What are you drinking tonight 2022?

[Stu's Brews]

Great colour though.

Indeed. It was a very nice beer, just had a tough act to follow.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

@jayk34 got me hankering after a porter so I pulled out these three. I’ve not tried any of these before but arranged them in order of preference based on their descriptions - the Powerhouse being the one I’m most looking forward to.

So, starting with the one on the left…

Quite tangy, packed with berry fruits. It’s nice after the first couple of sips to acclimatise but the porter plays second fiddle to the fruit.

 

[Stu's Brews]

Now onto the DIPA (feels like they need some better names!) and it's marvellous. Citra, Mosaic and Sabro which just work perfectly together.

 

[Nottsbeer]

They have a place at Rathmullan as well. You need deep pockets to visit

OMG....I used to holiday in Rathmullen nearly every year when I was a kid. Many happy times fishing off the pier and going into the Beachcomber bar (think that's what it was called) with my Dad. If I was lucky he'd let me have a gulp of the head of his Guinness! Haven't been there for a long time now. Happy memories.

 

[Donegal john]

OMG....I used to holiday in Rathmullen nearly every year when I was a kid. Many happy times fishing off the pier and going into the Beachcomber bar (think that's what it was called) with my Dad. If I was lucky he'd let me have a gulp of the head of his Guinness! Haven't been there for a long time now. Happy memories.

Beachcomber still there and is as good as it ever was. They sell pints on scraggy bay as well
Many a day spent fishing for summer mackerel off the pier myself. It’s a very small world.
was your grandfather from Donegal ?

 

[Donegal john]

Time for a stout.

 

[-Bezza-]

They're very protective of allowing use of the Trademark so don't dish it out willy-nilly.

It's brewed by Cistercian monks, for the benefit of the Monastery and charity so meets the criteria.

Tynt Meadow by Mount St. Bernard is the English Trappist beer and it's decent too.

Had the Tynt last weekend and thought it was pretty good.

 

[SMP Brewery]

Unconventional Tactics. I feel a bit p&@@ed after one

 

[Alastair70]

Happy Friday folks
My Irish Red keg just kicked so having a shop bought instead.

 

[Nottsbeer]

Beachcomber still there and is as good as it ever was. They sell pints on scraggy bay as well
Many a day spent fishing for summer mackerel off the pier myself. It’s a very small world.
was your grandfather from Donegal ?

My Dad's family are from the North and at one time had a very small bungalow at New Bridge...a few miles outside Rathmullen towards Port Salon. Think we once caught 1 or 2 Mackerel there...alot of time invested for a small catch. Went back maybe 15 years ago and the pier had been expanded quite a bit, didn't see anyone fishing! Would love to go back but find the cost of the boat from the UK extortionate, especially when getting to Europe is so much cheaper. Once my Gran sold her place we used to go to Dunfanaghy instead, also a lovely part of the world! To me the beach at Port Salon is the best I've ever seen....and the drive up the mountain from the beach is spectacular

Where do you live?

 

[Donegal john]

My Dad's family are from the North and at one time had a very small bungalow at New Bridge...a few miles outside Rathmullen towards Port Salon. Think we once caught 1 or 2 Mackerel there...alot of time invested for a small catch. Went back maybe 15 years ago and the pier had been expanded quite a bit, didn't see anyone fishing! Would love to go back but find the cost of the boat from the UK extortionate, especially when getting to Europe is so much cheaper. Once my Gran sold her place we used to go to Dunfanaghy instead, also a lovely part of the world! To me the beach at Port Salon is the best I've ever seen....and the drive up the mountain from the beach is spectacular

Where do you live?

I am from Derry but currently live in (just outside) carndonagh about 10 miles from Ireland’s most northernly point malin head. Dunfanaghy is another lovely part of the county. You are a true man of the parish lol

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

This is so much better, I struggled a bit toward the end of the last one. This is a lovely porter with fruit that’s more in balance.

 

[Donegal john]

Happy Friday folks
My Irish Red keg just kicked so having a shop bought instead.
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Last time I had a pint of that I found it very thin and lacking in any real flavour ? But then I never was a fan of smithwikks

 

[samale]

My Dad's family are from the North and at one time had a very small bungalow at New Bridge...a few miles outside Rathmullen towards Port Salon. Think we once caught 1 or 2 Mackerel there...alot of time invested for a small catch. Went back maybe 15 years ago and the pier had been expanded quite a bit, didn't see anyone fishing! Would love to go back but find the cost of the boat from the UK extortionate, especially when getting to Europe is so much cheaper. Once my Gran sold her place we used to go to Dunfanaghy instead, also a lovely part of the world! To me the beach at Port Salon is the best I've ever seen....and the drive up the mountain from the beach is spectacular

Where do you live?

Port Salon is a great spot. The beach is lovely

 

[Nottsbeer]

I am from Derry but currently live in (just outside) carndonagh about 10 miles from Ireland’s most northernly point malin head. Dunfanaghy is another lovely part of the county. You are a true man of the parish lol

Probably not been to Carndonagh, but definitely to Malin Head

 

[Rodcx500z]

First time using cml haze yeast in an ipa, it’s only been in the keg 3 days so no head yet hops are north down and Nelson sauvin, we are away for a week on Monday so should be good when back

 

[jayk34]

Well, was only going to have a few whilst brewing today but now going to continue to ease the pain of putting my arm into the burco boiler with waste hot (extremely) water from chiller . Should have heeded the old warning about brewing and drinking not going together

With that in mind another porter from Keg that in thought was going to kick last week

 

[Donegal john]

Probably not been to Carndonagh, but definitely to Malin Head

Can’t get to malin without going through carn but if you blinked you might have missed it lol

 

[Donegal john]

Have 3 taps so after having the other 2 may as well have the third it’s 8%+ so I don’t take it lightly but 1 can’t hurt can it ? The malt of this ipa is its most prominent flavour. Think from the crystal 120.

 

[Stu's Brews]

DIPA was so good I had to get another, might regret it in the morning though...

As a bonus, here is some stainless steel porn for you all to enjoy: