Beer?

[User169]

Choices, choices.

Nearly went for Fou' Founne from Cantillon, but have settled for a German Barley wine...

 

[uphillstruggler]

I bough this from my local Aldi. It's my drink of choice at Knockengorroch festival. Two years ago i put on ten and a half pounds over the festival long weekend. When i was told that it was water retention my response was; "I drank no water."

It's not to everyone's taste but I'm rather fond of it.

I had one of those at the weekend, very nice.

Did you try the chieftain that Aldi had along side it. That was tasty beyond its price tag too.

 

[rich p]

A propos of nowt really, Brewdog are opening a bar in Brighton soon.

And my lad has just texted me to say that Tap 5 Schneide Weisse is a cracker.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

 

[Aperitif]

I like the 'drinky toy' van in the background, Ed. You try to make folk think that your glasses are bigger than DP's but I see through your misenscenery. DP has the rights to 'B.I.G.'

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Old Hooky with squidgy van in the foreground...

 

[rich p]

Pre session snifter in the Zoo - well, the locals are all animals. It's had a make-over recently and now stocks some decent bottled beers.

This was a easy to drink weisse but the glass is a little prosaic!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The thread's gone Weisse crazy, I gots to find some.

Have a word about that glass, rich, there's no need for that, it's just lazy and rude.

 

[Aperitif]

The thread's gone Weisse crazy,

Says weisse van man... I see Rich's pic has a packet of crisps lurking - gawd knows what happened at feeding time!

 

[User169]

Brown, banana beer. S'alright. Bit reminiscent of Westmalle Dubbel.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Git!

 

[John the Monkey]

Goose Island India Pale Ale (5.9% abv)

Another Waitrose buy, but sadly, not on offer this one.

Still, it turns out to have been a canny purchase. An initial citrussy taste (with a slight sweet note at first, but predominantly grapefruity) becomes beautifully dry, with that nice bitterness lingering into the lasting aftertaste. That slightly sweet, peachy taste comes back in at some point too. It seems funny to be drinking an American brewery's impression of an English IPA, but I guess I've been drinking vice versa for a while anyway. I liked this one a lot, and it's worth picking up.

Mrs M says: "Very nice".

 

[threebikesmcginty]

This could be the last bottle of Harvistoun Old Engine Oil Engineers Reserve in the world! It's wonderful stuff, see Beers passim, wish they'd make another batch.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Goose Island India Pale Ale (5.9% abv)

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Another Waitrose buy, but sadly, not on offer this one.

Still, it turns out to have been a canny purchase. An initial citrussy taste (with a slight sweet note at first, but predominantly grapefruity) becomes beautifully dry, with that nice bitterness lingering into the lasting aftertaste. That slightly sweet, peachy taste comes back in at some point too. It seems funny to be drinking an American brewery's impression of an English IPA, but I guess I've been drinking vice versa for a while anyway. I liked this one a lot, and it's worth picking up.

Mrs M says: "Very nice".

I've never tried that stuff but on your recommendation and that of Mrs M I'm going to give it a go.

 

[jongooligan]

Beers:
Fog on the Tyne
Shuggy Boat
Magus
Jarl
Anarchy
Silver Buckles
Jaipur
Can't remember much after that but we did go see a band and we were drinking Stella which broke the 'only quality alcohol' rule we'd imposed when we set off.
Pubs:
Centurion
Bodega
Rosie's
Newcastle Arms
Duke of Wellington
Old George
Telegraph
Market Tavern
Good sesh. Hoping for a repeat today but in Durham rather than the toon.