Beer?

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I've only tried the 12 - it's good, but a classic case of rarity driving up reputation.

Not sure if you can order it direct from Westvleteten. If you can't find it, let me know and I'll send you some - Mrs Marmion can reimburse me!

Aye, I was thinking it might be rarity driving it - I might re-assess. There is a webpage shop ordering option, but thanks for the offer.
It would be good to have a taste but it might be a bit of a hassle, so I might just put together a list of beers that I know she can get from the local beer shop.

 

[nickyboy]

Going for the cubist easy 'like' method?

Gotta keep your ratio up innit?

 

[User169]

That's interesting. Maybe a bit of an English Simcoe then (which I always equate with herbal/minty tones)? I'll try it out in my standard ESB maybe (which I bitter with Admiral and ferment with Nottingham yeast).

Thank for the reply.

Ex

Good call - first time I smelled GP75 I thought Simcoe!

Ok, so recipe: 23L batch -

4.9kg Maris Otter
0.2kg crystal 60L
0.3kg Munich

Mashed at 66oC for 1 hour and mash out at 77oC.

15g Warrior 60min
30g GP75 10 min
30g GP75 flameout and steep for 15min

Pitched one sachet of US-05

Fermented at about 19oC.

Added 20g of GP75 dry hop for 10days and 20g GP75 dry hop for 6 days.

An ESB with Admiral and Nottingham should be a great beer - let us know how you get on!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I am so glad I only drink beer rather than have to work out how to make it or gush about it like I am a southern ponce

 

[User169]

I am so glad I only drink beer rather than have to work out how to make it or gush about it like I am a southern ponce

Yeah. RichP and 3bm don't half bang on.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Given that I can't find anything else in the entire world that I want to commit to a "Christmas list" or "My birthday list" (which comes before the Christmas list) I reckon that Mrs Marmion needs to just be directed to the Westvleteren webpage.
But should I just go with the 12? Or is it worth giving the 8 and/or Blond a try as well?

I think you should try them all just so you've tried them, I wasn't as overwhelmed as expectation had led me to believe I would be however it was really nice to see what all the fuss was about for myself, and they are nice too. Same as when I finally got to try Fin du Monde - best beer in the world, no, there's a ton better, still good stuff though.

 

[Ebenezer66]

I am so glad I only drink beer rather than have to work out how to make it or gush about it like I am a southern ponce

You should try it (making beer, not gushing). It's actually rather easy and quite fun - the hardest part is the waiting to drink it! It's a bit like making jam, but for men (with apologies to any lady brewers).

Ex

 

[MossCommuter]

Well, boys and girls. It's Sunday and we all know what that means...



This is "Racing Dragon"

It's a bit bland, too malty, too traditional for this hipster

 

[MossCommuter]

I'll post the recipe later, but I cracked one open last night. It's not what I expected, but I like it. I was expecting something overtly citrus, but whilst there is some grapefruit, I'd say it's more herbal and a bit minty.

I bittered with Warrior and then used the GP75 as aroma and dry hop and fermented with US-05.

I really wish I had more as I think it would be great in a more English style ale - combined with fuggles or Goldings and an English yeast would be worth trying.

I always like that minty nettliness in a beer!

 

[MossCommuter]

"Postmistress" from the same brewer (Sandstone)



Just a different shade of bland

 

[theclaud]

"Postmistress" from the same brewer (Sandstone)

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Just a different shade of bland

I've got dinner envy. I'm living with vegetarians.

 

[MossCommuter]

Oh my days! Veggies! Are they beer drinking veggies?



This is Polar Express with FYP in the background for the veggies

 

[srw]

I've got dinner envy. I'm living with vegetarians.

Smuggle in a bit of liver - tell them it's an experimental form of tofu that actually tastes of something.

 

[theclaud]

Oh my days! Veggies! Are they beer drinking veggies?

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This is Polar Express with FYP in the background for the veggies

Yes! And very lovely they are too. And it's good for one's cooking to be deprived, every so often, of the 'if in doubt, use a bit of bacon or sausage' method of making things taste nice. But still I sometimes sigh and think longingly of sausages. Or of potatoes cooked in beef dripping. Or of things for breakfast that are friend in bacon fat.

 

[User169]

I was up at in that The Hague yesterday. Picked up a bottle of Clara from Hill Farmstead and a 2009 Stille Nacht.

Hill Farmstead is one of the most highly rated breweries in the world atm. The guy that runs it has effectively capped production at 3000 barrels per year and only brews so he can continue to live on the farm in Vermont owned by his family for generations. All the brews are named after various relatives/ancestors and are imaginings of what he'd like to have drunk with them. Clara was his great great aunt.

The Clara is made in an obscure style - a Grisette - a sort of urban saison. Whilst saison was for farm workers, Grisette was for their coal mining freres. Grisette was also used to refer in France to a lower class woman - grey as in the cheap material she'd have worn - with a definite implication of prostitution. Makes you wonder what Shaun Hill intended to imply of his ancestor.

Sorry for banging on!

P