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[Pro Tour Punditry]

Many years ago when I was just as tall and majestic but ever so much more muscly and agile I worked as "security" at a Dwight Yoakam gig. For some reason there was a high number of fascists in the crowd trying to get on the stage and knock seven shades of shít out of Mr Dwight. Thankfully there were lots of us majestic chaps at hand and they were all escorted out of the premises (it was this evening which made me realise it was my forte to be a delegator rather than a do-er). And the rest of the evening went splendidly. I even think I got a shag, but not from Dwight.

 

[smutchin]

Tonight I have mostly been drinking homebrew stout. Lots of it.

I think it works out at about 50p a pint, so I can afford it. Although it will make parkrun "interesting" in the morning...

 

[Black Country Ste]

 

[Doseone]

This week I have drunk Leffe Brun for the first time. I liked it.

I also had a Kopperburg Fruit Cider. It was fu**ing rank.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I popped in to my local for a swift half of Nickel Brook's summer saison, which was very nice. Had a chat with the landlord about saisons, and just as I was going to leave, he made me try the same brewery's Berliner Weiss, which is meant to be the old style of weiss - basically it completely out-saison-ed the saison, wonderfully sour, refreshing and with plenty of complexity. The equal to some of the top geuezes I have tried. NIckel Brook is definitely becoming one of Ontario's, if not Canada's, most interesting craft brewers.

 

[User169]

Scorchio in Amazingstoke. Kicking off with a nicely quenching Bunny Chaser from Long Dog. 3.6%!

 

[User169]

I popped in to my local for a swift half of Nickel Brook's summer saison, which was very nice. Had a chat with the landlord about saisons, and just as I was going to leave, he made me try the same brewery's Berliner Weiss, which is meant to be the old style of weiss - basically it completely out-saison-ed the saison, wonderfully sour, refreshing and with plenty of complexity. The equal to some of the top geuezes I have tried. NIckel Brook is definitely becoming one of Ontario's, if not Canada's, most interesting craft brewers.

Look nice, FM. I take it you didn't have the green syrup for the full Berlin experience!

 

[User6179]

Zijder! Classy stuff.

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I drank Strongbow for years till they changed the taste recently , draws my cheeks together now

 

[User169]

I drank Strongbow for years till they changed the taste recently , draws my cheeks together now

I did think it was different than I remembered!

 

[User6179]

I did think it was different than I remembered!

Think it used to be 5.6% then they changed to 5% and something happened to the taste .

 

[Crackle]

I'm not a mind reader you know.

I'm celebrating with a 5am Duff beer or something and a Pilsener Jever next.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Hooky Gold and a thumb through a nice chariddy shop find, a beer companion full of interesting ale stories, will drop a few facts into the thread as and when, stay tuned folks...

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I'm just back in from the Border Union Show, and picked up 3 bottles of Traquair Ale: Traquair House Ale, Bear Ale and Jacobite Ale. I'm just popping out for half an hour on the turbo in the garage so by the time they have chilled a bit I shall be suitably thirsty
http://www.traquair.co.uk/our-ales

 

[Crackle]

I'm just back in from the Border Union Show, and picked up 3 bottles of Traquair Ale: Traquair House Ale, Bear Ale and Jacobite Ale. I'm just popping out for half an hour on the turbo in the garage so by the time they have chilled a bit I shall be suitably thirsty
http://www.traquair.co.uk/our-ales

I would get pissed and try the maze.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

And I also spotted that next weekend Traquair are hosting "Beyond Beer - A Feast of Fine Ales, Fine Food and Craft Brewing" with 25 Cask Ales available. £10 to get in which includes a half pint of Traquair Referendum Ale - I just need to convince Mrs Marmion that it makes sense to allow me to go and to pick me up at the end of it.