A place to tell us about what's in your glass tonight :)
In horans in baltinglass having fran well chieftain ipa.. Mic stuff. The nephews 18th and I have him drinking it, job done
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Had a rodenbach grandcru which made me real excited for my clone. Just finishing off an Orval.... Not much of a fan.
What clone did you try?
Just got this Jeff Sparrow recipe on last month so hoping to have something ready for Xmas.
BYO - Flanders Red (https://byo.com/grains/item/655-flanders-red-ale)
Sorry Sub didn't see this. I brewed jamil zainasheff's clone. I'm fermenting it in a plastic bucket for 6 months like he recommended, speed up the souring process.
Shameks Choc/Coffee stout. Lovely! Followed by my Black Beamer.
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In the offie in Buncrana, bargain!
Which offie is this? I should be down tomorrow.
Sorry I'm only getting back to you now. It's Gill's beside the Drift Inn. The father in law got me a rake of them a few weeks back when they were 4 for a tenner. They're on the go for 3 quid each now ibelieve.
I figured it would have been Gills. Went to Aldi and stocked up on O'Shea's anyway. :)
Wetting the throat with some Innis & Gunn as I type. Was having some nice home brewed Belgium's last night that were top notch :)
A couple of adnams followed by buried at sea, just to send me off to the land of nod
Cloughmore dark water stout.. Really good stuff .. Never had this before
Had the Brown Paper Bag Black Coffee IPA last night. Wasn't great, way too roasty and too much coffee. No idea why they're calling it a black IPA, nothing IPAish about it.
Just got this in tesco. A ginger beer called 'ginger grouse...look at the ingredients! :(
Game of thrones and oatmeal stout. :)
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N.B. I have seen the first 4 eps of G. O. T. and its as good as the beers I enjoying while watching.
Quote from: bier on April 24, 2015, 11:38:16 PM
Cloughmore dark water stout.. Really good stuff .. Never had this before
That's from down in my neck of the woods! Well where I was brought up. Their heather ale is class.
I'm having a hobgoblin gold. Perfect hoppiness.
On episode 3 now! Foreboding portents lurking all over the shop...
My Daughter's boyfriend got a leaked download and so watched all 4 eps the first week so am waiting 2 more weeks. Tis great already :)
Quote from: beanstalk on April 04, 2015, 10:37:56 PM
Special occasion, special beer!
Where did ye get that? HAven't seen Speakeasy beers in Ireland in years
Finished my degree on Monday so my brother brought me this back from the states for me.
Looks familiar, there's some lad on Twitter mouthing about it...
had a long day at work and decided to splash on a fancy beer.
Cobra king caught my eye , flashing awards and promises of a 'superbly smooth, double fermented superior beer'
tastes like rice crispies and smells like cornflakes. pale and clear. a head like piss-foam in a toilet bowl (doesn't last as long though). 7.5% abv with a strange sweet country wine fruitiness to it.
At €6.99 for a 750ml bottle I won't be buying another. ever.
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Thornbridge Black Raven tonight for me. Had to stop the other liffey brewers from drinking it all by drinking it all myself,fookers did not even ask for it to be stocked😈
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Cobra king caught my eye , flashing awards and promises of a 'superbly smooth, double fermented superior beer'
Is double fermented like double hopped? - everything's better if you double it.
Quote from: Acott on April 18, 2015, 08:40:14 PM
Going to give these lads a lash tonight
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I tried the common recently - not sure what I was expecting (never had that style of beer before) but it was basically just lager.
Actually I tell a lie - I've have had WW's Kentucky Common, which is completely different but was also a bit disappointing.
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Special occasion, special beer!
Where did ye get that? HAven't seen Speakeasy beers in Ireland in years
A friend brought back a pack of four big bottles from San Fran and gave me two! I also had their porter, very nice!
Down in the big smoke for the weekend and went to devenneys rathmines for the first time. Great offie but dangerous cus only half the beers have prices marked! :)
Had a can of beavertown smoked porter. Lightly smoked but delicious.
Opened a bottle of St. Mel's spring bock. Really dissapointed - weird TCP taste. Maybe just an off bottle.
Next up: Schneider weisse tap 5!
Having my Janet's Brown. Still too young but it'd want to improve if I'm going to enter it into the GCB American Ale comp.
Of foam and fury. First time trying this and not disappointed.
Saison Dupont for a kickoff this evening, followed by some lovely Via Maris..
Evil Twin Molotov Cocktail.
Verrry sweet, Syrupy. Not on a bad way.
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Evil Twin Molotov Cocktail.
Verrry sweet, Syrupy. Not on a bad way.
Well it's Thursday but I do shift so it's my Friday (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/07/ed77b2ebd5a89679a542be6e3031facd.jpg)
Obsidian. Drool
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Obsidian. Drool
I have never had it, started on the vanilla stout, very nice, will have to try the obsidian next so
Thursday is also my Friday, trying Crafters Pale Ale and IPA.
Had Dungarvan Seaweed Saison. Not for me but it is probably best for someone who has a liking for Saison. :(
Quote from: DEMPSEY on May 07, 2015, 10:53:51 PM
Had Dungarvan Seaweed Saison. Not for me but it is probably best for someone who has a liking for Saison. :(
I love Dungarvan beers but have to agree this one left me cold.
OSheas Irish Golden Ale.
BIG bang of DMS on the aroma.
Defo one for an off taste session. Love to hear other people's opinion on this one.
Not exactly Friday night yet but I started a weeks hols at 2 today so enjoying a nice super fresh Columbus and Centennial amber ale I brewed a few weeks ago.
