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 :o
I would sooner pop it with something like http://www.brewdog.com/product/hardcore-ipa mmmmmmmm
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.
Maybe so Rukkus but have you seen the postage on that? :o
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 ;D
You can pick them up in some offlicenses if you shop around ;)
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 :'(
I mean dammit i want Banana beer, coconut beer etc etc but nothing like that around here >:(
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
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.
QuoteYa 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
got that greene IPS in ALdi today - not nad about it - o'sheas is better imho
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 :'(
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.
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 ;) ;D
No, I meant Tescos selling kits and stuff for making homebrew. Some of their other branches are doing it as well.
yeah waterford tescos don't though - i've been askng from time to time in tesco extra on dunmore road - they keep looking at me like i've asked them for their first born in a terriyakkii marinade
Yep there is piss all on the hime brew supply front in Waterford, so stock up because you will be waiting 3 days avergae for your order to arrive,would not want to be under pressure like ;)
Does your man not operate from his house in Waterford City any more?
Heard of him Col but don't know if he is even still alive or where he is? TBH i don't think he had much anyway from what others have told me? Its a pity because hopping(no pun) on the bus down to Waterford and pick up and back again you would be done in half a day, damn handy :'(
I think he's still on the go. He's Favourite Homebrew, and his number is (was?) 051872218. I always found him all right, over the years. If I rang him for something, he usually did his best to get it for me.
QuoteDoes your man not operate from his house in Waterford City any more?
yeah - he does David is his name & thats his number in the previous post
deadman - if you are looking for equipment - need to pick it up on one for your beer runs - ring this dude the day before or something - as Col says - he will do what he can for you - He does mostly kits - when I approached him a year or two ago - I was starting on my All Grain equipment - he didn't cater for that really - I think most of his customers are kit brewers - I know of one or two wine Kit Brewers who have been using him for years - he really is a nice guy - years ago when he had the shop on the quay - we used to drop in just for the laugh - mate of mine used to call him buzz head - as he got "some buzz " from chatting to him
I was not knocking him at all, i just heard that he was gone away from that completely is all. Does he stock stuff like yeasts and additives or is it just the bare cans of extract, does he do demijohns and stuff?
not too sure tbh - I did try him for yeast in the past - was looking for a notty or safale strain and I think he just had some generic brand
As far as ingredients go - prob not a lot - mainly kits - but worth ringing and asking him if your stuck and in around this way anyway - I've picked up stuff from him in a pinch like sanitizer - campden powder - small stuff that doesn't merit delivery costs
as for equipment - yeah - he would have pretty much a fair bit of what you would need from a fermenting perspective - I might actually be ringing him myself about demi johns soon - think I could do with one for yeast washing - If I do I'll let you know
Ah - I know your not knockin him - in fact i think it was me who said he doesn't have loads !!!!
so.. I dropped into the dude and picked up a plastic demi john - with an airlock for a fiver
I was of the impression that he was semi retired - but I had a quick chat with him and he seems to be full on into it ..
like I said - its mostly kit based from what I can see - but I guess the fermentation equipment is fairly generic anyway
said he could get whatever you wanted - but I guess thats probably no different to ordering it online yourself -
anyway he's there - has stuff - worth considering when buying stuff - shop local and all that !!!
Newtobrew before I go ringing him where in city is he located exactly? Dies he do wine kits? Sorry but I hate using phone.
Yes, he does wine kits and all the basics, and he is sound. As regards finding him, I can't really help you with that - every time I try to find him, I get lost, and end up ringing him! John's Hill seems to ring a bell? But then, I keep forgetting I have Alzheimer's...
Yeah johns hill - find the mansion house pub that's at the start ofthehil head up hes in o.w of the 3 story terrace houses on the left - would ring first as he's not always there and might not have what u need