Beer?

[rich p]

Rather nice h'actually. Son1 said, I'll have a try at tea and I said it'll be gone by then. Son2 said, so so but then I am trying to move him off a can of Stella at parties and nearly blew his teeth out wiith a Laphroaig tasting last night.

That piccie is a no entry sign to me. Weird. Laphroig, bleeeuuggghhh.
Your boys are boozing already? I didn't realise you were that old

 

[Crackle]

That piccie is a no entry sign to me. Weird. Laphroig, bleeeuuggghhh.
Your boys are boozing already? I didn't realise you were that old

But several cars younger than you.....

Really. Anyone else not see it. Google have changed things you see.

 

[Crackle]

That should work.

 

[User169]

With the best wishes of the brewery from Dupont. Brilliant stuff - lovely copper color with a champagne like fizz, biscuity malt, hoppy, fruity sweetness and a peppery spiciness. So good!

 

[User169]

We almost got there last year on the Saturday IIRC but we missed the train!
The cycling starts at noon on Sunday so that won't work.
Be good to share a pint if you were able to make it DP.
I ought to take it easy tonight given my early start tomorrow but I've just had a can of Hastings UP A. Pretty tasty even from a can. It said it was can-conditioned which sounds like a bit of bollix doesn't it?
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Give me a bit more notice next time, Rich and I'll be there!

 

[rich p]

Give me a bit more notice next time, Rich and I'll be there!

Probably this time next year but I'll let you know!

 

[Tin Pot]

Doombar, Pie and Statham. Doing well this evening

 

[Maverick Goose]

Otter Bright- a quality paleish ale and not one of those 9 pc badasses, so you can knock back a few without really noticing. I miss the cornucopia on offer in Booths though.

 

[User169]

Cooking up a sorachi ace saison tonight. For once being a bit organized and have got all the additions set up. Check out all that sugar though - likely it's going to end up around 7%. The sorach ace smells amazing - very lemony.

 

[Crackle]

No2

Not bad this and I may have it had it before but I should have drank it first as it tasted thin after the first one.

I never bothered calling the boys.

 

[User169]

Cooking up a sorachi ace saison tonight. For once being a bit organized and have got all the additions set up. Check out all that sugar though - likely it's going to end up around 7%. The sorach ace smells amazing - very lemony.

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Arse! Nodded off mid boil only to be woken up by Mrs DP at 4am. Bloody thing must have been on the boil for 3 hours. Oh well, I'll have another go later today.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Arse! Nodded off mid boil only to be woken up by Mrs DP at 4am. Bloody thing must have been on the boil for 3 hours. Oh well, I'll have another go later today.

Chortle...

 

[srw]

I thought readers of the thread might be interested in the pudding I had at Gilbey's of Old Amersham last night:
Conqueror Ale & treacle oat bake, malt ice cream, coffee crémeux, candied pecans

I suspect that it was coarse oatmeal soaked in the beer and then made into a dense sponge with the treacle. The malt ice cream was a wicked Horlicks concoction, the coffee cremeux was cream, espresso and probably a dollop of dark chocolate, and the candied pecans were candied pecans. Perhaps a tiny bit of hop somewhere would have been a good addition?

It would have been outstanding with a porter or a barley wine, but in the absence of that (they're a wine importer and grower with a decent list and a not-at-all-bad Bacchus grown in Buckinghamshire) we had cocktails made of vodka, kahlua and baileys and sprinkled with bits of gingerbread.

 

[MossCommuter]

Beer



No fancy pudding (might get a bar of fruit and nut later)

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I'm off to Ghent, Gent or Gand tomorrow to get shítfaced watch the 6 day cycling with my son to chaperone me.
I'll find some intreresting beers to try - and hopefully lose my de Molen virginity at last.

Spotted that there were a couple of young Brits riding for you to cheer on. Mark Stewart and Germain Burton leading the U23 AVS Cup after day 4.