What beer are we drinking this week ?

ciaran76 · 02-09-2012 12:45am

Can't believe it but my Dad was drinking Troble Or tonight and said he can't believe how nice beer can be!!!

He likes the odd Innis and Gunn but thanks to the guys in Mulligans and beer sampling he discovered Or.

themandan6611 · 02-09-2012 12:48am

ciaran76 wrote: »

Can't believe it but my Dad was drinking Troble Or tonight and said he can't believe how nice beer can be!!!

viva la revolution

ASJ112 · 02-09-2012 12:53am

Can't believe it but my Dad was drinking Troble Or tonight and said he can't believe how nice beer can be!!!

My Mom likes Brewdog Punk IPA surprisingly. I think some people just love the bitterness from it. I've had Uncles, who would only drink Guinness, really like stouts from Nogneo/Great Divide/Brewdog. Sadly, if they were given the choice of buying a beer, they would go for the mass produced stuff.

matrim · 02-09-2012 1:37am

ASJ112 wrote: »

My Mom likes Brewdog Punk IPA surprisingly. I think some people just love the bitterness from it. I've had Uncles, who would only drink Guinness, really like stouts from Nogneo/Great Divide/Brewdog. Sadly, if they were given the choice of buying a beer, they would go for the mass produced stuff.

I know a few people who like to have one IPA but find the bitterness too much after more than one so because of that don't try them very often.

ciaran76 · 02-09-2012 3:02am

I love the bitterness. But saying that 2-3 years ago I would have said its sick.

I always was an ale lover but changed when started getting US hoppy beers over here regularly which I hated initially but the taste grew on me.

Herb Powell · 03-09-2012 7:25pm

Fionnbarra's have Barefoot Bohemian Pilsner on tap now, have to go get some of that before it's gone

ciaran76 · 03-09-2012 7:40pm

Staropramen Černý it's a Dunkel styled beer. Nice and simple nothing crazy going on here.

Slight caramel aftertaste. I prefer other Czech dark beers than this but I'm 100m from the brewery it would be rude not to try it.

KevinRyanMac · 03-09-2012 10:12pm

Tried Galway Bay red ale, 8 Degree Howling gale ale and Franciscan Well friar weisse all on draft at the black sheep.

All exceptional but the Friar Weisse is something else.

ciaran76 · 04-09-2012 7:33pm

Tried Krušovice beer tonight seemed like a light pils type beer. Only a tiny bar with 1 tap so no real choice.

Drinkable all the same.

slayerking · 04-09-2012 8:22pm

ciaran76 wrote: »

Tried Krušovice beer tonight seemed like a light pils type beer. Only a tiny bar with 1 tap so no real choice.

Drinkable all the same.

Krušovice Černe is quite a nice dark lager if you happen to come across it.

ciaran76 · 04-09-2012 8:41pm

slayerking wrote: »

Krušovice Černe is quite a nice dark lager if you happen to come across it.

Will do. Thanks.

Thefirestarter · 04-09-2012 9:58pm

Bought 8 330ml bottles of beer tonight for a tenner (Icebox), 4 Erdinger Wheat + 4 Peroni, having not tried either before.

Erdinger is smashing stuff, will report later on the peroni.

Also had some Svyturys Ekstra last night. A very nice Lithuanian beer.

matrim · 04-09-2012 10:14pm

Trying a Nevermind the Anabolics.

Started out sweetish with the usual grapefruit and citrus flavours. Also had a slightly smokeyish flavour that cut the bitterness of the hops a bit.

Overall tasty but not worth the extra price tag over their other IPAs

Thefirestarter · 04-09-2012 11:49pm

Well, the Peroni is very underwhelming. Light with a slightly refreshing finishing taste. Not much else going on with this beer.

Seaneh · 05-09-2012 1:03am

Thefirestarter wrote: »

Well, the Peroni is very underwhelming. Light with a slightly refreshing finishing taste. Not much else going on with this beer.

I'm going to save you some time and effort here.

Pale lagers, by and large, are all very forgettable and you are usually best just skipping them. Not bad for cooling down on a hot day or washing down spicey food or bbq but generally pretty boring stuff.

Thefirestarter · 05-09-2012 2:28am

Seaneh wrote: »

I'm going to save you some time and effort here.

Pale lagers, by and large, are all very forgettable and you are usually best just skipping them. Not bad for cooling down on a hot day or washing down spicey food or bbq but generally pretty boring stuff.

I tried on a friends recommendation but I know now to avoid Peroni and my friends recommendations in future

Erdinger is the business though. I can't take to Franziskaner though.

_blank_ · 05-09-2012 8:41am

ciaran76 wrote: »

Can't believe it but my Dad was drinking Troble Or tonight and said he can't believe how nice beer can be!!!

