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"Diablo":305esm5t wrote: I thought it was the done thing in England to turn the pump clip around when something was off ?

Must be tough to get a consistent supply of cask beer in Ireland.[/quote:305esm5t]

Sounds like it's more of a keg beer issue, so I guys turning the clip around might not be as practical.

Yeah given they were kegs the turning around the pump clips wasn't an option.

But the annoying thing regarding the Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere was that it was written on a piece of card covering the normal SN tap, how they left that on display just beggared belief!

"Diablo":35p5hhw0 wrote: Must be tough to get a consistent supply of cask beer in Ireland.[/quote:35p5hhw0]

Getting a consistent supply of Irish cask is easy enough; O'Hara's, Dungarvan, the Fransican, Metalman, Hilden, White Gypsy and Porterhouse all regularly send out casks.

My problem with the Black Sheep is they often have on 3 very similar casks e.g. London Pride, Hobgoblin and Old Speckled Hen were all on at the same time a few weeks ago.

"irish_goat":191zh0ll wrote: My problem with the Black Sheep is they often have on 3 very similar casks e.g. London Pride, Hobgoblin and Old Speckled Hen were all on at the same time a few weeks ago.[/quote:191zh0ll]
It strikes me that, if you like cask beer, having ANY to choose from in Dublin is a real bonus. I just don't think we're at a stage where a pub with 16 handpumps serving a spectrum of ales from mild to barley wine is going to succeed? Maybe I'm wrong! Or maybe this bar needs to be more adventurous, imaginative and eclectic with its cask beer sourcing?
As an aside, this is a big gripe in CAMRA circles at the moment, except that in GB the 3 'similar beers' causing uproar would be golden hoppy ales. So please enjoy the subtle differences of these 3 great cask beers, and snigger at those who feel they are no longer able to do the same in cask's own homeland due to the endless torrents of lager lookalikes...

"yarmot":3vudvxsm wrote:

"irish_goat":3vudvxsm wrote: My problem with the Black Sheep is they often have on 3 very similar casks e.g. London Pride, Hobgoblin and Old Speckled Hen were all on at the same time a few weeks ago.[/quote:3vudvxsm]
It strikes me that, if you like cask beer, having ANY to choose from in Dublin is a real bonus. I just don't think we're at a stage where a pub with 16 handpumps serving a spectrum of ales from mild to barley wine is going to succeed? Maybe I'm wrong! Or maybe this bar needs to be more adventurous, imaginative and eclectic with its cask beer sourcing?
As an aside, this is a big gripe in CAMRA circles at the moment, except that in GB the 3 'similar beers' causing uproar would be golden hoppy ales. So please enjoy the subtle differences of these 3 great cask beers, and snigger at those who feel they are no longer able to do the same in cask's own homeland due to the endless torrents of lager lookalikes...[/quote:3vudvxsm]


Very true

My own thought's would be that Ireland needs a lot more styles going into cask than is currently available, and they need to cask more often. Trying to sell the same cask beer over and over is becoming the hardest thing to do regarding Irish Craft Beer(only a few cask beers remain in popular regular demand). The public will mostly only try cask if they haven't had it before as opposed to drinking the same one on a night out.

And before anyone says that there is so much coming in from England, believe me they are far harder to sell than Irish beer and for me, they don't belong in a bar that tries to sell as much Irish beer as possible. Plus they are more expensive than the Irish ones.

There, I said it.