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Fair enough.
It is meant for the events forum. I found it after I posted elsewhere. My apologies, a newbie mistake.

"Huwie":2ml1biwl wrote: Hi all,

Huwie here, Living in Limerick a good few years but from Wales originally (I sound like a paddy by now).
Love Ale, flat(ish), not too cold and from cask.
Grew up on Ales, my father being an ale drinker.

M[b:2ml1biwl]y favourite Irish beer of the moment[/b:2ml1biwl]: (very little accessible to me) - Howling Gale / Helvick Gold and Porterhouse plain (Thank you Dr John's).
[b:2ml1biwl]My favourite brew of the year[/b:2ml1biwl]: has to be Elderwych by Wychwood (tasted in the Angel in Lymington Hants) and in second place Dragons Fire Ale by Cerddin Brewery (From Cask in Anglesey).
My favourite beer of last night: Scarecrow by wychwood (bottle from Tesco 5 for €10)

I have brewed my own in the past, with mixed results. Have also made simple wines and ciders.[/quote:2ml1biwl]

Croeso Huwie!

I'm not Welsh, but did live there for nearly 15 years, 5 in Carmarthen and 10 in Cardiff, so welcome. There seems to be a lot more poeple from Limerick joining up, so hopefully you will see increased choice in the future.

Hi Huwie,

Welcome to the site.

I am from Abergavenny in Gwent but have lived in Malahide for over 20 years.

You will find us a very friendly and helpful group.

Will

Hello beer type people

My name is Karl , from/in dublin , in college in trinity in engineering , love the details of brewing , coming up on 2 years brewing <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt="" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: --> , have posted once or twice here and am looking for more local knowledge . Just got my kegging equipment from candirect.co.uk both 5l and 20l setup , anyone want details feel free to ask

Best beer : cucumber wheat ale thing.....(winged dare)

&amp;quot;karlp&amp;quot;:1g60b24c wrote: Hello beer type people

My name is Karl , from/in dublin , in college in trinity in engineering , love the details of brewing , coming up on 2 years brewing <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt="" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: --> , have posted once or twice here and am looking for more local knowledge . Just got my kegging equipment from candirect.co.uk both 5l and 20l setup , anyone want details feel free to ask

Best beer : cucumber wheat ale thing.....(winged dare)[/quote:1g60b24c]

The cucumber wheat ale sounds very interesting, as usually have a glut of cucumbers, but not this year I'm afraid, but hopefully will again next year. Anyway, welcome to the forum, and maybe post up your cucumber recipe/process and anything else different that you've done.

Don't know why I haven't joined until now...probably too busy brewing...
I'm John in Galway City, was the Head Brewer at Galway Bay Brewery for 3 years. That was a jump in the deep end and often a 7 day a week job, quite a slog running a commercial brewery and not as romantic as some would imagine...unless you like sweating that is. Spent a month after that at micro in Manchester to get some time on doing casks ales.
Don't laugh at me but I've been enjoying Lidl's Nobelaner lager a bit recently..it's obviously not top notch but good flavour for the price when you just need to wet the whistle.
As a regular visitor to Copenhagen, I have also been drinking the dark lagers at Cafe Svejk ( see <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.cafesvejk.dk">www.cafesvejk.dk )they specialise in Bohemian beers and it's a cosy, friendly little place if you are over that neck of the woods.
Whilst in Manchester I made it my business to investigate the resurgent style of mild ales.The best I discovered was Black Cat from Moorhouses (Burnley). Mild ales were once very popular with manual workers as they are sweet containing residual sugars, and low in alcohol helping the workers to rehydrate and recover after a the long slog down the mines or whatever...
One of my favourite widely available beers in Denmark is from Thisted, a brewery way up in the north of Jutland. They do a really good bottled porter called 'Limfjord Porter' which at 10.5% abv, you only need the one. Its lovely molassy, liquorice flavour is complex and satisying...but don't drink too cold if you really want to appreciate it. they also do 'Thy (pron 'THU') Pilsener' which is quite respectable and usually saves you from the carlsberg if there's nothing else and its widely distributed. Not forgetting their organic beer 'Humle' (Hops) which is another great saviour when you've taken a wrong turn into blandsville..
I'm sure I could go on and on...but why havn't I mentioned Irish micros?...well I think they are all good. Some are better than others but it would be unfair to show any favour...I know what hard work it is.