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https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2018/11/ The Beer Nut: November 2018 Why is that man photographing his pint? the beer nut november https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2022/04/theres-no-ipa-in-team.html The Beer Nut: There's no IPA in team It's fun how several Irish microbreweries have now adopted local League of Ireland football clubs. Galway Bay is the latest, pulling on the ... the beer nut ipa team https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2013/04/hello-munich.html The Beer Nut: Hello Munich! It was gone 10am by the time Kieron, Brian and I landed in Munich, so well past beer o'clock local time. The city that will do her level be... the beer nut hello munich https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2019/06/black-ballast.html The Beer Nut: Black ballast UnderDog recently staged a takeover of Ballast Point barrel-aged offerings. It was the place to be if you like 'em dark and strong. I went a... the beer nut black ballast https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2016/06/total-glam.html The Beer Nut: Total glam The good people of Glamorgan Brewing Company (or their representatives) kindly shipped me over some of their bottles to try. They're not a... the beer nut total glam https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2023/06/dont-play-hits.html The Beer Nut: Don't play the hits A welcome new development at Whiplash is the re-brewing of selected parts of their beer repertoire. Trying to keep up with everything they p... the beer nut play hits https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2025/11/of-wolf-and-boar.html The Beer Nut: Of wolf and boar There's something a bit medievally heraldic about Wallonese breweries and their wild beast avatars. Today I'm visiting two of them. Brasseri... the beer nut wolf boar https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2009/06/ The Beer Nut: June 2009 Why is that man photographing his pint? the beer nut june https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2011/11/ The Beer Nut: November 2011 Why is that man photographing his pint? the beer nut november https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2018/10/o-its-you.html The Beer Nut: O it's you I haven't had an Odell beer on this blog in well over a year, and that won't do. A bunch of new ones arrived recently and I took advantage o... the beer nut https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2013/09/jw-sweetman-appraisal.html The Beer Nut: JW Sweetman: an appraisal A bit over eight years ago I wrote a post called " Messrs Maguire: an appraisal ", a diatribe on Dublin's only brewpub composed in my usua... the beer nut jw appraisal https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2025/06/old-spice.html The Beer Nut: Old spice As part of the blog's 20th anniversary celebrations , I picked my oldest bottle of geuze out of the stash for drinking. I bought this HORAL ... the beer nut old spice https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2020/06/bee-what-you-want-to-bee.html The Beer Nut: Bee what you want to bee I'm not sure these even are beers. They don't claim to be. Beekon Batches self-describes its products as "honey refresher" and doesn't list... the beer nut what you want https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2013/05/all-of-belgium-all-at-once.html The Beer Nut: All of Belgium, all at once Another national beer festival, another aircraft-hangar-like space crammed with beer stalls and punters. The 2013 Zythos Beer Festival at ... the beer nut all of belgium https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2020/09/tom-dec-and-barrels.html The Beer Nut: Tom, Dec and barrels the beer nut tom dec barrels https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2014/06/ireland-calls.html The Beer Nut: Ireland calls Time for another Irish beer round-up, prompted in part by the arrival last week of a new beer and a new brewing company. Andrew Murphy and F... the beer nut ireland calls https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2023/06/cracked-it.html The Beer Nut: Cracked it Following a smattering of collaborations, Craic Beer Community has made the leap to full-fledged beer brand, sourcing its brewing plans fro... the beer nut cracked https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2025/01/north-west-trad.html The Beer Nut: North-west trad Ireland has a number of breweries whose beers never feature on these pages because they're only available in the immediate catchment area. N... the beer nut north west trad https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2013/11/keepy-uppy.html The Beer Nut: Keepy uppy New Irish beers have been coming in so thick and fast lately that I think I'll just have to do occasional round-ups, of those that I actuall... the beer nut keepy uppy https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-tallaght-strategy.html The Beer Nut: The Tallaght strategy It's a miracle! Though perhaps it shouldn't be surprising that a brewery called Priory, with a comprehensively Catholic theme running across... the beer nut tallaght