Beer?

[John the Monkey]

The Beercast's list of breweries to watch in 2017;
http://thebeercast.com/2017/01/2017-picks.html

Seems fair enough, aside, maybe, from Camden, whose offerings I never found that exciting. Cloudwater, Williams Brothers & Lines are all brewers I've enjoyed stuff from in the past (Lines being the new venture from the brewer behind Celt).

 

[Spartak]

Waloonatic by Cotswold Spring. It does what it says on the tin.

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Good brewery just up the road from me - their Stunner is delicious ;-)

 

[theclaud]

And here is me, just the other side of the Cotswolds, drinking Brains Xmas beer.

I was at the Fleece in Hillesley, which is run by a couple of pals of mine who used to run the Mumbles Alehouse. The Waloonatic accompanied an excellent walnut tart. Wot Xmas beer is that then? Is it one of their 'craft' beers - i.e. it comes in smaller bottles?

 

[srw]

Waloonatic by Cotswold Spring. It does what it says on the tin.

Bound over the hills in a Francophone way?

 

[Spartak]

I was at the Fleece in Hillesley, which is run by a couple of pals of mine who used to run the Mumbles Alehouse. The Waloonatic accompanied an excellent walnut tart. Wot Xmas beer is that then? Is it one of their 'craft' beers - i.e. it comes in smaller bottles?

Is the Fleece still a community pub ?

 

[theclaud]

Is the Fleece still a community pub ?

Yes it's owned by over a hundred people. This is the first time it's had tenants as opposed to just managers.

 

[srw]

Yes it's owned by over a hundred people. This is the first time it's had tenants as opposed to just managers.

So the landlord is the tenant and the customer is the landlord and the tenant serves the customer. Who's the bastard in all that?

 

[Crackle]

Still one of my favourite stouts, I highly recommend it

Thingy Smiths Oatmeal stuff is better but I can't get that.

 

[rich p]

Another Belge spesh from the Xmas glut. Nice...gotta love this stuff.

 

[theclaud]

It was
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It wasn't though, just OK and not especially Christmasy.

The Goose was a better bet.

 

[theclaud]

Fret not, I had both

I suspected as much, but didn't want to make assumptions...

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Goose is first rate beer, not seen it on tap before though - yumtus, as the hip young things say.

 

[Aperitif]

Plagiarism! A couple of Christmasses ago, I did some stuff for a School 'Fayre' selling framed drawings. Threw this in for fun...

 

[Maverick Goose]

The Goose was a better bet.

Yeehaaaa.....great balls of fire!

 

[nickyboy]

Kirin Ichiban Shibori Stout. Pretty decent stuff. Nice bitter chocolate going on along with the balancing sweet malts. Picked a pack up from the supermarket around the corner in HK

Apparently it is "Brewed for Good Times". So I intend to drink the lot as I like Good Times. However, exactly what that runs to on my own in a hotel room is anyone's' guess