That's £33 quid already, and I've only had a pint and a half. I wonder if I can get sponsorship...
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That's £33 quid already, and I've only had a pint and a half. I wonder if I can get sponsorship...
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Found some nice stuff on tap here, not so much the Flensburger (note some other taps lurking in the shadows):
@theclaud - that DeMo is a bit too sour for my sweet tastes, but generally stuff from Brouwerij De Molen is excellent and always worth a swig or twenty (I have been known to share a bottle as they can be quite pricey!).
@theclaud - that DeMo is a bit too sour for my sweet tastes, but generally stuff from Brouwerij De Molen is excellent and always worth a swig or twenty (I have been known to share a bottle as they can be quite pricey!).
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Found some nice stuff on tap here, not so much the Flensburger (note some other taps lurking in the shadows):
@theclaud - that DeMo is a bit too sour for my sweet tastes, but generally stuff from Brouwerij De Molen is excellent and always worth a swig or twenty (I have been known to share a bottle as they can be quite pricey!).
Wouldn't mind trying the Lumberjack!
Just had very fine pint of Clarkshaws Gorgons Alive in the Harp
http://www.harpcoventgarden.com/
They had Kernal on tap, but not really one for a working lunchtime
http://www.harpcoventgarden.com/
They had Kernal on tap, but not really one for a working lunchtime
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I didn't drink it. I had misread the shelf and it turned out to be £6.70 a bottle! Not that it might not be worth it, but I was psychologically unable to pay £7 for a half of beer. I blame @rich p. I will work myself up to the extravagance by saving pennies in a tin or something. I am in Cardiff quite a lot. The good news is that on another shelf that I couldn't see when I posted before there were a load more of these De Molen beers with the nice labels. Most of them were silly prices as well, and one was £11! But I will need your full guide to the whole range when I go back.
I am starting to rethink all this expensive beer business. This article is quite sensible..
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...6/limited-edition-beer-meantime-brewers-craft
I read that article when it appeared and I have to agree. There's no way a beer can be 'worth' £12 - £20 a bottle to my way of thinking and spending. I recall @smutchin telling us the economics of it from the retailer's pov but I remain unconvinced.
There's certainly too cheap but there is, increasingly, too expensive.
£15 on a 330ml or 500ml smacks of affectation. Other opinions are of course, valid!
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Yeah, but I'm a tight-fisted old git DP!
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I read that too. I'm not averse to trying an expensive brew but I'd need to know I had a good chance of liking it, which might be risky.
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I've just joined the [Brewdog] Dead Pony Club-hoppy and citrusy but not too excessive so I'll definitely be back
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Kicking off with Bronze Age from Stillwater outta Baltimore. Fresh, snappy saison.
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Actually, I'm entirely with you, rich. I get why some beers are expensive, for justifiable cost reasons, but some seem to be "premium" priced just to keep the plebs away / milk the beer snobs.
@Delftse Post doesn't pay import prices for De Molen, so it's easy for him to be smug. The sod.
The Bottle Shop's tasting evenings are great for sampling exotica, but most of the time, I just want a pint. Much as I love to occasionally treat myself to a rare craft beer at upwards of £6 for a 330ml bottle, on the whole, I'm more than happy with my £3.20 pint of Gadd's No.3 in my local.
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Moving swiftly onto the heavy artillery - Tsarina Ezra from DeMo (on tap), an 11% double porter, whatever that is.
Massive bready malt aroma with caramel and toffee. Sweet chocolate and molasses taste, not very much roasted flavour and eff all hops. Not exactly how you'd normally think of a poter, but pretty tasty.
Massive bready malt aroma with caramel and toffee. Sweet chocolate and molasses taste, not very much roasted flavour and eff all hops. Not exactly how you'd normally think of a poter, but pretty tasty.
