The Truth about Craft Beers...

anncoates · 09-03-2015 5:18pm

LDN_Irish wrote: »

Sorry, it was actually winter selection, not seasonal. So like some cinnamon and other spices in there.

Just a little Samba wrote: »

Anything on cask is considered "Real Ale".

Please, please stop being gay or i'm going to have to call you both hipsters.

LDN_Irish · 09-03-2015 5:51pm

Whatever man. Heterosexuality and unspiced beer is too mainstream.

Jamsiek · 09-03-2015 7:40pm

mad muffin wrote: »

I like Bud and Coors. So yeah… fück you. Oh and craft beer tastes like dirty sock water strained through moody week old jock straps.

So you like fizzy water then

Lyaiera · 09-03-2015 7:42pm

Jamsiek wrote: »

So you like fizzy water then

Please don't bring my beloved Pellegrino into this.

RayCon · 09-03-2015 7:44pm

Lyaiera wrote: »

Please don't bring my beloved Pellegrino into this.

I hear he might get the boot ....

MadsL · 09-03-2015 11:52pm

Hunter S Thompson wrote:

Good people drink good beer.

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Warper · 09-03-2015 11:55pm

I noticed that people that drink craft beers are people that dont really drink. They have a couple of beers and gone home by 10

Wang King · 09-03-2015 11:56pm

Warper wrote: »

I noticed that people that drink craft beers are people that dont really drink. They have a couple of beers and gone home by 10

I believe "Sensible" is the word you're searching for

Links234 · 09-03-2015 11:59pm

Warper wrote: »

I noticed that people that drink craft beers are people that dont really drink. They have a couple of beers and gone home by 10

Sounds like me alright, I like to drink a few nice beers, chat to friends and have a chilled out time. Going out all night knocking back pint after pint just doesn't appeal to me at all.

Sky King · 10-03-2015 12:02am

Plus one gets real pissed off dealing with skaggy hangovers as you get older.

dashcamdanny · 10-03-2015 12:26am

Typically craft beer is 5% or 6% . Even more ..

A couple is all a need before I start feeling the alcohol.

Time to go home, before I start trying to solve the country's problems to the poor unfortunate next to me.
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Eutow · 10-03-2015 12:29am

Warper wrote: »

I noticed that people that drink craft beers are people that dont really drink. They have a couple of beers and gone home by 10

You seem to be spending too much time noticing other people. You should drink more.

Links234 · 10-03-2015 12:57am

dashcamdanny wrote: »

Typically craft beer is 5% or 6% . Even more ..

A couple is all a need before I start feeling the alcohol.

Time to go home, before I start trying to solve the country's problems to the poor unfortunate next to me.
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Ah there's not really a typical craft beer percentage, it can be anything, I love a nice lower ABV ale. Something like Fyne Ales Jarl, 3.8% and lovely citrusy thing going on with the hops, nothing like it when the weather gets hot.

anncoates · 10-03-2015 1:01am

Warper wrote: »

I noticed that people that drink craft beers are people that dont really drink. They have a couple of beers and gone home by 10

How do you manage to stay ahead in the competitive world of drinking? Injecting beer?

Links234 · 10-03-2015 1:37am

anncoates wrote: »

How do you manage to stay ahead in the competitive world of drinking? Injecting beer?

Vodka eyeballin' of course!

MadsL · 10-03-2015 5:57am

Links234 wrote: »

Ah there's not really a typical craft beer percentage, it can be anything, I love a nice lower ABV ale. Something like Fyne Ales Jarl, 3.8% and lovely citrusy thing going on with the hops, nothing like it when the weather gets hot.

I'm lucky enough to have a local brewery that has a world class (97 points beer advocate rating) IPA - Le Cumbre Elevated IPA at 7.2% A true strong American IPA. Wham bam thank you m'aam..

Links234 · 10-03-2015 6:31am

That's pretty awesome!

I probably wouldn't like it though, me and higher ABVs are at disagreements over matters political and social and just don't see eye to eye at all, so I tend not to drink 'em

Thornbridge's Jaipur is probably one of the strongest that I'd call a favourite, which weighs in at 5.9%

MadsL · 10-03-2015 6:34am

Links234 wrote: »

That's pretty awesome! I probably wouldn't like it though, me and higher ABVs are at disagreements over matters political and social and just don't see eye to eye at all, so I tend not to drink 'em

Thornbridge's Jaipur is probably one of the strongest that I'd call a favourite, which weighs in at 5.9%

They tend to brew high around here. I have a Marble Red Ale on tap at 6.5% and also Le Cumbre's Session Pale Ale is a 5.8% even as a 'session' beer.
If you are at all a hophead then the session is brewed with Simcoe hops, and almost, not quite, as good as the elevated IPA.

Just a little Samba · 10-03-2015 6:44am

MadsL wrote: »

I'm lucky enough to have a local brewery that has a world class (97 points beer advocate rating) IPA - Le Cumbre Elevated IPA at 7.2% A true strong American IPA. Wham bam thank you m'aam..

And Ireland is lucky enough to have Galway Bay's "Of Foam and Fury", a 99 rated (I prefer Ratebeer to BeerAdvocate, because it has a bigger user base) Imperial IPA clocking in at 8.5% abv and 132 IBU

Try it the next time you're back.

And I'm here in India with Kingfisher and McDowells Gold as my options, fml

MadsL · 10-03-2015 6:55am

Just a little Samba wrote: »

And Ireland is lucky enough to have Galway Bay's "Of Foam and Fury", a 99 rated (I prefer Ratebeer to BeerAdvocate, because it has a bigger user base) Imperial IPA clocking in at 8.5% abv and 132 IBU
Try it the next time you're back.

