What beer are we drinking this week ?

Ravelleman · 26-07-2013 03:22PM

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Had a few milk stouts in ATG last night

Left Hand was gorgeous as was another which was made by Bristol Brewing (who I'd never heard of)

Luckily there was a tab going as the Bristol was €9! Tab or no tab no way would I have ordered it had I known the price

Were these bottles or has the Left Hand tap come back? Sweet lactose-y goodness.

I have some Nitro Stout here. Must remember to pour it more vigorously than last time.

Colonel Sanders · 26-07-2013 06:13PM

Ravelleman wrote: »

Were these bottles or has the Left Hand tap come back? Sweet lactose-y goodness.

I have some Nitro Stout here. Must remember to pour it more vigorously than last time.

Bottles. Didn't know they had it on tap before!

anncoates · 26-07-2013 07:29PM

Having a few bottles if Anchor steam Beer.

It's pretty decent.

Grayditch · 26-07-2013 08:39PM

A lovely Orval in a lovely Orval glass.

slayerking · 26-07-2013 08:47PM

Having a bottle of Trouble Brewings Sabotage IPA at the moment.

I've had this beer on cask, draft and now from the bottle and I can safely say its not for me. The spiel on the bottle promises 5 different varieties of hops to produce a hop demon, but it doesn't deliver this at all.

To me it tastes like a really badly oxidized beer. Stale malt and wet cardboard all the way, very disappointing.

Insect Overlord · 26-07-2013 09:08PM

Did I mention my little find this week? My local Mace, for who knows what reason, had 3 bottles of Erdinger Schneeweisse in the fridge. In July.

They taste just as good as they do in January. :cool:

Knifey Spoony · 26-07-2013 09:19PM

slayerking wrote: »

I've had this beer on cask, draft and now from the bottle and I can safely say its not for me.

I've had it in all three formats at this stage as well and each format might as well have been a different beer from the last. Which is pretty understandable, but even the couple of times I've had it on draft it has been different. The last time it was actually pretty hoppy and I enjoyed it. But, on bottles it doesn't really do it for me. Wouldn't have thought there were 5 different hop varieties used in it.

stuchyg · 26-07-2013 09:53PM

Gouden carolis and widmer citra tonight.
Citra good at first but aroma and flavor seem to fade fast.

Gouden is v nice

Ravelleman · 27-07-2013 12:10AM

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Bottles. Didn't know they had it on tap before!

Oh, it was a glorious time in my youth; the last of the unicorns.

ciaran76 · 27-07-2013 07:54AM

Was in Munich for a few days. Tried lots of beer mainly drank Hofbrau as it seemed the most popular in the beer garden/ halls.
The weather was very hot so I only tried a few dunkels.
My favourite was Augustiner Bräu Dunkel.

Would have liked to try more pils type beers but the crowd I was with liked Hofbrau and stuck with it.
Once out of an experiment I got radler beer which has lemonade in it and no one noticed.

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upforit101 · 27-07-2013 03:36PM

ciaran76 wrote: »

Was in Munich for a few days. Tried lots of beer mainly drank Hofbrau as it seemed the most popular in the beer garden/ halls.
The weather was very hot so I only tried a few dunkels.
My favourite was Augustiner Bräu Dunkel.

Would have liked to try more pils type beers but the crowd I was with liked Hofbrau and stuck with it.
Once out of an experiment I got radler beer which has lemonade in it and no one noticed.

In Northern Italy (Bergamo) a few weeks back I came across a pub with Augustiner Helles on draught - I was pleasantly surprised to say the least as I thought it was unavailable in that form outside of the motherland.
In the baking 32 degrees heat; it went down like nectar.

