TOPIC:

1. TheBeerNut
2. Oblivious
3. kev2403
4. richieh
5. DEMPSEY
6. brian_c
7. MrsBeerNut
8. Irish Party Ale

1. TheBeerNut
2. Oblivious
3. kev2403
4. richieh
5. DEMPSEY
6. brian_c
7. MrsBeerNut
8. Irish Party Ale
9. ron

Just wanted to say a big thank you to Liam and Geoff for the chance to sample a cracking beer on cask. Id also like to take this opportunity to debunk some myths*

[b:3jsa7ago]Myth:[/b:3jsa7ago] You wouldn't be able to drink Leann Follain all night
[b:3jsa7ago]Fact:[/b:3jsa7ago] Leann Follain tastes just as 'moreish' at the end of the night as it does at the start

[b:3jsa7ago]Myth:[/b:3jsa7ago] After a few pints of Leann Follain you wont be able to work in the morning
[b:3jsa7ago]Fact:[/b:3jsa7ago] A few pints of Leann Follain actually makes you more productive the next day

[b:3jsa7ago]Myth:[/b:3jsa7ago] Leann Follain tastes better out of the bottle
[b:3jsa7ago]Fact:[/b:3jsa7ago] There is a more pronounced hop profile and more of a smoke flavour out of the bottle, but this is trumped by the better balance and the superior smooth chocolatey goodness from the cask.... mmmmmm...... chocolatey caskey goodness......

[b:3jsa7ago]Myth:[/b:3jsa7ago] If you annoy Liam enough he will email you the recipe
[b:3jsa7ago]Fact:[/b:3jsa7ago] No he won't

[size=75:3jsa7ago]* or just deliver my usual opinionated rant - you decide[/size:3jsa7ago]

Nice round up! I concur with all this debunkage.

Thanks a mil to the Carlow folk and the Bull & Castle for a great night last night.

well I have to dissent I'm afraid Ed, at least regarding the first "myth", I don't think I could manage more than two pints of this, I think I had had enough of it by the time the cask ran dry. I did like some elements of the chocolate, but felt it was a little too creamy to drink a lot of. I will try the bottle if you say it's smokier.

So Ed I think what we have learned, in the words of Adorno and Horkheimer's epic [i:28ovopza]Dialectic of Enlightenment[/i:28ovopza] is that "Myth is already enlightenment, and enlightenment reverts to mythology" all clear?

thanks to carlow and B+C though, it was a fun evening

"RichieH":66hrf9v5 wrote: by the time the cask ran dry.[/quote:66hrf9v5]

Noooo I was hoping to get some tonight.... <!-- s:evil: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_evil.gif" alt="" title="Evil or Very Mad" /><!-- s:evil: -->