Nectar Of The Gods

[John Kimble]

For anyone doing their Tesco shop, these are on offer atm, 4 cans (440ml) for €10...these are absolutely fantastic, as is the single malt ipa.

https://www.eightdegrees.ie/may-2016-limited-edition-citraipa/

I can safely say there is no way in hell, other than maybe being on holidays and having to drink the local piss or being in a pub with limited choice, that I could go back to 'bog standard' beers or lager. Was doing a barbecue last week, ran out of the good stuff and had to resort to bottles of Heineken. Absolutely insipid stuff. I have completely reconciled myself to becoming a beer snob and will gladly pay silly money for something that actually tastes good!!

[Emphyrio]

I swore I wouldn't turn into one of them cunts too but there really is a world of difference.

[Caomhaoin]

Whisky and wine 'snobbery' are viewer as considerably more legitimate than the beer equivalent. As long as one doesn't act arrogantly or pompously , who cares?

I did enjoy Gavin McInnes mini rant about not understanding why anyone drinks anything other than Budweiser though - 'there's already an established King , I don't care about your fruity hops, stick with the King'.

[Ducky]

Inevitably there's twats with opinions on anything, but it goes the other way too. I said to someone before I don't really like malty beers, and I got called a pretentious twat. That's like getting called a pretentious twat for saying you don't like spicy food or you prefer coffee without sugar.

I got drunk twice in my twenties, and I realise my aversion to beer back then was precisely because it all tasted like swill. No moral high ground, no health reasons, it just all tasted like pish.

[astfgyl]

I dunno lads, I like the taste of the fancy stuff and all but rakes of cheap cans of lager is where it's at for me.

Sometimes on payday I'll treat myself and buy 8 cans of Dutch Gold.

[ochoill]

I dunno lads, I like the taste of the fancy stuff and all but rakes of cheap cans of lager is where it's at for me.

Sometimes on payday I'll treat myself and buy 8 cans of Dutch Gold.

A few fancy ones is grand but no harm finding some cheap lager you actually enjoy and getting four of them alongside them.  Even though last weekend I went right for five mixed large bottles of various european pilsners and the  four karpackie and thought that i was going to have a nervous breakdown or sweat myself to death the next morning.  Usually it takes a few more than that but they hit me like a fuckin truck

[Ducky]

I find if I have a stack of the cheap stuff I'll batter it and get wrecked, but the same money on a few posh cans and I'm content with that (that's obviously my lack of self control more than anything, but that's the reality for me).

[Ducky]

But as John Kimble says, those Eight Degree brews are savage. I think the single malt is 6% so you can have a good session on them too.

[StoutAndAle]

I'll have a look there too.

You should. Just put in an order with them for some savage stuff. Few nice bargains too.

I swore I wouldn't turn into one of them cunts too but there really is a world of difference.

Ah here!

[Emphyrio]

I'll have a look there too.

You should. Just put in an order with them for some savage stuff. Few nice bargains too.

I swore I wouldn't turn into one of them cunts too but there really is a world of difference.

Ah here!

Ah you know the type. Went to a craft beer pub in Galway a few years ago and it was full of them. I'm still hopelessly uneducated on the subject but I've sampled pretty much 90% of the various brands in all the supermarkets. I've actually had to take note of the ones that I really like for repeat purchases.

Spent €80 on fuckin paint today so I'll have a sconce at all those recommendations and put in an order.

[John Kimble]

I'm pretty much the same in that I'm only familiar enough with whatever I've tried from the supermarkets or off-licence. Some of the lads I work with are very into the whole thing and are subscribed to getting samplers every week etc. I just know what I like really. Must try something like this, though it's not cheap

https://www.thebigromance.ie/shop/growlers

[Emphyrio]

Having a Brown Bear IPA now after 2 bottles of Carlsberg while doing a spot of painting. Not sure if it's only Aldi that do them. Absolutely marvellous stuff.

[StoutAndAle]

Ah you know the type.

I definitely do. I was only having the craic. There's a few lads I know that can't understand how I still spend money on records but the same lads are buying beers for €12 and "aging" them.

Get some Kinnegar stuff if you like pale ale - Big Bunny and Scraggy Bay are super fresh at the minute. Barely canned a week or two.

[Trev]

Never been much of a wine drinker, but started hitting the wine cupboard since lockdown started. Whenever I'd get a bottle off the neighbours at Christmas , or if people are coming over to the gaf and bring one, it'd get thrown up out the way and forgotten about, must've been about 15 bottles there

I've come to the conclusion that wine isn't too bad, and it all tastes the same

[Ducky]

Ah you know the type.

Get some Kinnegar stuff if you like pale ale - Big Bunny and Scraggy Bay are super fresh at the minute. Barely canned a week or two.

Kinnegar Limeburner is mighty stuff.