tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post8104351844858375392..comments2024-03-29T04:31:31.707+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: Irish Cask Beer at GBBFUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-71354997809462145802008-07-23T16:39:00.000+01:002008-07-23T16:39:00.000+01:00They are all in cask form.They are all in cask form.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-19825567807521197192008-07-22T20:45:00.000+01:002008-07-22T20:45:00.000+01:00There are loads of American beers on this year do ...There are loads of American beers on this year do you know if they are keg or cask beers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-25769306780319701472008-07-22T13:18:00.000+01:002008-07-22T13:18:00.000+01:00Galway Hooker is indeed a nice drink. It can be fo...Galway Hooker is indeed a nice drink. It can be found on tap in quite a few places in ... well galway strangely enough and I know that the Bull And Castle beer hall in Dublin has it as well<BR/><BR/>EnjoyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-56561084059766757192008-07-22T12:56:00.000+01:002008-07-22T12:56:00.000+01:00And Dwan's head brewer is the man now running the ...And Dwan's head brewer is the man now running the Messrs Maguire brewery, soon hopefully to go totally independent as <A HREF="http://www.whitegypsy.ie" REL="nofollow">White Gypsy</A>.<BR/><BR/>I'd imagine Dwan's Ruby Rich and MM Rusty are very close relations.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-85881170119127764132008-07-22T09:37:00.000+01:002008-07-22T09:37:00.000+01:00Quite a few years ago, as Dwans was still in opera...Quite a few years ago, as Dwans was still in operation, I remember serving their Ruby Rich in cask form at GBBF (and a splendid beer it was... and you could sell it easily stating "it's everything Caffrey's isn't"). The guys from the brewery came along right at the beginning of the trade session and asked to try it, because they'd never had in in cask form, sinc elocal pubs couldn't be bothered to sell anything but keg. :o(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-32299973651102646592008-07-21T23:54:00.000+01:002008-07-21T23:54:00.000+01:00Sounds like a bit of a "do" then!Sounds like a bit of a "do" then!Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-51735780499805343792008-07-21T21:57:00.000+01:002008-07-21T21:57:00.000+01:00Looks like a great selection of beers - I'm going ...Looks like a great selection of beers - I'm going to be there for the trade session, so I'll pop by and say hello and have a few snifters.Zak Averyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10650929798289995172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-64907308758929060342008-07-21T20:15:00.000+01:002008-07-21T20:15:00.000+01:00They're all cask? Really?From the Department of Tr...They're all cask? Really?<BR/><BR/>From the Department of Tragic Ironies, I'm really looking forward to trying MM Imperial on cask. It's a <A HREF="http://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2007/10/storm-brewing.html" REL="nofollow">marvellous beer</A>, made on my doorstep, but the pub where it's made have no interest in selling it on cask. Or any other form, frankly.<BR/><BR/>Franciscan Well Purgatory on cask was <A HREF="http://www.irishcraftbrewer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89&Itemid=32" REL="nofollow">Irish Beer of the Year</A> for 2008, and chuffing lovely it was too.<BR/><BR/>I've had cask Hooker once, at the brewery. It was a bit green and disappointing. To be honest, I think the cleansing fizz from the keg adds to it. Its roots are in American pale ales, after all.<BR/><BR/>It's looking exceedingly unlikely that I'll be moving from the BSF bar all afternoon of the trade session. What sort of pasties will you be serving?The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-53814295377501849652008-07-21T17:11:00.000+01:002008-07-21T17:11:00.000+01:00The BSF list looks excellent, as always... invaria...The BSF list looks excellent, as always... invariably my favourite bar at the GBBF. I should be there for at least some of the trade session on 5 August - who else?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com