Beer?

[MossCommuter]

I am a lucky boy! These turned up today and I shared them amongst good friends.

Both by Brouwerij Vreemdeling

The saison opened with an angel's sigh and poured easily. Instantly identified as apricot by most and a green apple note was said by one. Our teenager liked it.

The barley wine flatter but my preference with massive figgy, raisin going on. Someone mentioned licorice. I really enjoyed it. If you told me it was barrel aged I'd believe you. Our teenager gave his to me.

I happen to know the brewer who lives in Delft.

Thank you @DP

 

[MossCommuter]

And a Brucey bonus. Spanners' Impy

Universally enjoyed but equally commonly described as pickled beetroot (in a good way) and some didn't like the nose.

Muted coffee. Bitterness developing.

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[deptfordmarmoset]

Muted coffee. Bitterness developing.

For some reason, this sounds like a beer drinker's shipping forecast to me.

 

[Maverick Goose]

For some reason, this sounds like a beer drinker's shipping forecast to me.

ABV rising. A hoppy front moving in from the West.

 

[nickyboy]

And a Brucey bonus. Spanners' Impy

Universally enjoyed but equally commonly described as pickled beetroot (in a good way) and some didn't like the nose.

Muted coffee. Bitterness developing.

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Have a word with yourself Mossy, my beerponce-ometer has just exploded

 

[MossCommuter]

Have a word with yourself Mossy, my beerponce-ometer has just exploded

I know no other way of describing something that tastes of pickled beetroot than saying it tastes of pickled beetroot.

 

[MossCommuter]

Hardknott Brewery have gone: http://hardknott.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/a-catatonic-beer-industry.html

It's a bit like Woolies - I am going to be sorry they've gone but I can't remember the last time I had any

 

[Daddy Pig]

ABV rising. A hoppy front moving in from the West.

Wheat beer in the evening, southerly winds by the morning...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Odd little article in the Guardian today about scientists in Berkeley university developing a hopless* beer that's hoppier than hopped beer- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/mar/21/beer-not-as-we-know-it-scientists-dispense-hops

*Not to be confused with @hopless500

 

[User169]

Odd little article in the Guardian today about scientists in Berkeley university developing a hopless* beer that's hoppier than hopped beer- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/mar/21/beer-not-as-we-know-it-scientists-dispense-hops

*Not to be confused with @hopless500

The BBB brigade are out in force BTL!

Just had a skim read through the actual paper. Pretty impressive piece of work. GMO yeast in beer might be a hard sell though. And they "only" added genes for two monoterpene compounds. Hops themselves will have more of these compounds and so the flavour from hops is likely to be more complex.

 

[Daddy Pig]

Lunchtime beer... who'd if thought lingonberries would make a good sour. Very nice with a bit of French stick and brie!

To Ol used 1 ton of lingonberries per 1000 litres... or 500g per can of beer... that's a lot of lingonberries

 

[MossCommuter]

Lunchtime beer... who'd if thought lingonberries would make a good sour. Very nice with a bit of French stick and brie!
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To Ol used 1 ton of lingonberries per 1000 litres... or 500g per can of beer... that's a lot of lingonberries

WTF's a lingonberry?

 

[MossCommuter]

Odd little article in the Guardian today about scientists in Berkeley university developing a hopless* beer that's hoppier than hopped beer- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/mar/21/beer-not-as-we-know-it-scientists-dispense-hops

*Not to be confused with @hopless500

Lagunitas employees liked it, couldn't tell it apart from the real thing

Lagunitas is owned by Heineken

Who paid for this research?

Just wondering.

 

[MossCommuter]

The BBB brigade are out in force BTL!

Just had a skim read through the actual paper. Pretty impressive piece of work. GMO yeast in beer might be a hard sell though. And they "only" added genes for two monoterpene compounds. Hops themselves will have more of these compounds and so the flavour from hops is likely to be more complex.

I don't know what those abbreviations mean

 

[User169]

I don't know what those abbreviations mean

BBB = boring brown beer
BTL = below the line