Beer?

[threebikesmcginty]

Norwegian beer time - Nøgne Ø porter, a 7% porter, silver medalist in the robust porter catagory in the World Beer Cup in San Diago 2008. Quite a nice portery thing going on, slightly too alcoholly I think if I'm being really critical.

 

[User169]

Norwegian beer time - Nøgne Ø porter, a 7% porter, silver medalist in the robust porter catagory in the World Beer Cup in San Diago 2008. Quite a nice portery thing going on, slightly too alcoholly I think if I'm being really critical.

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This is on tap at my local at the mo!

 

[John the Monkey]

I'm going to have to get myself a proper glass, I mentioned it before but then found a large wine glass that works quite well. But I suppose it's a bit poncey

Your local bottle shop might have some - Sandbach's beer emporium, and Vinomondo in Conwy (the two places I get most of my "specials") both sell appropriate glassware as well as beer.

A fair bit of my collection comes from a holiday in Belgium a bit ago (from a drinks supermarket that stocked the "correct" glassware with the beer). I've also picked up bits and pieces by asking in the places I'm drinking whether they'd sell me a particular glass.

 

[User169]

Your local bottle shop might have some - Sandbach's beer emporium, and Vinomondo in Conwy (the two places I get most of my "specials") both sell appropriate glassware as well as beer.

A fair bit of my collection comes from a holiday in Belgium a bit ago (from a drinks supermarket that stocked the "correct" glassware with the beer). I've also picked up bits and pieces by asking in the places I'm drinking whether they'd sell me a particular glass.

Agree with all that: always worth asking a bar if they'll sell you a glass.

A Duvel-type glass is the best all-rounder. 3bm's glass above is a corker!

 

[rich p]

I 'nicked' a La Chouffe glass from my local, after pointing out to the rather attractive barmaid, that it had a tiny chip in it.
A slight crack not a fried potato.
When I say slight crack, I mean the glass, not the barmaid.
I'll stop now.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I 'nicked' a La Chouffe glass from my local, after pointing out to the rather attractive barmaid, that it had a tiny chip in it.
A slight crack not a fried potato.
When I say slight crack, I mean the glass, not the barmaid.
I'll stop now.

Early start today, rich?

 

[rich p]

Early start today, rich?

I'm blaming jetlag (from France, surely not - ed) and a week of Pelforth brun plus a Chimay bleu or trois.

 

[ceepeebee]

Hi all, been a bit absent lately, lost my cycling mojo a bit for one reason or another (not so much my beer mojo though).

But! I'm on again for borefts at the end of the month, king of all beer festivals, plus I get to ride there and back.

Anyone else going? (Looking at you DP) think I'm going to take advantage of a very cheap offer and stay at the nh in zoetermeer.

 

[User169]

Hi all, been a bit absent lately, lost my cycling mojo a bit for one reason or another (not so much my beer mojo though).

But! I'm on again for borefts at the end of the month, king of all beer festivals, plus I get to ride there and back.

Anyone else going? (Looking at you DP) think I'm going to take advantage of a very cheap offer and stay at the nh in zoetermeer.

Hey cpb!

Looks like I'm going to have to make an early afternoon trip over on Friday as I need to be up at 5am on Sat for a running race in Brabant. I think this year's Radler theme is a bit daft, but in spite of that the beer list already looks amazing. Look out for my mate Jasper's ice-cream stand - he makes beer ice-cream and will be bringing along his Hel en Verdoemenis flavour!

I may also well go to BAF (Borefts After Festival) on Sunday 28th in Rotterdam at Kaapse Brouwers. They'll be Dutch brewers there who don't get to go to Borefts: 't Ij, Rooie Dop, Oedipus, van de Streek, Kompaan, Ramses and the Brussels Beer Project from BE. You should be able to make it before you have to get on the boat!

It's a busy month as there's a festival in Breda coming weekend: all Dutch incl. De Molen and Het Uiltje.

 

[ceepeebee]

I was looking at the Sunday thing and wondering whether a ride back via Rotterdam would be the way forward.... I do worry slightly about the bike and luggage being safe though.

That ice cream sounds amazing, I had a bottle of the h&v aged in octomore barrels the other day, stunning stuff.

 

[John the Monkey]

I'm blaming jetlag (from France, surely not - ed) and a week of Pelforth brun plus a Chimay bleu or trois.

Pelforth Brun(e?) is lovely - if only they did it in larger packs (we always bring back Leffe, because the 20s are everywhere)

I'm not sure whether it was that year only, but we had some "Pelforth 3 Malts" last year, and I liked that a lot - this year, the local Carrefour had a limited edition "Pelforth Bio", made with organically farmed ingredients (and crucially, half price). A blonde beer, but with a "fresher" taste than the usual Pelforth Blonde, and a little bit lighter. Lovely stuff on a hot day.

Incidentally, if anyone's in South Cheshire this weekend, the Nantwich Food and Drink Festival is on (Friday, Saturday, Sunday). Last year, Tatton Brewery, North Wales Brewery, and Microbrewery outlet were all there, and there was a mini beer festival in the Crown Hotel.

 

[rich p]

Another splendid evening in my favourite craft beer pub in Brighton
I had 3 pints of P.IPA, a beer brewed by a Pole in Penge using 3 types of Polish hops apparently! Hence the alliterative P's!!!!
A really quaffable light coloured bitter - nice
P.S. That's not @Flying_Monkey moonlighting behind the bar

 

[uphillstruggler]

Had a post ride couple of pints of Autumn dawn from Okell's brewery. Very nice flavour and quenched our thirsts wonderfully. The landlord in my local really does have a great range of beers on throughout the year.

I say this very quietly but our local B and M store has been stocking some of okells beers - all very tasty but the IPA and the Wheat beer were very good

 

[uphillstruggler]

been temped over the ale side of the shop and bar recently after being a lager drinker for years.

it started with the Yakima red Yakima red https://www.meantimebrewing.com/our-beers/beer/yakima-red/) from the Greenwich Meantime Brewery and has continued apace ever since

recently had a taster session with a mate of mine purely from the shelves of our local B & M store. there is nothing else of interest in that shop whatsoever but they seem to get their hands of some odds and sods beerwise.

this lot was for the princely sum of £22.00 ish

each and every one a lovely drop.

 

[ComedyPilot]

I can almost taste that, DP, but it does look a tad too cloudy.

To quote Viz comic German phrase guide, "Achtung, das Bier warum und bedekt ist...!'

http://www.viz.co.uk/images/pullouts/viz_eurovision.pdf

Eurovision Linguaspecs - brilliant