Beer?

[threebikesmcginty]

I'll have a St Bernie Pater 6 then, classic!

 

[i hate hills]

Currently rediscovering my fem side by tackling a bottle of sloe gin..........

 

[threebikesmcginty]

If we drink it out of our boots though, it tastes worse, and makes it easier to observe the boycott.

Anyroad;
Wye Valley Brewery - Butty Bach (4.5% abv, bottle conditioned)

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A nice balance of sweet and hop flavours in this - initially sweetly fruity with a slight caramel-ish note, with grassy/fresh bitterness coming through almost straight away, but not muscling to the fore in the taste. Not as treacly as a winter beer, or as aggressively hoppy as a summer beer, so ideal for springtime, I reckon.

Drunk out of my Primus Haacht Tour of Flanders glass, as it's the start of the classics this weekend.

Mrs M says: "Very nice."

Nice BiC jersey glass.

 

[John the Monkey]

Nice BiC jersey glass.

Eric Leman, winner of the 1972 edition of De Ronde, by which he secured immortality on the Primus glassware pictured.

 

[User169]

Managed to lug a few bottles back from Germany. That's Kuurne Brussels Kuurne sorted!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

A swift Fuller's Chiswick while the others are in the local pool, I swam yesterday and I've already been cycling this morning so I've done my bit. Anyway, nice well kept beer, lovely hoppy thang going on and as a bonus, check the dude with the red strides, well it is Chipping Norton...

 

[nickyboy]

You middle shelf ponce.

Calling an aubergine an "aub" is the height of poncyness

 

[nickyboy]

Having called out 3BM for poncyness I shan't be referring to zestiness, citrus notes etc.

Thornbridge L'eroica 5/10

Sam Smiths Indian Ale 7/10

Marble Dobber 9/10

 

[Billy Wizz]

Back in London, six nations on TV browsing cycle chat, supping a few of these.

 

[smutchin]

Another successful trip into town today...

#winning

 

[User169]

Another successful trip into town today...

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#winning

Nice! Never heard of LLAP.

 

[smutchin]

Nice! Never heard of LLAP.

Not entirely sure but I think it might be the 'standard' version of the green hop beer they did together. I only went in The Offy for something to wash down the bivalves but I couldn't resist the LLAP when I saw it. Unfortunately, it got a bit troublé on the journey home so I'll have to wait a bit to find out what it's like.

I'd like to say I got it as a tribute to Leonard Nimoy but that only just occurred to me.

 

[John the Monkey]

BONUS BEER!

Harviestoun Schiehallion (4.8% abv)

Bought, at least in part, because of that cute little mouse on the label, and because the local Waitrose has them at £1.43 per bottle.

A tasty, crisp sort of a beer. A lot of grapefruity hop bitterness, lingering into the aftertaste, balanced by a pleasing peach note in the taste. Really nice.

Mrs M says: "That's really nice that one. I'm going to buy some more."

 

[User169]

Backstage in Delft, so time for proper German beer: unser Aventinus,

 

[User169]

"Backstage"? Daffodilling autocorrect!