Wine and Beer Enthusiasts

[JackAHyde]

I had a can of Hard Mtn Dew and another can of Steel Reserve. They are tall cans, btw, so I'm actually quite wasted right now.

 

[it wasnt me]

In Europe, there is a 5% version of the Guinness stout ("Original Extra") available. So far, the best Irish beer I've had, it was in January, is Trouble Brewing's Dark Arts, a 4.4% Porter with pears and pipe tobacco right on the nose, while the taste brought malt sweets and freshly roasted coffee.

At whisky fairs, I usually calm down my tongue with a Hop House lager from Guinness which is usually available almost everywhere in Germany, not because it was extraordinarily great, but it somehow fits most whiskies rather well. They seem to have a strong grip on Ireland's beer market.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

In Europe, there is a 5% version of the Guinness stout ("Original Extra") available.

I don't think that I have ever laid eyes on that particular beverage.

So far, the best Irish beer I've had, it was in January, is Trouble Brewing's Dark Arts, a 4.4% Porter with pears and pipe tobacco right on the nose, while the taste brought malt sweets and freshly roasted coffee.

That is a beer I have never actually heard of.

At whisky fairs, I usually calm down my tongue with a Hop House lager from Guinness which is usually available almost everywhere in Germany, not because it was extraordinarily great, but it somehow fits most whiskies rather well.

As far as I am aware, Guinness, (partly because when it was first introduced to Germany, it met the requirements of the Beer Purity Law) has had access to the German beer market since at least the 1980s.

They seem to have a strong grip on Ireland's beer market.

Less so than formerly; your observation would certainly have been very true in the 1970s and 1980s, and well into the 1990s in much of the country. However, as in the UK, the micro-brewery movement - and the availability of good beers from mainland Europe, in off-licences as well as pubs - have all challenged the market stranglehold Guinness used to (almost effortlessly) enjoy, and have also improved beer standards for consumers.

 

[it wasnt me]

That is a beer I have never actually heard of.

It’s from just another small brewery:

https://troublebrewing.ie/beers/dark-arts/

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Sipping a glass of Hefeweissbier Dunkel from Weihenstephaner.

 

[JackAHyde]

I'm having the Twisted Tea Extreme, Lemon flavor.

While I like the higher alcohol content, I think they overdo it with how sweet this one tastes. It's a little off-putting and makes me crave something significantly less sweet like Steel Reserve.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Sipping a Hefe Weissbier from Weihenstaphaner.

Lovely.

 

[it wasnt me]

A coffee and coke stout from Norway. Vanilla and cocoa. I like it.

 

[it wasnt me]

And a barrel aged Altbier (Adambier, one more historical style) right behind it…

 

[Scepticalscribe]

And for my second, and final, beer of the evening, I am sipping the wonderful Hefeweissbier Dunkel from Weihenstephaner.

Gorgeous.