Beer Run.

[Greg2013]

Made an aldi run today for stuff and decided to get these while i was there. Looks like i am finally going to pop my IPA cherry

[rukkus]

I would sooner pop it with something like http://www.brewdog.com/product/hardcore-ipa mmmmmmmm

[Garry]

Aldi's O'Shea's Irish Pale Ale is very nice too. Much cheaper than O'Hara's and it's made by the same crowd.

[Greg2013]

Maybe so Rukkus but have you seen the postage on that?

Ya Garry they had some of o shea's there but it was only the porter and i am swimming in stout here at the moment so i left it

[rukkus]

You can pick them up in some offlicenses if you shop around

[Greg2013]

Not around here Rukkus m8. Trust me i have looked. Can't get IPA around Dungarvan. These are the first IPA i have seen in the flesh so to speak

[Greg2013]

I mean dammit i want Banana beer, coconut beer etc etc but nothing like that around here

[newToBrew]

hey Deadman - next time your in around town - try and get out to world wide wines out near Ardkeen hospital

they do a good range of different beers - bit pricey maybe - i think theres a shelf of crafts for 11 quid for 4
they also have all the brewdogs out there and a variety of other beers too - I sometimes nip out there for a "special " treat - the owner seems to know his stuff too
also Superquinn do a "world beers " thing - 6 for the price of 5 a lot of teh english crafts - brewdog punk ipa and 5 am saint and sierra nevada is in that too   

- have you tried teh greene king yet ? - never had that

[Greg2013]

Ya tried the ipa last night and it was massive. Real toffee nose and flavour. Not very hoppy i thought. Must try to get o sheas ipa next time i am near an aldi thanks tube.

[newToBrew]

Ya tried the ipa last night and it was massive. Real toffee nose and flavour. Not very hoppy i thought. Must try to get o sheas ipa next time i am near an aldi thanks tube.

yeah - like tube said... english hops - afaik tend to be slightly more subtle (?) than the yankies

[newToBrew]

got that greene IPS in ALdi today - not nad about it - o'sheas is better imho

[Greg2013]

Good to know. That was my very first IPA so i have nothing to compare it to at the moment. I can't believe beers like this are so hard to get around here

[Col]

Tesco in Carlow are doing a few IPAs, pale ales and bitters now. I asked them would they be interested in stocking some homebrew, so the next time I went in they had Geordie's Yorkshire Bitter, stuck in a corner where Sherlock Holmes couldn't find it. I checked some reviews online, and nearly all of them condemned it as awful muck.

[Greg2013]

Col i don't think its legal to sell homebrew? If you did get a licence and proper setup then it would go from being home brew to craft beer. I may get down to Waterford tomorrow depending on a lift and if i do i will try to get to Superquinn and if not at least back to Aldi

[Col]

No, I meant Tescos selling kits and stuff for making homebrew. Some of their other branches are doing it as well.