Only tried the Punk but it was really nice.
Only tried the Punk but it was really nice.
Jackhammer is too sharp for me but that's a decent present Baz.
They're all worth a go but keep an eye out for Dead Pony Club. It's lovely stuff.Originally Posted by Giggles
I'd say the local decent off licence might have it as it's where I got the Punk. Calling up this week anyway for a look so I'll keep an eye.
EDIT: This lot have it anyway. This the one?
http://www.drinkstore.ie/BrewDog-Dea...5060154911794/
EDIT2: Christ, I just read the write-up for the beer on that site.
That's the one.
And yes, BrewDog are utter tossers. First time I went to their one in the West End I looked at the menu and had a good laugh at some of the descriptions they'd given them.
That one reads like Merse writing about an album.
What's also amazing is that they also pitch still themselves as the plucky underdog.
You're opening a new brewhouse/restaurant thing in fucking Ohio, lads. Give it up.
Well, they're still independent so that's gotta count for something. You can't really give them shit for making a product loads of people like and not selling out to The Man.
Is it not just some gimp on drinkstore.ie writing that shite?
Also, the man
They're rich enough and big enough and all-over-the-world enough that they'll become The Man, if they're not careful. I like their beer a lot, I like their bars, I like that they're doing well without having been bought over by one of the massive companies. I just find the attitude they display a bit obnoxious.
It probably doesn't help that the interviews I've read/seen with the two guys they always seem like colossal bell-ends.
Following the above I'm drinking..... some BrewDogs. Ace of Equinox (tastes stronger than you'd expect for a 4.5%, quite nice) and am now on a festive-themed one called 'Santa Paws.' Which is really nice.
Last one for the night will be a can I have from a brewery called Modern Times which is described as 'hoppy, citrusy wheat' which I like the sound of very much.
I opened my gin tonight. It's fucking gorgeous but I'll near have to buy another for Christmas. To small a bottle for the price really.
I went to the local corner shop earlier to get some beer and spent about 10 minutes deciding. They have a Polish bit with 4 beers for £4 and it's an Alchoholics dream. There were 10% beers included.
I'm pretty sure it's 1) not legal (there's a pricing system based on units per £, right?) And 2) it would be fucking awful, but I really want to try it. Just not when I start work at 7 tomorrow morning.
As it is, I got 2 cans of Lech. Meh.
What about good working class ENGLISH beers?
And there isn't a price per unit in England either.
All about house red wines at the moment.
Havana Club rum is shit, by the way
Nice vagina.
I branched out and had a Carlsberg last night.
I'm currently enjoying a Pepsi Max.
Anyone ever try Brewdog Electric India Saison? For a two liter fill of it there.
Went to a spirits fair tonight which let me try some niche/small gin and whiskey. Came home with a Canadian rye whiskey with maple syrup which is really easy to drink(Tomahawk) and a liquor which is similar called King's Ginger.
Great stuff.
I recognised nowt on the menu tonight so I went with Budvar. That's alreet. I mean, at £5.45 a bottle, it better be.
Punk IPA one of the options for our freebie Christmas party drinks. That'll do.
Ours is in some 'brasserie'. The drink will be free but fuck knows what stuff they'll have.
EDIT: They've fucking loads according to their website
You havent had heaven if you haven't had A Berliner Kindl. The best of the night
Will it be a choice of anything though or the freebies limited to certain stuff?Ours is in some 'brasserie'. The drink will be free but fuck knows what stuff they'll have.
EDIT: They've fucking loads according to their website
Not that you should struggle to find something decent by the sounds of it.
The boss just buys everything for us himself, whatever we want He's really good that way in fairness to him, last year he had us up at the bar trying all sorts.
6 Irish ciders, 19 Irish beers, and 10 international beers I see on the menu. I see these two Scottish ones, ever try either? Interested to see what the seaweed one is like.
Williams Kelpie seaweed Ale
4.40% Scotland ale
Williams Joker IPA
5.00% Scotland ipa
Joker is nice enough. Pretty standard IPA. Probably one of my least favourite of the Williams Brothers ones though.
They've O'Haras Leann Follain so it'll mainly be that for the night I'd say but I'll try the seaweed early while I can taste it.
Joker's decent. Kelpie wasn't for me but I think it was that, rather than it actually being bad.
I've taken wanker beer drinking to the next level.
Brewed with corn, coriander leaf and fresh lime Peel.
I had a mint saison a few months ago that would genuinely have been brilliant with some roast lamb. And I don't normally go in for all the food matching stuff.
For tonight's enjoyment, as a reward to myself for surviving the day, I have Bengal Lancer, West Indies Porter, Dead Pony Club and Sierra Nevada PA.
I"ve got a couple of session IPAs from http://www.fourpure.com and http://flyingdogbrewery.com - both very much my kinda drink
Have you tried that Four Pure Pils on their site Raoul?
Fucking love a Pils.
I dunno if I talked about my trip round the Bermondsey Beer Mile in here but Four Pure was one of the better stops.
Nope, not tried it. Generally I prefer an IPA or a Pale Ale above most other things. Pils I'm so-so on.
I'm on for doing the Bermondsey Beer Mile with a mate of mine in the new year. Sounds grand.
I do like a good Pils myself. Barefoot Bohemian is lovely.
Flying Dog might be my new favourite brewery - they have Ralph Steadman doing the artwork and Hunter Thompson wrote about them (ish) some time back
Flying Dog are excellent. Their Horn Dog Barley Wine and Earl Gray Black Wheat are really nice, the Gonzo Imperial Porter is the stuff of dreams.
I'd start at the Four Pure end like I did and just make sure you check the closing times of the last few. I nearly fucked up by just going purely geographical. Also don't be one of the dickheads who scoffs at Eebria for "not being part of the mile." It's spitting distance from Partizan and had a decent choice when I went. It was also comfortably the quietest one I went to, which will make for a nice break before you queue twenty minutes to get a beer at BBNo.
Xmas booze collected today:
can of tyskie
To Ol haven't let me down yet, and Hibernate is another better.
Also had my first '360 lid' can. I poured it into a glass anyway but I'm not entirely sure I understand the point.
Having some white port. It's absolutely sensational.
Dry cider. Fucking yes.
Any of you drink mead? Had it for the first time last New Year and it was quite enjoyable. Might get some more for this new year.
I'm a twit
On the mulled cider
Weirdly I've always wanted to try Mead.
Also lol at Baz, the skinniest least manliest man alive drinking viking juice.
Mead is viking juice? Tom and his brother turned up with it last year, so I guess it makes sense.
It's really nice and doesn't taste as strong as it is. Four of us finished a bottle in about twenty minutes.
If anyone can recommend one sub-£10 I'll get some for this years NYE party.
I'm a twit
Damn that Tom cunt. So jealous.
Every time you say Tom and link that thread I piss myself laughing for some reason
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