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"oblivious":cnuk9e32 wrote:

"andrew":cnuk9e32 wrote: Black Donkey ???[/quote:cnuk9e32]


Something along the lines of an American amber, but not dry hopped[/quote:cnuk9e32]

"Not specifically a Christmas beer, but maltier and more wintery than Sheep Stealer. Should be out in a couple of weeks. Belgian and Irish malts, American hops and yeast, amber colour, clean bitterness. A bit like an American Amber, but not dry hopped."

"baconsarnie":3rslvy10 wrote:

"CaskMeAnything":3rslvy10 wrote: ]Dungarvan Coffee and Oatmeal Stout
St Mel's Raisin and Oatmeal Stout
O'Hara's Winter Star
Beoir Chorcha Duibhne Riasc Black
White Gypsy Yule Ol Bottle (This ones been in oak, was last years?)
White Gypsy A Winters Ale - Keg
White Gypsy Dark Nights - Cask (Not a Christmas beer but a strong, dark Winter beer)
Black Donkey ???[/quote:3rslvy10]

For the keg/cask WG beers, any idea of when & where we will see them Declan?[/quote:3rslvy10]

I'm carbonating the keg now as we speak-I'll give youse a list of destinations tomorrow. Cask will be ready early next week and will be in all the usual cask spots in Dublin, Galway, cork and that pub in Roscommon

Trouble Brewing have a Cherry Chocolate Stout on the go now as well.

[quote:3zqzbcju]Dash Away Cherry Chocolate Stout – Trouble Brewing


Strength: 5.7% a.b.v.

Tastes like: Aroma of chocolate and some light roast malt. Initial flavours of bitter chocolate followed by a rich complex maltiness, sweet finish with hints of dark fruit.

Food Pairings: Christmas cake and chocolate treats![/quote:3zqzbcju]

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&amp;quot;andrew&amp;quot;:1fnx7l77 wrote: Dungarvan Coffee and Oatmeal Stout
St Mel's Raisin and Oatmeal Stout
O'Hara's Winter Star
Beoir Chorcha Duibhne Riasc Black
White Gypsy Yule Ol Bottle (This ones been in oak, was last years?)
White Gypsy A Winters Ale - Keg
White Gypsy Dark Nights - Cask (Not a Christmas beer but a strong, dark Winter beer)
Black Donkey ???
8 Degrees Double Irish
8 degrees russian imperial stout
8 degrees Belgian Dubbel
Trouble brewing Dash Away cherry chocolate Stout[/quote:1fnx7l77]

Winters Ale went out for delivery today, Portlaois beer festival is a definite for it, Dublin delivery tomorrow.
5.2% Nice Belgian nose, beautiful copper hue to it, more carb than normal, eucalyptus from the Polaris hops, spicy phenols from the yeast.

@goatboy There's a bottle of Emerald in culmore for you

The three Eight Degrees beers are due on tap in The Norseman tomorrow and Cam will have them open for tasting at Baggot Street Wines on Friday evening.