Lager, Lager, Lager

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