Dublin Beer Views

Took a short break to Edinburgh recently,  the castle, some meals out. A bit of culture. There are some 2010/11 posts down below of Innis & Gunn I had always enjoyed. However these are next impossible to find nowadays in Dublin. So on this trip a visit to the taphouse was a requirement It's still lovely stuff and even better on tap.

 If you grow up in Dublin, the south city centre, liberties, area often smells of the roasting of barley at the Guinness brewery. Its an infectious evocative smell of home. However...it also reminds me that I had only visited the storehouse on work events. Changed that in January and brought my brothers and Dad to the "connoisseur" experience. And it was well worth the outlay. Vip treatment, access to the secret bar, a 90 minute talk from an entertaining expert to a small group, practice pouring your own pint, after hours free reign to wander the museum and the free sky bar drink. A great day, I'll  not forget.

 

 

Is it time to resurrect this... well why not. I photograph enough beer. May as well use this as place to catalogue all of that. Again.  Plus, it's an opportunity to advocate for WSET beer awards. More on this to follow. So to start here are a few recent tiples 

One that was stuck in draft for 18 months!! Oops The Irish craft beer (and cider...icky) festival was held last weekend at the RDS. Greatest observation for me was that there were 40 odd all Irish stands. Dwarfing anything of recent times attended by any johny foreigner blow ins  ☺ Meeting friends. Some live music. Yummy festival food. Generally an "up" atmosphere all aligned to great beer, friendly knowledgable brewers and generous portions. Perfect saturday. Yes that is a whiskey glass. The caskmates jameson is mega

LIDL on song with Belgian imports recently

Vanilla tinged..... but a tad sour. I had expected something more subtle and cotton mouthfeel. It rasted more like an oily ipa. Interesting. Interesting could be a positive or negative descriptor .

Its a life of contradictions. Good red wine. Cheap nasty noodles.

Suprisingly tasty. Always liked cobra with a curry. This has real guts too. Comes with a champagne cork and cage. 7.5%. Smooooth

If Homer says so...

Nice glass of Leffe on a night out in PMacs with friends.

Samichlaus. A real christmas treat. Especially from a large bottle found lost and forgotten about in the back of the shed. Cheers Santa

An opportunity arose. 5 twin gift packs each with a glass. What will I ever do with 5 glasses !!!!!!!!

A finely balanced wonderful beer Soft and round with 9.5% of kick. Gotta love Brooklyn ( big hint)

Has it really been this long So much beer, so many pics.... i shall atone

hmmm, grassy A strange one this a hoppy wheat with little or no banana flavour at all nice bottle, useful for the home brew....