:)
Grolsch as my home brew amber ale is not ready yet :(.
Still a good larger tho :D
Wicklow Wolf's Solar Eclipse Saison - middlin'
12 Acres' Pale Ale - very tasty!
Picked up some 8 degrees Gasman Rye IPA this evening, have been looking for that since I first tried it at the the Alltech fair
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Thursday is also my Friday, trying Crafters Pale Ale and IPA.
Saw these in Dunnes today, any good?
just had a 5 month old buxton pale ale which was all malt and just checked my other buxton red ipa which is bloody 7 months old, i didn realise they published they're bottling date, ill know in future but atleast i know its not just a shitty pale ale and its passed its best, it would probably help other breweries if they done the same. i do love they're beers when they're fresh
had that rogue tart chery ale which was basically cherry soda water
Dungarvan's Mahon Falls Rye Ale, meh!
Kentucky Bpuron Barrel Ale, seems like a lot of the barrel is present in whiskey and vanilla but is it real? Could be extract. Also kinda buttery and corny. Diacetyl?
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Thursday is also my Friday, trying Crafters Pale Ale and IPA.
Saw these in Dunnes today, any good?
I'm sure they've the same fine qualities as people say everything else that comes out of Kilcock has.
Yellow spot for me tonight. Nice.
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Wouldn't be big fan of SN beers but this stuff is delicious...glad I took a punt on it. The perfect summer beer
Is that stuff in Ireland now? Been dying to try it.
I'm currently having a homebrewed Janet's Brown. It's really starting to come into its own.
Picked it up in Redmonds this evening O0
I saw it in bradleys so it's definitely around. I researched the distilled hop oil, apparently they use 500lbs (2200kg) of hops to produce 100 litres of oil.
Anyway tonights drink was an amber ella.
De Struise XXX Rye Tripel Reserva Bourbon Barrel, nice.
Had that a while back...the brewer name sold it to me (well apart from buying it their shop), but I was disappointed with it.
You were in Ostvleteren?
Nah, they have a shop in Brugge
That is interesting. Don't think that was there last time I was there.
It's right beside the basilica of the holy blood on the Burg. There's a small arcade and it's the first shop on the right. It's tiny though but they have some Struise beers on draught to try as well
Had a Kinnegar Black Bucket tonight. The stuff's like golddust. Gorgeous big beer though.
Also had an O'Cleirigh's Virginja PA. I had a draught taster of this at the Sheridan's food festival amd it was lovely and aromatic. Opened a bottle tonight and it's a different beast, fairly bitter. I like their tagline 'take her handy and drink responsibly' though, pure Cavan hey!
Boundary IPA. Thought it was expensive when I bought it. Thought it was cloudy when I poured it. Thought it was delicious when I took the first mouthful. Worth the price tag and taking it home on the bike was bound to throw some sediment around.
Having a brewdog ipa is dead pioneer one, possibly infected. Which is a pity as I had a hurricane ipa last week that was infected as well >:(
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Grafter's Pale Ale. It's hopped Tanora :)
Savage stuff and only €1.99 for a 500ml bottle, you can't go wrong?
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Grafter's Pale Ale. It's hopped Tanora :)
Savage stuff and only €1.99 for a 500ml bottle, you can't go wrong?
That's ryr river in kilcock is t it?, its one of the guys from mc gargles sub letting
That's the boys :)
Been drinking Flying Dog Dogtberfest, lovely and malty. Gonna have to stick a faux Marzen on the to brew list.
Just opened my 2nd porter for the for the first time. It's the recipe from Brewing Classic Styles. Way better than my last. That took about 3 months to get decent. This is already tasting nice and it hasn't even carbed properly yet. I've high hopes for this now.
Blueberry wine for game of thrones finale!
Currently drinking a beer called 3.74 Degrees which is made using Feijoa Green Tea (whatever the feck that is). Tastes like wintergreen :-\
Hoppy beer is fragile. 2 weeks ago I bought 6 Beer Camp Hoppy Lever from SN. I ended up with one left over, brought it to a bbq last week and didn't drink it, opened it tonight and its a totally different beer. I could smell it immediately, the hops are gone it tastes and smells oxidised. Awful shame, it's a fantastic beer when it's still fresh (as american beer in Ireland can be).
Blacks ipa, clarion, limerick. 6.95 a bottle. I think i'll be on thw heineken for the night after these few. ..
This robbery must be bad for craft beer.
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Been drinking Flying Dog Dogtberfest, lovely and malty.
Had a bottle earlier. Thought it was pretty nice for an American Oktoberfest.
My mate who has an off license brought round a few Victory beers he was given to try. Not really anything to write home about. Decent enough but compared to other US beers here nothing special. And the Belgian Tripel just made me happy I live in Europe and can get a real triple.
Bottle of Hilden Halt . 6.1% Irish red ale .
A nice beer given the blake weather here today . it`s definitely a sweet malty beer ,so if that`s not your thing at least try one . but could see it`s sweetness beginning to grate after a pint or two .I used to eat malt out of the jar with a spoon as a kid ,ssoooo prob just for weirdos like me who really like malt lol but aye it`s a decent beer if that`s yer thing .
wee blub from their site .
"A premium, traditional Irish red ale. Hilden Halt has a malty, mild hop flavour and medium bitterness. This special reserve is named after the local train stop, which used to service the old Barbour linen mill behind Hilden House. At a robust strength of 6.1% ABV, Hilden Halt is our strongest ale so be careful not to get derailed."
