What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

FredDunkirk · 23-08-2016 4:56pm

Hi all! Has anyone tried the new 8 degrees Going Out Out Kölsch? I'm generally a fan of an all-barley pale ale. Looking forward to trying this one..

senordingdong · 23-08-2016 5:20pm

FredDunkirk wrote: »

Hi all! Has anyone tried the new 8 degrees Going Out Out Kölsch? I'm generally a fan of an all-barley pale ale. Looking forward to trying this one..

Not yet, 8 degrees seasonals can be quite slow to get around but they said they would be selling it at the craft beer event at the Camden exchange this weekend.
That's where I'm planning to try it.

ronnie3585 · 23-08-2016 9:44pm

Passenger wrote: »

Firestone Walker Velvet Merlin Oatmeal Stout

The finest oatmeal stout I've had yet. Very smooth and subtle flavours.

Looks lovely, I really like a lot of Firestone's stuff. Where did you get it?

One of the very few things I look forward to with the approach of winter is the increase in the amount of stouts being brewed:)

BeerNut · 24-08-2016 8:26am

FredDunkirk wrote: »

Hi all! Has anyone tried the new 8 degrees Going Out Out Kölsch? I'm generally a fan of an all-barley pale ale. Looking forward to trying this one..

I liked it. I wouldn't say it's exactly true-to-style for Kölsch -- not being crisp and lagery enough -- but it's a very decent blonde ale.

baron von something · 24-08-2016 6:51pm

Tried the full range of Foxes Rock beers. I liked the Stout and the Red was pretty inoffensive but the Pale Ale,IPA and IPL weren't great

dexter647 · 24-08-2016 8:51pm

Decided to have an O Hara's Leann Follain for a change tonight and boy does it still taste good...There best beer by a mile:)

MonkstownHoop · 24-08-2016 9:12pm

dexter647 wrote: »

Decided to have an O Hara's Leann Follain for a change tonight and boy does it still taste good...There best beer by a mile:)

Having one myself, would love another but centra only had the one left

Albert_Camus · 24-08-2016 9:17pm

dexter647 wrote: »

Decided to have an O Hara's Leann Follain for a change tonight and boy does it still taste good...There best beer by a mile:)

Love it.

Crazy how they (imo) never really brewed anything else worth bothering with.

Passenger · 24-08-2016 9:29pm

dexter647 wrote: »

Decided to have an O Hara's Leann Follain for a change tonight and boy does it still taste good...There best beer by a mile:)

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Having one myself

One of my 'go to' stouts for sure, mostly because it's widely available and just all round a quality stout.

Albert_Camus wrote: »

Love it.

Crazy how they (imo) never really brewed anything else worth bothering with.

Their Irish Stout is well worth a sup IMO.

ronnie3585 · 24-08-2016 11:21pm

Celebrating becoming an uncle for the first time tonight. Wetting the baby's head with Buxton's Ring Your Mother and a decadent KBS. While I was rooting our the KBS, I found a bottle of Battle Horse I totally forgot I had. In the words of Ice Cube.....today was a good day:)

andekwarhola · 25-08-2016 12:05pm

Albert_Camus wrote: »

Crazy how they (imo) never really brewed anything else worth bothering with.

Their Anniversary Imperial Stout was nice.

Lovely Bloke · 25-08-2016 12:34pm

I'm going to Egypt on Saturday, so probably be stuck with some crappy lager or other for the week.

Garry123 · 25-08-2016 12:53pm

Albert_Camus wrote: »

Love it.

Crazy how they (imo) never really brewed anything else worth bothering with.

I had their Notorious and Opsession recently and was underwhelmed, however I had their IPA for the first time in a long time and really enjoyed it. But Leann Follain is the pick of the bunch.

ciaran76 · 25-08-2016 1:18pm

Picked this up in Molloys last night :

Sierra Nevada Six Rights IPA its an 8% DIPA.

Very creamy I thought , you know you were drinking a SN beer and had plenty of tropical flavors going on.

Really liked it.

BeerNut · 25-08-2016 1:37pm

Lovely Bloke wrote: »

I'm going to Egypt on Saturday, so probably be stuck with some crappy lager or other for the week.

Well actually the craft scene is Egypt is quite...

... nah, Sakara and Stella* are probably going to be your lot.