ASJ112 wrote: »

My Mom likes Brewdog Punk IPA surprisingly. I think some people just love the bitterness from it. I've had Uncles, who would only drink Guinness, really like stouts from Nogneo/Great Divide/Brewdog. Sadly, if they were given the choice of buying a beer, they would go for the mass produced stuff.

I was in Edinburgh at the weekend and took my Dad and his brother to the Brew Dog bar.

My Dad drinks lager - Carlsberg, Heineken - so I got him a Punk IPA - jaysis, he fell in love with it, so much so that after three pints he bought two bottles of it to bring with him to the Three Sisters where the rest of the Stag Group were.

They kicked him out of there for doing that, and he seemed happy to be back in the Brew Dog place drinking pints of Punk again!

His brother is a Guinness drinker, and they had Mikkeller Black hole on tap also, they were serving it in the style of a wine - it being 13% - and my uncle also couldn't get enough.

Although that same man loved Dark Arts in Against The Grain one night too.

Seaneh · 05-09-2012 7:46pm

Today I picked up some O'Hara's IPA, one each of PHBC Hophead and An Brain Blásta and a bottle of Fullers Black Cab.

Sipping the black cab now.

Lovely stout, hopefully Tesco continue to stock this!

_blank_ · 05-09-2012 7:52pm

Yeah, the Black Cab is brilliant.

Seaneh · 05-09-2012 8:06pm

Des wrote: »

Yeah, the Black Cab is brilliant.

I love their Porter (probable like it more than the black cab) but this is delicious. I love the kind of dried dark fruit taste in the middle, great contrast to the super cocoa-y front taste and the slight bitterness at the end.

Heroditas · 05-09-2012 8:27pm

Really? I was very underwhelmed by Black Cab! Didn't enjoy it at all.

Chris.Buckley · 05-09-2012 8:31pm

Thefirestarter wrote: »

Well, the Peroni is very underwhelming. Light with a slightly refreshing finishing taste. Not much else going on with this beer.

I can't stand the stuff!
They serve it in Italian restaurants and fob it off as being a posh beer! I had it once, and thought it was absolute piss..

Dermighty · 05-09-2012 8:33pm

I can definitely recommend Krombacher non-alcoholic, tastes fantastic, very close to the regular Krombacher taste!

Regarding Peroni, I find it to be very acidic. Not even an acidic taste but it just eats my stomach lining unlike any other. It's also not great, I think the Germans do beer better than the Italians.

Chris.Buckley · 05-09-2012 8:39pm

I second the Krombacher. never had the non-alcoholic, but had the regular pils last night, one of my favorite beers.

Creamy Goodness · 05-09-2012 9:54pm

Punk IPA 300ml can

oh dayum!

Seaneh · 05-09-2012 10:39pm

Heroditas wrote: »

Really? I was very underwhelmed by Black Cab! Didn't enjoy it at all.

Well I bought it off the shelf, took it home and chilled it for about 30 minutes, poured it into a Guinness pint glass and sipped away and thought it was pretty nice. Not the best stout I've ever drank but it was really nice all the same. I'd have it over most Irish Stouts/porters.

oblivious · 05-09-2012 10:52pm

Seaneh wrote: »

Heroditas wrote: »

Really? I was very underwhelmed by Black Cab! Didn't enjoy it at all.

Well I bought it off the shelf, took it home and chilled it for about 30 minutes, poured it into a Guinness pint glass and sipped away and thought it was pretty nice. Not the best stout I've ever drank but it was really nice all the same. I'd have it over most Irish Stouts/porters.

It's a pale shadow of their London porter

Seaneh · 06-09-2012 12:02am

oblivious wrote: »

It's a pale shadow of their London porter

I do prefer the porter, but I think the black cab at 5 for a tenner (or one of 5 others) is a good deal.

I love Leann Follain but I couldn't drink 5 of them, I could drink 5 Black Cab handy enough.

I'd say it's as good as the likes of Belfast Black and Knockmedown and a wee bit better than the likes of Dark Arts, PHBC Plain/Oyster/Wrasslers, Hookers Stout, Shandon etc.

Like I said, not the bets stout I've ever had but lovely none the less.

I've been trying to find their past masters double stout for ages, but no luck so far!

oblivious · 06-09-2012 9:11am

Seaneh wrote: »

I do prefer the porter, but I think the black cab at 5 for a tenner (or one of 5 others) is a good deal.

I love Leann Follain but I couldn't drink 5 of them, I could drink 5 Black Cab handy enough.

Redmonds includes London porter in the 5 for a tener deal

Seaneh wrote: »

I've been trying to find their past masters double stout for ages, but no luck so far!

Molloys had it, might still have a bottle knocking around

Seaneh · 06-09-2012 12:14pm

Redmonds is a wee bit out of the way for me :pac:

Random_Person · 06-09-2012 12:24pm

Enjoyed a Goose Island IPA last night and I'm left wondering where it has been all my life.. :pac:

akelly02 · 06-09-2012 12:31pm

Anyone like Desperados beer? cant get enough of it at the moment!!