Hops: Goldings, Challenger and Saaz
ABV: 6.1%
In a due sense of fairness i also tried their belfast blonde 4.3% .
this did not envoke childhood memories of scabbed knees and s-buckle belts lol . it`s fine but maybe it was not such a great idea drinking it after the Halt . it tasted like a run of the mill beer somebody chucked a load of hops at . and the hops did add a lot to the beer ,I`m just not so sure there`s much to back them up .glad i tried it but dont think it`s one id want more than a bottle or two of.
wee blurb for the belfast blonde .
"We have now merged our College Green beers into the Hilden family. Meet the new look Belfast Blonde! New look but the same great beer. A light, crisp tasting pale beer with a pleasant and distinct hop character lingering at the end. Using "Saaz" and "Hersbrucker" hops from the Czech Republic and Germany."
Hops: Hersbrucker, Styrian Goldings and Late Addition of Saaz hops
ABV: 4.3%
Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA. ABV 7.2%. Lovely citrus hop. Very well balanced.
Sam Adams utopia 2003. I think this might be beer heaven. (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/17/ca3d49c37d8482fc087b9980cd85b655.jpg)
Had a few pints of the Wicklow Wolf Belgian Brown last night, very tasty stuff indeed.
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First time I had this a few years ago I'd just gotten into craft beer and haaated it. I was so stupid haha
Beavertown Black Betty - nice and hoppy but the bitterness is a little overwhelming.
I had a can of Black Betty last night too, it really is very bitter.
Having a brooklyn brewery Sorachi Ace. Getting ideas for a future brew.
A day for the beach !!
Barleywine weather here. Enjoy the cerveza
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Cheers Mark
Not that I'm complaining but I'd happily share 10 deg with you, bringing us back down to 30 and you up to 26.
Drinking O'Haras Foreign Affair.....it tastes pretty much just like their red ale :-\
I had it at the weekend. It was okay. Mildly hoppy Irish red. Meh
Having a Galway Bay Voyager. Fantastic beer, says on the bottle "pleasant hop aroma", understatement of the year.
Shared a bottle of Black Bucket. Bloody lovely!!
Tonight. Yum yum yum is all I have to say.
That looks great anyway Molc. I know widmer brow are t necessarily craft but there stuff has always been good when I've had it.
I'm having a few bottles of Little Sumpin Sumpin which is one of my new favourites. Had a few SN hoppy lagers on tap earlier which I thinks aged out now and while it was ok it's nowhere near as good as the bottles I had a few months ago when the hops were really prominent.
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Shared a bottle of Black Bucket. Bloody lovely!!
Love this stuff. Had their Heady Hills flanders red a while back, jesus but it was tasty!
Was in Buncrana recently, just across the lough from Kinnegar and the pub that's usually fairly well stocked with their stuff was dry. I wonder is there a supply and demand thing going on?
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I can see why it's so popular, the balance between the super bitterness, danky/piney hop flavours and the lightness is different to any other IPA/DIPA ive had. Not in another world to the best irish beers though.
Where did you get pliny? Share your source! :)
Have relations visiting from SF. 8)
Recently I heard some somebody else say something similar about Pliny.. great beer but not a million miles from any other decent IPA. Funny how some beers seem to achieve this legendary status.
Well go back a few years and there wasn't the range of ipas being made either. I think it's just a case of the market catching up.
Defo. Ive been lucky enough to have it a handful of times. Pliny is top drawer. Some tasty skills to brew a dipa as delicate as that, day in day out. Im sure a lot of similar ipas are just that, similar - coz they copied a masterful beer & brewer. No shame in it. If it aint broke etc
Timothy Taylor Boltmaker for me. It's fantastic O0
Left Hand Brewing's nitro milk stout, mercy! Very, very smooth!
Quote from: helmet on August 02, 2015, 12:41:23 AM
Left Hand Brewing's nitro milk stout, mercy! Very, very smooth!
Amazing stout, it's on tap in the brew dock at the moment
Pandemonium West Coast IPA about to be cracked open. ;D
Grand stretch
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/07/1ed96d6492ae43cd90f95ce482c5eb60.jpg)a nice pint of porter in the garden
A few Spaten that a mate left in my house as I was plying him with homebrew. :)
To quote Mrs Brown,"ye bastards" :-*
It's a bit of a list, but I've been in Sligo/Mayo for the last week.
Mescan Blonde and Stout.
Swagman's Shtuff.
White Hag's Imperial Sour Red, Session IPA and Oatmeal Stout.
Clew Bay's red ale.
Reel Deal's Blonde and Pale Ale
Independent's Blonde amd Pale Ale.
I think that's it, might have forgotten one or two......every pub over here has a good craft option, mighty!
A 2L growler of Brew By Numbers 05/05 Simcoe and Chinook. A wheat IPA not too heavy on the late additions. At 6.8% it's an easy drinker.
Cheese course about to be served so its SeeBrey "Vintage Port [quickly]"
I went for the Rye DIPA and the Citra
More than 100 beers on offer
In Cervezateca Torremolinos
http://www.cervezateca.com/cervezas
Tried Lagunitas Sucks on Friday, lovely beer. Delighted with how much Lagunitas we're getting here these days.
Dirty big DIPA. Too easy to drink.
Black rocketship ipa
Galway bay In bloom gorse flower
Kinnegar devils backbone
really liked the taste of the kinnegar
Whiskey and coke, time I did some beer again tbh.
I've been mainly on my homebrew coopers IPA hack and lots of Spaten; gotta hoard those bottles.
