What beer are we drinking this week ?

ciaran76 · 31-12-2013 04:12AM

Odell Isolation Ale is an autumn ale.

Pours a dark amber colour and smelled quite sweet like caramel.
Hint of hops but mainly sweet malty followed by spices.

Wouldn't be drinking many of these to be honest.

adamski8 · 31-12-2013 05:50PM

F&F now in ATG. Beoir discount makes this a sweet deal. Heading to sweetmans later for their batch party lauching their new seasonal sorachi zuki, sounds interesting.

BeerNut · 31-12-2013 06:04PM

Re Big Hand, there is no connection at all to Barrelhead, AFAIK.

Revolution is brewed by Big Hand themselves. They use the Trouble brewery but I understand it's entirely their own work with no input from Trouble. I think it's the same arrangement with the new lager.

BaZmO* · 31-12-2013 06:09PM

The 8 Degrees Back to Black series wasn't a great success imo. The Aztec (Chilli) was the best of the bunch, apart from having little to no carbonation. It was actually really really nice.

The other two were pretty bad though.

Imperial had little to no carbonation. Bit banana-y on the nose that's all almost turpentiney and it carries through to the taste. There's a dark ale plummy fruit sweetness that clunks along with the banana (almost tropical hops) flavour. Got a slight bit nicer as it warmed.

Zeus (Black IPA) was a bit all over the shop. The finishing hops seemed to clash badly with the dry dark malts. Not unpleasant, just doesn't work. Pretty meh.

ciaran76 · 31-12-2013 09:54PM

Had the Zeus also was a bit mixed as BaZmO said.

stuchyg · 31-12-2013 11:04PM

Had the founders pale earlier, I really do like me an American Pale. I head to the states on Saturday and plan to over indulge to a serious degree

Lovely Bloke · 01-01-2014 01:21AM

Was having wine with dinner tonight, and didn't get any beer in - the mrs is 24 weeks so wanted to stay fairly sober for midnight and that.

Anyway, sat down to watch a bit of Jools Holland after 12, and decided to see if I had any stash left.

Found 3 McGargles, 2 reds and 1 pale ale.

Christ almighty, they are abominable.

BaZmO* · 01-01-2014 01:37AM

Sober for 24 weeks?! Wimp! You've got another 16 weeks to go man!

You're right about the McGargles though. Terrible name, terrible beer.

Seaneh · 01-01-2014 04:07AM

Tonight I started with a Modus Hoperandi in draught and finished with a Founders Backwoods Bastard and Breakfast Stout with an Of Foam and Fury somewhere in the middle.

Hoppy New year, you shower of Malty bastards.

xoxox.

Lovely Bloke · 01-01-2014 02:07PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

Sober for 24 weeks?! Wimp! You've got another 16 weeks to go man!

lol, no. I just wanted to be relatively sober last night at 12.

Already trying to arrange pints for this evening (I'm off til Monday), but most of my mates are hanging.

Grayditch · 01-01-2014 02:41PM

I was working last night, so I've a few bottles to enjoy from the Christmas selection, which is almost depleted. Then it's down to 1-2 beers a week for a few months, so I'm going to go out on a FW Jameson Stout, Black Ball and W12.

Herb Powell · 01-01-2014 05:12PM

Finally tried Mi Daza stout. It's me ****in daza alright

Creamy Goodness · 01-01-2014 05:57PM

Meantime London porter, tasty

Grayditch · 01-01-2014 06:34PM

Odell's Lupulin's Extra Pale Ale is such a great beer. Lovely smooth and flavoursome.

Ruben Remus · 01-01-2014 07:23PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

The 8 Degrees Back to Black series wasn't a great success imo. The Aztec (Chilli) was the best of the bunch, apart from having little to no carbonation. It was actually really really nice.

The other two were pretty bad though.

Imperial had little to no carbonation. Bit banana-y on the nose that's all almost turpentiney and it carries through to the taste. There's a dark ale plummy fruit sweetness that clunks along with the banana (almost tropical hops) flavour. Got a slight bit nicer as it warmed.

Zeus (Black IPA) was a bit all over the shop. The finishing hops seemed to clash badly with the dry dark malts. Not unpleasant, just doesn't work. Pretty meh.

I haven't had those, but I tried 8 Degrees Kindred Spirit over the Christmas and thought it was awful. Had a sour aftertaste that made finishing the bottle a struggle.

Amber Ella, on the other hand, was great and Howling Gale is generally excellent on draught.

irish_goat · 01-01-2014 07:37PM

Ruben Remus wrote: »

I haven't had those, but I tried 8 Degrees Kindred Spirit over the Christmas and thought it was awful. Had a sour aftertaste that made finishing the bottle a struggle.

