Beer?
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MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
This is £9.90 a pint in my local (gasp)
It is very nice but not sure it's nine pounds ninety nice
It is very nice but not sure it's nine pounds ninety nice
Daddy Pig
Veteran
Dont they do halves?
MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
I had two thirds
petek
Über Member
- Location
- East Coast UK
Any landlord charging £9-90 for a pint deserves to be run out of town on a rail.
Along with any punters daft enough to pay £9-90 for a pint of ale.
Does irk me when restaurants serve stout fridge-cold. Happened this afternoon and personally, I don't think it's right.
Still, I'm having a couple of bottles of porter and a bottle of stout this afternoon. With the explosion of craft beer (not actually referring to the Cloudwater referred to upthread), larger breweries seem a bit meh these days, but some of their beers are actually good - this afternoon I'll enjoy a Fullers London Porter, because it's actually quite good.
Still, I'm having a couple of bottles of porter and a bottle of stout this afternoon. With the explosion of craft beer (not actually referring to the Cloudwater referred to upthread), larger breweries seem a bit meh these days, but some of their beers are actually good - this afternoon I'll enjoy a Fullers London Porter, because it's actually quite good.
I paid £6.20 for a pint of Beavertown Gamma Ray on Friday in London, which I think is even worse.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Flagship, slightly over chilled but that's actually welcome as I've been shifting stuff around and thirsts need slaking.
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Tonka beans have been added to the list of "stuff wot shouldn't be in beer"
Tonka beans have been added to the list of "stuff wot shouldn't be in beer"
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
I paid a similar amount for Gamma Ray in London. When "standard" beer in London is £4.50 a pint or so, I didn't think it was too bad, all considered
I'm trying to imagine where Mossy's "local" is. I doubt it's Irlam. You can still get a proper night out in Irlam for £9.90
Daddy Pig
Veteran
Better than the Pint glass being half empty I guess?
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
I just had a pint of Hogs Back's single hop varietiy, Azacca, and really enjoyed it. Elderflowery at the ding stage, with a very pleasant, if not exciting, dong . Over 8 on the guzzleometer. For the record, it was preceded by a Citradelic (Citradelia?) which went tingle-hop-hop-hop, so ding with a far too long dong (6.3 on the GoM); and followed by an Anchor Titanic, which I obviously just had to sink. 7.2*.
*note: guzzleometry is not a precise science and is subject to periodic recalibration.
*note: guzzleometry is not a precise science and is subject to periodic recalibration.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
My dad was in the Four Candles yesterday and picked up some beer to go with lunch today. When I spoke to him yesterday afternoon, he said he "wasn't sure whether to take the risk", which seemed odd to me - it's not usually a risk buying beer from the Four Candles. Far from it.
When I arrived over there this afternoon, I discovered the reason for his uncertainty...
It's actually pretty good. A little odd but it works surprisingly well. It's a strong and well-hopped beer - and I think it needs to be to avoid being overwhelmed by the coconut. I don't know exactly what hops are used - it said there were five different types on the label but didn't specify which, but I suspect 'New World' varieties like Nelson Sauvin or Mosaic as it definitely had that 'tropical' flavour which complements the coconut quite well. In fact, the whole thing was like a malty piña colada - but much more pleasant than that sounds.
Not that I would go out of my way to seek it out again in future. And I understand Mike, the landlord, is not a fan - so he's unlikely to allow Paul, the brewer, to repeat that particular experiment.
When I arrived over there this afternoon, I discovered the reason for his uncertainty...
It's actually pretty good. A little odd but it works surprisingly well. It's a strong and well-hopped beer - and I think it needs to be to avoid being overwhelmed by the coconut. I don't know exactly what hops are used - it said there were five different types on the label but didn't specify which, but I suspect 'New World' varieties like Nelson Sauvin or Mosaic as it definitely had that 'tropical' flavour which complements the coconut quite well. In fact, the whole thing was like a malty piña colada - but much more pleasant than that sounds.
Not that I would go out of my way to seek it out again in future. And I understand Mike, the landlord, is not a fan - so he's unlikely to allow Paul, the brewer, to repeat that particular experiment.
