Beer?

[rich p]

Tuesday night is The Cleveland Public House night and I shall be supping a few pints of Harvey's finest draught July ale, The Tom Paine - a fine seasonal draught at 5.5% so a little stronger than a session ale.
I sympathise with you chaps who have to drink beer out of bottles In fact, I feel your Paine -ouch!

Talking of bad puns, note the hilarious (accidental?) use of the word draft/draught, below!!
Harveys, Tom Paine Ale (England)
This ale commemorates Thomas Paine, who is thought to have helped draught the American Declaration Of Independence. The ale pours a deep goldem/amber colour, with a moderate off-white head. The nose is very estery and aromatic, with floral notes, lots of bursting tangerine and lemon zest and an foundation of quite chocolaty roasted malt.

 

[User169]

Bit of crossover with some on DP's list, I prefer the Westy Dub to the Tripel. Love The Kernel, they're better at dark beer IMO, the stout and porter here is top class. De Molen's 666 is probably my favourite beer, wonderful stuff just not readily available.
Gone for some English beers; 1845, great beer, strong stuff too. Hook Norton is the nearest brewery to me, and it's steam powered, and if you drink it in a local pub the casks are delivered using a horse and cart, if that's all I could get from now on I wouldn't be too disappointed, kept well it's lovely beer. Thomas Hardy's is on the list as it's totally bonkers, wait 20 years for it to be ready, and you can't get it for the moment, I've got a (nearly) whole case stashed away!

Close run thing on Westmalle. Another day I'd have gone for the dubble and its the perfect beer to make a stew with.

Still have to get around to trying the 666!

 

[User169]

I would still say that any of the triples produced by Unibroue would give Westmalle a run for its money, though.

Seems to be impossible to get Unibroue in Europe; I've never seen it for sale here. Might have to ask my Canadian colleague if she can find a relative to mail some over.

 

[smutchin]

Called in at The Offy on the way home last night to discover that they've significantly improved their range of local beers since I was last in there. Hurrah! I got a bottle of Canterbury Brewers Foundry Man's Gold. Very good indeed. I was expecting something refreshingly light and lager-like but found it surprisingly full-bodied and hoppy. I shall definitely be having that one again.

 

[dan_bo]

You can still get it in tins, I do have a bottle kicking around somewhere, Michael Jackson used to rate it quite highly iirc.

Edit: Found it, best before July 06, should be fine for a few years yet.

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[User169]

You can still get it in tins, I do have a bottle kicking around somewhere, Michael Jackson used to rate it quite highly iirc.

Edit: Found it, best before July 06, should be fine for a few years yet.

The reviews on ratebeer are interesting. They seem to have gradually been dropping the ABV - it's now at 7.5%.

 

[User169]

Swifty on the way home. Cuvee Watou. Lovely farmyard character to this one. A tripel in style I guess.

 

[User169]

Westmalle-off!!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Beeradvo's with you on this one DP, in fact the bro's give it 100 and the dub only a poxy 97!

 

[smutchin]

If anyone happens to be in Whitstable this week for the Oyster Festival, do call in at the Horsebridge arts centre where they have a bar serving beers from the local* Pig & Porter brewery, every evening from 6pm. Sean the brewer will be there in person on Thursday evening.

Pig & Porter is an "artisan beer and event catering" outfit. Sean was an amateur home-brewer until recently when he set up P&P with a friend. And his beers are bloody good too.

http://pigandporter.co.uk/

*as in less than a mile away

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Whattheflinkingblipareyoudoingputtingthats***insideyerselfman?

Cleansing fluid dan, flush the system!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Good work on the Canterbury and P&P @smutchin, fine looking wares!

 

[dan_bo]

Cleansing fluid dan, flush the system!

Me and an old mate stole a crate of the shoot in '95. Think I've only just come round....

 

[smutchin]

Good work on the Canterbury and P&P @smutchin, fine looking wares!

They are indeed! Definitely worth seeking out if you're down this way.

The Canterbury Brewers are the same folk that made the awesome Green Hop Saison I mentioned a while back in this thread.

 

[User169]

Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout.

Fantastic!!