mafeeker
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So, I'm going to be taking a trip to Dublin in a few weeks and wanted to ask everyone here if they new any beers I should try to find and bring back, besides the obvious answer of Irish stouts. Any suggestions?
loapathy said:Last time I was there I had soemthing called "brainblaster" from Porterhouse Brewing, I think. it was on tap at the pub down the road from where my relatives lived. Expensive! But tasty.
I would try to find as many beers served from a cask/beer engine as possible.
Hate to say it, but Ireland is pretty much another beer wasteland for the most part. You got your Guinness, Murphy's, and the Beamish... and a handful of generics. I lived in Ireland for two years and only saw cask ale a handful of time and that was mostly at festivals and craft beer bars. I also recommend getting out of Dublin and seeing something a little more authentically Irish.
I enjoyed the Guinness. I loved the Murpheys, but my favorite was the Kilkenny. If you go to Killenny, check out Smithwicks brewery, and stop at the pump house for good beer and music!
Also, I think that Guinness in Ireland tastes the exact same as Guinness in the US. As I understand it, we are one of the few countries that receive Guinness directly from the brewery in Dublin and do not rely on the magic extract.
So, I'm going to be taking a trip to Dublin in a few weeks and wanted to ask everyone here if they new any beers I should try to find and bring back, besides the obvious answer of Irish stouts. Any suggestions?
Im going to agree with some of the people here. I went to Ireland expecting the Guiness to taste so much better...I was disappointed. It tastes exactly the same (I live in a college town where lots of Guiness is drank...so our kegs are probably fresh, so that could be why there was no change). I ended up ordering Murphy's when I went places. It seemed to be what the real locals drank too. When I went I rented a car. We started in Dublin, and it was cool, but it wasnt "real" ireland. We drove west to Doolin/Dingle. Beautiful over there. Then went around the south end of the island. It felt more of like I was expecting once we got out of Dublin. My advice, skip the beer, drink whiskey Oh and if you get to Dingle, go to Foxy's. Its a hardware store by day, bar by night. Mostly just locals though, so you hear a lot of gaelic being spoken.
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