Some beers on brewday
I have two Harvest type Ales to drink for this post. First is Goose Island Harvest Ale. It pours a clear amber and smells of Cascade and alcohol. The taste is dominated by cascade derived grapefruit. It is citrusy, sweet and a little bitter but the

A Dubbel brew weekend
Yesterday I decided to brew. I had some Rakau hops I wanted to try out so I did up a recipe in the American IPA style but with these hops as the only hops in the beer. Rakau hops are from New Zealand and are quite new. From what I have read they are delicate but good all rounders and useful for both bittering and

You have to love American beer
On my latest trip to Drinkstore I got some American beer which I normally do not buy because it is expensive for a little 330ml bottle. I do however love American beer, which is what got me in to Craft beer in the first place so I decided to give in and buy some of the ones I have not had before. I started off wi

Cask ale is dangerous stuff indeed
I don't mean that it is dangerous to sit there and drink it all day, though that is also true.On Saturday night I met up with The Beer Nut and some other ICB members for some drinks at the Bull and Castle. I was informed by the ma

The Irish craft beer scene is marching along nicely
Currently today on the Island of Ireland, there are 9 active microbreweries, well 7 actually and I better explain that.In the Republic we have:Active1. Galway Hooker Brewing company2. The Porterhouse Brewing company3. Franciscan Well (brewpub but sells their beer to other pubs)4. Carlow Brewing company5. Messrs MaguireInactive6. Biddy Early - c