Beer?

[derrick]

Have got to go to the pub tonight.

 

[User169]

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Imagine a really good tripel. And then imagine something twice as good as that. Rich and comforting. Luscious bitter marmalade laced with ripe damsons and hints of vanilla, presumably from the ageing in port barrels.

And far too easy-drinking for a 10% beer. The alcohol is warming but not "hot" like it can be in some strong beers. Outstanding.

Just looking back at my notes and I tasted a bourbon barrel tjeeses reserva recently. Im not a huge fan of the regular version - a bit too cloying for me - but the reserva was great. An excellent christmas ale!

 

[User169]

Imperial Rye Porter from Nogne. Brewed together with Terrapin from Georgia, US. Very smooth with the rye adding a bit of depth. Good hop taste too and a good roasty finish.

 

[User169]

Fresh Hop from DeMo - made with fresh, Dutch-grown cascade.

 

[User169]

Goliat from To Ol, an Imperial Stout. Another excellent brew from them - seriously thick and at 10% a bit of burn from the booze. A big coffee kick and some chocolate too. The perfect breakfast beer.

 

[User169]

I'd not noticed before but De Struise make two different beers - Pannepot and Pannepeut.

Basically the same beer, but with different spicing apparently. Pannepot is the real one and Pannepeut was originally brewed for a beer festival in Denmark and subsequently kept in production.

 

[Maverick Goose]

I'm going to treat myslef to a different beer every time a certain colleague of mine has a grumpy momemt

 

[smutchin]

Nice PR lady sent a bottle of Conwy Brewery's Sunday Toast to the office for us to try - a roast lamb flavour beer.

It's a "Victorian-style porter" to which they add the "dissolved meat juices" of a slow-roasted joint of lamb. Hard to imagine how they could make it sound less appetising.

Still, I volunteered to be on the tasting panel...

Mmmm. Interesting. But not in a good way. The lamb flavour isn't too strong, but it's not a particularly good beer to start with - far too fizzy for a porter.

I imagine this is what Bovril would be like if you put it through a Sodastream.

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/welsh-lamb-beer---conwy-6431711

 

[threebikesmcginty]

 

[User169]

Other than extract of fishy swim bladder, I think I'd draw the line at animal extract in a brew. Sounds vile.

Just working my way through a Jaipur from Thornbridge. What a great beer it is: superb balance, but still delivers some hoppy bite. The best UK modern-style IPA I know.

 

[smutchin]

I do like a Jaipur. Or two. Not so keen on some of the other Thornbridges I've tried though - really not keen on Kipling.

 

[smutchin]

The time has come, the Walrus said...

Homebrew stout and Whitstable oysters. Heaven.

[The observant will note that they're rock oysters - the natives were off, unfortunately. The really observant will notice the crap lighting in the pic. Don't know what happened there.]

 

[User169]

I do like a Jaipur. Or two. Not so keen on some of the other Thornbridges I've tried though - really not keen on Kipling.

Accidentally drank a Kipling last night (meant to buy a Raven, but somehow managed to grab Kipling from the shelf). It's OK, but nothing special.

Also picked up a bottle of the 2012 Tjeeses Reserva which is bourbon barrel aged. I'm going to put it away for a couple of years.

 

[User169]

"I've seen bigger than yours" from To Ol.

It's a 14% barley wine. Hot booze and raspberries with a slightly funky finish.

 

[rich p]

Just trying a bottle of Thornbridge, Kill Your Darlings - reddish hue and slightly malty. Not bad.
Label says, 'Vienna style lager' - that means nothing to me.