FW Chieftain I IPA and quaffing it while I wait for the Arsenal to whip the Pool. My mate drinks Carleyberg but he is a pool fan >:D
Tasted both my rodenbach clone and my 1 year lambic from the fermenter...thats all for tonight 😕
Last day blues :-(
Was at electric picnic over the weekend and in their Beer Frontier tent they had a quite nice 8.5% cask stout that they said was a mystery beer. It was really good, I wish I knew who made it.
Also had a few cans of Metalman Heatsink down there yesterday, really like that too.
Sky: 121
Cream for about 3 hours
Having an O'Shea's spiced winter ale. Not bad. I think I like it. Also picked up a hobgoblin gold and a bottle of Dr. Thirstys (also by wytchwood).
Had a bottle of Full Irish last night. Its a good beer but I don't get the big hoo ha over it. There are better Irish IPAs.
Quote from: Qs on October 02, 2015, 12:13:19 PM
Had a bottle of Full Irish last night. Its a good beer but I don't get the big hoo ha over it. There are better Irish IPAs.
I'm not a big fan of it in bottles. Its better on draft
What better Irish IPAs are there?
Snpa and then torpedo by SN :D
Quote from: Qs on October 02, 2015, 12:13:19 PM
Had a bottle of Full Irish last night. Its a good beer but I don't get the big hoo ha over it. There are better Irish IPAs.
I think the new range is great, Grand Stretch is very tasty imho, far better than their first release.
Quote from: Pheeel on October 02, 2015, 09:01:17 PM
Quote from: Qs on October 02, 2015, 12:13:19 PM
Had a bottle of Full Irish last night. Its a good beer but I don't get the big hoo ha over it. There are better Irish IPAs.
I'm not a big fan of it in bottles. Its better on draft
What better Irish IPAs are there?
Voyager is definitely better, even in bottles. I like the Wicklow Wolf IPA better too.
Agree with Johnnycheech on Grand Stretch though. Thats a great session IPA.
I find grand stretch just a bit too thin on body for my liking. I get it's a session IPA, but just seems to missing soul for me.
Whitehag Oatmeal chocolate milk stout. Very smooth, very tasty.
Blacks black iPa, black donkey beyond rye pa, duvel.... Rye droool
I'm having a To Øl grisette. Found it in Donnybrook fair. It's fermented with brett and it's pretty damn tasty.
I'm not having anything at the moment (more's the pity) but one beer I've been delighted with recently is Aldi's new seasonal O'Shea's dry hopped amber ale. It really is very very nice with a decent hop bang. At €1.89 it would be foolish not to - and of course you can reuse the bottles for homebrew! The spiced winter ale (also an O'Shea's seasonal) was shite though....
Obrother Brutus, fantastic beer. You wouldnt drink 4 or 5 of them but its a kick in the face of flavour. Great stuff.
Watching the rugby and enjoying a bottle of Mad Hatter's gose style beer Liverpool Tart.
Really lovely blend of sour, salty and sweet. First impressions is salt and lemon and then the sourness comes through. Nice crisp malty grain finish just at the end brings it all together.
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(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/24/3c7fd0457163444048a94e3990ffd24a.jpg) mmmm
Torpedo's nice alright
Apple mead tonight, after all the talk about mead on the forum today.
Hop adventure galaxy version from I haras how have I only tasted galaxy for the first time tonight. Very impressed for a single hopped beer off to mine the internet for recipes ;D
Kinnegar Geuzeberry and Crossroads. Both very enjoyable beers if not a tad bit pricey!
Bo Bristle Amber. Not my sort of amber at all. Bland very bland.
Seaweed saison. Not a bad beer!
Not Friday, but I got to dring the following...
De Monnick - De Roode Vos - Massive Acetone bang aroma and flavour.
Jopen RIS - Smoked and Oak aged
Jopen Pumpkin Ale (taster)
Jopen Blonde Aged on Oak Chips (taster)
Jopen IIPA
i had a few bottles of blacks model t stout last night , diffrent to the model t i had before as in its 5% rather than the 8.5% in the one liter bottles . massive flavour and well worth trying , sam realy makes amazing beer even if his kpa isnt to my taste every thing else he makes is right at the top of my go to beer list , i also got a can of metalman heat sink ,smoked chilli porter , but i want to pair that with the steak iv been promising myself for the last few weeks ......nothing like getting over a dose of man flu to get your appite going .
Can of that Metalman smoked porter I had was infected so be warned
Make sure you say that back to Tim and Grainne.
Why? Should be spotted before leaving the canning facility
To help a domestic micro especially those that have helped the NHC in the past I would always drop them a note about substandard beer quoting batch to help them improve their process.
At the very least you will have it replaced.
Quote from: delzep on November 05, 2015, 11:00:15 PM
Why? Should be spotted before leaving the canning facility
How?
Lets say the batch of beer is clean (easily tested - I am always available for this) but there is a slight problem with some cans or the equipment. A "will become infected" can/cans are produced. The infection is not detectable at the end of the line, its only after the cans are stored (at maybe incorrect temperatures ) that a detectable infection develops.
That is why its important to tell the people!
Will be drinking these babies tonight, which I got as a surprise yesterday from a colleague visiting from the US. He reckons the heady topper was only canned a few weeks ago. Will post back in relation to how good they are.
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I'm jealous. Now that I've had Pliny Heady Topper is the beer I most want to try.
Tucking into some St. Mels fresh off the bottling line IPA tonight. That Heady Topper is a something we need an equivalent of in Ireland.
Quote from: delzep on November 05, 2015, 10:54:24 PM
Can of that Metalman smoked porter I had was infected so be warned
thanks for the heads up , after 2 weeks of flu and stomach bug i will hold off on trying it until next week , forgot to pick up a steak anyway
White gypsy Ruby-red for me tonight.
