deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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- Armonmy Way
I wouldn't have chosen it but it was in a Father's Day gift and it just went down very well.
Beer?
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bitsandbobs
Über Member
A bit harsh on Sierra Nevada - the Pale Ale is the exemplar of APA and if it's good enough for Vinny Cilurzo, it's good enough for me!
For me, pretty much all the best beer these days is coming out of the US. Over the past couple of weeks I've enjoyed really great IPAs from Toppling Goliath (Iowa), Adroit Theory (Virginia), Burley Oak (Maryland) and Lupulin (Minnesota). Going back a couple of months I had some spectacular super fresh Trillium (Boston) and Other Half (NYC). I think the cans were less than two weeks old - pretty impressive to get from the US to Belgium so quickly. No one in Europe can brew beers of this quality - at least in this style.
Hoegaarden is pish though - Allagash's White is a much better bet, although so difficult to find Allagash in Europe.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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- Armonmy Way
Fourpure, who are just down the road from here, delivered a case of beer today. They're the maddest selection of beers. I think they got a bit unhinged with the lockdown and no customers so started playing around. I'm kicking off with a coffee sour.
Lemony sourness with a gentle hint of coffee. Surprisingly, it works.
Lemony sourness with a gentle hint of coffee. Surprisingly, it works.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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- Armonmy Way
This one, an Espresso Martini Stout, looks similar but it's a full chocolate and coffee stout, rich and creamy. I'll enjoy the other three I've got under the worktop
deptfordmarmoset
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- Armonmy Way
And now an Earl Grey SIPA that actually has a taste of bergamot
I'm only doing this as part of a research project, you all understand
I'm only doing this as part of a research project, you all understand
MntnMan62
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I do agree about the Allagash White. Great stuff. I forgot about that one and I will say I prefer it over Hoegaarden. I have to admit I'm a little rusty on my beer vocabulary since lately I've been sticking with the stuff I've mentioned or just drinking spirits like bourbon, single malt scotch, dark sipping rums, Ketel One and Bombay Sapphire. I guess I'm going to have to start taste testing again and since it's the beginning of summer, not better time to start than the present. But I stand by my opinion of Sierra Nevada. I'm just not a fan. But that's just me. And we've already established how little my opinion counts. You gotta drink what ya like.
I remember you saying this a while ago now, unfortunately cask isn't as easy to look after as kegs and bottles, there's still a lot of places where we can get it though.
Our local Tesco always has good stocks of that, I like their Torpedo as well but it's not as easy to find unfortunately.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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- Armonmy Way
Fourpure contd: a Pinot Noir Gose. What else?
MntnMan62
Über Member
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- Northern NJ
That frosty glass looks mighty good.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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- Armonmy Way
I gather it's a warm day over there! Cheers.
MntnMan62
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- Northern NJ
Actually it's a relatively cool 77F today. The pevious days were much warmer in the upper 80's.
bitsandbobs
Über Member
When in the UK, it's one of the things I try to track down. The Brits are the masters when it comes to packing flavour into low ABV brews.
SkipdiverJohn
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- London
What's the oldest but still drinkable beer you have consumed? I've just finished a bottle of Proper Job that I found in my overspill beer crate in the back bedroom. Normally I try to drink the oldest beers in stock so they don't get out of date, but somehow this and a couple of other PJ's got missed. It's best by date was November 2015! 
Not one to be easily deterred, I decided to drink it anyway. When opened, it was extremely gassy, the equal of a any keg lager, and even though poured very slowly it had a head like an ice cream cone. I left the last half an inch in the bottle as there was a lot of solids in it. I was bracing myself, expecting it to be foul - but surprisingly it was still drinkable. Not the best Proper Job I've ever tasted by a long way, but it wasn't actually bad at all, which considering it was brewed in 2014 is a good result! The hop flavour was noticeably attenuated, much less prominent than normal. I bet the alcohol content was well above the official 5%, if the amount of gas is anything to go by. Clearly quite a bit of secondary fermentation took place during the last six years.!
Not one to be easily deterred, I decided to drink it anyway. When opened, it was extremely gassy, the equal of a any keg lager, and even though poured very slowly it had a head like an ice cream cone. I left the last half an inch in the bottle as there was a lot of solids in it. I was bracing myself, expecting it to be foul - but surprisingly it was still drinkable. Not the best Proper Job I've ever tasted by a long way, but it wasn't actually bad at all, which considering it was brewed in 2014 is a good result! The hop flavour was noticeably attenuated, much less prominent than normal. I bet the alcohol content was well above the official 5%, if the amount of gas is anything to go by. Clearly quite a bit of secondary fermentation took place during the last six years.!
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