Beer?

[rich p]

HNY all you beer aficionados (plus Marmion). I spent the evening in a local drinking Harveys and Dark Star Hophead. Low key and genteel but I got a few pecks on the cheek from the ladies.

 

[User169]

Wal en Schip Wild Turkey BA edition from DeMo. No photo: my phone spent 24h at the bottom of the dunny earlier in the week and hasnt recovered.

happy new year, beer peeps!

 

[nickyboy]

Went out last night to the Oakwood in Glossop with some friends

3 pints of Robinsons Double Hop IPA (4.8%). Unbelievably for a Robbies pint it was really good. Very lightly hopped so as not to offend the locals but rather good.
1 pint of Titanic Stout (4.5%). This was really good, pity we were almost ready to head home to watch Jools Holland. Mrs nickyboy had a little sip (she's definitely not a stout drinker) and pronounced it "lovely with a real liquorice flavour to it". Seems she has picked up some beer-bollox speak from somewhere

 

[nickyboy]

Tesco Revisionist Belgian Saison (5% abv)
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First taste of peachy/citrussy hops with a little bitterness. Develops into a warmer, almost herbal finish before the bitter hop aftertaste, which is fairly subdued compared to recent beers.

Not outstanding, but nice and summery and £1.25 (!!!!!!) in case you forgot.

Mrs M says "Very nice."

Was yours ok when you opened it? I bought quite a few in the run up to Xmas and each one, when I have opened it, has come frothing out of the top. Beer experts here will no doubt explain this apparent over-carbonation but it doesn't half make a mess of the kitchen unless you're ready for it

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I have a fear of beer. That'll teach me, eh?

Only one thing for it I suppose...

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Just had my first experience of a lambic - oof!

Good stuff.*

* part of my NY resolution to stop trying to post poncey reviews - it's either gonna be "good stuff" or "bad" from now on; which might lead to people confusing my reviews with those of @rich p

 

[John the Monkey]

Was yours ok when you opened it? I bought quite a few in the run up to Xmas and each one, when I have opened it, has come frothing out of the top. Beer experts here will no doubt explain this apparent over-carbonation but it doesn't half make a mess of the kitchen unless you're ready for it

No problems with that here - I think the day before's brew was livelier. Mine was bought back in November, maybe they've had problems with a later batch?

 

[John the Monkey]

Box Steam Brewery's Chuffin' Ale (4% abv)

A rather traditional Best Bitter this, I think. The main taste is rich and malty (biscuity? Maybe) and slightly fruity, with a little bit of hop bitterness coming through. The hops come through more in the aftertaste, and linger pleasantly.

Mrs M says: "It's very nice."

 

[threebikesmcginty]

New years resolution, matching beer and glasses from now on.

 

[John the Monkey]

New years resolution, matching beer and glasses from now on.

WHAT THE-!

 

[rich p]

New years resolution, matching beer and glasses from now on.

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Shurely shome mish....

 

[rich p]

I shared a large bottle of Burning Sky saison, I soon went back to DT Nocturne and a Westmalle Tripel for a tasty drink. The B Sky is just too sour and thought-provoking. Sometimes (always maybe), I'd prefer to drink a beer that tastes nice and hits the spot without wondering if I actually enjoy it after every glug.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

WHAT THE-!

Shurely shome mish....

Yup, the beer in the glass matches exactly the one in the bottle.

 

[John the Monkey]

Yup, the beer in the glass matches exactly the one in the bottle.

It'll never catch on.

 

[Maverick Goose]

''Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy''-Benjamin Franklin.