strategy https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2009/04/adding-insult-to-hot-ash.html The Beer Nut: Adding insult to hot ash You have to feel sorry for poor old Gaius Plinius Secundus. Being buried alive in several tonnes of burning hot ash following the eruption o... the beer nut to hot adding insult ash https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2018/09/dont-wine.html The Beer Nut: Don't wine the beer nut wine https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-history-round.html The Beer Nut: The history round Or is it the geography round? It's Session day again and our topic this month was chosen by Laura: The Ultimate Pub Quiz . Hopefully not lit... the beer nut history round https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2012/10/from-sublime-to-ridiculous.html The Beer Nut: From the sublime to the ridiculous Two European oddities were brought my way a few months ago (thanks Richard!) and it's about time they made the leap from my notebook and cam... the beer nut sublime ridiculous https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2013/02/baby-brothers.html The Beer Nut: Baby brothers My bottle of Gregorius Trappistenbier predates the Engelszell monastery's recent accession as the eighth member of the trappist brewery c... the beer nut baby brothers https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2014/08/put-em-up.html The Beer Nut: Put 'em up Have you ever drank a beer that became a battle, more than an enjoyable experience? asks Hipster Brewfus for this month's Session . Yes, H... the beer nut put em https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2022/04/try-your-luck.html The Beer Nut: Try your luck The big Wetherspoon on Camden Street, Keavan's Port, does seem to be quite good at what I want a Wetherspoon to do: turning over the cask al... the beer nut try luck https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/03/over-barrels.html The Beer Nut: Over the barrels? Time for some more DOT beers. As seems to be increasingly the case, the Dublin-based blending-and-barrelling facility has not blended or bar... the beer nut barrels https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2025/06/better-jubilate-than-never.html The Beer Nut: Better Jubilate than never Having been cancelled by that virus thingy back in 2020, Boundary Brewing's Jubilate festival finally came to life at the end of May. The v... the beer nut better jubilate never https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2020/07/beer-as-comedy.html The Beer Nut: Beer as comedy They had to be having a laugh at Northern Monk when they came up with these. Two beers in collaboration with frozen roasted side-order brand... the beer nut comedy https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2009/03/some-dateless-moose.html The Beer Nut: Some dateless moose It probably says a lot about me that the best summers of my young adulthood are forever bound in my memory to a particular off licence beer ... the beer nut dateless moose https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2009/08/more-puker-than-pukka.html The Beer Nut: More puker than pukka I like writing. Even more, I like having written . I like the discipline of writing to order and on schedule. But I could never have been a ... the beer nut pukka https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2017/09/in-for-treaty.html The Beer Nut: In for a Treaty The Beoir AGM happened in Limerick last month. It's the first year that my attendance was not compulsory, but I had never been to the city... the beer nut for a treaty https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2017/04/well-again.html The Beer Nut: Well again After a year's absence, I returned to Cork for the Easter Beer Festival at Franciscan Well last Saturday. I got an early bus down so had ti... the beer nut well https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2016/11/curiosity-and-skunk.html The Beer Nut: Curiosity and the skunk I went to the USA with a small mental list of well-known American beers that tend not to get described in the general beer discourse. They... the beer nut curiosity skunk https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2019/04/black-seoul.html The Beer Nut: Black Seoul They don't sell themselves short, the Koreans. I got an immediate smile from the name of the Amazing Brewing Company of Seoul, via this ca... the beer nut black seoul https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2013/05/leuven-large.html The Beer Nut: Leuven large A return to Belgium was top of my to-do list for this year. It's been so long they've probably changed all the beers in my absence. Certainl... the beer nut leuven large https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2013/07/taste-irony.html The Beer Nut: Taste the irony Dark skies, high winds, lashing rain: it was time to break out the summer beers. Widmer's Citra Blonde , a seasonal for balmy days like thi... the beer nut taste irony https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2020/06/spaghetti-lambic.html The Beer Nut: Spaghetti lambic Beershop Venezia is a sparsely stocked little boutique on a heavily trafficked street