On dislay in my house is the fruit of several years of foraging. Beer bottles from around the world. Each drank by myself and each with their own story. See the collection below.
| Name | Brand | Style | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Taedonggang  |
Taedonggang Brewing Company | Lager | This was the most difficult bottle to get by far. It's from a brewery in North Korea and it needed to be shipped to Ireland via a hop in China (the only country the brewery deals with). A pretty normal tasting lager at the end of it but the historic charm is there for all to see More Info |
Fallout Beer  |
Carlsberg | Lager | A fairly standard beer but the bottle is from a survival game that I loved as a kid. If you haven't played Fallout, you really should check it out. More Info |
Miss Hops  |
Barcelona Beer Co. | IPA | Honestly can't remember where I got this beer. It's a hoppy blast. The brewery seems to have a good name |
Oldtown Christmas Ale  |
Brian & Stephen | Ale | This was a beer that I got to brew in Guinness' micro-brewery after winning a homebrew contest. Actually got distributed to a few pubs. Was great craic More Info |
Scraggy Bay  |
Kinnegar | IPA | The most wonderfullest beer in the World More Info |
Cass Fresh  |
Cass | Lager | A Korean staple beer. Probably the Bud of Korea More Info |
Kingfisher Premium  |
United Breweries | Lager | An Indian beer. One of them beers which is popular enough to travel cross border due to its blandness |
Centennial IPA  |
Founders Brewery | IPA | Founders are always hopped up to fuck. Very nice. But you'll regret it More Info |
Blue Moon  |
Molson Coors | Wheat Beer | Horrible orange tinged yoke. Not great tbh More Info |
Bruge Zot  |
De Halve Maan | Blonde | A local speciality from Bruge. Can't particularly say that the taste stands out but it was one of the easier to drink beers from Bruge. More Info |
Cerdos Voladores  |
Barcelona Beer Co. | IPA | One of the colourful Barca Beer Co bottles. The bottles look cool. I'll give em that More Info |
Dark IPA  |
Black Sheep Brewery | IPA | A Yorkshire beer with a good sense fun in the decoration More Info |
Hopbot IPA  |
Hop City Brewing | IPA | Canadian crowd. Funky bottle. IPA`liciousness More Info |
Piquenbauer  |
Barcelona Beer Co. | Wheat Beer | A beer dedicated to the Shakira shagger himself. Mr Gerrard |
Nicotto  |
Barcelona Beer Co. | IPA | Japanese herb beer thingy |
Steam Beer  |
Anchor Brewing | Lager | One of the older American breweries, unfortunately seems to be gone out of business. The beer has a nice story behind it More Info |
Sagres  |
Heineken | Lager | Portugese staple. Cheap and cheerful |
Hardcore IPA  |
Brew Dog | IPA | Strong one. Whoosh More Info |
Kronenberg 1664  |
Heineken | Lager | Cool blue bottle More Info |
Altered Amber  |
12th Abbey | Ale | Another brewrey which is closed AFAIK. More Info |
Irish Dark Lager  |
Galway Hooker | Lager | Galway Hooker always have plenty of beers around. I think they own a few pubs in Dublin as well More Info |
Retro IPA  |
Rye River | IPA | Rye River down the road. Good beers to be fair More Info |
Jaipur  |
Thornbridge Brewery | IPA | Puts the Indian in IPA More Info |
Pale Ale  |
Grafters | IPA | One of them made-to-order beers that Aldi/Lidl were selling. Think it was done by Rye River |
Deep Sea Double IPA  |
Hope Seeker | IPA | Think it's again a beer to order type thing |
Russian Hoppy Lager  |
Baltika Brewery | Lager | No idea where this came from. Name just seemed cool |
Extra White  |
Vedett | Ale | Belgian thing. Not too strong though. A light pale ale More Info |
Narwhal Imperial Stout  |
Sierra Nevada | Stout | Not usually a fan of the Imperial Stouts. They tend to be too strong. At 10%+, this was did not change my opinion. More Info |
Celebration IPA  |
Sierra Nevada | IPA | A fruity festive one More Info |
Santa Punch IPA  |
Patagonia Brewery | IPA | Argentinian brewery. Certainly don't see many frm them around Ireland. Nice fun bottle design More Info |
Kinsale Pale Ale  |
Blacks Brewery | IPA | Lovely one from a brewery in a lovely part of the country. Nothing special about the bottle but a great beer More Info |
Maestra Double Lupulo  |
Mahou | Pilsner | One of the Spanish San Miguel family. Pretty strong coming in a 7+% |
Ureich Premium Pils  |
Eichbaum | Pilsner | I think I got this in Aldi or Spar or something. It's another of them really tasty German pils that come in at a ridiculously good price point More Info |
Leon Beer  |
Photos Photiades Breweries | Pilsner | From Cyprus. It was originally the first beer brewed in Cyprus and is still produced using the original recipe More Info |
Mandarina Bavaria  |
8 Degrees Brewing | IPA | Irish one. Brewed to a German hop recipe. Strong one at nearly 6% More Info |
