Premium Lager

In Ballycastle at our hostel.
10/10
5% version of Tesco Lager, good stuff.

Lager

At our hostel in Galway, Ireland
8/10
Very nice supermarket brand Lager from Dunnes.

Valentins Wietbier

At our hostel in Galway, Ireland
1/10
A real strong unpleasant flavoured wheat beer.

Tiger

In London
10/10
Excellent example of a lager.

Badger Original Ale

At our hostel in London
7/10
A good all round ale.

Bombardier

At the pub in London
2/10
Warm and Flat.

Young's

At a bar in London with Lexie.
3/10
Just not into warm beer which is the way they like it.

Corona Extra

Back home in Cork
10/10
Yep Corona is a dam good beer. Drank with a slice of lemon down the neck.

Wieckse Witte

At Kadinsky bar in Amsterdam
10/10
Really good wheat beer. Refreshing cool banana flavour.

Parel

In Amsterdam
7/10
Not a bad brew.

Cannabia

In Amsterdam
9/10
Quite a nice beer, tasted a little like grass. Has a scratch and smell label.

Satan gold

In Amsterdam
3/10
You can tell this ones 8%. Not so good.

Slee Doorn

In Amsterdam
6/10
Again pretty average, nice label. Bought from the beer museum.

Gulden Draak

At our hostel in Amsterdam
5/10
Cool bottle but the beer was just average.

Heineken (Amsterdam)

In Amsterdam
4/10
Where it comes from and soo different than the stuff back home. Had quite a sweet taste.

Pilsner Lirquell

In Amsterdam
9/10
Beautiful pilsner.

Border Gold

At Melrose hostel, Scotland
9/10
Easy to drink with a bitter bite. Organic ale brewed in the Borders of Scotland.

Bumble Bee Ale

At our hostel in Melrose, Scotland
9/10
Smooth ale with a bit of a tang. 4.6%, £1.50.

Black Douglas

Inverness, Scotland
7/10
Full malt flavour, tastes a little bit burnt. Organic ale 5.2%

Carlsberg Export

Inverness, Scotland
10/10
The good stuff we get back home.

Hobgoblin

Inverness, Scotland
9/10
Strong dark ale with a fruity taste.

Old Tom

Inverness, Scotland
8/10
Real nice strong ale that warms you up. 8.5%

Belhaven fruit beer

In our hostel in Inverness, Scotland
7/10
Nice lager with a hint of fruit.

McEwan's Export

On the side of the road in Scotland
6/10
Burnt malt flavour

Tetley's Original Bitter

Inverness, Scotland
6/10
Full bodied bitter ale with a prominent hop taste. These guys also make tea bags.

John Smith

Inverness Scotland
6/10
Bitter and yeasty flavoured.

Tennants Special Ale

Inverness Scotland
7/10
Brewed in Scotland, it's full bodied and a little sweet. 3.5%

Carlsberg Special Brew

At our hostel in Inverness Scotland
7/10
Real strong and bitter, comes with a little thermometer on the side to tell you when it's cold enough to drink. 9%

Tartan Special

At a small pub in Scotland
8/10
Very nice ale

Kelpie Seaweed Ale

At our Hostel in Melrose Scotland
9/10
Very strong roasted barley flavour.

Yankee

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. From Messr. Maguires, Dublin.
6/10
Flat & boring, warm & sweet.
"Golden ale, straight from the cask! 5.5%"

Russian Weisse

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. Via Eurobeers, Cork.
9/10
Got a who's your daddy head on it. Noice.
"Baltika is an unfiltered beer, it has a mild fruity and slightly sweet taste. 5%"

Bels Pils

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. Via Eurobeers, Cork.
8/10
Rich flavour.
"A low fermentation luxury Pilsner is one of the most traditional Belgian Pilsners. 5.3%"

Curim Gold Wheat Beer

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. From Carlow Brewing Co., Carlow.
8/10
Good full lager.
"Bright and sparkling, Curim is lightly hopped, resulting in a refreshing beer with a hint of fruit" 4.3%

