Beer?

[threebikesmcginty]

O
M
G

I didn't know that was still a thing

Best
Beer
Ever

It's pretty good, one of my beer chums rates it as his favourite beer ever.

 

[John the Monkey]

I was a bit underwhelmed by that one, it was OK, not good enough to want to repeat the experience though.

I didn't mind it, although I tend not to like overly smoky or rich Porters - this had a nice bit of bitterness to it, a bit like Lancaster Black.

 

[Crackle]

Black Wych (Wychwood, 5% abv)
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Another from the folk that bring you Hobgoblin. This is a decent porter, a bit of smoke upfront, with the caramelly flavour I've come to think of as being characteristic of this range coming through, but with rather more bitter flavour in the main taste. Nice, I think.

Mrs M says: "Very nice."

I'll keep an eye out for that to try. Hopefully Aldi will stock for a ridiculous price or something.

 

[Aperitif]

Gales HSB. Yumtus. SNM.

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Nice picture! George Gale on the table, with Eric on the turntable? Nothing like a drop of 'Multiplication' of these important matters.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I've just been rather reckless on the Internet and ordered some bottles of beer :

Left Hand Brewing Widdershins Barley Wine

Left Hand Twin Sisters

Harveys Imperial Extra Double Stout

Rochefort 10

De Molen Rasputin

Schneider Aventinus Eisbock

Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout

Flying Dog HBC

BrewDog Hardcore IPA

Of these ^^^, I've only ever tasted the Harveys Imperial Extra Double Stout (really brilliant stuff !);
anyone tried any of the others ?

I see that the Schneider Aventinus Eisbock is 12% abv - which I think is rather impressive .

I got the Flying Dog HBC & BrewDog Hardcore IPA for my better half; the rest are for me !

DeMo
Roch 10
Brewdog
Flying Dog

All excellent

Don't know LH
rich p is your man for Harvey's
Brooklyn are big std big league stuff I think and Schneider are an excellent brewery with some fine beer so it'll be good stuff.

 

[MossCommuter]

Nah ! I've seen @rich p in drinking action - which, to be fair, isn't as strong and steady as his cycling .

Just had an idea, on the next CChat ride that I do, a bidon containing Harveys Imperial Extra Double Stout might help me on my way .

SWMBO suggested that we have an 'open house' on New Year's Eve, so I thought some decent ales might help the party go with a swing - so to speak .

Postcode and house number please

thanks

 

[MossCommuter]

Hey Mossy, you'd be welcome - you're only an hour (by car) away.

It'll be a great party - the wine, beer and wimmin will flow in almost equal quantities.

thanks...

...I'll get pedalling

 

[theclaud]

thanks...

...I'll get pedalling

It's farking hilly in Pubbersland.

 

[User169]

I see that the Schneider Aventinus Eisbock is 12% abv - which I think is rather impressive .

The Schneider Aventinus Eisbock is a fantastic beer and ridiculously cheap. You really can't go wrong with Schneider.

 

[Chromatic]

I toured this establishment on Saturday, what a grand day out...

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Did you sink a few?

 

[nickyboy]

I toured this establishment on Saturday, what a grand day out...

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Their stout is one of my faves. Did you manage a snifter?

 

[Maverick Goose]

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!

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The Cloudwater Brewery in Manchester do a nice Grisette-I've been very impressed with all their offerings this year in fact.

 

[User169]

The Cloudwater Brewery in Manchester do a nice Grisette-I've been very impressed with all their offerings this year in fact.

I just saw that Grisette today MavGo and was wondering if I should order some. Worth it do you reckon?

 

[Maverick Goose]

I just saw that Grisette today MavGo and was wondering if I should order some. Worth it do you reckon?

Go for it!-I had a load from Beer Hawk and loved it..top one like our DP

 

[srw]

From right to left...
"Columbus India Brown Ale" from Hastings brewery. Despite listing all its ingredients - including four kinds of malt, including chocolate, and brown and muscovado sugar it was a disappointingly monodimensional brew, dominated by the bitterness of what I assume where the COlumbus hops.

Hog's Back OTT (Old Tongham Tasty). It is. A perfect balance of bitter, malty, sweet and strong. Fuggles hops don't mask the character of the malt.

Siren Craft Brew's Caribbean Chocolate Cake. Extremely complex. Cacao nibs, Cypress wood and Lactose added to a conventional recipe. It says it's brewed by a Berkshire brewery in collaboration with Cigar City brewing, and despite being told to serve it chilled I didn't.

It's bloody gorgeous - the bitter chocoloate adds a wonderful layer over the beer, while the lactose and the cypress give it a bit of Christmas. I was vaguely intending to try and cut down on the lactose (yes, seriously), but I think the amount in a small bottle of beer is probably immateria.