National Homebrew Club Ireland

Have you guys come across this brewery? I've had at least 5 of their beers now with 4 being sours and they're fast becoming my favourite brewery. I'm sitting in gatwick right now waiting for my delayed flight drinking their 7.5% amarillo sour and it's just glorious.

I just wish I knew how to pronounce their name!

That's Nogne, The crowd that did the joint brew with Dungarvan, seaweed saison with dilisk, one of my star beers of 2015

Quote from: CH on February 17, 2016, 08:13:01 PM
That's Nogne, The crowd that did the joint brew with Dungarvan, seaweed saison with dilisk, one of my star beers of 2015

Is it the same crowd? Jesus I didn't know! I always wanted to try some of the Nogne beers but they always seemed seriously overpriced! The To Øl ones are actually OK value. Picked up two cans of their sours in bottle dog today... Brewdogs off license. Pretty sweet shop.

To Øl are a different brewery from Denmark I think.
Nogne are Norwegian and have beers called Ø, i particularly liked #500

LE is right, it's this crowd

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Who are gypsy Brewers


As opposed to this crowd that did the joint brew

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Ha OK!  It's all very confusing. Love To Øl,  never tried nogne.

Quote from: LordEoin on February 17, 2016, 09:18:42 PM
To Øl are a different brewery from Denmark I think.
Nogne are Norwegian and have beers called Ø, i particularly liked #500

Was that the imperial IPA, silver lettering? Delicious beer if so!

Quote from: armedcor on February 17, 2016, 08:29:05 PMI always wanted to try some of the Nogne beers but they always seemed seriously overpriced!

They're not cheap alright, but some (the bigger beers) are definitely worth the money - the Imperial Stout, the Saison, the #100. I tried the pale ale before which was nice, but no different than any other pale ale on the market, and still 7 quid a throw.

The Saison has an amazing brett character. The #100 is marketed as a barleywine in the US, but is more of a dark amber IPA really. It's a fantastic beer, but you have to get a fresh example. The problem with 7 quid beers is that they're often hanging around on shelves longer than they should be, and tend to lack freshness.

The letter Ø in To Øl and Nøgne Ø is pronounced like "Uh". I would describe it as the sound you'd make after being punched in the stomach but others disagree.

Tø Øl literally means "two beers". It's a gypsy brewery, founded by two Danish homebrewers who were friends of Mikkel from Mikkeller.

Nøgne Ø is a phrase from an Ibsen play which can be translated as "naked isle". If refers to a small island off the south coast of Norway without any trees (it's naked). Nøgne Ø is brewed in Grimstad in south Norway, and was a craft brewer until a couple of years ago until it was sold to regional Norwegian fizzy yellow stuff maker Hansa-Borg.

Send all Scandinavian language questions my way :D 

Brian Luv you need to get out more :-*

you mean LØV ?

Elisabeth's maiden name has an Ø in it. You better believe I needed to learn how to pronounce it!

Had their like weisse on tap in London, it's a super light berliner weisse dry hopped with motueka. Had it on a summers day and it really hit the spot, sadly doesn't seem to be available here

To Øl have some great beers, Fuck Art This is Architecture, Hops Love Pils and First Frontier are the three I've had and they were all very enjoyable. Have had less success with Nogne beers and they don't come cheap either.

Quote from: brian_c on February 18, 2016, 02:26:19 PMand was a craft brewer until a couple of years ago until it was sold to regional Norwegian fizzy yellow stuff maker Hansa-Borg.

Thats a shame. Was wondering why I seen them around less.

Tried my first gose(that i can remember) last night, took a couple of sips to adjust but i liked it.  fancy tin lol

Had that a few months back. Lovely beer.