Beer?

[ceepeebee]

I really love that espresso beer, would have picked some up today but went with all-new (except I think I've had the wolf stout before).

I've got German lagers for tonight's football, but I might have that leviathan for starters as it's looking v v tempting.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Went up the local brewery earlier and sampled a couple of new beers; Cotswold Lion, nice hoppy light beer and Diamond Reserve, a 6% strong dark beer in celebration of Brenda's 60 years. Both very pleasant.

Out the back they were giving the delivery vehicles a quick scrub up...

 

[Crackle]

I couldn't resist and went to the Ship in a Bottle.

Just tucking into a locally brewed beer called Baltic Gold, brewed in a pub on the dock road. Not bad but not quite my thing. of course I'll need to finish it to be certain.

 

[endoman]

I'm having one more night of beer next week then nothing until the Etape is completed. Shall be real ale in local pub next week, then hopefully several glasses ( might only need 2) of Adelscott in the Pyrennes, will be even better if I can find a bar showing the rugby league on the BBC.

 

[ceepeebee]

Ok, the leviathan is awesome. 6% but really smooth, nicely malty so just the way I like it, will drink again. Mrs ceepeebee also a fan.

German bitburger is a decent smooth lager, I don't generally go for German beer for some reason but will now.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Has anyone mentioned Brewdog? Their 'Hardcore IPA' is remarkable.

 

[smutchin]

I've got German lagers for tonight's football, but I might have that leviathan for starters as it's looking v v tempting.

I love Leviathan. A superb beer. Also a big fan of Hopdaemon's Skrimshander (kind of IPA-ish). The brewer is a thoroughly decent chap too - a New Zealander, perhaps surprisingly given the thoroughly Englishness of his beers.

Those Old Dairy beers are great too.

If you want another Kent beer recommendation, try Eddie Gadd's Ramsgate Brewery. Gadd's No.3 is my session ale of choice.

d.

 

[smutchin]

Btw, any beer fans doing the FNRttC to Whitstable should go via Canterbury on the way home and call in at the Bottle Shop (in the Goods Shed farmers market next to Canterbury West station). They always have a good selection of Kernel, De Molen, Mikkeller, Marble, Thornbridge, Brodie's, BrewDog...

d.

 

[ceepeebee]

Thanks for the tips, good taste have the skrimshander in but I avoided as I am not the biggest ipa fan, I like more malty stuff as I almost find the over-hopped stuff painful.

Talking of which, I tend to avoid brewdog, there's something about them that screams wacky students and stunt-beers, not my cup of tea at all. Basically I'm on a quest to find the perfect session beer. Oh, and one of their beers (either trashy blonde or the ?am saint) is one of the worst beers I've ever tasted.

 

[ceepeebee]

Btw, any beer fans doing the FNRttC to Whitstable should go via Canterbury on the way home and call in at the Bottle Shop (in the Goods Shed farmers market next to Canterbury West station). They always have a good selection of Kernel, De Molen, Mikkeller, Marble, Thornbridge, Brodie's, BrewDog...

d.

Excellent tip, ta. Maybe I'll fit the rack...

 

[Crackle]

On to a Triple Blonde now. Much nicer.

 

[User169]

Has anyone mentioned Brewdog? Their 'Hardcore IPA' is remarkable.

Can't help feeling brewdog is more of a marketing exercise than a brewery. The beer isn't bad, but not as good as they would have us believe (with the exception of tokyo) and there is so much shoot-hot competition at the momemt. The noisy self-promotion is getting a bit tedious too, but, hey, they just raised 2 million gbp online, so what do i know!

 

[smutchin]

Can't help feeling brewdog is more of a marketing exercise than a brewery. The beer isn't bad, but not as good as they would have us believe

This pretty much sums it up for me. If I had the spare cash, though, I would definitely buy shares in the company.

d.

 

[smutchin]

My latest haul from the Bottle Shop, btw...

I just made a quip on twitter about the Roggen being the only red Bavarian hitting the target tonight, moments before they scored. Doh!

d.

 

[ceepeebee]

Mikkeller looks interesting - amarillo hop?

The Thornbridge is a cracker, good choice.