Beer?

[srw]

Framboos from 3 Fonteinen - a raspberry lambic. It's only been in the bottle for a year, but I guess it will just get better for years to come.

Dead rare and just so good. 20 sheets though!

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But 20 of your Dutch sheets are worth nothing these days.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Shhhh, 3BM might hear.

I gave it a 'like' for the shameless audacity of the pricing, raspberry lambic sounds like the work of Beelzebub.

2 pints of Hook Norton Red Rye and a Summertime for me.

 

[smutchin]

I gave it a 'like' for the shameless audacity of the pricing, raspberry lambic sounds like the work of Beelzebub.

Not sure about raspberry beer but it's 3 Fonteinen, which is as close to a guarantee of excellence as you can get.

I'd have to think very carefully before paying 20 sheets for it though - even worthless Dutch sheets.

 

[User169]

Not sure about raspberry beer but it's 3 Fonteinen, which is as close to a guarantee of excellence as you can get.

I'd have to think very carefully before paying 20 sheets for it though - even worthless Dutch sheets.

I'd done the conversion - 20 GBP - and that was surprisingly cheap given I bought it in a bar. Just looked at an on-line beer auction site and the current bid for a bottle is 160 USD!

 

[smutchin]

I'd done the conversion - 20 GBP - and that was surprisingly cheap given I bought it in a bar. Just looked at an on-line beer auction site and the current bid for a bottle is 160 USD!

Crikey.

Mind you, a lot of that will be import cost, won't it?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Even at 160 bucks It's still nasty fruit beer.

 

[User169]

Crikey.

Mind you, a lot of that will be import cost, won't it?

I think just transport costs (shipped from NL) which were included in the opening bid of 50 USD. I see now the auction ended in March and 160 USD was the winning bid.

If you think 20 quid's a lot, check out "Dave" by Hair of the Dog - yours for 2000 USD!

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt...19-year-old-craft-beer-with-a-2-000-price-tag

 

[User169]

Even at 160 bucks It's still nasty fruit beer.

On the lookout now for Mure from Tilquin - made with blackberries..

 

[threebikesmcginty]

On the lookout now for Mure from Tilquin - made with blackberries..

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You're a sick man DP, beeradvo guys rate it too but then they're mainly crazy yanks.

 

[User169]

You're a sick man DP, beeradvo guys rate it too but then they're mainly crazy yanks.

The whole sour thing has been massively skewed by American interest. Prices for limited releases are insane and you get people in BE and NL who go direct to the breweries and hoover up as much as they can simply to sell to the US at inflated prices. In response to this, Cantillon now does an annual release of a special brew (different every year), but only to a certain number of bars worldwide where you can go and drink it on the day of release - if I want some I'll need to go to Amsterdam on 19 Sept - two places in London and one in Scotland will have it.

Whilst it's great that lambic brewing has been rescued - Cantillon nearly died off in the 70s, but has now recently expanded its production - beer isn't supposed to be a super-poncey mega-expensive product.

Also, The lambics you need to make gueze need to be aged for quite a while and someone told me recently that the Belgians are running low on well aged lambic given how fashionable sour beers are now.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

...beer isn't supposed to be a super-poncey mega-expensive product...

There's a cut-out and keep line.

 

[User169]

There's a cut-out and keep line.

I try to remember this, but am a bit prone to over-enthusiasm!

 

[theclaud]

 

[Spartak]

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

...only to a certain number of bars worldwide where you can go and drink it on the day of release - if I want some I'll need to go to Amsterdam on 19 Sept - one in Scotland.

Scotland you say...19th September? Mmm I wonder if it's some ponce-fest nobbery bar populated by groomed-beard thin-legged-trouser gits? I do hope so, I'll fit right in.