What beer are we drinking this week ?

loyatemu · 14-01-2013 11:28PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

Over the Christmas I've had (among others);

Erdinger Weissbier Pikantus 7.3%

Thornbridge Saint Petersburg Imperial Russian Stout 7.7%

Great Divide 17th Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA 10% (One of the nicest beers I've ever had!)

Fyne Ales Superior IPA 7.5%

It's really just trial and error to see what ones suit your own tastes but I thought all those beers were fantastic.

I've had the Pikantus, very nice beer.

Seaneh · 15-01-2013 03:08AM

The Salt House currently has both Torpedo and Celebration from sierra nevada on tap.

when I do in I'm massively conflicted!

Celebration usually wins though!

Seaneh · 16-01-2013 08:37PM

Just had a bottle of Great Lakes Brewing Company's Edmund Fitzgerald Porter. A friend from Chicago brought me 3 bottles in her luggage. Epic gift :-D. One of the best American Porters I've ever had.

followed that with a bottle of Odell IPA. Goof beer day for Sean!

Krusty_Clown · 16-01-2013 11:42PM

I was also enjoying a beer brought over from the US. A Tallgrass Oasis Imperial ESB, from Manhattan, Kansas. It is to ESB, what American IPA, is to British IPA. In other words, sweet, citrusy and enough hops that you could rest a spoon on it. I like it a lot.. I have another can of the same, and a couple of cans of Surly Furious, which I really loved when I was in those parts last year. Craft beer in cans... So much easier to carry on transatlantic flights.

Scortho · 17-01-2013 01:55AM

Drinking A creans lager at the moment. It's lovely! That said its after 3 pitchers of friarweisse from the ginger man so thee oul alcohol may have an effect! Ah well it's delicious!:)

Dermighty · 17-01-2013 01:12PM

Seaneh wrote: »

I reckon Odell IPA is pretty much the benchmark for a worldclass IPA. It's faultless!

I'll second that. Odell IPA is definitely the best I've had, it's 7% too, which I only realised a while back.

Sierra Nevada was my favourite before but the Odell has it beaten. Haven't tried their other offerings, is the St. Lupulin any good?

the beer revolu · 17-01-2013 01:13PM

Dermighty wrote: »

I'll second that. Odell IPA is definitely the best I've had, it's 7% too, which I only realised a while back.

Sierra Nevada was my favourite before but the Odell has it beaten. Haven't tried their other offerings, is the St. Lupulin any good?

I've yet to find an Odell's that I haven't liked.

BaZmO* · 17-01-2013 01:32PM

Dermighty wrote: »

Haven't tried their other offerings, is the St. Lupulin any good?

I love it. Although, when having a bottle of it in the Portehouse a couple of years ago my sister, having smelled it said,
"Smells like a garden where the parents had no children and concentrated on the garden instead."

symbolic · 17-01-2013 08:38PM

Had the O'Hara's Leann Follain on draught in Against The Grain Dublin yesterday. Think its gonna be my "go to pint" in there!

eddhorse · 17-01-2013 08:40PM

Just had two lively cold pints of Paulaner Weiss Beer in hotel in Dusseldorf, just what I needed after a long day !

theparish · 17-01-2013 09:55PM

Svyturys Ekstra Lithuanian 5.2% lager is my Thursday night experimentation beer of the week.
Not my cup of tea,don't think lagers are good at high strength levels.

Grayditch · 17-01-2013 10:03PM

symbolic wrote: »

Had the O'Hara's Leann Follain on draught in Against The Grain Dublin yesterday. Think its gonna be my "go to pint" in there!

I love it, but by Jaysus does it fill me up. It's like a meal.

munchkin_utd · 17-01-2013 10:12PM

have a bit of a dose so trying to kill the germs with some beer.
Current medicine of choice is an Augustiner Maximator - a 7.5% doppelbock.
As it should be, its a really dark ruby colour (strangely not as brown as i would have anticipated) with a not too overpowering malty smell off it.
Tastewise its probably how you would design a doppelbock if you were starting from scratch, a decent kick of maltyness yet balanced and not too sweet or fruity. If you ever tried Paulaner Salvator which is considered a reference of the beer type, you might have strugled with the sweetness - with Augustiner theres no such problem and no crazy sickenly aftertaste. Its only a pity its only available in half litre bottles as smaller bottles would be no harm to be honest.