Tried the Guinness golden ale...about as good as you'd expect
Model t was 6.5% first time round. Liked both versions
Quote from: Taf on November 06, 2015, 01:09:03 PM
Will be drinking these babies tonight, which I got as a surprise yesterday from a colleague visiting from the US. He reckons the heady topper was only canned a few weeks ago. Will post back in relation to how good they are.
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Heady Topper was decent, with good fresh fruity flavours, and I know the yeast is important in this beer, but can't help feeling that it also gets in the way of the taste. Was careful pouring the can, but still quite a haze. I've heard that it should be drunk straight from the can, but not sure about that.
I think I actually preferred the Jai Alai, as the yeast didn't seem to get in the way, and the flavour was lovely and fresh, although the can did advise to pour carefully.
What I did like about these two beers was the lack of crystal or any of those other sweet darkish malts that ruin most double IPA's for me.
Quote from: Taf on November 09, 2015, 12:26:57 PMI've heard that it should be drunk straight from the can, but not sure about that.
I never understood why they emblazon this across the top of the can. What craft beer tastes and smells better from a can, seriously??
It must be some silly marketing gimmick.
Quote from: Taf on November 09, 2015, 12:26:57 PM
Heady Topper was decent, with good fresh fruity flavours, and I know the yeast is important in this beer, but can't help feeling that it also gets in the way of the taste. Was careful pouring the can, but still quite a haze. I've heard that it should be drunk straight from the can, but not sure about that.
It's supposed to be hazy
Quote from: Pheeel on November 09, 2015, 01:00:46 PM
Quote from: Taf on November 09, 2015, 12:26:57 PM
Heady Topper was decent, with good fresh fruity flavours, and I know the yeast is important in this beer, but can't help feeling that it also gets in the way of the taste. Was careful pouring the can, but still quite a haze. I've heard that it should be drunk straight from the can, but not sure about that.
It's supposed to be hazy
That's what they say, but why would they purposely brew a hazey beer? Maybe it's due to them trying to get it to market asap, and aren't filtering etc, which I understand and appreciate, but still not sure what benefit the haze brings. I doubt they would be saying to drink it striaght from the can, if it wasn't so hazy.
Quote from: Taf on November 09, 2015, 01:26:16 PM
That's what they say, but why would they purposely brew a hazey beer? Maybe it's due to them trying to get it to market asap, and aren't filtering etc, which I understand and appreciate, but still not sure what benefit the haze brings. I doubt they would be saying to drink it striaght from the can, if it wasn't so hazy.
It's their 'thing'. It's unfiltered and unpasteurised. There have been some hazy IPA's out Stateside recently due to TH. I don't get it myself!
The yeast they use is a low flocculator, apparently it's an English strain, though other people suspect it could have Belgian origins as some of the characteristics it produces at different ferm temps.
In Against the Grain. Having an 8 degrees Big River, definitely much better than their bottled stuff.. Outstanding beer.
Quote from: Qs on November 14, 2015, 08:20:14 PM
In Against the Grain. Having an 8 degrees Big River, definitely much better than their bottled stuff.. Outstanding beer.
Yep i agree, much better than in the bottle
Quote from: Qs on November 14, 2015, 08:20:14 PM
In Against the Grain. Having an 8 degrees Big River, definitely much better than their bottled stuff.. Outstanding beer.
Is that the beer IPA that tastes like grapefruit?
Yup. We had it at the exam on Sunday from the tap. Tasty tasty.
Having a 8 degrees Millennium imperial ipa, really nice and balanced for a 10% beer, great beer to celebrate the 1000 brew. Have to try the big river ipa, and the elbow lane/bradley's collaboration Vienna lager soon as well.
A Dutch beer called Stout Met Hout, reminds me of 200 Fathoms! (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/27/ebd8b43c83808936abe871c224f062e1.jpg)
Had a couple of local seasonals over the weekend, Wicklow Wolfs A Beer Named Rwanda (coffee brown ale) and OBrothers Joe (coffee porter). Both were really great beers. I preffered the Obrother though because it was just perfectly balanced IMO. Not too coffee-ey, not too roasty and not too bitter but all were present and enjoyable.
I had OHaras Hop Adventure - Sorachi Ace
Single Hop - It was OK, but I thought the Hop was a tad menthol.
Leffe rituel 9 enjoyed it 750ml bottle
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Quote from: johnrm on November 29, 2015, 02:49:53 PM
I had OHaras Hop Adventure - Sorachi Ace
Single Hop - It was OK, but I thought the Hop was a tad menthol.
I tried that last week, did not like it much. I have the Galaxy one this week so at least I'll know now if its the beer or the hop. I'm guessing it was more the hop.
Baileys on ice washed down with roses chocolates. Putting up the deckies with the family. Tradition. :)
I know Craft is making progress when I can get a bottle of this stuff in Hogans in town at office Party, not sure Diageo would be too happy tho
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Having some bottles of Buried at Sea meself. Had a couple of pints of this on cask/handpump in the Salthouse there yesterday, which was a revelation. Cask version would be by far my favourite.
Having an 8 degrees snoweater red ipa, I love red ipas since I was in San Diego the year before last, so it's nice to get the style in Ireland. I also noticed that 8 degrees now show the malt hops and ibus on the bottle, always a positive in my opinion.
I thought I'd pick up a sour. Wild Beer Co Zintuki (blended with Ninkasi) It's got a nice zing to it. It's quite dry and at 7.3% it's a pleasure to drink. Uses yeast and bacteria from an orchard in Somerset, blended with Ninsaki and a small amount of apple juice. Sour but not nuclear!
