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Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
Beer?
- Thread starter Chuffy
- Start date
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That's him! Nearly missing the train as usual...
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User482
Guest
A fun evening at Wild Beer (and photo channelling my inner RichP):
Cloudy Crowd. New England IPA. Juicy, tropical fruits. Very nice.
Breakfast of Champignons. Barrel-aged sour. Apparently, has foraged mushrooms in it though you couldn't taste them. Vinous, presumably from the ageing, but a bit one-note for my taste.
Spicy Crowd. Spiced IPA, based on the Cloudy Crowd. Floral, lemongrass and galangal notes with a very dry finish. Good with food.
Smoke 'n' Barrels Spring. Smoked lager. Savoury and herbaceous with strong notes of smoked cured meat. Odd.
Ninkasi. Saison. 9% ABV worn lightly. Lashings of NZ aroma hops and apple notes. Rich, malty and slighty sweet but with a dry finish. To my mind, not much like a saison but very nice nevertheless.
Billionaire. Imperial Stout. 10% ABV makes its presence felt. Sweet, rich and very chocolatey. More than a whiff of Kahlua about this one. Good, but you only want one.
Cloudy Crowd. New England IPA. Juicy, tropical fruits. Very nice.
Breakfast of Champignons. Barrel-aged sour. Apparently, has foraged mushrooms in it though you couldn't taste them. Vinous, presumably from the ageing, but a bit one-note for my taste.
Spicy Crowd. Spiced IPA, based on the Cloudy Crowd. Floral, lemongrass and galangal notes with a very dry finish. Good with food.
Smoke 'n' Barrels Spring. Smoked lager. Savoury and herbaceous with strong notes of smoked cured meat. Odd.
Ninkasi. Saison. 9% ABV worn lightly. Lashings of NZ aroma hops and apple notes. Rich, malty and slighty sweet but with a dry finish. To my mind, not much like a saison but very nice nevertheless.
Billionaire. Imperial Stout. 10% ABV makes its presence felt. Sweet, rich and very chocolatey. More than a whiff of Kahlua about this one. Good, but you only want one.
Wow, just wow.
MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
It's a strange thing; look up-thread and you'll see me slagging them off no-end but now I am a 100% converted and there's no going back.
They're not all good, mind, Cloudwater's efforts for example have been poor so if you see those on the shelf and you have the option of something else (Chorlton are my favourites amongst the modern ones) take the alternative
MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
I am going more and more for thirds too (albeit strong ones).
The game running through the thread where we come up with prince-per-pint equivalence is fun but price-per-pint is not really relevant when the styles are so different (and sometimes the ABV's so high).
At Magic Rock the other day I had a "tasting tray" of six thirds (10% off too). Brilliant idea! You could have a try of every draft beer in the brewery and still only have two pints in total.
robjh
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
Staying at a Welsh youth hostel, it had to be a Welsh beer
MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
robjh
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
It did what it said on the label!
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
I've always thought it should be price per pint per percent alcohol.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
If you start drinking thirds when we meet up on Friday I'm going to give you a right twatting
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Will you be administering beatings for sours and beer with fruit and veg in too?
MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
That's the one
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Ok so nickyboy is Olly, mossy is Stan and rich p is behind the bar.