Seaneh · 06-09-2012 12:39pm

akelly02 wrote: »

Anyone like Desperados beer? cant get enough of it at the moment!!

Dermighty · 06-09-2012 2:58pm

I'm trying out non-alcoholic drinks lately, I train a lot and I don't like how alcohol in regular quantities affects my recovery and my sleep.

So far so good!

I can say that I'd definitely avoid Weihenstephaner non-alcoholic

and Becks non-alcoholic

, both Vile!

Tried Baltika non-alcoholic for the second time today and it's also really nice. 500ml bottle for €1.50 in Bradleys on North Main Street (Cork).

blueshed · 06-09-2012 4:45pm

akelly02 wrote: »

Anyone like Desperados beer? cant get enough of it at the moment!!

got 2 in my fridge you can have, a mate called over last week with a bag of beer.
most were ok to drink except these 2.

noodler · 06-09-2012 5:01pm

Anyone seen Rolling Rock anywhere?

There was a time in summer 2004 where most supermarkets and off-licences sold it but not anymore.

I know its a light beer but I thought it had a really, really nice taste to it.

redalan · 06-09-2012 5:13pm

Seaneh wrote: »

I do prefer the porter, but I think the black cab at 5 for a tenner (or one of 5 others) is a good deal.

I love Leann Follain but I couldn't drink 5 of them, I could drink 5 Black Cab handy enough.

I'd say it's as good as the likes of Belfast Black and Knockmedown and a wee bit better than the likes of Dark Arts, PHBC Plain/Oyster/Wrasslers, Hookers Stout, Shandon etc.

Like I said, not the bets stout I've ever had but lovely none the less.

I've been trying to find their past masters double stout for ages, but no luck so far!

Is the Balck Cab part of the 5 for 10 in Tesco?

Seaneh · 06-09-2012 5:43pm

redalan wrote: »

Is the Balck Cab part of the 5 for 10 in Tesco?

yesh.

old hippy · 06-09-2012 6:03pm

oblivious · 06-09-2012 6:28pm

old hippy wrote: »

Needs more dog

ciaran76 · 06-09-2012 6:32pm

Kozel Cerny not a bad beer a dark one again on draught.

Slight roasted malt taste and a sweet caramel aftertaste.

Had it years ago but thought it was a heavier beer. Much more watery than I remembered.

tombliboo83 · 06-09-2012 8:17pm

noodler wrote: »

Anyone seen Rolling Rock anywhere?

There was a time in summer 2004 where most supermarkets and off-licences sold it but not anymore.

I know its a light beer but I thought it had a really, really nice taste to it.

I had a thread on this some time ago. Contacted Next Door head office and they told me that Aheueser Busch bought the brewing co. that made Rolling Rock (Pensylvannia brew co.).Anyhow, they don't supply Rolling Rock to anywhere in Ireland but it can be found in Northern Ireland and England. Lovely beer. Had it last in the states a couple years back ummm

stuchyg · 06-09-2012 8:53pm

Had a bottle of Ola Dubh last night, the 12 year old variant. Really enjoyed it, pours v thick into the glass. Lovely whiskey aftertaste.

redalan · 07-09-2012 10:35am

Seaneh wrote: »

yesh.

cheers

ciaran76 · 07-09-2012 12:20pm

St Norbert Yeast beer really good beer.

Staropramen Nefiltrovaný unfiltered beer another nice yeast beer but the St Norbert blows it away.

BaZmO* · 07-09-2012 12:48pm

ciaran76 wrote: »

St Norbert Yeast beer really good beer.

Staropramen Nefiltrovaný unfiltered beer another nice yeast beer but the St Norbert blows it away.

What's a yeast beer? Aren't all beers "yeast beers"?

I take it it's some kinda marketing schtik?

BeerNut · 07-09-2012 12:52pm

It's an unfiltered lager.

Though I've heard it is a bit of a schtick. Budvar UK have made a big deal over their yeast beer being on limited distribution in Britain, but any reports I've heard are that it's not much different to standard Budvar.

ciaran76 · 07-09-2012 2:09pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

What's a yeast beer? Aren't all beers "yeast beers"?

I take it it's some kinda marketing schtik?

Yeah they seem to be all unfiltered beers. The English explanation of some beers are not great to be honest and my Czech isn't great.

stuchyg · 07-09-2012 11:45pm

had youngs choc stout tonight, have decided to try get into stouts, have a fullers black cab for tomorrow. thought the youngs was more like a porter than a stout but i did enjoy it

Heroditas · 07-09-2012 11:49pm

stuchyg wrote: »

Had a bottle of Ola Dubh last night, the 12 year old variant. Really enjoyed it, pours v thick into the glass. Lovely whiskey aftertaste.

Love the way it pours. Reminds me of treacle!
Wasn't bowled over by the taste though. Not a huge fan of these whisey-cask beers.

What beer are we drinking this week ?

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