Earlier I had a Rothaus Tanenzäpfle (i.e. fancy 330ml bottle) Pils from the black forest which is the same as the Rothaus Pils in bog standard 500ml bottles that you can get in Ireland in places like Fresh.
Its a similar paralell experience to the Augustiner, abeit with pils and bitter not sweet.
Its all about the aftertaste, and the initial taste of bitterness (or with Augi the sweetness) isnt too overpowering and the aftertaste is strangely pleasant and downright wierd and unexpectedly agreeable compared to other beers of the pils variety that linger on your tounge and are to my palette at least just too shaggin sharply bitter.
The bottle (with 6 months left to expiry) I have now hadnt the complexity I remember from tasting a very fresh bottle bought near the black forest last year but it was still a damn nice beer.
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/464/1354

Herb Powell · 17-01-2013 10:47PM

munchkin_utd wrote: »

have a bit of a dose so trying to kill the germs with some beer.
Current medicine of choice is an Augustiner Maximator - a 7.5% doppelbock.
As it should be, its a really dark ruby colour (strangely not as brown as i would have anticipated) with a not too overpowering malty smell off it.
Tastewise its probably how you would design a doppelbock if you were starting from scratch, a decent kick of maltyness yet balanced and not too sweet or fruity. If you ever tried Paulaner Salvator which is considered a reference of the beer type, you might have strugled with the sweetness - with Augustiner theres no such problem and no crazy sickenly aftertaste. Its only a pity its only available in half litre bottles as smaller bottles would be no harm to be honest.

Earlier I had a Rothaus Tanenzäpfle (i.e. fancy 330ml bottle) Pils from the black forest which is the same as the Rothaus Pils in bog standard 500ml bottles that you can get in Ireland in places like Fresh.
Its a similar paralell experience to the Augustiner, abeit with pils and bitter not sweet.
Its all about the aftertaste, and the initial taste of bitterness (or with Augi the sweetness) isnt too overpowering and the aftertaste is strangely pleasant and downright wierd and unexpectedly agreeable compared to other beers of the pils variety that linger on your tounge and are to my palette at least just too shaggin sharply bitter.
The bottle (with 6 months left to expiry) I have now hadnt the complexity I remember from tasting a very fresh bottle bought near the black forest last year but it was still a damn nice beer.
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/464/1354

Augustiner is a seriously good brewery, one major reason why I'm looking forward to spending next year in Germany. The Helles is in my top 5 beers ever, it's just perfect.

Picked up a few more Spaten Oktoberfest's there in Bradley's, lovely stuff altogether. Gonna round it off with a bottle of homebrewed ale, I think.

Lovely Bloke · 18-01-2013 08:21AM

symbolic wrote: »

Had the O'Hara's Leann Follain on draught in Against The Grain Dublin yesterday. Think its gonna be my "go to pint" in there!

Grayditch wrote: »

I love it, but by Jaysus does it fill me up. It's like a meal.

Is ATG the only pub with it - or is it also on in Brew Dock/Black Sheep?

ATG is too far Southside for me to consider for a quick pint, but the LF on cask recently in The Brew Dock was amazing.

I'd love to try it on tap.

jake1970 · 18-01-2013 08:38AM

i had 2 bottles of O'Hara's Leann Follain last night, very tasty.

Seaneh · 18-01-2013 09:34AM

TheNinthGate wrote: »

Is ATG the only pub with it - or is it also on in Brew Dock/Black Sheep?

ATG is too far Southside for me to consider for a quick pint, but the LF on cask recently in The Brew Dock was amazing.

I'd love to try it on tap.

ATG is the only pub in the world with LF on draught.

