Beer?

[John the Monkey]

Silly Saison, (Brasserie de Silly 5% abv)

Chosen mostly for the name, I must admit. Nice enough though, caramelly and rich with a touch of bitterness to balance, and hints of rich fruit.

Mrs M says : "Lovely."

 

[rich p]

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.

Snap, just tried to text you but seem to have lost your number. Bit pissed anyway. Txt me. The boys Stewart and Burton won the Madison pretty comfortably. Back to the shīte food and beer. How many crap hot dogs can I eat....

 

[theclaud]

Followed by a Yeastie Boy which I've loved and lost before.

I love that stuff. Not seen in since I was in Edinburgh in August.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Snap, just tried to text you but seem to have lost your number. Bit pissed anyway. Txt me. The boys Stewart and Burton won the Madison pretty comfortably. Back to the shīte food and beer. How many crap hot dogs can I eat....

Today in Gent, I cannae spot @rich p in the crowd

 

[Levo-Lon]

Youngs 4.1% at the local....
what a superb beer.. 3/1 win at cribbage too..nice sunday.l

 

[User169]

Happy Christmas everyone!

 

[Aperitif]

^ This is an advisory: Delft Poste early for Christmas. Santa with a hat, necklace and an anorak? Outrageous! Interesting reflections (Not mine, yours.)

 

[Aperitif]

A quiet, working weekend. Only time for a homage à mcginty in the shape of..well, shapes. The bottle glass action was nicer than the taste - too cold for cold and I still can't crack the code to make me savour this ABV (average beer, veryexpensive). Off to Porte de Versailles this week, for the Salon des Vins des Vignerons Indépendants...drinking all day for free.
I accept the challenge. Beer will be only Leffe overs...hard, I agree, but someone has to do it. #jesuisenterrasse for two mornings...

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Picked up a three interesting looking beers in a hipster food store in New Hampshire, they've survived planes, trains and automobiles, hope they're nice. I've drunk a reasonable amount of beer in the last 10 days in between all the 'working hard', loads of new stuff and now I'm actually quite keen for a proper UK bitter, something which those goddam Yankees just don't do, not that I've seen anyway. Mmmmm Hooky...

 

[threebikesmcginty]

A quiet, working weekend. Only time for a homage à mcginty in the shape of..well, shapes. The bottle glass action was nicer than the taste - too cold for cold and I still can't crack the code to make me savour this ABV (average beer, veryexpensive). Off to Porte de Versailles this week, for the Salon des Vins des Vignerons Indépendants...drinking all day for free.
I accept the challenge. Beer will be only Leffe overs...hard, I agree, but someone has to do it. #jesuisenterrasse for two mornings...
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Dontchalikeithten teef?

 

[User169]

Commissaris Rex, a doppelsticke (teeing up 'teef here!).

Not bad at all, although I prefer regular alt. Nice and malty, bitter finish, but maybe a touch too much yeast ester.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Commissaris Rex, a doppelsticke (teeing up 'teef here!).

Don't encourage him, I've not a fecking clue what he is on about at the best of times; it's like trying to read a fecking crossword!

 

[Aperitif]

Don't encourage him, I've not a fecking clue what he is on about at the best of times; it's like trying to read a fecking crossword!

That's one down, only two leffe now.

Duvel is 'ok'...not the Prince of Ales...my tastes may change. Kernel is still K.O.M. in the casual beer world, with WeePuppy second.

 

[Aperitif]

Commissaris Rex, a doppelsticke (teeing up 'teef here!).

Not bad at all, although I prefer regular alt. Nice and malty, bitter finish, but maybe a touch too much yeast ester.

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I'd call that doppelganging up on me. doppelsticke is where you throw one for the dog and, while the dog isn't looking - chuck another at him/her. If it hits the dog, you win and get bitten. If the dog retrieves the first stick and then gets the second too...you get to play again! Simples.

 

[User169]

I'm actually quite keen for a proper UK bitter, something which those goddam Yankees just don't do, not that I've seen anyway. Mmmmm Hooky...
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They just don't get low malt forward beer. I think it reflects a bit what they're good at. So many great US hops influenced the first wave of US brews. They then moved on to yeast and produce all the really good quality lliquid yeasts with peeps like White Labs and Wyeast and newer players like Yeast Bay (just got some Yeast Bay funky blends through the post yesterday!). The malt they produce on the other hand is fairly bland - in Europe we have great maltsters and can choose from English, German and Belgian malts all of which are top tasty quality. I think they'll eventually get round to malt.