So I knew there were lots (well eight or twelve or twenty) other (I)PAs out there in Dublin, at least, and I reckoned that having a competition with the first eight I could find probably wouldn't be fair to the others. So far, I have grabbed all the (I)PAs from O'Briens, Molloys, Dunnes, and Superquinn so far; Tesco has a couple of possibles, I think, and I still have to get into Baggot St Wines, so there may be a third round of 4 "quarter finals".
There are a couple of beers I have excluded, Nogne beers from Norway as they are about 8 squid for 50cl (too dear), Smithwick's Irish Pale Ale (too meh), Alpha Dawg from The Franciscan Well Brewery (too unavailable), etc. So I got eight more...
The following six beers were bought in Molloy's (Ballyogan) which has a surprisingly large selection of craft beers, given that the locals probably don't drink that much of them.
Timothy Taylor's Landlord 50cl 4.1% abv - €3.10 site
Thwaites Indus Pale Ale 50cl 4.6% abv - €2.99 site
Flying Dog Doggy Style Pale Ale 35.5cl 5.5% - €3.29 site
Thornbridge Jaipur India Pale Ale - 50cl 5.9% abv - €4.39 site
Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA 35cl 7.2% abv - €2.79 site
ODell India Pale Ale 35.5cl 7% abv - €3.79 site
These last two were purchased in Superquinn (Blackrock)
Galway Hooker Irish Pale Ale - 50cl 4.3% abv - €3.29 site
College Green Brewery Headless Dog - 50cl 4.2% abv - €3.29 site
I will be performing the next four "quarter finals" over the next couple of weeks, maybe starting tonight if I'm feeling thirsty...
Hi Willie,
ReplyDeleteYou should really try some off the New Zealand IPA'S we bring in. If you send me an email (info@woodberrywines.ie) with your postal address I can send you up some samples.
Tadhg