Beer of the Year 2021.
August: Hope “Limited Edition No 25“ Classic Gose
July: Yellow Belly “Red Noir” Dark Red Ale
June: O’Hara’s Irish Stout Nitro
May: Dungarvan “Mahon Falls” Rye Pale Ale
April: Heaney New England IPA
March: Whiplash “Melodie Noir” Baltic Porter
February: Eight Degrees “The Pilgrim’s Path” Lager
January: Lineman “Vesper" Pale Ale
August Final Selection:
IPA: Blacks St Tropez IPA Summer IPA 4.8%; Eight Degrees Original Gravity Juicy IPA
Session: Hope Hop On Session IPA; Whiplash Rollover Session IPA; Trouble Brewing Love Below Micro IPA.
Kolsch: Rye River Grafters Clocking Off Kölsch Style; White Hag Keltoi Kolsch Style Ale.
Pale Ale: Hope Pass If You Can Pale Ale; White Hag “Magic Mist” Juicy Pale Ale
DIPA: Blacks Golden Ticket Pineapple DIPA 8.2%
Red Ale: Tom Crean Expedition Red Ale
Gose: Hope “Limited Edition No 25“ Classic Gose
Overall: Hope “Limited Edition No 25“ Classic Gose
July final
Hazy IPA: Blacks Ace of Haze Battle of the Tropics DDH Hazy IPA 5.5%
Lager: Boundary Very Serious Situation Pils 4.8%, Mescan “Seven Virtues” Lager 4.9%,
Red Ale: Yellow Belly “Red Noir” Dark Red Ale 4.5%
Pale Ale: Rascals with Hopfully “Siamese Dream” Pale Ale 4.5%
Sour: Otterbank Brewing “Mates Rates” Tart Session IPA 4.9%
IPA: Blacks Wild Atlantic West Coast IPA 4.5
Session: Blacks Ace of Haze DDH Cryo Hazy Session IPA 4.2%
Overall: Yellow Belly “Red Noir” Dark Red Ale
June
Stout: O’Hara’s Irish Stout Nitro
Session: Brú Lager; Brú Cheep Flirt IPA
Pale Ale: Lineman Electric Avenue #2 Extra; Wicklow Brewery Hopknut; 9 White Deer “Stag Ban”; West Kerry “Blue Rose”; Whiplash Midnight Dipper;
Red Ale: Western Herd Atlantic
IPA: Brú IPA; O’Hara’s Hop Adventure Strata
Golden Ale: Sullivan’s Irish Gold
Non Alcoholic: Stonewell 0% Cider
Blond: Mescan Westport Blonde
Overall: O’Hara’s Irish Stout Nitro
May Favourites
White/wheat/wit: Heaney Irish White Ale
Rye Ale: Dungarvan “Mahon Falls” Rye Pale Ale
Lager: Western Herd "Loop Head" Pilsner
Red Ale: Brú
Amber Ale: Kinnegar Devil’s Backbone
IPA: O’Hara’s 51st State IPA
Session: Rising Sons “5th Horseman” session IPA
Overall: Dungarvan “Mahon Falls” Rye Pale Ale
April Favourites
Sour: Wide Street “Peach Berliner” Sour or Wheat?
Brown Ale: Whiplash “The Ocean Wide”
NEIPA: Heaney New England
Session: Blacks The Session IPA 3.5%
German style IPA: Rascals Wunderbar IPA
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
No lists kept for 2020 but the “winners” were
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%
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