Flensburger Pils  |
Flensburger Brauerei | Pilsner | Another of them German breweries with some serious international shipping contracts. Seems to be readily available in most off-licences More Info |
Blonde - Brew Master Edition  |
Smithwicks | Ale | A brief release from Smithwicks when trying to mount the Craft bandwagon. Not sure it's still available |
Hairy Goat  |
Mountain Man Brewing | IPA | Another Irish one. From Cork if memory serves |
Bru Lager  |
Bru Brewery | Lager | Fairly plain bottle but the brewery always had a good story behind it |
Proper Job  |
St Austell Brewery | IPA | Cornish IPA. Was readily available in Tesco for a while More Info |
Weissbrau - Kristall  |
Erdinger | Wheat Beer | One of them available everywhere German beers More Info |
Pale Ale  |
St. Mels | Ale | Small brewery from Longford More Info |
Bru Rua  |
Bru Brewery | Ale | Not usually a fan of reds but have to support the locals More Info |
Irish Red Ale  |
Solas | Ale | Another one of them made to order deals for Aldi or Lidl More Info |
Of Foam And Fury  |
Galway Bay | IPA | Galway Bay have good beers but the doubles kill me. This was 8% More Info |
Finians Premium Lager  |
Celtic Brew | Lager | Another very small local brewery |
Stony Grey  |
Brehon Brewhouse | IPA | Monaghan based farm brewer More Info |
Hollows & Fentimans Ginger Beer  |
Fentimans | Ginger Beer | UK based brewer. You can get this stuff in tons of places. Interesting that you mix it with some bitters before drinking More Info |
West Indies Porter  |
Guinness | Stout | Guinness relaunched this as an attempt to compete in the craft market. A hopped up recipe for over-seas travel More Info |
McGargles - Cousin Rosies  |
Rye River | IPA | A local beer that has been pushed hard internationally |
Foreign Extra  |
Guinness | Stout | Another of the Guinness alternatives. Basically a rebrand of the West Indies Porter More Info |
Hop Devil  |
Victory | IPA | American brewery, from Philly apparently. Not really sure how I ended up with the bottle tbh More Info |
Kentucky IPA  |
Lexington brewing | IPA | American brewery from... you guess it... Kentucky. More Info |
Lager Beer  |
Beerlao | Lager | From Laos. Surprisingly common as I don't know anything else about Laos More Info |
Peres Trappistes Blond  |
Chimay | Blonde | Belgian monk brew. Not super strong for a Belgian. Fairly common as well More Info |
Hop Stoopid  |
Lagunitas | IPA | Lagunitas have tons of beers. They're all usually high quality and always have good graphics More Info |
Little Sumpin Sumpin  |
Lagunitas | IPA | Was very popular on the Dublin tech meetup scene for a while More Info |
Lager Beer  |
Klassiek | Lager | Think this was an aldi job. No idea who brews it |
Indian Pale Ale  |
Lagunitas | IPA | This one is so popular it's actually available on tap in a good few places in Dublin. Lovely beer More Info |
Handsome Jack  |
Hope | IPA | Savage artwork on this bottle More Info |
Irish Wit Beer  |
The White Hag | Wheat Beer | Sligo brewery. Think they have the rights for the craft beer in Dublin airport T1. Decent beers to be fair More Info |
Beer  |
Lapin Kulta | Lager | A beer from Finland. The Lapin part means Lapland apparently. More Info |
Beer  |
Rolling Rock | Lager | Standard American Beer More Info |
First Frontier  |
To Ol | IPA | Danish brewery. Not sure if the Ol in the name is similar to the Irish ol and means drink or not |
Premium Lager  |
Oranjeboom | Lager | Dutch brewery. Been around a while apparently. Think they're fairly common More Info |
Handcrafted Lager  |
Omission Brewing | Lager | Some American brand. Not sure exactly were they're from More Info |
Trappist  |
Westmalle | Dubbel | Rocket fuel More Info |
India Pale Ale  |
Odell Brewing | IPA | Another Murican brand. Nice graphics on the beer More Info |
Asahi Dry  |
Asahi | Lager | Japanese beer. Goes great with Sushi. More Info |
Caledonian 80  |
Caledonian Brewing Company | Ale | Scottish beer |
Titanic Quarter Beer  |
Hilden brewing Co | Ale | Belfast Beer |
Foxes Rock  |
Pearse Lyons Brewery | IPA | American style IPA from Dundalk |
Pagans Pillar  |
Boyne Brewhouse | IPA | Brewed with water from the river Boyne... maybe |
Middleweight IPA  |
Knockout brewing | IPA | Punchy Craft Beer... great tag line |
Rhubarb Tart IPA  |
James Brown Brews | IPA | Love the tart.... Not so sure about the beer |
Pilsener  |
Kaiserdom | Pilsener | German beer. Prob an Aldi job More Info |
American Amber  |
Wicklow Wolf | Ale | Wicklow Worlf are from Wicklow.... Shock Horror. They actually grow their own hops though More Info |
Clough More - Heather IPA  |
Whitewater | IPA | Brewed in Count Down |
1795  |
Budejovicke Pivo | Lager | Original Czech blend |