near the Rialto bridge in Venice. The wares are expen... the beer nut spaghetti lambic https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2019/05/inchicore-blimey.html The Beer Nut: Inchicore blimey With the Rascals brewery, taproom and pilot kit going full tilt these days, it's an endless game of catch-up for me. The cliff-hanger last t... the beer nut inchicore blimey https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2009/04/fasting-and-abstinence.html The Beer Nut: Fasting and abstinence With a handful of exceptions, sales of alcohol are illegal in the Republic of Ireland on Good Friday. It's a social policy which has led to ... the beer nut fasting abstinence https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2016/07/ The Beer Nut: July 2016 Why is that man photographing his pint? the beer nut july https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2010/04/ The Beer Nut: April 2010 Why is that man photographing his pint? the beer nut april https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2017/12/wrapping-up.html The Beer Nut: Wrapping up I haven't mentioned the Scott Duff pub in my week of Milan posts yet, even though we visited it on three of the four days we were there. It... the beer nut wrapping https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-west.html The Beer Nut: The West... A couple of weeks ago I took up the invitation from Aidan of Galway Hooker to visit the new brewery site in Oranmore with a group of fello... the beer nut west https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2018/01/further-hoopla.html The Beer Nut: Further Hoopla It looks like the Dutch brewery with a sister in Dublin, Hoop, has been busy. The beer was much more widely available on my last trip to th... the beer nut hoopla https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2013/01/yuletide-miscellany.html The Beer Nut: Yuletide miscellany It wasn't all fancy pub-hopping in England over Christmas. I was well looked after by my sisters who sourced a selection of bottles for gen... the beer nut yuletide miscellany https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2010/11/second-runnings.html The Beer Nut: Second runnings It wasn't all mild, porter and stout in Belfast on Saturday. With 22 different drinks tasted, a bit of variety was needed, and this included... the beer nut second runnings https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2010/12/fall-forward.html The Beer Nut: Fall forward The new autumn seasonal from Sierra Nevada, Tumbler is a medium-strength brown ale, 5.5% ABV and a dark mahogany in the glass, topped by th... the beer nut fall forward https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2022/10/back-with-bang.html The Beer Nut: Back with a bang Despite the two-year absence it all seemed very business-as-usual at the 2022 Borefts beer festival. Once again the De Molen brewery in Bode... the beer nut with a back bang https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2016/06/touching-sides.html The Beer Nut: Touching the sides Two Sides is the name of Dublin's newest gypsy brewer. The first couple of beers have come from Craftworks though the plan is to roam furth... the beer nut touching sides https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/04/going-straight.html The Beer Nut: Going straight? Last week, I reported on Irish wild beer specialist Wide Street producing a couple of tamer offerings. Today it's more of the same, except ... the beer nut going straight https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2024/02/ The Beer Nut: February 2024 Why is that man photographing his pint? the beer nut february https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/03/dublins-west-coast.html The Beer Nut: Dublin's west coast A couple of weeks ago, I made a return visit to Urban Brewing to see what was new. I'm not sure if it's a positive sign that the big winter ... the beer nut dublin west coast https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2015/04/brave.html The Beer Nut: Brave I'm not given to amateur industry analysis but it's always pleasing to see signs of maturity in the Irish beer market: indicators that it's ... the beer nut brave https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2019/07/offaly-hazy.html The Beer Nut: Offaly hazy Poor oul Kings County Brewers Collective had better get used to the midlands references for as long as their product is in Ireland. Brookly... the beer nut offaly hazy https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2016/07/left-in-dark.html The Beer Nut: Left in the dark Trying to keep up with what Ireland's breweries are turning out has become exhausting . Poor me, etc. I did a bit of a fridge clear-out at... the beer nut left dark https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2016/06/essex-boy-disappoints.html The Beer Nut: Essex boy disappoints In my experience, bottle-conditioned beers are far more likely to be over-carbonated than under. So I was surprised and quite dismayed whe... the beer nut essex boy https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2020/09/not-so-witty.html The Beer Nut: Not so witty A few weeks ago I reviewed a pair