Beer?

[rich p]

bunch of daff

 

[uphillstruggler]

M

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Belgium weak beer but liked the bottle ,also been quaffing duvel and leffe blond tonight , to many beers of quality in Belgium , some quality beers brewed for remembrance of the ww1,high alcohol enough to halt a small rhino

My absolute all time favourite. Did you get it in the uk?

 

[Berties]

M


My absolute all time favourite. Did you get it in the uk?

No unfortunately not, and the cases we bought back disappeared very quick when we had a family jolly , the Belgiums are very good at brewing from the run of the mill to the extraordinary

 

[uphillstruggler]

No unfortunately not, and the cases we bought back disappeared very quick when we had a family jolly , the Belgiums are very good at brewing from the run of the mill to the extraordinary

Thats a shame but it does give me an excuse for a cross channel raid.

I like belgium and all it has to offer, i find it quite a cool destination for a weekend away

 

[srw]

Didn't know Fuller's brewed an Imperial Stout, beer advo rated the stuff, doesn't seem to be available any more!

There was some in our local Little Waitrose last week. I didn't avail myself of it.

 

[srw]

I

Being an inquisitive nobber, who gets annoyed at nobber spelling, I decided to have a quick google search and it transpires that Bere is the grain used in the brewing,.

Call yourself a Scot and you didn't know that? Bere is the auld grain from the aulden times. It's a sweetish low-gluten barley that was the staple grain of much of Scotland before commercial varieties were introduced. Orkney and (probably) Shetland still produces and sells bread and biscuits made from the stuff.

 

[srw]

Anyway. I did drink beer yesterday. Meantime pilsner turns out to be one of the better lagers available, and very good for rehydration - a very good balance of honeyed malt with a little back-kick of hops. It's just a shame that All Bar One doesn't do decent beer. It had bottles of Doom Bar (ok-ish) in the fridge (yuk), and a rather violently hopped American IPA, or else Aspalls, Guinness or rank on rank of lager.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Call yourself a Scot and you didn't know that? Bere is the auld grain from the aulden times.

Aye, but I'm no' auld

 

[John the Monkey]

Did he pay you, surely you could stick the boot in a bit?

Nice review, you flipping rotter you - that sort of thing?

Anyroad, yesterday's;

So, my last bottle of Dia "Biere Ambree" came up on the randomiser - that we've had this since holidaying in Montgresin two years ago probably tells its own story. Dia is a sort of budget supermarket, and we bought a few sixes of their beers on a sort of "How bad can it be?" basis.

The ambrée is a thin, artificial sort of a beer, despite its 6.4% abv. There's a touch of malty sweetness in the first taste, that's quickly overwhelmed by a bitterness that's more chemical than hoppy - not much of an aftertaste, but what there is majors on that bitterness. It's like a keg bitter from the bad old days, and not worth the saving over a six of something you like.

Mrs M got the better deal with her Leffe Ruby, I think (Leffe flavoured with red fruits - a bit too sweet for me, but hot day, nice beer garden, &c &c).

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Someone's nicked the stem off your glass @User259!

I'm drinking beer that came out of a tin, who'd a thunk it, progress I spose...

Not a bad oatmeal, almost straying into BIPA territory with the hop thang going on. Got a couple of Beavertown's in tin format too from Sourced@panc.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Not a bad oatmeal, almost straying into BIPA territory with the hop thang going on. Got a couple of Beavertown's in tin format too from Sourced@panc.

Do you wear the crown when drinking beer or just when you go out?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Do you wear the crown when drinking beer or just when you go out?

You'd have to ask my son about that, he's the one with the picture of the royal family on his bedroom wall.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

You'd have to ask my son about that, he's the one with the picture of the royal family on his bedroom wall.

Jeezo, I blame the parents

 

[User169]

Do you wear the crown when drinking beer or just when you go out?

Good spot!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

3BM demands more beer