Ireland: What Beer Are You Drinking Now?

Good man, misteil. Good initiative. I've been lurking on and off (more off than on) here since 2016 and this is my first post.
I'm not drinking anything right now, but I recently had Cuveé L&L by Land & Labour, a mixed-fermentation project by Galway Bay's head brewer. I'm a bit biased because I am a huge fan of spontaneous and mixed fermentation brew, but it's an intense oaky, vinous and tart brew. Massive.

 

Great idea for a thread folks.

Had the Galway Bay Voyager NZ IPA tonight as well as a can of one of my staples Larkins Pale Ale.

The Voyager NZ IPA is a lovely beer, nice bit of dankness with some grape and gooseberry. Great stuff.

 

Not drinking any Irish beers at the moment but the last draft beer I had in a pub was in at the Legal Eagle in Dublin on Jan 28, 2020

Came home (Los Angeles) the next day and came down with some crud and didn't do much for a couple of weeks. By the time I felt like going to a pub things started to look a bit dicey, so I didn't.

Got my second shot last week so I may venture out to a local brewery tap room next week...

 

Congrats on the vaccine - time to look up the taplists

How did you end up in the Legal Eagle, a lovely pub but not one you'd usually randomly stumble upon?

 

To be honest, I don't remember exactly -- a mention on the internet somewhere I'd guess. I've enjoyed by visits there.

I almost hesitate to bring it up because it is quite pretentious for somebody from half way around the world, but I do a website of places I've visited or plan to visit: www.BeerGuideDUB.com -- originally it was for some friends that were visiting and I wanted to give them some non-touristy places to check out.

Of course it is out of date with the pandemic.

 

That’s very cool and seems pretty up to date from what I know, although I imagine there may be a few covid casualties over the last year unfortunately.

 

I think that is going to be true just about everywhere, unfortunately. Even if places close, hopefully the demand is still there and new places will open -- not just Dublin but everywhere...

 

Happy Friday folks. Couple of new ones for me tonight.

White Hag Mosaic Smash - very solid IPA, not picking out huge specific mosaic from this but it’s still a quality beer.



Rye River - Miami J. This is lovely, better than I remember it from previous years. Would love this to be available year round.

 

Yeah I can appreciate the value aspect of the McGargles stuff but would be nice to have more of the small batch stuff available on a regular basis.

Won’t get any argument from me about Whiplash - that Brown Ale is lovely.

 

Whiplash are in a league of their own. Specially with their Stouts and Porters. Another one who's starting to catch my eye is Otterbank from Donegal. Interesting experiments with brettanomyces.

 

A couple of new ones tonight from Dead Centre

Gentle Chaos - IPA - nice candied tangerine and tropical fruit. Good stuff.



Concrete Jungle - IPA. Nice IPA, the lactose rounds it out well without making it overly sweet.

Whiplash Ratio - IPA. Classic Whiplash lovely soft mouthfeel with nice pineapple notes. Great stuff as usual.

 

I’ve been using Untappd before I signed up to post here so I just continue to keep track and rate the beers I drink there. More habit than anything to be honest.

 

Great to see this thread!
I've been on BA a long time + often wished we had more happening in the forums for Ireland.
I hope we can keep it going.

This Whiplash is lovely; summery + fun - I wouldn't have thought you could do much with a witbier, but it's a clever, modern take.
There've been a couple of duds from the new brewery but I think they're worked it all out.
Looking forward to their new range of sours.