What beer are we drinking this week ?

Hopus, strong Belgian hoppy ale. Comes in a funny little swingtop bottle. It's very very tasty, I have to say. Tastes like a hoppier Duvel. Pours a huge creamy head. I'd definitely buy it agin. I Have a Chimay blue lined up for after, happy days.

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Have had a fair few more since then . would defo rate it higher now. Lovely summer drink. Comes in a 4 pack, costs €5.70 in Belgium.

The 4 cost 5.70?

stuchyg wrote: »

The 4 cost 5.70?

Yeah. Plus €0.40 bottle deposit.

I can't get four bottles of any craft for that over here, madness

I went back to drinking beer there over the weekend, after a few months off the stuff. So on saturday night, I drank a few cans of Aurum, which at first didn't have a very pleasing taste. I found it to be bitter but as it was the only alcohol I had with me, I continued to drink it and after an hour or so of drinking it, I found it to go down a lot easier. It's a fine cheap beer at 22 cents per can as well as being only 4.5% but I'm not sure that I'll be drinking it again.



On sunday, my housemates and I went along to a festival in the nearby town of Mojacar but before the festivities kicked off we hung around at the beach and we all tried another hispanic beer but this time it was San Miguel Selecta XV. We all had a few cans of it each and the consensus about it was that it was a nice beer with a slight bitterness to it that was overpowered by a taste of hops. It has a nice sweet aftertaste to it but at 6.2%, I would advise pacing yourself because on this stuff, it doesn't take long for it's effects to follow, if it's drunk quickly. A good beer which I would very much like to another time.



Last night we bought several cans of Cruz Del Sur, which is made by Cruzcampo, and had an impromptu fiesta on our roof. I found it to be a fine beer that is light and smooth and goes down easy at 4.5%. For 35 cent per can, you can't go wrong either.



I hope to add more beers soon.

was on the 8 degrees earlier
Sunburnt, Barefoot, knockmedown, howling gale and kindred spirit

Anyone try the kinnegar beers? craft beers from Donegal, I met the lad brewing them on Monday and he was a nice lad. Their IPA is fantastic!!!

not yet, the kinnegar scraggy bay is fantastic, they have the 3 main ones in one of the offy's in Malahide

Ipso wrote: »

Is that the crowd that has Pils of Donegal?

not sure but the 3 I know they are Scraggy Bay, Devils Backbone and Limeburner.

I had a bottle of the Limeburner. It was decent, nice light citrus hop flavour without being overpowering. Would be a nice enough sunny day drink