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Just made our first delivery to Dublin. Our three beers (Helvick Gold, Copper Coast and Black Rock) are now available from Redmond's in Ranelagh, Deveney's in Dundrum and Drinstore Stoneybatter.

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Picked up a couple of each last night from Drinkstore (along with loads of other nice beers!).

Tried the Copper Coast and the Black Rock.

Copper Coast was lovely. I was surprised at how complex it was. Sweet, Caramel/Toffee nose, really smooth mouthfeel and taste of Shaved Chocolate and hints of Coffee and dried fruit. Carbonation was spot on, it didn't have that harsh carbonation that some other Craft Ales have. Bottle conditioned too, which was nice to see.

Black was to notch too. Really packed with your usual Stout Flavours, although not particularly heavy on the Roastiness which gave it a good balance. Only reservation would be that due to it's richness I don't think I could drink too many of the in a session. But that's a minor complaint.

Looking forward to trying the Helvick later.

Already sold out in drinkstore!

Having the Helvick now. Absolute Cracker. Nice and hoppy. Very much like Or except it's more bitter and not as malty. So in essence it's an awful lot like Bitter & Twisted.

Fairplay lads, 3 top beers.