from Belgian brewer De Brabandere in their Brewmaster's Selection series. I subsequently found there's a ... the beer nut witty https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2023/06/an-oversight.html The Beer Nut: An oversight Affligem is, if not quite ubiquitous in the Low Countries, at least commonplace. It's an abbey brand owned by Heineken and benefits from the... the beer nut oversight https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-black-day.html The Beer Nut: A black day It was International Stout Day a couple of weeks ago. Diageo marked the occasion with a festival of stouts at the Open Gate Brewery, with sp... the beer nut a black day https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2019/08/rack-on.html The Beer Nut: Rack on The Eight Degrees eighth anniversary series reached half way with number four: Purple Ball . It's a brut IPA dry-hopped with Hallertau Blan... the beer nut rack https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2025/06/basic-bull.html The Beer Nut: Basic Bull A new tranche of Bullhouse beers arrived into Dublin, and I realised that I have been very remiss by not trying the core range from the Belf... the beer nut basic bull https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2005/05/maguires-weiss-update.html The Beer Nut: Maguire's Weiss update The Weiss recipe has changed again at Maguire's. The new version is an improvement on the last , the overwhelming flavour this time being or... the beer nut maguire weiss update https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2010/02/beers-in-sun.html The Beer Nut: Beers in the sun Dave and Laura were kind enough to bring me back some tropical drinking from their winter trip to Jamaica. All stouts, of course: the pref... the beer nut beers sun https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2019/11/rotters.html The Beer Nut: Rotters! What do you mean there's no after party? My plan for the 2019 Borefts Beer Festival was to skip the Friday and use the spare day instead to ... the beer nut rotters https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2007/08/sudden-chill.html The Beer Nut: A sudden chill It's a damning indictment of the state of Irish beer that our largest independent brewer, owner of a chain of pubs which does not stock the ... the beer nut sudden chill https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2016/04/dogs-life.html The Beer Nut: Dog's life Four recent releases from BrewDog up for scrutiny today. A black IPA to begin. Possibly, in fact, the first BrewDog black IPA I've met. A... the beer nut dog life https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2018/10/hows-weather.html The Beer Nut: How's the weather? Wild Weather Ales arrived unexpectedly into Ireland earlier this year like a sudden storm. The cans are striking, with their quirky names an... the beer nut weather https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2020/06/cross-my-can-with-silver.html The Beer Nut: Cross my can with silver Three from London brewer Gipsy Hill today, all under the broad pale ale umbrella. First out is Bandit , gluten-free and a classically Engl... the beer nut cross silver https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2011/10/curd-your-enthusiasm.html The Beer Nut: Curd your enthusiasm the beer nut curd enthusiasm https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2009/07/pannewha.html The Beer Nut: Pannewha'? There's a long-winded explanation on my bottle of Pannepeut 2007 about how it's Pannepot with the name changed "as a wink to the Danish mar... the beer nut https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2006/10/very-stout.html The Beer Nut: Very stout After a long wait I finally managed to get my hands on the Porterhouse's 10th anniversary Celebration Stout . This is an extra extra strong ... the beer nut stout https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-ethics-of-cloning.html The Beer Nut: The ethics of cloning I confess my first thought on encountering a Dortmunder Export brewed in Cleveland was "why?" It's never been the most inspiring of styles,... the beer nut ethics cloning https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2015/02/and-rest.html The Beer Nut: ... and the rest Galway Hooker isn't the only brewery I've been getting in the way at lately. I attended the brew day for Beoir#2 at Trouble Brewing last m... the beer nut rest https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2015/02/imperial-realm.html The Beer Nut: Imperial realm Two imperial stouts from the realm of New Zealand today. Moa Imperial Stout has some classy presentation, though the black-on-black label... the beer nut imperial realm https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2010/05/pay-no-attention-to-man-on-wall.html The Beer Nut: Pay no attention to the man on the wall Phew! Believe it or not, this is only the 500th post on this blog. It feels like I've written that on Copenhagen alone. But this is the last... the beer nut pay no attention man wall https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2010/04/coming-out-of-walls.html The Beer Nut: Coming out of the walls The beer gods have been trying to