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threebikesmcginty

Corn Fed Hick...
Location
...on the slake
Couple of old school beers for the weekend, Fullers excellent 1845 ale and Worthington's White Shield which is an IPA from way back when although the folks brewing it have changed a few times. Road tested this last night just to make sure it was going to be acceptable and as I hadn't tried it for probably 10 years. It didn't have the hop impact that it did back then but I'm putting that down to the fact that in the last few years brewers have gone hop crazy so it seems fails mild by comparison, still a good beer though.
 
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User169

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De Molen again this weekend - single hopped Rye IPAs: simcoe, chinook, amarillo, saaz, cascade and a dark amarillo. The dark one is excellent.
 
I had a lovely tripel last night - les bourgeoises de Calais from the castelain brewery which does loads of stuff in NE France, really malty with a slight but noticeable hoppy tang after. Then a beavertown smog rocket, always a winner.
 

threebikesmcginty

Corn Fed Hick...
Location
...on the slake
Brains Craft Brewery Barry Island IPA, 3 US hop beer from Cardiff - smert as they say down that way.

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ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
I can't be bothered to trawl through the entire thread (sorry!) so I will just ask my question here, even though it may have already been discussed ...

I have tried a few beers in the 3.5 - 4.0% strength range which were pretty tasty, but generally prefer 4.0 - 5.5%. I'm not actually drinking alcohol at all at the moment, but would like to start again, in moderation, when my health is better. I may be on anticoagulant drugs for life though, and alcohol can also act as a 'blood thinner' so I really shouldn't be drinking too much alcohol.

What I am looking for is tasty beers of low strength, that don't make feel like I am drinking coloured water. If I could find one of 2.0 - 2.75% then that would be great, but I have never found one. Does such a brew actually exist?

Bonus task: Name a tasty lager of low strength that doesn't seem watery. I think that would be even harder to find. I Like Skol would obviously recommend Skol, but when I last drank that about 30 years ago, I wasn't keen! (I might just give it a go though to see if I have changed my mind.)
 

smutchin

Cat 6 Racer
Location
The Red Enclave
Kernel table beer could be your friend here. It's pretty weak, but tasty.

Can you clarify that? 6% would be considered fairly weak by the Kernel's usual standards... ;)

See also Redemption Trinity at 3%.
http://www.redemptionbrewing.co.uk/the-beer/
 
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User169

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Don't think there'll be that many under 3%.

Dead Pony Club from BrewDog (3.8%) and Avril from Brasserie Dupont (3.5%) are both tasty for reasonably low ABV beer.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Kernel table beer could be your friend here. It's pretty weak, but tasty.
I didn't realise that there was now a lower duty on beers which are <= 2.8% ABV. Kernel table beer appears to have been reduced in strength to hit that limit. It sounds interesting, as does Redemption Trinity.

Ideally, the tasty low-strength beers should also cost less than £2 a bottle or I wouldn't be able to afford the extra bottle or two that their lower strength would allow me to drink!
 

smutchin

Cat 6 Racer
Location
The Red Enclave
I didn't realise that there was now a lower duty on beers which are <= 2.8% ABV. Kernel table beer appears to have been reduced in strength to hit that limit. It sounds interesting, as does Redemption Trinity.

Exactly that. Some of the more adventurous brewers viewed the tax ruling as a challenge and came out with "protest" beers at 2.8% or less. I'd didn't realise Kernel Table Beer was one of those but it doesn't surprise me.

There was also Low And Behold from Gadds, but I think that was a one-off for the Thanet Beer Festival in 2011. I didn't try it but I heard good reports of it. Eddie Gadd wrote extensively about the challenge of making a low-strength-but-flavoursome beer on his blog. Well worth reading.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
I found this list of beers tested/tasted by the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group ...
  • Adnams Sole Star, 2.7% ABV, Suffolk
  • Brentwood Brewing BBC2, 2.5% ABV, London
  • Brodie’s Brewery Summer Stout, 2.8% ABV, London
  • Everards Southgate, 2.7% ABV Leicestershire
  • Greene King Tolly English Ale, 2.8% ABV, Suffolk
  • Guinness Mid Strength, 2.8% ABV
  • Harvey’s Sweet Sussex Stout, 2.8% ABV, Sussex
  • Harvey’s Bloomsbury Brown, 2.8% ABV, Sussex
  • Hop Back Heracles, 2.8% ABV, Wiltshire
  • J W Lees Hero, 2.8% ABV, Manchester
  • Marston’s Pale Ale, 2.8% ABV, Staffordshire
  • Marston’s Alcoholic Ale Shandy, 2.8%ABV, Staffordshire
  • Mann’s Brown Ale (Marston’s), 2.8% ABV, Staffordshire
  • S A Brains Founders Brew, 2.8% ABV, Cardiff
  • Welton’s Pride & Joy, 2.8% ABV, Sussex
 

threebikesmcginty

Corn Fed Hick...
Location
...on the slake
You'll find them all pretty unsatisfactory, better off, if you can stretch to it, getting some 3.5% beers. I've tried a couple of 2.8%-ers but they're just not proper beer, you're better off with a shandy tbh.
 

smutchin

Cat 6 Racer
Location
The Red Enclave
I'd rather drink anything on that list than, say, Fosters (4%) and if I were in Colin's position, I would rather err on the side of caution. Alcohol isn't everything.
 
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