Watau's Wit

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. Via Eurobeers, Cork.
9/10
Similar to Friar Weisse. Goodness with banana flavours.
"From the Van Eecke Brewery in West Flanders dating to 1629. A golden pale wheat beer naturally cloudy & unfiltered. Spiced with coriander to give a refreshing citrus flavour. 5%"

O'Hara's Celtic Stout

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. From Carlow Brewing Co., Carlow.
8/10
Creamy, smooth, dark, malty goodness. YUM. 4.3%

Temple Brau Lager

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. From The Porterhouse Brewing Co., Dublin.
6/10
Fine, but nothing special. 4.3%

Porterhouse Chocolate Stout

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. From The Porterhouse Brewing Co., Dublin.
6/10
Strong dark beer with an undesirable sweet aftertaste. Chocolate & beer just don't mix. 5%
"Smooth tasting, full bodied creamy stout with a distinctive chocolate taste & aroma from the use of high cocoa solid chocolate added to the copper. Notes of caramel, dark fruits & vanilla"

Kinsale Cream Stout

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. From Kinsale Brewing Co., Kinsale, Cork.
8/10
Creamy head, good malty character, but with a watery aftertaste.
"Classic Irish stout combining a light, dry palate with roasted coffee & chocolate flavours and an earthy hop aroma" 4.3%

Pils

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. From Messr. Maguires, Dublin.
7/10
Very strong bitter pilsner.
"Pilsner as it should be, Saaz Hops!" 5%

Pinkly Grapefruit Beer

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. Via Eurobeers, Cork.
4/10
Proclaimed as a "malt-based drink with an aromatic vodka and grapefruit taste", it seems it is actually just a vodka mixer. 4%

Mongozo Coconut Beer

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. Via Eurobeers, Cork.
7/10
Very coconutty, not too bad.
"Coconut beer is brewed in a small scale in Kenya, brewed using an original Mongozo recipe. It is an exotic beer with a fresh coconut taste. 3.5%"

Floris Passionfruit & Chocolate

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. Via Eurobeers, Cork.
Passionfruit: 10/10
Nice & tangy, beautiful aroma & taste. 30% passionfruit juice. 3%
Chocolate: 6/10
Tastes like beer mixed with chocolate syrup, not the best. Nice chocolate aftertaste though.

Floris Strawberry

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. Via Eurobeers, Cork.
10/10
30% strawberry juice, naturally sweet & juicy, 3% alcohol. Is this really a beer?

Kinsale Lager

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. From Kinsale Brewing Co., Kinsale, Cork.
7/10
Dry with bitter taste.
"A snappy hop bitterness & a soft bready malt character give way to an immaculately clean dry finish"

Cardens Wild Ale

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. From Messr. Maguires, Dublin.
7/10
Nice smooth hoppy flavour. 5.1%

Haus

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. From Messrs. Maguires, Dublin.
8/10
Very lager-like, with a fruity taste.
"Lager as it should be, juicy malt!"

Festive Pilsner

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. From Pilot Research Brewery, University College Cork.
7/10
Very fizzy, bitter, cool and sharp.
"German style pilsner with a unique flavour & distinctive hop aroma based on a classic festival recipe"

Fairtrade Mongozo Banana Beer

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. Via Eurobeers, Cork City.
9/10
Strong banana aroma, very sweet delicious brew.
"A tropical fruit beer, brewed according to an old tradition that comes from the Massai in East Africa. It has the yellow colour of ripe bananas and pours a pale hazy light yellow. 4.8%"

William's wheat beer

At Franciscan Well's Easter Beerfest. From Kinsale Brewing Co., Kinsale, Cork.
8/10
Good full character, unfiltered herb flavoured beer.
"A Hefe Weizen style wheat beer brewed with the addition of orange peel & coriander, flavours & aromas of clove, banana & green apple are created by the yeast"