force Goose Island's Bourbon County stout down me for a couple of months now. First it appeared in local ... the beer nut coming out walls https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2017/01/start-as-you-mean-to-go-on.html The Beer Nut: Start as you mean to go on Dry January? The chance would be a fine thing. Dublin's pubs have had plenty of new Irish stuff on the go for this supposedly quiet month. ... the beer nut start as to go mean https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2025/06/i-do-know-panenka.html The Beer Nut: I do know Panenka It's a football term, apparently. You might expect a lager called Panenka to appear on a rotation tap when there's a football tournament on... the beer nut i do know panenka https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2009/07/manchester-evening-brews.html The Beer Nut: Manchester Evening Brews I met up with Tandleman last Thursday in the Lass o' Gowrie, and the evening started with pints of Allgate's Groundhop Day , a very pale ye... the beer nut manchester evening brews https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2019/11/one-day-three-mouths.html The Beer Nut: One day, three mouths I came away from the 2018 Borefts Beer Festival at De Molen feeling it had been a bit of a chore. Not enough to sack off 2019 completely, ho... the beer nut one day three mouths https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2009/03/interlude.html The Beer Nut: Interlude It was a turf war: plain and simple. The independents had all been swallowed by the Big Three who were now each using the political influenc... the beer nut interlude https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2009/12/call-and-bustle.html The Beer Nut: Call and Bustle The number of pubs around Dublin which carry at least some drinkable beer is getting bigger. Our national microbreweries are doing a great j... the beer nut call bustle https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2014/04/where-all-roads-lead.html The Beer Nut: Where all roads lead Following on from Monday's post on the Italian beers I found last month in Rome, this one is about the foreign selection. I did try to drin... the beer nut all roads lead https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2020/04/ The Beer Nut: April 2020 Why is that man photographing his pint? the beer nut april https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2017/08/ The Beer Nut: August 2017 Why is that man photographing his pint? the beer nut august https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2023/04/confounded-expectations.html The Beer Nut: Confounded expectations I've been enjoying Third Barrel's 4% ABV session IPA series, Day Drinkin and I notice they have abandoned the numbering system for iterati... the beer nut expectations https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2016/09/wickla.html The Beer Nut: Wickla! I left off yesterday's post on the Irish Craft Beer Festival with one from Wicklow Wolf. This post delves deeper into the garden county t... the beer nut https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2025/10/capital-idea.html The Beer Nut: Capital idea A beautiful country with a thriving beer scene, Poland is one of my favourite places to go drinking. I was delighted when the European Beer ... the beer nut capital idea https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-international-scene.html The Beer Nut: The international scene I mentioned earlier this week that beer in Norwich tends to be predominantly local, or at least British, which is fair enough: that's what ... the beer nut international scene https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2012/02/pure-manc.html The Beer Nut: Pure Manc Picking randomly from the plethora of English ales knocking around in Dublin at the moment I got these two from Holt's of Manchester. Fif... the beer nut pure manc https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2019/08/anglo-belgo-go-go.html The Beer Nut: Anglo-Belgo a-go-go Two beers gifted from English friends today, both from their native country though in Belgian styles. Myles gave me this bottle of Durham... the beer nut anglo belgo https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2013/02/ The Beer Nut: February 2013 Why is that man photographing his pint? the beer nut february https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2011/03/guided-by-velky.html The Beer Nut: Guided by Velky I first went to Prague in the hot summer of 1997. It was my first ever self-organised trip, with the all the excitement of sorting out trans... the beer nut guided https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2013/10/passing-for-normal.html The Beer Nut: Passing for normal I don't know whether it's the nature of the festival or my odd taste for odd beers, but I came back from Borefts 2013 able to squeeze most o... the beer nut passing normal https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2019/04/three-step.html The Beer Nut: Three step A trilogy from the core range of Colorado's Ska Brewing today. First up is Rue B. Soho , a lager with added grapefruit. 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