Beer?

[smutchin]

James Watt has already had his megaphone out - Brewdog bars will stop selling Camden beers as of now. I would be amazed if Watt and Dickie did sell out - at least in the short to medium future. I got the impression that they've used their online IPO strategy specifically to make it more difficult for them to be acquired.

Ah! Well, good for them.

 

[MossCommuter]

Drygate Brewery is an interesting setup in this regard; brewing entirely independently yet it's a joint venture between C&C Group (Bulmer's etc) and craft brewer William's Bros. They using the logistics and infrastructure of the Tennant's Brewery (in whose grounds the brewery lies) but retain the hipster, indy feel. They're a nice bunch.

I suppose it's a way for the likes of C&C to insulate themselves against the craft-beer craze while retaining the credibility.

Probably old ground for the thread (tl;dr) but I do worry about this craft beer stuff. I fear that brewers (and Wetherspoons) promote it and cultivate such an air of Hipster credibility (by the sort of thing Drygate are doing) in order to wean us off the labour intensive and wasteful traditional British casks. We've come a long way in the last 20 to 25 years or so in resurrecting the British cask beer; it'd be sad to see all the beer in kegs again.

 

[smutchin]

retain the hipster, indy feel

In much the same way that Harris & Hoole do with coffee...

 

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News about €amden £own $rewery Photo by Richard Saker for The Observer

Freddy Be Why @F_BinYusuf
Wave goodbye to decent @camdenbrewery beer, as Inbev will turn it into piss. (remember Cadburys being edible?)

 

[GM]

Just back from a few days in that there Laaandaaan. Local pubs near Marble Arch had a couple of decent pints on; St Austell's Proper Job and Revisionist Rye Pale Ale. On the last night I went to the Brewdog in Soho which was jumping.

Managed a try of perhaps my new favourite beer name; Albino Squid Assasin. 7.8% which made for a bit of a stagger back to the hotel

Sorry for @rich p -type photo skilz
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We were in the BrewDog in Soho Sunday afternoon. Quite good, its only been open a few weeks.

 

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We were in the BrewDog in Soho Sunday afternoon. Quite good, its only been open a few weeks.

Did you have stabilisers on your phone camera perchance? Any snaps to savour?

James Watt, founder of craft beer group Brewdog, rounded on his rival for selling out to a global behemoth of the drinks industry.

He said Brewdog would no longer stock any Camden Town beers in its bars because it does not sell drinks made by AB InBev.

 

[GM]

Did you have stabilisers on your phone camera perchance? Any snaps to savour?

No pics I afraid, but I did have a bag of peanuts though!...... sorry I read that as snacks!

 

[srw]

Drygate Brewery is an interesting setup in this regard; brewing entirely independently yet it's a joint venture between C&C Group (Bulmer's etc) and craft brewer William's Bros. They using the logistics and infrastructure of the Tennant's Brewery (in whose grounds the brewery lies) but retain the hipster, indy feel. They're a nice bunch.

I suppose it's a way for the likes of C&C to insulate themselves against the craft-beer craze while retaining the credibility.

Probably old ground for the thread (tl;dr) but I do worry about this craft beer stuff. I fear that brewers (and Wetherspoons) promote it and cultivate such an air of Hipster credibility (by the sort of thing Drygate are doing) in order to wean us off the labour intensive and wasteful traditional British casks. We've come a long way in the last 20 to 25 years or so in resurrecting the British cask beer; it'd be sad to see all the beer in kegs again.

I'm not sure 'spoons are the villain here - they're good at promoting proper beer as well as the gassy over-hopped stuff.

My suspicion is that "craft" beer is a bit of a fad, in the same way as over-fruity New World wines were a bit of a fad - and having got over the fad the hipsters will realise that Britain and Belgium knew what they were doing.

 

[MossCommuter]

Yebbut I credit Spoons with much of the real ale revival. They're not the villain, they have much to be thanked for. I just hope they don't exert their strength to move to kegs and bottles (and cans) to the exclusion of other things

 

[User169]

Can you not take some bottles? It's not as though you never have any to hand.

Smugglage! Hells Goat - a 12% RIS aged on McCallan barrels. It's got a lovely woody whisky flavour, but could Use a bit more body.

 

[User169]

Tradition!

 

[MossCommuter]

Tradition!

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[Pro Tour Punditry]

Tradition!

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I'll keep you company with some of this

 

[srw]

Beer thread.

Be fair. After a 12% headbanger, a can of Strongbow is at least an impressive show of devil-may-care je ne sais quoi.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Tradition!

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The cider thread is thataway ----->>>>>