Quote from: dcalnan on January 09, 2016, 08:33:48 PM
Having an 8 degrees snoweater red ipa, I love red ipas since I was in San Diego the year before last, so it's nice to get the style in Ireland. I also noticed that 8 degrees now show the malt hops and ibus on the bottle, always a positive in my opinion.
I read that the Carafe doesnt make it bitter but tbh I got some astringency and bitterness from this. Was looking forward to but but surprised (and unusually for 8 degrees for me) didnt really enjoy this as much as the rest of theirs. The Black in their Vic Secret on the other hand was lovely.
Drinking a Blacks Model T. Doesn't say it on the bottle but I'd swear it has a touch of lactose in it. Very smooth
Galway Bay - The Eternalist. Jammy sour. Not overly sour and a nice sweet raspberry tartness to it. Murky purple brown look to it. If there was such a thing as a session sour, it's this.
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Torc Brewing IPA. This is made with European hops which makes it taste a bit different to the IPAs that I'm used to. It has big, bold flavours and fair play to them for that but it's not really for me. Also the €4.79 price tag is a major turnoff for me.
had a 2015 KBS it was full of loads toasted coconut, vanilla and cocoa its still a bit boozy for me but the aroma was unreal. had a brown sugga aswell which didn do much for me very hoppy but not the fruity hoppieness i like.
Have a St Peter's Cream Stout kit kegged so getting stuck into that, very nice.
Having a Arthurstown Kings bay pale ale, I was expecting a lot more from this beer, given that Kevin Dundon has put his name behind the beers. I probably won't buy it again, but at least I got a free glass.
There are two streams, a supervalu watered down version and one that I tasted at the launch in Nov. by Kevin and Kieran, a former Homebrewer on here.
They are poles apart unfortunately, and I would agree with you but don't write off just yet interesting stuff coming down the track.
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Closest thing I can get to a beer here in Mexico that doesn't need a lime poking out of the bottle to give it some flavour
I found a few dark lagers over in Mexico that hit the spot. Cant for the life of me remember the names of them. Nice rich Vienna style lagers. Nice when it for dark but in the 38+ day heat the Mojito or margarita in the pool hit the spot for me.
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Closest thing I can get to a beer here in Mexico that doesn't need a lime poking out of the bottle to give it some flavour
I've head of it in reference to Vienna lager alright. Good SA?
Almost a Belgian sweet alcoholy style beer
If you're on MacCurtain Street in Cork - Bru (The Pub/hostel) have a really good house Lager on draught.
Its called - The Shakey Bridge
8 Degrees Barleywine 330ml €4.30 in Martins of Clontarf.
First impressions on the nose are boozy fruit and rum/raisin notes.
On tasting, toffee-sweet with caramel, tannins.
Finish, caramel turns bitter and has a really dry astringent aftertaste.
In conclusion, I'd have to say that I really didn't like this one, the finish being so bitter and drying, it really clashed with the sweetness of the style.
Starting the evening off nice and easy with a half pint of Hardcore IPA. Lovely beer. >:D
Just tried the new Independent Cascade; its excellent. They are in Supervalue, Barna giving out samples as I type this.
I had a James Brown Rhubarb Tart.
Its a nice beer but wheres the Rhubard Tart?
Just tasted the francaisan Wells IPA and I'm sorry I wasn't drinking that all eve because it's lovely. Been drinking pints of the old cute hoor, very tasty too and also the first time I've tried it
Quote from: johnrm on February 26, 2016, 11:05:25 PM
I had a James Brown Rhubarb Tart.
Its a nice beer but wheres the Rhubard Tart?
it's just marketing john.
You know who brews Cute Hoor
Quote from: CH on February 27, 2016, 12:20:58 AM
You know who brews Cute Hoor
Awww man, fooled I has been. Thought I was supporting something a bit more home grown. Clever bastards not linking the name to themselves.
Few Nice beers last evening ^-^
Had Galway Bays Aikau last night, its an american amber and its delicious. Such a beautiful, clean, hoppy beer. I recommend getting a taste of it before its gone.
About to open this little beauty . ^-^
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Marks and Spencer have some new beers, lots of Belgians. 25% off 6 bottles until tomorrow.
Had the new OBrother Session IPA last night from a bottle. It was ok, a bit yeasty and the hops were timid enough. Nice bitterness but not their best beer, although its probably miles better on draught as their other beers are.
Collection from Alex who will be talking at Brewcon
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Just enjoying an NCB sour!
Quote from: Will_D on April 16, 2016, 08:20:33 PM
Just enjoying an NCB sour!
Is that a sample from the barrel?
No not the deliberate one. Renier is bringing that to next Boro meet.
This was either the Barley wine or the Quad not sure which!
2014 GB Cider on Gervain
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Ye're very posh in wicklow with yer Gervain. It's just gervin in West Dublin.
I'm having a lovely tropical SIPA. Loads of ripe juiciness.
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Quote from: imark on May 06, 2016, 07:23:25 PM
Ye're very posh in wicklow with yer Gervain. It's just gervin in West Dublin.
You develop a Franch accent after three pints of 7%, think allo allo only posher.
Speaking of French, I'm currently in Disneyland Paris. Bed at 10 with feck all to drink. Can't imagine there's much on offer that's either decent or affordable.
I'll be bringing a wile thirst home with me come Sunday, I can tell you.
-Barry
Went to have a pint and get my growler filled. Met a mate doing the same and both drank more than a fill so didn't bother. Only thing I can take from it is that I still think Victory don't make good beer and GB do. Now at home having a Punkish homebrew. It's way darker than punk but its so hoppy it's impossible to find the flaws. And it's definitely not brewed as I hoped.