And I'm here in India with Kingfisher and McDowells Gold as my options, fml

Hate to break it to you as Galway Bay's brew sounds amazing, but http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/la-cumbre-elevated-ipa/133713/
Just squeaks ahead

I don't suppose Galway Bay can it? I'd love to try it, I'll pop a can of elevated in the post if you send me your address.

Just a little Samba · 10-03-2015 7:00am

MadsL wrote: »

Hate to break it to you as Galway Bay's brew sounds amazing, but http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/la-cumbre-elevated-ipa/133713/
Just squeaks ahead

I don't suppose Galway Bay can it? I'd love to try it, I'll pop a can of elevated in the post if you send me your address.

No canning as of yet. When I get back to Éire I'll send you my address and we'll sort out a trade, I'll send you a bottle of the Galway bay stuff and you can send me the Elevated, sounds class.

MadsL · 10-03-2015 7:03am

Just a little Samba wrote: »

No canning as of yet. When I get back to Éire I'll send you my address and we'll sort out a trade, I'll send you a bottle of the Galway bay stuff and you can send me the Elevated, sounds class.

Sounds great. Did some reading on them - great to see a young Irish brewer making his mark, I half expected an American head brewer

Love to trade btw

Links234 · 10-03-2015 7:13am

Yeah, that Of Foam and Fury, I've tasted it... couldn't drink it at all! It's only sold in half pints, and honestly don't think I could even finish one

Just a little Samba · 10-03-2015 7:36am

MadsL wrote: »

Sounds great. Did some reading on them - great to see a young Irish brewer making his mark, I half expected an American head brewer Love to trade btw

There's a lad from the midwest working as head brewer of WhiteHad brewing company in Sligo with 15 years experience in american breweries and it really shows, their beers are probably the best from a new brewery even in Ireland, straight off the bat they were producing top class stuff. The made a lovely imperial stout and a really nice IPA.

El_Duderino 09 · 10-03-2015 8:50am

anncoates wrote: »

Most lager is supposed to be cold and easy to drink. That's why it's such a decent drink for slugging down on a warm day

I can't understand the obsession with ice cold drinks in Ireland. If it's cold outside then cold drinks are crazy unless the coldness serves another purpose. Really cold drinks have the effect numbing taste buds making sure the drinker doesn't have to deal with much actual flavour. When the taste buds are somewhat numbed the fizz feels all the more tangy on the tongue.

I think the fizzy texture is the best part of the big brands. A bottle of Miller tastes of nothing really but feels nice in the mouth.

I'm pretty sure the obsession with cold beer comes from watching American TV where Americans slag the UK for serving warm beer. Cold/extra cold beer makes sense in warm countries and on warm day or if you don't want to taste the beer. Since we live in a country where it's rarely warm and frequently cold then I'd prefer if beer the beer I drink was served much closer to room temp

anncoates · 10-03-2015 8:57am

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

I can't understand the obsession with ice cold drinks in Ireland. If it's cold outside then cold drinks are crazy unless the coldness serves another purpose. Really cold drinks have the effect numbing taste buds making sure the drinker doesn't have to deal with much actual flavour. When the taste buds are somewhat numbed the fizz feels all the more tangy on the tongue.

I think the fizzy texture is the best part of the big brands. A bottle of Miller tastes of nothing really but feels nice in the mouth.

I'm pretty sure the obsession with cold beer comes from watching American TV where Americans slag the UK for serving warm beer. Cold/extra cold beer makes sense in warm countries and on warm day or if you don't want to taste the beer. Since we live in a country where it's rarely warm and frequently cold then I'd prefer if beer the beer I drink was served much closer to room temp

I like normal cold lager as something like a BBQ drink when it's warm but as you say it's not so much of a tasty drink that the deadening effect of the low temperature makes a difference.

It's bizarre seeing stuff like stout / porter served up 'ice cold' though.

galljga1 · 11-03-2015 1:38am

Ranchu wrote: »

People that moan about craft beers tend to have the same attitude as people that moan about vegetarians and they all end up sounding like 90 year old stuck in their ways assholes.

Thats a bit harsh. Not all vegetarians sound like 90 year old stuck in their ways assholes.

Lyaiera · 11-03-2015 2:17am

anncoates wrote: »

I like normal cold lager as something like a BBQ drink when it's warm but as you say it's not so much of a tasty drink that the deadening effect of the low temperature makes a difference.

It's bizarre seeing stuff like stout / porter served up 'ice cold' though.

Not really. The macro stouts need to be cold because anything else and you'd be able to taste them. I'm still partial to a Beamish, especially if there's only macros on tap, even with most places having some wheat beers I still often choose a Beamish. I just find some of the stronger non-macro stouts far better, Leann Follain is pretty decent. West Kerry Brewery's Carraig Dubh is superb. Although I also think most micro/craft stouts are as bad the macro's. They just put a craft label on it and pump out the standard taste to try and win over Guinness drinkers who want an Irish stout.

Mesrine65 · 11-03-2015 2:46am

MadsL wrote: »

I'm lucky enough to have a local brewery that has a world class (97 points beer advocate rating) IPA - Le Cumbre Elevated IPA at 7.2% A true strong American IPA. Wham bam thank you m'aam..

I'm adding you to my ignore list sir :mad:

MadsL · 11-03-2015 6:18am

Mesrine65 wrote: »

I'm adding you to my ignore list sir :mad:

Amazing how touchy some people get about people talking about beer.

The Truth about Craft Beers...

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