What beer are we drinking this week, too?

Lovely Bloke · 18-03-2015 12:03PM

You changed your post, rendering my hilarious joke useless, it just looks like a non-sequitur now.

Ronan|Raven · 18-03-2015 12:19PM

Polar Vortex is simply divine.

tang1 · 18-03-2015 04:01PM

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

Polar Vortex is simply divine.

Anybody know if this is available in any Meath off-licenses?

BeerNut · 18-03-2015 04:07PM

The Wine House in Trim is probably a good bet.

tang1 · 18-03-2015 04:23PM

BeerNut wrote: »

The Wine House in Trim is probably a good bet.

None there till next week, i'll just have to wait i suppose.

baron von something · 18-03-2015 05:32PM

baron von something wrote: »

Had a Two Hundred Fathoms last night. Absolutely delicious but at 10.50 a bottle I probably won't buy it again

well that train of thought lasted a whole 2 days. i picked up another bottle last night

Insect Overlord · 18-03-2015 05:53PM

I don't want to drink mine until I've picked up a second bottle.

lee_baby_simms · 18-03-2015 06:52PM

O'Haras Saison. Ok but I prefer the Galway Bay equivalent. Not enough peppery, sourness.

18-03-2015 06:57PM

Id love to be drinking O'Sheas pale ale again but everytime I go to Aldi(2 of them) all they have is stacks of stout and red ale. They wont restock until they get of the stuff no one really wants. Bit of a joke really, they would obviously sell stacks of the pale ale if they relaxed on the stout and increased stocks of the pale ale. Anyone else with this problem, and any Aldis in Dublin stocking it?

lee_baby_simms · 18-03-2015 07:02PM

sully2010 wrote: »

Id love to be drinking O'Sheas pale ale again but everytime I go to Aldi(2 of them) all they have is stacks of stout and red ale. They wont restock until they get of the stuff no one really wants. Bit of a joke really, they would obviously sell stacks of the pale ale if they relaxed on the stout and increased stocks of the pale ale. Anyone else with this problem, and any Aldis in Dublin stocking it?

Aldi in Ballyfermot had it when I was there a few weeks ago.

WallsToTheBall · 18-03-2015 07:26PM

Had my first of Siren's beer at lunch, tried Soundwave, very nice, great rounded citrusy, caramel, piney flavour, going to try the rest of their beers for sure.

Enjoying a nice bittery, subtley-hopped Vlad The Baker from Brown Paper Bag Project now,liking the way these guys brew, going great with pan-seared duck and oriental veg!

Insect Overlord · 18-03-2015 07:44PM

Keeping the food and beer thing going, I'm having BPBP's Doxie saison to wash down a plate of spicy chicken wings with blue cheese sauce.

Ronan|Raven · 18-03-2015 09:34PM

A mixed bag today on a rare day off. Rebel Red, Wicklow Wolf IPA, OBrother "the chancer" few pints of hop head and an O'Haras Stout.

Zaph · 18-03-2015 10:02PM

Schneider Weisse Tap 6 Unser Aventinus. First weizenbock I've tried as I'm generally not a fan of wheat beers (with the notable exception of Erdinger Dunkel. I love that stuff), but this is something a bit special. Fruity and sweet, but not a cloying sweetness, with just a nice touch of bitterness at the end. And it smells as good as it tastes.

harry Bailey esq · 18-03-2015 10:09PM

Im drinking grolsch tonight,8 cans for a tenner in the local offo,a bargain imo

Lovely Bloke · 18-03-2015 10:16PM

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

A mixed bag today on a rare day off. Rebel Red, Wicklow Wolf IPA, OBrother "the chancer" few pints of hop head and an O'Haras Stout.

The Chancer from a growler?

jsa112 · 18-03-2015 10:30PM

They still have it in baggot street BC

Ronan|Raven · 19-03-2015 07:05AM

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

The Chancer from a growler?

Got it on tap in Porterhouse Bray

Lovely Bloke · 19-03-2015 08:17AM

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

Got it on tap in Porterhouse Bray

They must be sending a regular supply in there.