Barbie time, handed a Stella "Cidre" . . . bit sweet . . . looked at ingredients - only 50% apples!
An Independent Golden Ale on the way, so all is not lost.
Some amazing pale from Lamberts Brewery, only just pipped at the post by a Cascade Helles from Jakub yum!
Was out for a bite in Navan yesterday evening and had a pint of a red ale recommended by one of the staff. It was only when I saw the bill that I realised I'd been drinking Cute Hoor. I'd already made my mind up about it before that. Not good. Kinda like Smithwicks pale. Utterly pointless drink.
- Barry
Opened up an eight degrees Citra, but saw this before drinking sniffed it, tasted it and dumped it. Have had this happen a few times with their beers especially their one off IPAs.
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Looks bad alright. They used to have bottling issues a few years ago but I thought they were all sorted. I'm sure if you email that pic and the bottle number they'd sort you out.
After a tiring evening of turning turf, I decided to treat myself to a couple of the finest beers i could find in the local Centra.
The choice of swill was pretty pathetic and I ended up walking out with 2 Smirnoff Ice.
Best decision ever! I'm gonna have to clone this heaven nectar ;D
You got iced bro! But yeah I'll probably email them, moved onto some Maltese beer afterwards and that was slightly better.
Quote from: dcalnan on June 06, 2016, 09:13:51 PM
Opened up an eight degrees Citra, but saw this before drinking sniffed it, tasted it and dumped it. Have had this happen a few times with their beers especially their one off IPAs.
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What did it smell / taste of?
Probably says it elsewhere on the site but Lidl are doing a 6 pack of Van Steenberge beers for $15 at the mo. Some aren't bad, particularly considering the completely outrageous prices comparable brews cost.
There was a slight sourness, hard to get with all the hops, but the main thing that gave it away was the mouthfeel, thick and syrupy ,and when shaking the glass it moves like a syrup, my guess is pediococcus/ lactic bacteria.
Email them, with batch number, I'm sure they will want to know and tell us how you get on.
I did it a couple of years ago and was dismissed initially by email until I rocked up at the door explained who I was and why I knew there was a problem with the product, I walked them through the problem by making them drink it which they fully accepted, it was just one batch from high ferment temps.
As a brewer forgetting the negative publicity I'd want to know if my beer wasn't right for public consumption so I could address what problem was.
A case in my own industry where water bottles were full of something they shouldn't have been was simply down to stacked bottles outside sitting on wet cardboard dividing layers, bugs got in and had a field day and made lots of folks very ill. Fillers didn't notice as cardboard had dried.
My point is usually it's pretty simple issue to resolve and better to be aware of the problem and deal with it than have folks think it's supposed to taste like that or worse make them sick
My first beer where I can honestly say to myself I did everything right on fresh H Head grain, hops, water, MT, fermenting conditioning, etc, a cal common fermented using 810 for 3 weeks and conditioned at 8 degrees for a month, there is a problem though she likes it as well
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One of my favourite styles to brew. Always have a keg of this in the house. Due another batch soon in fact!
Looks amazing. I've never brewed a Cal Common. I might add one to the list for autumn.
White gypsy Ruby-red for me again tonight :D
Rollover, the session Ipa from whiplash is the perfect BBQ beer. Absolutely love it.
Arrogant bastard
8 wired brewing co - hippy berliner
as it says on the bottle sour and hoppy tasty indeed
and a 8 degrees brewing galaxy single hop ipa- another good choice for the evening.
Cloudwater session Ipa
Quote from: mrmeindl on August 27, 2016, 12:15:51 PMAnd another Wexford homebrewer has gone pro!
Ah here, he's a Derry man. :P
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Acid Mother, in the Dark Horse. Nor bad, simple enough flavour.
Having a Maltese craft beer lord chambray San blas an English IPA. Pretty nice more of an American IPA than English, I suspect hops like Amarillo due to the grapefruit, not bad but I probably left it too long as it's not as fresh as it should be.
Absolutely stinking headcold and can't taste a thing, had to have something with barley in it
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Wimbledon's over, man. Get with the times.
- Barry
Quote from: CH on October 02, 2016, 10:21:29 AM
Absolutely stinking headcold and can't taste a thing, had to have something with barley in it
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Eh, beer?
Barley flavoured water isn't that what beer is
Depends on what beer you're drinking! ;)
Spread the word, the Rascals Wunderbar in Aldi is €2.69, fresh and gorgeous.
Maybe send the brewery an email and let them know, I'm sure they would like to know if there was a problem with a batch
If date is smudged off that's an issue at the vendor, bring it back as I think it's against the law to sell a consumable with out a bbd?, check other bottles where you bought it as well the barstewards
ayinger jahrhundret. nice.
These, yum
Stop teasing and tell us who it was? :P
we need stuff like that in the members area as its verging on commercial slander saying a breweries beer tastes like "pish" have tasted a lot of sub par irish micro stuff recently but its bottling related as one bottle ok and next not :(
Be nice to educate members who weren't bjcp judges to know what to look out for fault wise and whats good and bad out there
Definitely agree on the bottling issue. The move to cans is improving a lot of local stuff and getting the stuff on tap has always been massively different.
If certain breweries occasionally sell 'pishy' beer due to their own bottling process, then any bad press is their own fault.
I'm all for supporting consistently great Irish beer and there's plenty of it out there, but if I have a bad experience with a brewery's product I'll avoid it in the future and not recommend it to others.
