfest. Lovely stuff.

Heroditas · 21-12-2012 02:34PM

irish_goat wrote: »

The off license beside Kavanagh's has it as well.

DrinkStore? The feckers didn't tell me they had it when I was there yesterday.

Lovely Bloke · 21-12-2012 02:35PM

Hole In The Wall have it too.

BeerNut · 21-12-2012 02:38PM

Heroditas wrote: »

DrinkStore?

No. Across the road from Mulligan's is different from beside Kavanagh's.

Heroditas · 21-12-2012 02:40PM

I was wondering! I'm trying to visualize the offie in question!

Hmmm, tempted to spin down and see if they have any.

*no, stay strong, stay strong, must resist*

BeerNut · 21-12-2012 02:42PM

Streetview!

Lovely Bloke · 21-12-2012 03:13PM

Was in Messrs last night.

They are not doing their own beers any more, and they only had Rusty and Weiss left.

The Weiss wasn't bad, but the Rusty was an abomination, watery and horrible.

BeerNut · 21-12-2012 03:21PM

TheNinthGate wrote: »

They are not doing their own beers any more

Gah! I figured that was only a matter of time as they ran through the old stock. I'd say we're in for a period of mothballing until the new -- or subsequent -- management gets their act together.

Seaneh · 21-12-2012 06:11PM

Drinking a Crew Pale Ale from CREW AleWerkstatt.
I had one of their IPA's a few weeks ago and thought it was yummy but I'm really not gone on this.

It's really, erm, odd...

I feel like there's a ton of wheat in this...

Weird germans...

Zebra3 · 21-12-2012 07:21PM

An auld reliable this evening.

Bottles of O'Hara's stout. :cool:

Can't go wrong this time of the year.

Grayditch · 21-12-2012 08:35PM

Spaten Oktoberfest is such a solid beer. Brilliant value for money.

Hogzy · 21-12-2012 08:48PM

Grayditch wrote: »

Spaten Oktoberfest is such a solid beer. Brilliant value for money.

Its not in Aldi is it?

stuchyg · 21-12-2012 09:05PM

called into Molloys in Tallaght tonight, got a bottle of Meantime IPA and a box of Westie 12. Also grabbed some dungarvan coffee and oatmeal stout earlier today in O Briens, shall be trying tonight

Zebra3 · 21-12-2012 11:13PM

stuchyg wrote: »

Also grabbed some dungarvan coffee and oatmeal stout earlier today in O Briens, shall be trying tonight

Incredible stuff.

Everyone I know who has had some has absolutely loved it.

toffeeshel · 22-12-2012 12:39AM

Heroditas wrote: »

DrinkStore?

Drinkstore DO have it- just ask them nicely;)

Scortho · 22-12-2012 12:46AM

TheNinthGate wrote: »

Was in Messrs last night.

They are not doing their own beers any more, and they only had Rusty and Weiss left.

The Weiss wasn't bad, but the Rusty was an abomination, watery and horrible.

Used to love the messrs stuff they had in the Pav in college. Worked out around a euro more expensive than their bavaria deal too so wasnt to bad. Ill have to make do with the headless dog then which is incredible. just more expensive:(

matrim · 22-12-2012 12:47AM

Had the bottle of BrewDog Nøgne Ø Mikkeller Black Tokyo Horizon that my GF got me a couple of months ago. Wow, such a complex beer, it just seemed to change with every couple of sips. Had a sweetness that you would expect from something so strong but wasn't overpowering and the roasted malt, chocolate and dark fruits coming out of it was something special.

I had a bottle of Nøgne Ø Imperial in the press so decided to try it after the Black Toyko. Last time I had the Imperial I thought it was amazing and really complex. Today it still gorgeous but you could really tell the difference compared to the tokyo, the difference in complexity was really noticeable.

the beer revolu · 22-12-2012 01:31AM

matrim wrote: »

Had the bottle of BrewDog Nøgne Ø Mikkeller Black Tokyo Horizon that my GF got me a couple of months ago.

I think you should marry this girl;)

Seaneh · 22-12-2012 02:13AM

Today I had a few pints of the Cask Milk Chocolate Stout that Galway Bay have made a very, very small batch of in The Salt House, right now it's only in The Salt House but I'd expect it in the Dublin Galway Bay pubs in the new year. Chris (the brewer) made a lovely roasty stout and added 25ml of lactose per litre and then dry hopped it with cascade and another hop whos name escapes me, cocoa nibs and vanilla pods and the result is a really complex stout. Starts all roasty and coffee with some dark chocolate and then the hops kick in and the end is all lovely chocolatey goodness. The lactose is just enough to balance out the bitterness of the malts and the hops and the end result is just a great stout. I was genuinely stunned at how good it was. That boy is getting better and better with every brew he makes! I just wish Galway Bay had found him sooner!

matrim · 22-12-2012 10:25AM

Seaneh wrote: »

Today I had a few pints of the Cask Milk Chocolate Stout that Galway Bay have made a very, very small batch of in The Salt House, right now it's only in The Salt House but I'd expect it in the Dublin Galway Bay pubs in the new year. Chris (the brewer) made a lovely roasty stout and added 25ml of lactose per litre and then dry hopped it with cascade and another hop whos name escapes me, cocoa nibs and vanilla pods and the result is a really complex stout. Starts all roasty and coffee with some dark chocolate and then the hops kick in and the end is all lovely chocolatey goodness. The lactose is just enough to balance out the bitterness of the malts and the hops and the end result is just a great stout. I was genuinely stunned at how good it was. That boy is getting better and better with every brew he makes! I just wish Galway Bay had found him sooner!

Think the Black Sheep announced that they would have it next week.

stuchyg · 22-12-2012 11:36AM

Had my dungarvan coffee stout last night. Was my first go of the style, found it v smokey

Grayditch · 22-12-2012 12:01PM

Hogzy wrote: »

Its not in Aldi is it?

I dunno, I havent been in in a while. I think it's about 2 quid in Molloys.

slayerking · 22-12-2012 01:09PM

They have a craft lager on tap down at the Christmas markets in the ifsc. It's called Drapers brew. Apparently contract brewed for them in Scotland to their recipe.
It's actually not a bad lager at all (as lagers generally go) , light with a moderate hoppiness. I'd put it ahead of a lot of blonde ales I've had.

What beer are we drinking this week ?

Comments