The Quart of Ale± Special
Favourite Beers 2021 (and belatedly 2020)
April Favourites
Sour: Wide Street “Peach Berliner” Sour or Wheat?
Brown Ale: Whiplash “The Ocean Wide”
NEIPA: Heaney New England
Session: O’Hara’s Session IPA, Wicklow Brewery Coola Boola Session IPA, Blacks The Session IPA 3.5%
German style IPA: Rascals Wunderbar IPA
IPA: Rising Sons Fandango Hazy IPA, O’Hara’s Tropical IPA,
Stout: O’Hara’s Irish Stout,
Overall: Heaney New England
March Favourites
Lager: Wide Street “Mill Pils”
Session: Eight Degrees Bohemian Pilsner Lager
Red Ale: O’Hara’s Irish Red Traditional Ale, 4.3%
Baltic Porter: Whiplash Melodie Noir Baltic Porter
Overall: Whiplash Melodie Noir Baltic Porter
February Favourites
Lager: Eight Degrees “The Pilgrim’s Path”
Pale Ale: Blacks Kinsale KPA
Session: Rascals “Fruitropolis” Pale Ale, 4.3%
Overall: Eight Degrees “The Pilgrim’s Path”
January Favourites
Pale Ale - Lineman Vesper
IPA - Hopfully Graciosa
Session: Whiplash Northern Light
Lager: Kinnegar Brewers at Play Rye Lager
Porter: Elbow Lane “Liberty”
Overall: Lineman Vesper
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2020
Stout: Brehon Brewhouse “Ulster Black” Oatmeal Stout 5.0%
Belgian Tripel: Eight Degrees Devil's Ladder Belgian Tripel 11.5%
Golden Ale: West Kerry Brewery “Béal Bán” Golden Ale, 5.0%
Imperial Stout: Lough Gill Dark Majik Imperial Oatmeal Coffee Cream Stout 11.0%
Pale Ale: Trouble Brewing Ambush Juicy Pale Ale, 5.0%
Session: Whiplash Rollover Session IPA 3.8%
Lager: White Gypsy Munich Lager, 5.8%
American IPA: Kinnegar “Crossroads” American Style IPA 6.2%
Saison: Third Circle “Unsocial Creatures” Dry Hopped Saison 4.4%
White/Wheat: Mescan “Westport White” 5%
Cider: Highbank “Proper Irish Cider” 2016 6%
Sour: Yellow Belly Castaway Passionfruit Sour 4.2%
Red: The White Hag “The Fleadh” 6.8%
Hybrid: Hope Underdog Hoppy Lager 4.8%
Non Alcoholic: Highbank’s “Drivers” Cider
Overall: Eight Degrees Devil's Ladder Belgian Tripel 11.5%