Don't get me wrong.
I like the odd bottle of quality lager.
A summer BBQ - a nice cold crisp lager.
Nice.
But....
The Irish embracing of premium beer has simply been an embracing of imported lager.
The average slick, modern pub could have anything up to ten so called premium lagers in it's fridges and that doesn't even count all the standard long necks that almost all pubs have.
Most only offer one Weissbier and no bottled ales or stouts.
Even your regular 'traditional' pub will have it's fridge filled with up to six of the above long necks, several alcopops, one cider and nothing else.
I won't even start on the amount of draught lagers commonly available.
How can we have so many products and almost no choice if you don't want to drink lager?
The point I'm making is that all these bottled beers taste remarkably similar.
I want real choice.
And where has the Pint Bottle of Guinness gone?
And just to prove that I don't hate lager, I'll tell you about a rather nice on I had last night.
G. Menabrea e Figli Birra Del 150 Anniversario
It's a nice full flavoured 4.8%abv crisp lager - comes in 33cl & 66cl.
Nothing too remarkable at first but by the end of the glass, I was wanting more - wished I had the 66cl bottle! Strangely, for a lager it seemed to improve as it warmed up. Very tasty.
Happy sipping
Wednesday 30 April 2008
Tuesday 29 April 2008
What is The Beer Revolution?
I'm a dissatisfied man.
Why?
Cause the beer commonly available in Ireland is rubbish.
We're loosing traditional Irish beers faster than you can say, "maybe they're all gone".
We're importing more and more foreign beer but it's almost all lager of varying quality.
Our development and support of microbrewerys is painfully slow.
We're developing sophisticated taste in wine, beer, whisk(e)y, vodka, rum and almost every beverage you care to name except beer.
We're becoming known as a nation of binge drinkers.
The vast majority of our bar staff know next to nothing about beer.
If you share any of these feelings then please make The Beer Revolution a regular haunt.
I hope to encourage, berate, shake up, annoy and support the drinks industry in Ireland.
I also hope to maybe inject a bit of humor into the process.
If you are a in the trade I will gladly promote your business if I feel you have something to offer beer in Ireland. But I decide.
Contact me if you sell quality beer. I'd love to help.
Over time I hope to promote many pubs and off licences and distributers but I can only do this if I know you're there. Contact me.
Until next time - drink up, sensibly!
Why?
Cause the beer commonly available in Ireland is rubbish.
We're loosing traditional Irish beers faster than you can say, "maybe they're all gone".
We're importing more and more foreign beer but it's almost all lager of varying quality.
Our development and support of microbrewerys is painfully slow.
We're developing sophisticated taste in wine, beer, whisk(e)y, vodka, rum and almost every beverage you care to name except beer.
We're becoming known as a nation of binge drinkers.
The vast majority of our bar staff know next to nothing about beer.
If you share any of these feelings then please make The Beer Revolution a regular haunt.
I hope to encourage, berate, shake up, annoy and support the drinks industry in Ireland.
I also hope to maybe inject a bit of humor into the process.
If you are a in the trade I will gladly promote your business if I feel you have something to offer beer in Ireland. But I decide.
Contact me if you sell quality beer. I'd love to help.
Over time I hope to promote many pubs and off licences and distributers but I can only do this if I know you're there. Contact me.
Until next time - drink up, sensibly!
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