Beer?

[threebikesmcginty]

It's yours! I'm in the UK over Christmas, so I'll post it then. Just let me know your address at some point over the next week.

I'll have the snifter glass to the right of it then, preferably with the beer still in it unless it's that sour shïte.

 

[John the Monkey]

Today on the Beer Randomiser, it's the turn of M&S Single Hop "Cascade"

The taste is initially floral and rich, developing into a pleasant, not over the top bitterness, which lingers and predominates into the aftertaste. I reckon the malt may be in there too, after the initial taste, with the hops not entirely overpowering it.. Jolly nice! If the charms of the single hop Citra are brazen, this is somewhat more subtle beer, taking a half glass or so to figure out.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I have put a proper beer glass on my birthday/Christmas list.
This one:

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

 

[rich p]

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Is there a smudge of coke on his upper lip?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Pub last night, couple of pints of one they brewed for themselves. HNB let them loose on their new small batch brewery. Pretty good effort, 4.2% golden beer, 3 hops, not too hoppy, good flavour, nice clean bright beer with a decent finish.

 

[smutchin]

Isn't a fiver a pint de rigueur for London?

Depends where you go and what you drink. Real beer is usually under £4 a pint in a proper pub. (Not much over £3 a pint if you go to a Sam Smiths pub.) But Curious IPA is one of these newfangled "craft" beers so attracts a fashionability premium. Keg dispense too, FFS.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Is there a smudge of coke on his upper lip?

It's the froth from a beer that @Crackle poured for him

 

[rich p]

Depends where you go and what you drink. Real beer is usually under £4 a pint in a proper pub. (Not much over £3 a pint if you go to a Sam Smiths pub.) But Curious IPA is one of these newfangled "craft" beers so attracts a fashionability premium. Keg dispense too, FFS.

OMG!

 

[rich p]

Just shared a few from Sirencraft brewery - the stout was beautifully well-balanced but the limoncello was undrinkable - having said that my son-in-law glugged it!
http://www.sirencraftbrew.com/

 

[John the Monkey]

Meantime Brewery London Stout (4.5% abv)

At first taste, a pretty standard stout - lots of smoke in the flavour. As I got further down the glass, I think there's that, plus some rich, toffee-ish flavours in the main taste, and a little hop bitterness lingering with the smoky taste into the aftertaste. It's not displaced Lancaster Black as my favourite stout/porter, but it's a good 'un, and probably better for those wanting a more traditional taste.

 

[Kevoffthetee]

I'm heading down to asda as they are now doing 4 bottles for a fiver. Time to stock up on King Goblin

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Just shared a few from Sirencraft brewery - the stout was beautifully well-balanced but the limoncello was undrinkable - having said that my son-in-law glugged it!
http://www.sirencraftbrew.com/

I've tried a couple of Siren beers, they're ok but it's the blurb describing the beers as 'she' that's a bit tiresome, such as 'she'll lure you to the land of pïssed as fück'

 

[rich p]

I've tried a couple of Siren beers, they're ok but it's the blurb describing the beers as 'she' that's a bit tiresome, such as 'she'll lure you to the land of pïssed as fück'

Fortunately I didn't have my glasses on!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I was buying some beer in a supermarket today and an older lady, who obviously spotted I was an expert, came over and asked me about choosing a good beer for her, anyway she was telling me that she and her husband used to share a beer at Sunday lunch, he'd died 8 years ago and she hadn't bothered since but decided that she fancied trying one again. I showed her a few that I thought were good ones she might like and steered her away from the strong stuff and the hop monsters, she went for an Old Golden Hen in the end as they used to like Old Speckled Hen. Ah bless.