The bottle may have gone off as it certainly wasn't sour on draught.

Grayditch · 01-01-2014 07:44PM

Thought Kindred Spirit was alright. Bit of a watery stout, well not watery, just not full bodied, or thin or something. Good enough, though.

the beer revolu · 01-01-2014 09:12PM

Grayditch wrote: »

Thought Kindred Spirit was alright. Bit of a watery stout, well not watery, just not full bodied, or thin or something. Good enough, though.

I really like Zeus. Also had a couple of bottles of Amber Ella last night - I thought it might be getting a bit old by now but it is still drinking lovely.

Knifey Spoony · 01-01-2014 09:26PM

irish_goat wrote: »

The bottle may have gone off as it certainly wasn't sour on draught.

I have had pints (draught) of it that did have a sour/vinegary after taste to it and I have had pints of it and it was gorgeous. I remember talking to one of the bar men in the Porterhouse Cork about it when they had it on draught, he was saying that every keg they got in of it was different tasting, which I suppose could be to with differences from cask to cask and the different flavours that they can contribute.

I would also say that I don't think it is an infection type taste, just a strong whiskey/oak taste and not much in the way of a stout taste. I got the same taste last week from a bottle of the Barrel Aged Leann Foileann. I do have a couple of bottles of Kindred Spirit still stored away that I plan on having soon. It'll be interesting to see how hold up now.

I also cracked open one of my bottles of the Fran Well Jameson Stout last night and I'll say that it is miles ahead of the other two barrel aged stouts mentioned above.

Ipso · 01-01-2014 11:47PM

Sierra Nevada Porter, what an amazing beer. I think I'm going to turn to the dark side this year.

BMJD · 02-01-2014 12:51AM

White Gypsy Russian Imperial Stout

outstanding

bladebrew · 02-01-2014 12:55AM

BMJD wrote: »

White Gypsy Russian Imperial Stout

outstanding

I went to buy a bottle of this the other day and the shop was feckin closed! I have a shepherd neames double stout instead!

Seaneh · 02-01-2014 02:01AM

Ipso wrote: »

Sierra Nevada Porter, what an amazing beer. I think I'm going to turn to the dark side this year.

Try Anchor Porter and Black Butte by Deschutes.

Those two and Sierra Nevada are my favourites of the style, with Founders Porter and Odell Cut troat not far behind.

Ipso · 02-01-2014 03:29AM

Seaneh wrote: »

Try Anchor Porter and Black Butte by Deschutes.

Those two and Sierra Nevada are my favourites of the style, with Founders Porter and Odell Cut troat not far behind.

Had Deschutes which I enjoyed. Can't find Anchor Porter yet.

ciaran76 · 02-01-2014 05:16AM

Hardknott Infra Red had a bottle last night.
Not bad its a dark redish coloured beer which smelled strongly of caramel and kinda peppery.

Tasted quite nice a little hoppy and slightly malty.
This wouldn't be close to 5am Saint but worth as try.

BaZmO* · 02-01-2014 10:24AM

Had a bottle of the Alaskan Brewing Smoked Porter 2012. Essentially a really nice stout possible made worse with the smoked malt. Long bitter finish (like dark chocolate) along with the smokiness. I'm guessing the style just isn't for me, even if this does seem to be a good example.

Seaneh · 02-01-2014 02:45PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

Had a bottle of the Alaskan Brewing Smoked Porter 2012. Essentially a really nice stout possible made worse with the smoked malt. Long bitter finish (like dark chocolate) along with the smokiness. I'm guessing the style just isn't for me, even if this does seem to be a good example.

I'm not a fan of smoked beers in general but I thought the Alaskan was amazing myself.

BaZmO* · 02-01-2014 09:23PM

Just seen this video posted on the Sierra Nevada FB page and thought it was pretty cool.

Basically it's a timelapse video of the 2014 Bigfoot fermenting. Actually surprised to see them using open fermenters, but then again if you're brewing something with such a high ABV maybe it's not a problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xClXKMhcFr0

Heroditas · 02-01-2014 10:12PM

Opened a bottle of Black's Kinsale IPA a few minutes ago and had to pour it down the sink. Took one mouthful and got an overwhelming smell of cat urine from it.
Now some of you may think "ah go on, that's an exaggeration".
Well, I have three cats and clean their bloody litter trays all the time as well as hunting down the bloody tom whenever he decides to spray to mark his patch! I know what it smells like and whatever happened the bottle, it utterly stank of something remarkably similar to cat urine.
Bleugh!

TheSetMiner · 02-01-2014 10:15PM

Dutch Gold this week. Have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the rich aftertaste and subtle favouring of this fine brew. Best had under a bridge with mates straight out of the can at room temp. 9/10 would recommend!

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