I'm not BJCP trained, but I can tell if a beer's oxydised, infected, imbalanced, etc. It doesn't really matter if people use the correct terminology for what is for all intents and purposes a 'pishy beer' that they spent good money on, and often too much.
With the ridiculous prices on some craft beer a lot of people don't buy many at a time, so it's double important that the brewery gets it right.
The majority are contract bottling and its out of their control until the complaints start coming in :(
Your right it's not for discussion in public area, folks can always post I had a beer X with the following dodgy flavour what is it?
One in Wexford has gone and a few more sailing close to the wind at the moment.
lidl have 750ml bottles of Abbaye De Vauclair 'biere blanche' with coriander for €2.79
i enjoyed it a lot:
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Doing a side by side comparison of the canned version - turns out to be very hard to tell apart
Not exactly a ringing endorsement then...
It's a grand ipa imo . Have had a lot worse, but also.... (don't particularly like the overly bitter Ida's personality) On special in dunnnes.
Why so little Oktoberfest this year
we had fancy hacker pschorr and tasty cheap spaten b4
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Did follow up with a can of punk ipa which was very fresh, and milder compared to some recent bottles. Really am converting to cans
Franciscan Well Brewery Chieftain Irish Pale Ale. Pleasantly surprised! There's a lovely fresh flower aroma and a bright bitterness.
Quote from: mr hoppy on October 22, 2016, 01:09:55 AM
Why so little Oktoberfest this year we had fancy hacker pschorr and tasty cheap spaten b4
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Hacker Pschoor was a tasty one alright! And in flippy tops!
I'm having a couple of bottles of chocolate milk stout from Galway Bay and reading a book about writing..
I have to say I always enjoy this beer!
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Quote from: mr hoppy on October 22, 2016, 01:09:55 AM
Why so little Oktoberfest this year we had fancy hacker pschorr and tasty cheap spaten b4
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Hacker Pschoor was a tasty one alright! And in flippy tops!
+1, only compensation is ready availability of Ayingerz brews. Had a Urweiss and a Jahrhundret earlier. Very good. Here Celebrator might be available soon...
I would be drinking Gösser ( Nice Maarzen from Austria :))
I bought a 4 l keg there at the weekend and put it in the case ( it's a plastic Keggie )
Only problem is it's a beertender compatible thing .. >:(
Anyone have a lend of a Beertender near Cork ?
Quote from: Slev on October 22, 2016, 12:48:33 AM
It's a grand ipa imo . Have had a lot worse, but also.... (don't particularly like the overly bitter Ida's personality) On special in dunnnes.
Have to agree with Slev, I really like this IPA
Put a passion fruit DIPA on the other night and pouting the first of it now.
A dirty big 10.8% hipster hop monster.
Yum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWNS2-LM_9Q
:D
Blacks of Kinsale 'Irish Giant' barleywine 11%.
Not much detail on what type of barleywine they were going for.
For a barleywine I found it quite thin in body, more like that of a quad but without the yeast characteristics or other flavours.
Have to say not impressed, didn't finish it and remainder has gone into my slops jar for baking.
well tonight I will be trying a London pride
which I brewed in November so it ready to taste tonight
so finger cross its ok
Fullers Clone on Nitro, mad taste of choc, no choc malt used
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Quote from: CH on January 10, 2017, 09:08:12 PM
Fullers Clone on Nitro, mad taste of choc, no choc malt used
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I've noticed this chocolate note with WLP002
Quote from: CH on January 10, 2017, 09:08:12 PM
Fullers Clone on Nitro, mad taste of choc, no choc malt used
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Porter? I've a clone of it on too but there was chocolate malt in it. Recipe from Modern Homebrew Recipes. Wouldn't make it again though.
I'll drop you a bottle
That'd be cool to compare.
With 220g of real fruit per litre it's one of my five a day
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dark lady from white gypsy. nice.
Modern Times Beer -Blazing world. would recommend
4 for €10 in Lord mayors, couldn't walk away from them
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2007 Oude Geuze
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Drinking a crooked stave petite sour. The blueberry variety. Absolutely delicious!
Stout-1 in the twelve, barna. My new stout.
nice wee number. worth the effort of getting it open lol.
Quote from: CH on January 10, 2017, 09:08:12 PM
Fullers Clone on Nitro, mad taste of choc, no choc malt used
What recipe?
My own
It's v2.2 of 4 so I'll post when I've perfected
Will tell you 002 out performs any others in bringing taste profile forward
Having a lovely homebrewed 5% Belgian single brewed by Beanstalk. Got a Rogue Santa's Reserve and a few Japanese beers to have afterwards.
Wicklow Wolf Zoso Smash IPA, imagine its a Smash IPA with Chinook and you're just about there. Like chewing on Xmas trees. Nice clean beer but it's not a hop profile I'm into.
The Hare and the Hag Kinnegar White Hag collaboration is beautiful. Tastes like the old Carte d'Or ice cream.
I'm currently drinking a bottle I scooped up during the BrewCon cleanup. It's a yellow capped, amber coloured hoppy beer, I'd guess in DIPA category. Not sure who left it but kudos to the brewer!
Haha could've been anything.
Sweet jesus. Never try Sol Clamato. It's a 2.5% lager, clam, tomato, spice beer. Tastes like someone has watered down tomato juice and added spices and shellfish flavouring. 2 sips were all I could manage.
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Was kind of half thinking of doing something like that myself >:D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelada
Used to love clamato in Canada. Don't think you can get it here. Anyone know any different?
Should say I'm drinking Saturate from Whiplash. Very nice and it even comes in a faux Cloudwater can.
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Homebrewed Gose and I'm having Founders Doom Bourbon barrel aged DIPA after