(*not to be confused with Stella Artois)

Ipso · 25-08-2016 2:41pm

ciaran76 wrote: »

Picked this up in Molloys last night :

Sierra Nevada Six Rights IPA its an 8% DIPA.

Very creamy I thought , you know you were drinking a SN beer and had plenty of tropical flavors going on.

Really liked it.

I had that as part of a mix pack, I thought it was the best IPA I had in a long time. I thought it had a subtle lemon/lime taste to it.

Trond · 25-08-2016 4:27pm

dexter647 wrote: »

Decided to have an O Hara's Leann Follain for a change tonight and boy does it still taste good...There best beer by a mile:)

Love it myself. Long overdue one actually.

Killed it for myself after taking advantage of a pricing error in Dunnes in Stephens Green. Instead of the 4 for €10 sign they had 5 for €10.

Bought 15, wasn't the easiest cycle home that evening!

Felix Jones is God · 25-08-2016 6:22pm

Trond wrote: »

Love it myself. Long overdue one actually.

Killed it for myself after taking advantage of a pricing error in Dunnes in Stephens Green. Instead of the 4 for €10 sign they had 5 for €10.

Bought 15, wasn't the easiest cycle home that evening!

How many did you drink before you got on the bike?

matrim · 25-08-2016 9:24pm

ciaran76 wrote: »

Picked this up in Molloys last night :

Sierra Nevada Six Rights IPA its an 8% DIPA.

Very creamy I thought , you know you were drinking a SN beer and had plenty of tropical flavors going on.

Really liked it.

Saw this in the offie on the way home today and picked up a bottle.

quadrifoglio verde · 25-08-2016 9:33pm

Currently writing my thesis and struggling for inspiration I've routed out a bottle of rochefort 10 that's sat in a wardrobe for 3 years
Hopefully the monks can give me a dig out with the writing :pac:

RasTa · 25-08-2016 10:02pm

This Phaethon by Galway bay is pretty delicious. Fruity number.

Insect Overlord · 25-08-2016 10:37pm

KBS tonight. No occasion, just wanted to open it. Absolutely delicious.

Edit: I almost regret drinking it now. Nothing I drink this weekend will compare to it!

Ronan|Raven · 26-08-2016 8:05pm

A few pints of Wrasslers in Porter House Central before I have to show my face in *sigh* 37 Dawson street.

MonkstownHoop · 26-08-2016 8:28pm

RasTa wrote: »

This Phaethon by Galway bay is pretty delicious. Fruity number.

Loving this, glad I got a few bottles

snowblind · 26-08-2016 11:24pm

In vegas. Drinking a Bourbon County Brand Stout 2015
Got a Bourbon County Barleywine 2 liter growler on ice in the sink
Feels good

However nothing on this trip has yet beaten drinking those damn west coast ipas in LA

Pliny the Elder wasn't even close to the best ones I had

snowblind · 27-08-2016 12:10am

Top hoppier brews of the trip:
Modern Times Attack Frequency
Alpine Not Nelson
Highland Park Brewing Timbo Pils
Societe The Apprentice
Beachwood Citraholic

UnknownSpecies · 27-08-2016 1:40am

Had a bottled Blacks 1601 Lager tonight. Maybe I'm wrong, but is there a taste of diacetyl off it? Not an unpleasant beer but not crisp like you'd imagine a lager should be.

TheDriver · 27-08-2016 9:52am

Tried graffiti pale ale, very tasty

TheBully · 27-08-2016 9:58am

Tried Heineken today....delicious

demanufactured · 27-08-2016 11:16am

Dooliner Irish red ale.....on draught.....in doolin..

Lovely beer..creamy guineas like head .and doesn't have that wierd aftertaste o have gotten from other reds.

aaronm13 · 27-08-2016 1:54pm

snowblind wrote: »

In vegas. Drinking a Bourbon County Brand Stout 2015
Got a Bourbon County Barleywine 2 liter growler on ice in the sink
Feels good

However nothing on this trip has yet beaten drinking those damn west coast ipas in LA

Pliny the Elder wasn't even close to the best ones I had

Go to Banger Brewing on Freemont St, they brew some cracking stuff. Their Quadruple is stunning.

ronnie3585 · 27-08-2016 10:15pm

Buxton's King Maker tonight.

Lovely stuff.

