Beer?

[MossCommuter]

Stone's latest innovation;

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stone-brewing-toilet-to-tap_us_58cc60c7e4b0be71dcf4fc2f

So, pretty much like most beer then?

 

[John the Monkey]

So, pretty much like most beer then?

You'd think so, yes! Perhaps in the US, every brewer has their own well, or spring though?

 

[User169]

So. £5.80 for a 330ml bottle takeaway. ("Blimey, that's expensive", said the bloke propping up the bar).
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Cheaper than the Billionaire, and to be brutally honest a damn site better. A layer of peaty smokiness, more impressive and balanced hoppiness. Pretty damned good all around.

It says "enjoy within 25 years". Search tells me that @DP had one of these after storing it for three years. And I've never seen a best before date quite like this...
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All of the strong ones come with that 25 year drink by date. Hemel en Aarde is one of their core range and pretty good.

 

[John the Monkey]

Worth reading if you participated in "Equity for Punks" or similar schemes;
http://beerinsider.com/lack-of-equity-at-brewdog/

 

[MossCommuter]

Worth reading if you participated in "Equity for Punks" or similar schemes;
http://beerinsider.com/lack-of-equity-at-brewdog/

There's a lot of words in that letter some of which I have never seen in combination before but it did leave me wondering who they're selling up to? AB Inbev?

 

[User169]

Worth reading if you participated in "Equity for Punks" or similar schemes;
http://beerinsider.com/lack-of-equity-at-brewdog/

Always seemed clear to me that you weren't getting real equity. As the author says it was essentially giving BD the money to expand in return for a membership scheme with a few benefits. I'd always assumed it was a way of making sure that Watt and Dickie could do pretty much as they pleased and not being beholden to a small number of dominant shareholders.

 

[User169]

There's a lot of words in that letter some of which I have never seen in combination before but it did leave me wondering who they're selling up to? AB Inbev?

I would lol!

 

[theclaud]

Will be in Brizzle this evening to hear the splendiferous Cordelia Fine talking about her new book on testosterone. Planning to catch up with @User482 for a pint or four.

In the meantime, a small sharpener of Island Hopper Pale Ale. Can't upload pic cos WiFi is shite but then my phone camera is shite too so you are not missing out.

 

[User482]

Obviously, I needed a great deal of persuading.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

...but then my phone camera is shite too so you are not missing out.

Get it off rich?

 

[User169]

My fave bar has reopened. They've totally trashed the place. Nothing left of the old bar. It's now a sort of generic craft beer looking place.

That's my beer chum Flozza manning the taps.

 

[User169]

Will be in Brizzle this evening to hear the splendiferous Cordelia Fine talking about her new book on testosterone. .

 

[threebikesmcginty]

My fave bar has reopened. They've totally trashed the place. Nothing left of the old bar. It's now a sort of generic craft beer looking place.

That's my beer chum Flozza manning the taps.

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Why didn't they just open a new one somewhere else, why feck up a decent boozer with that trendy hipster look bollocks, bunch of shítwhisks.

 

[User169]

Imperial Brett Ale aged on red wine barrels. From a small brewery from Utrecht.

hat's a pretty finebeer. Winey, sweet, a touch of brett. A touch strong at 11%, but nothing to frighten the horses.

 

[User169]

Why didn't they just open a new one somewhere else, why feck up a decent boozer with that trendy hipster look bollocks, bunch of shítwhisks.

Long story ,but the new owners already have a more traditional looking beer cafe more or less opposite.

If I were being charitable, I'd say they simply want this one to have a different look and feel which kinda makes sense. On the other hand, they're taking an unpleasant delight in erasing all evidence of the previous incarnation.

Tja!