Sell it as a future money saving venture.Not far off, but like I said, not exactly a definite no!
Beer?
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Hugh Manatee
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Suffolk Strong. Oh yes!
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I'm drinking this tonight - your post reminded me I didnt get round to actually trying it.
Just my sort of thing - herbal hops and brett. A cracking Orvalesque beer!
I'll give it a bash tomorrow. Orval I can cope with(!) but I was (erroneously?) expecting a sour geuze type.
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It's Mikkeller's version of Orval, so farmyardy, but nowhere near as tart as a geuze and far more hop flavpur. I'm really enjoying it!
When you drink it, maybe have a bottle of Orval to hand, for a comparison.
threebikesmcginty
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I'm a bit wazzed to report on tonight's efforts...slaters.
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Ok so 2 new beers from Hook Norton Brewery; Yard Arm, a 7% IPA and Light Out, a 9.5% dark beer. These are small batch beers so I think they're just going out to a couple of HNB pubs, there was something like 3 barrels of one and 4 of the other, think they're just having a bit of fun trying new stuff. Wasn't overly impressed with either on first tasting but by the second glass they'd both settled in quite nicely. The IPA was good, not massively hopped but a nice overall taste with a good finish, the dark beer didn't give the impression of packing 9.5% at all, quite a complex beer with lots going on, if there was one comment against it, it was that it could have done with a bit more body. They also had their regular beers on tap so I finished up there with a Greedy Goose which is a Christmas ale, nothing weird like spice or fruit but it was an excellent well rounded beer. After that we retired to the nearest pub and I had another G Goose which HNB describe as a honkingly good ale. Earlier in the day I'd picked up a pale ale called Pale Whale, it's made by a couple of lads from a village near to Hooky and it's remarkably good, a fresh clean tasting beer with a great flavour all done at less than 4%, must buy more! So a quality evening of beer and all made within 5 miles of home, ecotastic!
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John the Monkey
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Ballistic Brewing "Ground Pup" (5.5% abv)
I promised a proper review of this, with a pic, so here you go. It's a surprising beer for an American style IPA, with a taste that's predominantly caramelly/toffee-ish, I think, offset by a bitter note that I struggle to put my finger on - not the super hoppy bitterness I've come to expect, but a warm, maybe peach hinted bitterness that becomes more bitter still, and predominates in the aftertaste. I also really like the label.
I promised a proper review of this, with a pic, so here you go. It's a surprising beer for an American style IPA, with a taste that's predominantly caramelly/toffee-ish, I think, offset by a bitter note that I struggle to put my finger on - not the super hoppy bitterness I've come to expect, but a warm, maybe peach hinted bitterness that becomes more bitter still, and predominates in the aftertaste. I also really like the label.
threebikesmcginty
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John the Monkey
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Nah, bad cold, so only drinking Lemsip this weekend.
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It looks as if the Queen has curled up on the arm of the sofa and fallen asleep
threebikesmcginty
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Posted one now while I can still focus.
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It was snapped while he was making his way under the table...(you *ponce* threesheetsmcginty)