Andre Salmon · 27-07-2013 05:56PM

Halfway through a bottle of westvleteren 12 at the moment. It's lovely stuff, yeasty with fruity flavour. But dried tangy fruit kind of thing. The midges seem to love it too,I'm fishing out a couple every time I take a sip

Ravelleman · 27-07-2013 08:49PM

Proper Job and a t-bone steak. I see a lot of people raving about Proper Job here but I don't see what all the fuss is. It's an above average IPA but not as hopped as the label would suggest. Given that it commands a premium price I think that there are better options out there.

slayerking · 27-07-2013 09:30PM

Sitting back drinking a Metalman pale ale from an L Mulligan Grocer growler. Great job, tastes as good as ever. I can finally have a Metalman at home.

ciaran76 · 28-07-2013 08:03AM

slayerking wrote: »

Sitting back drinking a Metalman pale ale from an L Mulligan Grocer growler. Great job, tastes as good as ever. I can finally have a Metalman at home.

Went in there too last night to get my Metalman fix. Totally forgot about the growlers. Next time.

laros · 28-07-2013 08:34AM

What size are the growlers in L.Mulligans and whats the cost to fill them....?

ciaran76 · 28-07-2013 09:14AM

laros wrote: »

What size are the growlers in L.Mulligans and whats the cost to fill them....?

Took this from an email they sent out yesterday.

The refillable growlers are available each day before 10pm and are 1L siphon jars which cost €10 deposit, and can be filled with any of our 24 tapped or casked beers.

BeerNut · 28-07-2013 10:07AM

laros wrote: »

whats the cost to fill them....?

Here's the price list.

matrim · 28-07-2013 10:23AM

Looking at this picture it looks just like a flip top bottle.

If you already have a 1L flip top (from the Fran Well Whiskey Aged Stout) would you be able to use that?

Also, on the price list they mention Dark Arts, I would have though that stout wouldn't work that well in a Growler as you'd lose the carbonation / head quicker.

BeerNut · 28-07-2013 10:37AM

matrim wrote: »

I would have though that stout wouldn't work that well in a Growler as you'd lose the carbonation / head quicker.

Why's that?

matrim · 28-07-2013 10:44AM

BeerNut wrote: »

Why's that?

I would assume that it's nitro and you'd lose more of the "effect" from the carbonation, similar to how you don't get many nitro bottles because the beer can seem flatter and not have a head

slayerking · 28-07-2013 11:07AM

They look like this...

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I asked about refills also, when you return for a refill you bring back the growler, they take it back and give you a new sanitised one.

Not sure if they refill non-mulligan ones, maybe they do, worth asking about this also.

GLaDOS · 28-07-2013 05:32PM

Tried #Mashtag last night in ATG. Thought it was nice, but nothing special.

BaZmO* · 28-07-2013 09:12PM

Enjoying a Mikkeller Green Gold at the moment. It's an American style IPA using classic hops of the style. Not as nice as a lot of the original US offerings but nice all the same.

irish_goat · 28-07-2013 09:19PM

matrim wrote: »

I would assume that it's nitro and you'd lose more of the "effect" from the carbonation, similar to how you don't get many nitro bottles because the beer can seem flatter and not have a head

I'd imagine you're right. Might be worth asking Mulligan's to test it themselves though.

stuchyg · 28-07-2013 10:16PM

Had the widmer hefe tonight, average as can be.

Then tried the lineman kriek, loved it reminded me of a cherry jolly rancher

Lovely Bloke · 29-07-2013 08:36AM

O'Hara's have a lager out, sampled it in Farrington's yesterday.

It's vile.

So is Green Bullet.

dan1895 · 29-07-2013 08:54AM

Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye on draught in Mulligans. Was nice but wouldn't have too many. Tried Friar Weisse for the first time also and have to say I liked it a lot.

Lovely Bloke · 29-07-2013 08:55AM

Ruthless Rye is an amazing beer.

irish_goat · 29-07-2013 08:58AM

I think I must not like rye cause both Sierra's and Dungarven's rye beers didn't go down well with me. I liked the smell of both of them though, could tell they're decent beers.

What beer are we drinking this week ?

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