Beer?
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GM
Legendary Member
- Location
- North of the river
Down to my last Life & Death....
Happy Brew Year one and all.....
Happy Brew Year one and all.....
jongooligan
Legendary Member
- Location
- Behind bars
In Bruges.
Easy to guess where if you've been here.
Easy to guess where if you've been here.
MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
RashMy contributions to this thread are hereby suspended until 1st April 2018. Beer block.
HNY
MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
I'm gonna swear more. I'll have the pottiest potty mouth this side of that Dent daffodil
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
VVanker.
jongooligan
Legendary Member
- Location
- Behind bars
Last one from Bruges.
Now my favourite beer.
Now my favourite beer.
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
Proper Black (St. Austell, 6%)
An interesting one this, as though someone combined a stout and an ipa without diminishing their distinctness. A lot of smoky, chocolate richness, with the piney citrus flavours of a strong ipa. Contradictory, but tasty - I am looking forward to researching this one further.
White Shield (White Shield Brewery, 5.6%)
Reviewed before, of course, but worth reminding oneself occasionally just how good this is.
First Frost (Hydes, 3.8%)
Thin, but ok session bitter with a bit of biscuit and some fruity, sour, bitterness.
Tinsel Toes (Woodforde's, 4.3%)
Pleasantly robust seasonal, with bread, some rich berry and a spicy hoppiness. Pretty good.
Mrs M says (respectively):
"Very Nice. "
"I am drinking Hoegaarden. "
"Ok, but I am glad my pint is the tinsel toes."
"Very Nice. "
Mrs M has also been enjoying the return to cask of "Old Tom" in our local, one of her favourite seasonal beers.
An interesting one this, as though someone combined a stout and an ipa without diminishing their distinctness. A lot of smoky, chocolate richness, with the piney citrus flavours of a strong ipa. Contradictory, but tasty - I am looking forward to researching this one further.
White Shield (White Shield Brewery, 5.6%)
Reviewed before, of course, but worth reminding oneself occasionally just how good this is.
First Frost (Hydes, 3.8%)
Thin, but ok session bitter with a bit of biscuit and some fruity, sour, bitterness.
Tinsel Toes (Woodforde's, 4.3%)
Pleasantly robust seasonal, with bread, some rich berry and a spicy hoppiness. Pretty good.
Mrs M says (respectively):
"Very Nice. "
"I am drinking Hoegaarden. "
"Ok, but I am glad my pint is the tinsel toes."
"Very Nice. "
Mrs M has also been enjoying the return to cask of "Old Tom" in our local, one of her favourite seasonal beers.
MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
Pisshead
I got a few of those in my Beermerchants Christmas selection.
Good stuff, I agree.
jongooligan
Legendary Member
- Location
- Behind bars
Yes, we did the Halve Maan brewery tour on New Year's Eve.
Got to say that my first mouthful of this was an incredible experience - like hearing Marvin Gaye for the first time or Eddie Gray's goals against Burnley in 1970. The hairs stood up on the back of my neck. I felt like I was experiencing something very special indeed. I felt like I was in the presence of greatness.
Yeah, it's decent
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
Coventry Bitter (Byatt's, 3.8%)
Another session bitter, this one from a selection of Byatt's beers I received from my Aunt for Christmas. Byatt's have impressed me before, and this beer is no exception - liveliness aside (this is effervescent, even by the standards of other bottle conditioned beers) this is an excellent session. Taste wise, there's a little caramel, and a fair bit of gooseberry sweet/sour bitterness. Really tasty.
Mrs M says: "Very Nice."
Another session bitter, this one from a selection of Byatt's beers I received from my Aunt for Christmas. Byatt's have impressed me before, and this beer is no exception - liveliness aside (this is effervescent, even by the standards of other bottle conditioned beers) this is an excellent session. Taste wise, there's a little caramel, and a fair bit of gooseberry sweet/sour bitterness. Really tasty.
Mrs M says: "Very Nice."
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Kicked off with a pint of Great Orme bitter, can't remember the name but it was down in the 3% range, thin and pale, a hint of elderflower at the very front and an exceedingly long bitter aftertaste. Not my kind of ale. I should have tried their Welsh Gold...but it might still be on tomorrow.
Then a Twisted Ales Pirate. I can't find any reference on their website to this one but it was a somewhere between amber and ruby, with a more enjoyable journey from fruity to bitter. I'll have another tomorrow.
Finally, having somehow missed out on mince pies and Christmas pubbing (puddings also) this season, I finished off with a pint of Irving Brewery's Red Plum Christmas Ale. It managed to make me think of mincemeat with its fruity beginning and its dark and sweet bitterness to follow. Worth the windy journey home alone - that Eleanor's in a foul mood if you're cycling south-west - and it's added to tomorrow's planned menu....
Cheers all!
Then a Twisted Ales Pirate. I can't find any reference on their website to this one but it was a somewhere between amber and ruby, with a more enjoyable journey from fruity to bitter. I'll have another tomorrow.
Finally, having somehow missed out on mince pies and Christmas pubbing (puddings also) this season, I finished off with a pint of Irving Brewery's Red Plum Christmas Ale. It managed to make me think of mincemeat with its fruity beginning and its dark and sweet bitterness to follow. Worth the windy journey home alone - that Eleanor's in a foul mood if you're cycling south-west - and it's added to tomorrow's planned menu....
Cheers all!
MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
Marble are being asked to "reconsider the name" of their beer; "Pint", which has been brewed for donkeys' years, because it now comes in 500ml cans.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42458104
I remember this starting last summer and it was alleged that the original complainant was a disgruntled customer who tweeted Trading Standards.
I wonder what they'll call it?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42458104
I remember this starting last summer and it was alleged that the original complainant was a disgruntled customer who tweeted Trading Standards.
I wonder what they'll call it?