Colonel Sanders · 18-01-2013 09:36AM

Is LF on tap still 6%?

It's probably my favourite stout, hopefully ATG keep it

Seaneh · 18-01-2013 09:46AM

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Is LF on tap still 6%?

It's probably my favourite stout, hopefully ATG keep it

As far as I know it is.

From talking to Tar the other day about it he's got it in for good.

Ravelleman · 18-01-2013 10:04AM

I had a TSB on cask in the Porterhouse yesterday evening. It was nice and bitter but lacked any kind of depth after the initial hit on the tongue.

I also had a pint of Purity Pure Gold Pale Ale on cask. I'd liken the flavour to undiluted Rose's Lime Cordial. I can't say that I was impressed. Has anyone else tried it? Is this normal. My pint was the last from the cask and was notably more citrus-y than my friend's pint, which came out earlier. Neither of them was particularly good though.

noby · 18-01-2013 11:29AM

Last night's night cap was a can of Ghost Ship pale ale. Lovely beer, plenty of citra hop.

the beer revolu · 18-01-2013 12:15PM

Had a 2009 Coopers Vintage Ale last night.
It has mellowed somewhat in the bottle and was very nice but I am struggling with very malty beers these days.

ciaran76 · 18-01-2013 07:09PM

I was growing very envious of you guys talking about Carraig Dubh. Just opened a bottle while cooking the dinner and I'm in love.
Room temp I am drinking it at and get a hint of chocolate and a lovely roast malt taste and a nice hop after taste.

bladebrew · 18-01-2013 07:48PM

I'm just back from tesco with more asahi from the now 5 for €11 deal, also got a 6 pack of 8 degrees sunburnt Irish red for €6!
They also had knockmealdown porter 6 packs at the same price, the label has €10.99 crossed out then save €1.50 but they are actually €6, I'm thinking tesco made a mistake and if they did don't tell them!

Mo14 · 18-01-2013 08:50PM

Enjoying a wonderful Dungarven Coffee and Oatmeal stout. The 2011 version. Shame I don't have a 2012 to compare, but I'm enjoying it none the less.

Seaneh · 19-01-2013 12:45AM

in The Salt House having a beer and noiticed they (Galway bay brewery) have rebranded their beers. the Full Sail is a full fledged IPA now and ubber hoppy.

Grayditch · 19-01-2013 12:48AM

I was very disappointed in the Carraig Dubh porter.

munchkin_utd · 19-01-2013 11:07PM

Seaneh wrote: »

in The Salt House having a beer and noiticed they (Galway bay brewery) have rebranded their beers. the Full Sail is a full fledged IPA now and ubber hoppy.

who was wondering if breweries in Ireland werent falling overthemselves to make over hoppy beers ?

Just after having an Graf Arco Birnbacher Schwartzbier (or Arcobraü black beer as I'd call it)
Interesting enough old style dark beer that I got as part of a mixed crate of 4each of 5 types of Arco Beers nefore christmas. Not overly complex but still pretty drinkable.

That was followed up by a HackerPschorr Superior 6% (festbeer)
I suspect this is what they actually shift at the Oktoberfest and not the really dark brew that is sold in the shops around the time that is far darker and maltier than you'd imagine for an Oktoberfest beer.
Anyhow, it's your standard Munich Helles Lager stylewise abeit stronger and slightly more hoppy than normal. Another lovely beer from Hacker-Pschorr who have probably the best range of quality beers in Munich.

baconsarnie · 20-01-2013 01:28PM

Two very interesting NZ beers last night: Renaissance Stonecutter Scottish ale 8 Wired "the big smoke" smoked porter

The former, when warmed up was a full on malty masterpiece

The latter claimed to have lots of Rauchmalt but wasn't very prevalent for me. Still a nice beer. Their Tall Poppy amber ale & Hopville are sublime though

Creamy Goodness · 20-01-2013 01:30PM

had a mikkeller monk's brew last night.

10% aged in bourbon barrels, didn't really capture my taste buds.

What beer are we drinking this week ?

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