Beer Notes (The Official XH Beer Discussion Thread)

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Originally Posted by Muskie

How was it? Just reading your post made me wish I had a bottle.

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It was awesome. Great, subtle flavor. I wish they distributed outside of Wisconsin.

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Originally Posted by Emp

Just finished a week in Ireland that included my first venture to Ulster. Some good news, some not so, for beer drinking in the Emerald Isle.

Besides the previously mentioned "light" Guinness, it is just plain weird to see Bud and Coors on tap in pubs, and prominent at the Galway Races, fercryinoutloud. I think the younger drinkers want to get away from their grandfather's beer, but come on.

Craft breweries were stronger in Belfast than in Dublin. I had some nice local brew in Kilkenny, which still has the village feel despite becoming quite a holiday mecca. I did not get into Galway's "Latin Quarter"(another WTF), where what apparently passes for Irish "knees up" debauchery proceeds after the races. But there were enough bare long legs and high heels to turn even an older gent's head. at the track. The only downside was the migration of the silly feather "fascintors" from Jolly Old. Please, take your hat OFF.

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yes, I've heard Bud is quite popular in Ireland, which is odd.

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Originally Posted by Emp

Just finished a week in Ireland that included my first venture to Ulster. Some good news, some not so, for beer drinking in the Emerald Isle.

Besides the previously mentioned "light" Guinness, it is just plain weird to see Bud and Coors on tap in pubs, and prominent at the Galway Races, fercryinoutloud. I think the younger drinkers want to get away from their grandfather's beer, but come on.

Craft breweries were stronger in Belfast than in Dublin. I had some nice local brew in Kilkenny, which still has the village feel despite becoming quite a holiday mecca. I did not get into Galway's "Latin Quarter"(another WTF), where what apparently passes for Irish "knees up" debauchery proceeds after the races. But there were enough bare long legs and high heels to turn even an older gent's head. at the track. The only downside was the migration of the silly feather "fascintors" from Jolly Old. Please, take your hat OFF.

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*searching for my Old English/Irish Emp to English dictionary. :logo:

As a friend warned me, "When going overseas, be careful when ordering an import, they might serve you Bud Light - imported from the USA."

There is also a Heineken brewery somewhere in Ireland, I have a photo of that.

I stuck mainly with Guiness on my trip over there "When in Dublin...", though I had Murphy's Stout in Cork (Its similar to Guiness just the local/regional brewery)

One night in Galway I ordered a Harp, and the server (I was in a restaurant) gave me a look like "You came all the way across the pond, and all you want is Harp??!!??"

I did much better on the Germany trip getting a more well rounded sampling of the local beers - beers from Spaten (the lager, at Oktoberfest, in their Oktoberfest tent), HB Original (at the oroginal HB), Lowenbrau, Krazy Konigg Ludwig Dunkel, Warsteiner Verum, then over in Austria added Zipfer (you know how European pubs serve each brand of beer in its own special glass, the Zipfer one looked like a vase, square shaped, tall and thin), Kaiser, Steigel, and Arany Ászok in Hungary. Made the mistake of getting photos, when friends looked in photo album they were like "Here he is, having yet another beer"

St Mary's in Hyde park has an excellent beer selection courtesy cavalier distributing.

The main beer truck has Kroenburg 1664 light lager or something like that from France as well as a beckeridhe wheat beer, stone IPA, dogfish 60 minute and left hand milk stout. All in draft. Molson, fosters and leinkugel summer shandy in cans.

Then there is a leinkugel booth with a bunch of selections.

The gaming area has beckenridge lucky u IPA and Kentucky bourbon barrel ale.

They have bottles of crap beer like miller for the crude beer palate.

Did I mention that's a short walk from cock and bull that offers 60 beers on draft and more I'm bottles.

It's been a bad night for me. So far. Spaten lager, bells two hearted ale, Arogant bastard by ???, dogfish head 60 miniute, beckenriidge lucky u IPA, stones"s IPA, and Kroenburg 1665

One thing I know now. I believe in IPA!!"

Attachment 554. What a church festival beer truck should look like.

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Originally Posted by coasterville95

It's been a bad night for me. So far. Spaten lager, bells two hearted ale, Arogant bastard by ???"

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also Stone

Liver is being punished tonight. I tried the Sone and the Kroensborg. Had two bourbon barrel Ales And and 24 ounce Molson. Just won another Molson on a side bet.

I enjoyed the Great Lakes Nosferatu on tap for the first time this past weekend at a Wine Bar across from Senate in Over the Rhine. That was a delicious beer, but at 8% abv I only had one. The beer was so easy to drink, I could have had 6 of them if I didn't have to drive....or have anywhere to go the next day.