Beer?

[rich p]

I had to organise a function today and foolishly delegated my brother in law, who lives in Sydney, to get the beer. Big mistake and he has clearly been upside down for too long, after being my drinking buddy from since we were 17 to 48.
He bought a box of San Miguel and..... wait for it....
Boddingtons 'Draught'.
Needless to say, the latter remained undrunk, and I had to crack open my reserve stash of Punk IPA to save the day.

 

[User169]

Arsepipes ! just got an order from De Molens beer shop today. Had ordered two bottles of Hill Farmstead's collaboration brew with Blaugies, but they sent Blaugies regular saison instead.

The rest of the order was OK. Some saisons from Fantome and some Stille Nachts which I'm going to put aside for a decade or so. I now have bottles from 2009, 2013 and 2014 and will fill in 2010 to 2012 if I can find them. It's a weird beer - not great fresh, but gets better with age.

 

[User169]

Boddingtons 'Draught'.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I had to organise a function today and foolishly delegated my brother in law, who lives in Sydney, to get the beer. Big mistake and he has clearly been upside down for too long, after being my drinking buddy from since we were 17 to 48.
He bought a box of San Miguel and..... wait for it....
Boddingtons 'Draught'.
Needless to say, the latter remained undrunk, and I had to crack open my reserve stash of Punk IPA to save the day.

Strewth cobber!

 

[Aperitif]

I had to organise a function today and foolishly delegated my brother in law, who lives in Sydney, to get the beer. Big mistake and he has clearly been upside down for too long, after being my drinking buddy from since we were 17 to 48.
He bought a box of San Miguel and..... wait for it....
Boddingtons 'Draught'.
Needless to say, the latter remained undrunk, and I had to crack open my reserve stash of Punk IPA to save the day.

As consolation, Rich, Gareth's wife is 'a Boddington' - so, somewhere along the line, the family coffers are swelling thanks to Bill from Sydney. Punctilious with the Punk though...a great sacrifice. I hope you were able to test a few.

 

[rich p]

As consolation, Rich, Gareth's wife is 'a Boddington' - so, somewhere along the line, the family coffers are swelling thanks to Bill from Sydney. Punctilious with the Punk though...a great sacrifice. I hope you were able to test a few.

I suppose I ought to confess to having hidden away my Christmas crafty ales from the ignorant masses

 

[Crackle]

Saison pour. Not a lively one, obviously...

Unfortunately my taste buds packed in after the IPA which happens to my crappy sinuses sometimes, so it took a while before I could get some flavours out of it. Quite lively, lots of yeasty complex flavours which made parts of my tongue dance which don't normally but unfortunately just not my thing. I find the same thing with a lot of Belgian beers, lots of taste but just not ones which really suit me. I'll give one another go sometime but I just don't think I'm cut out for certain stuff but then I didn't like dark IPA straight away.

 

[rich p]

Saison pour. Not a lively one, obviously...

Unfortunately my taste buds packed in after the IPA which happens to my crappy sinuses sometimes, so it took a while before I could get some flavours out of it. Quite lively, lots of yeasty complex flavours which made parts of my tongue dance which don't normally but unfortunately just not my thing. I find the same thing with a lot of Belgian beers, lots of taste but just not ones which really suit me. I'll give one another go sometime but I just don't think I'm cut out for certain stuff but then I didn't like dark IPA straight away.

Shame, I was looking forward to another píss pour...

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Lovely jubbly as the bloke from Open All Hours used to say

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Bonus points to @Aperitif and @rich p if they manage to come up with some wordplay bollocks with this one...

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Lovely jubbly as the bloke from Open All Hours used to say

I love that stuff.

Italian restaurant, this was their idea of craft beer, lager really, sigh...

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Bonus points to @Aperitif and @rich p if they manage to come up with some wordplay bollocks with this one...

Don't encourage them ffs.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Don't encourage them ffs.

Encouragement or derision means nothing to them. I am resigned to it.

I have also just noticed that the top of the label (not in the photo) proclaims "The World's Oldest Brewery" and the lower (partially visible) banner proclaims "Premium Bavaricum" - I now so wish I had not read that!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

<Fred Elliott> I'll tell you what, I said I'll tell you what <Fred Elliott>
This is splendiferous - hoppy and citrusy and possibly one of the best "new to me" IPAs I have had for a good while, and I've had a few!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Blessed are the drunkards - he looks like @rich p