Beer?

[User169]

A couple of Nognes chilling.

Tonight is the Eve of St Nicholas, the major present giving day for many Dutch.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Back at Stone City Ales again the other day. Their new stuff was great: Rosabella, a really well-done seasonal saison with rosehips and lemon peel (5.8%), and Lock 49, a rich, floral American brown ale, made with Cascade hops (6.6%). But it was a guest beer that did it: I finally got to try Nickel Brook's Kentucky Bastard Imperial Stout on tap. This is their Bolshevik Bastard IS which I have mentioned before here, aged in Kentucky Bourbon barrels (10%). Do I need to describe the intense wine-like nose, the smooth dark chocolate middle and the lengthy bourbon finish? Well, it was worth waiting for...

 

[User169]

A couple of Nognes chilling.

Tonight is the Eve of St Nicholas, the major present giving day for many Dutch.

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Both are made with lemongrass and both were vile. Smelled like air freshener and tasted how
I imagine bog cleaner would. Yuk!

 

[rich p]

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Both are made with lemongrass and both were vile. Smelled like air freshener and tasted how
I imagine bog cleaner would. Yuk!

And probably more expensive than harpic too?

 

[smutchin]

Vile? Nogne? Crikey!

This is what's left of the pint of Dark Star Winter Meltdown I started a few minutes ago...

What a corker! Classic ESB style - lashings of Goldings hops over a rich crystal malt base - but given a winter-warming twist with an ever so subtle hint of ginger. I might have steered clear if I'd known there was ginger in it, but it actually works really well - there's just enough to give it a spicy edge without dominating the other flavours. Lovely stuff. I'll be going back for another shortly.

 

[User169]

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And probably more expensive than harpic too?

Only the price kept me going. If they'd been cheaper, they'd have gone straight down the sink. As it was, I only managed half of one of them.

 

[smutchin]

No.2. Thought I'd better have something to soak up the booze...

(Spicy scotch egg w/piccalilli)

 

[brand]

A doppelganger to Wetherspoons in Urmston Manchester, a pint of Joey Holts (a local brewery)
1.88 a pint. Not a massive choice of cask about 5 but all prices comparable to Wetherspoons. Abbot was 2.30.

 

[rich p]

Vile? Nogne? Crikey!

This is what's left of the pint of Dark Star Winter Meltdown I started a few minutes ago...

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What a corker! Classic ESB style - lashings of Goldings hops over a rich crystal malt base - but given a winter-warming twist with an ever so subtle hint of ginger. I might have steered clear if I'd known there was ginger in it, but it actually works really well - there's just enough to give it a spicy edge without dominating the other flavours. Lovely stuff. I'll be going back for another shortly.

I used to live two doors from one of the Dark Star founders. Our kids played together and I've always had a soft spot for them. The Evening Star, that they own is a great pub, if you're ever in the area.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

No.2. Thought I'd better have something to soak up the booze...

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(Spicy scotch egg w/piccalilli)

Certainly looks like a number two.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I feel a bit sickie sue bunny*, no beer yesterday and none today.



*don't ask...

 

[rich p]

Just cracked open a Badger Gold or summink that was left here by someone.
Tasteless, generic brown fizzy crap.
I only did it as a thirst quencher - shouldn't have bothered.

GWS 3BM!

 

[User169]

Rasputin from DeMo. A 10.5% RIS bottled in May 2010 - bottle number 682/697.

Really good. Nice persistent oatmeal head. Milky chocolate flavour with a bitter coffee finish. Just great.0

 

[John the Monkey]

Tesco Revisionist Rye Pale Ale

Thanks to those of you who posted about their recent, ridiculous, £1.25 a bottle pricing! Anyway, this is reminiscent of last week's M&S Single Hop Citra, to me. The main taste is the bitter, citrussy citra hops, but not as overpoweringly as in the M&S Citra. There are definite, nutty, spicy malt undertones to this that make it more complex (again, I think it's unfair to criticise the M&S singles for being one thing only) with the downside being a slightly thinner, less full bodied taste in the Revisionist beer.

I liked this - for a citra heavy pale, I'm not sure I'd pick it over the M&S single, but even so, this is a fine beer. At £1.25 a bottle? Cripes - get a few before old Ian Tesco realises his mistake.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

The fantastic Mr Aldi has some Innis and Gunn Treacle Porter in at the moment (probably only in Jockland as we are the only ones who deserve it). I also picked up a "big brother" size bottle of Original. The dog in armchair in the background is a permanent feature.