Not my words Lynn, the words of Shakin' Stevens.

andekwarhola · 27-08-2016 11:37pm

Loving the Galway Bay/Cigar City Phaethon IPA.

RasTa · 28-08-2016 12:12am

Trying this Brewdog Restorative beverage..... My god this is bitter and dry, delicious

Cast Iron · 28-08-2016 11:26am

Been a while but had Kinsale Rocket Ship IPA, good stuff.

demanufactured · 28-08-2016 5:27pm

Cast Iron wrote: »

Been a while but had Kinsale Rocket Ship IPA, good stuff.

Had a bottle last week....lovely.

Ipso · 28-08-2016 5:32pm

Stone Mocha IPA, I've seen this around for a while but I had no interest in trying it thinking it would be a gimmicky beer. I picked up a bottle yesterday and really enjoyed it. I didn't think coffee and chocolate would go with an IPA but this worked, everything seemed well balanced and the hops were more on the piney side.

Ronan|Raven · 28-08-2016 5:35pm

demanufactured wrote: »

Dooliner Irish red ale.....on draught.....in doolin..

Lovely beer..creamy guineas like head .and doesn't have that wierd aftertaste o have gotten from other reds.

Made by Carlow Brewing I think?

JoeLapira · 28-08-2016 7:54pm

Just having a pint of 8 Degrees Amarillo from their Single Hop series, really nice beer.

Had my first beer from Stone earlier, a can of their West Coast IPA. The hops were so dominat but it was still a very good beer.

HalloweenJack · 28-08-2016 11:35pm

Local super has a range of foreign beers so took a chance on Baltika from Russia. Nothing special.

Veloce · 29-08-2016 11:54am

This week:

8 Degrees Amarillo
Galway Bay Phaeton (Collab. with Cigar City),
O'Brother Sinner IPA,
O'Brother Huck Saison.

Can anyone else recommend other nice Belgian Farmhouse Ales? I enjoyed that Huck Saison.

BeerNut · 29-08-2016 12:33pm

Veloce wrote: »

Can anyone else recommend other nice Belgian Farmhouse Ales? I enjoyed that Huck Saison.

Third Circle Saison is a very good one, I thought.

matrim · 29-08-2016 12:39pm

Veloce wrote: »

This week:

8 Degrees Amarillo
Galway Bay Phaeton (Collab. with Cigar City),
O'Brother Sinner IPA,
O'Brother Huck Saison.

Can anyone else recommend other nice Belgian Farmhouse Ales? I enjoyed that Huck Saison.

Galway Bay Scarecrow is quite nice but I don't think it's available in bottles. I also liked the Black Donkey Sheep Stealer.

Veloce · 29-08-2016 1:16pm

BeerNut wrote: »

Third Circle Saison is a very good one, I thought.

Thanks BeerNut - haven't heard of Third Circle Saison but I will have a look for it and report back.

matrim wrote: »

Galway Bay Scarecrow is quite nice but I don't think it's available in bottles. I also liked the Black Donkey Sheep Stealer.

I tried the Scarecrow in Alfies and it's nice. But yeah I don't see it bottled. Oh yes, I've had Sheep Stealer before. It's nice. I've noticed it can be a bit too carbonated at times depending on the batch.

demanufactured · 29-08-2016 11:38pm

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

Made by Carlow Brewing I think?

No....brewed in doolin for Fitzpatricks bar

Rumun · 30-08-2016 1:06am

One of the best stouts out there.

http://pho.to/AIjoI

BeerNut · 30-08-2016 8:25am

demanufactured wrote: »

No....brewed in doolin for Fitzpatricks bar

Pretty sure it's Carlow. Where's the brewery in Doolin?

Veloce · 30-08-2016 12:02pm

@BeerNut - got a few bottles of Third Circle Saison last night - thanks for the tip. A little bit more bitter than Sheep Stealer but still very enjoyable

Tychoo · 30-08-2016 12:04pm

A pint of "Harp" needed it to clean the system:P

demanufactured · 30-08-2016 12:31pm

BeerNut wrote: »

Pretty sure it's Carlow. Where's the brewery in Doolin?

Actually think you are right....it's also sold as oharas red ale .....but I don't see the connection in the 2 beers...the Dooliner is a way nicer beer imo

What beer are we drinking this week? Episode 3

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