Great beer.

a_non_a_mouse · 19-03-2015 11:36AM

A few new one (to me) over the last week or so.

from USA
Anchor - Liberty Ale, very nice will be having again
Anchor - Steam, ok, nothing special but would buy if on special offer
Anchor - Big Leaf Maple ..same comment as Steam

and from Oz.
Coopers - Pale Ale. it was ok, no great taste off it, but €2 for 330ml it would go down well on a summer day as thirst quencher
Cooper - Sparkling Ale...this was the worst beer I've tasted in years. Poured half the bottle down the sink and don't think I've ever done that before

audi12 · 19-03-2015 11:48AM

you know you live in ireland when a thread about drink gets 5,000 posts and then some people call give out when other countries say ireland is full of alcoholics they are not far wrong

ThisRegard · 19-03-2015 11:59AM

jsa112 wrote: »

Growlers are really excellent, if anybody is on the fence about them, they shouldn't be. Although, cost wise, it doesn't seem to be worth using them in pubs.

The problem is you start to neglect the bottled selection. What I've done is started to go to the offie without my growlers once a week or so in order to get a selection of bottles for a bit of variety as ever since they got the growler station in as I was just getting growlers.

jsa112 wrote: »

My understanding is that if the pegasus system is used that it will stay fresh for quite a while as long as you don't open it. Once you open it, you want to drink it that night, it's just going to go flat and the seal wont be as strong(oxidation occurs). That's why I only got a 1litre.

I've found that with some beers you'll get a bit longer than a day before they completely die. I usually drink mine over 2 and never had issues.

a_non_a_mouse · 19-03-2015 12:02PM

audi12 wrote: »

you know you live in ireland when a thread about drink gets 5,000 posts and then some people call give out when other countries say ireland is full of alcoholics they are not far wrong

Maybe I've just annoyed that you put this after a post by me...
I had about 8 bottles of beer over the last 10 days and I've become a fairly frequently poster on this forum of late.
If that makes me an alcoholic.....

I think a post about enjoying good quality beer is actually a good thing.
encourages people not just to buy large amount of cheap p*ss

The Hill Billy · 19-03-2015 12:23PM

audi12 wrote: »

you know you live in ireland when a thread about drink gets 5,000 posts and then some people call give out when other countries say ireland is full of alcoholics they are not far wrong

audi12 - This is a forum specifically for discussing drink. Please read & understand the forum charter before you post again.

tHB

lee_baby_simms · 19-03-2015 12:24PM

audi12 wrote: »

you know you live in ireland when a thread about drink gets 5,000 posts and then some people call give out when other countries say ireland is full of alcoholics they are not far wrong

We're clearly a nation of begrudgers too.

The Hill Billy · 19-03-2015 01:36PM

Let's stay on-topic please.

tHB

glorified g · 19-03-2015 04:31PM

Celebrating a job offer with some Galway Hooker. Stopped into tescos on the way home and picked up Franciscan Well Red Ale and Revisionist indian pale ale. Its brewed for tescos so not sure what it will be like!

Insect Overlord · 19-03-2015 09:33PM

I know I'm way behind the times, and you should all laugh at me, but I finally got around to trying Modus Hoperandi (cans are 3.49 down here, is that considered expensive?)

Anyway, it's a gorgeous beer. I've been missing out.

St. Lupulin · 19-03-2015 09:43PM

An File wrote: »

I know I'm way behind the times, and you should all laugh at me, but I finally got around to trying Modus Hoperandi (cans are 3.49 down here, is that considered expensive?)
.

It' not worth a euro a can more than Founders Centennial IPA.

...500 ml Torpedo cans are around the same price.

Both are nicer regardless of price.

And that's just the canned IPAs...

Good beer though.

ben.schlomo · 19-03-2015 10:53PM

Having a Blacks Model T Whiskey edition now in The Salt House, very nice, not getting a huge amount of whiskey flavour but you definitely get an aroma.

What beer are we drinking this week, too?

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