Beer?

[threebikesmcginty]

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**** the cycling, I'd just stay and drink the beer.

 

[theclaud]

Who's the lad working at the bar?

I'd start with the Dark Star and then move onto the Thornbridge.

I've started with Croeso, and will move on to Thornbridge. I suppose I could punctuate that sequence with a Hop Angeles, as it's all downhill from here...

 

[theclaud]

I can report that the Topaz is pleasant, but bland compared to the Croeso, and nothing like as good as Jaipur.

 

[User169]

 

[User169]

Boring blond from the guys that make La Trappe (one of the two Trappist monasteries in NL that brew). It's a charity thing for a kids cancer fund. Now I've done my duty, I'll drink something proper. Sweet glass though!

 

[User169]

I can report that the Topaz is pleasant, but bland compared to the Croeso, and nothing like as good as Jaipur.

Jaipur is very fine, although I do really like Halcyon too for the extra booze hit.

It's probably a bit heretical, but I prefer the bottled Jaipur to the draft version. It seems to retain a bit more bite.

 

[User169]

Troubadour Magma. A Belgian IPA, the 2014 special edition with tripel yeast. Smells gorgeous - lovely IPA hoppy character, but has that Belgian candy sugar taste with some tripel-type yeast flavour too. A triumph!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Yumtus. With grainy pic.

 

[ceepeebee]

Hmmm thornbridge, they make some beers I really like St Petersburg is good, and the new one scrawl is like a session Jaipur... But..... They're owned by some horrible folks (the woman who runs a4e http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/feb/21/emma-harrison-a4e-nice-work is the owners wife and they're based at the hall) and I had to unfollow the brewers after some "bloody foreigners" tweets...

 

[ceepeebee]

But yeah, I'm a big fat hypocrite for still having an occasional beer of theirs, but of the Peak District breweries, I'll always look out Buxton first

 

[User169]

Chez DP now and a Hop met de Gijt. A great everyday go-to IPA.

 

[srw]

Who's the lad working at the bar?

Lad?

Paging @theclaud...

 

[srw]

View attachment 56176 Troubadour Magma. A Belgian IPA, the 2014 special edition with tripel yeast. Smells gorgeous - lovely IPA hoppy character, but has that Belgian candy sugar taste with some tripel-type yeast flavour too. A triumph!

Beer?
Is this a TMN to SRW, or some other designation? Do I get extra points for drinking it in Stockholm? I paid about a £8.50 (SEK900 odd) for 330ml, so at €3.90 for what looks like 500ml I think you win on price.

 

[User169]

I'm enjoying this a bit less now, having read @ceepeebee 's post.

If only their beers weren't so damn tasty. Oh well, plenty of other brews to explore.

 

[rich p]

Hmmm thornbridge, they make some beers I really like St Petersburg is good, and the new one scrawl is like a session Jaipur... But..... They're owned by some horrible folks (the woman who runs a4e http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/feb/21/emma-harrison-a4e-nice-work is the owners wife and they're based at the hall) and I had to unfollow the brewers after some "bloody foreigners" tweets...

That has put me right off.
I shall boycott it. I'm still boycotting South African wine since the 1970's and the post office with the jumped up gobshite down the road.