Beer?

[MossCommuter]

No

...until the beer makes it unreadable again. Nice touch - the Germanic typography too.

No! The beer iß definitely bringing everything into focuß

 

[Aperitif]

Anyway, a return to the dark arts of drinkology, with a beer from Messrs. Moorhouse - Burnley...wherever that may be. Yorkshire? Lincolnshire? I remember they had a football team once, but sold their kit to West Ham iirc.
Anyway, I digress (there's a first time for everything) and today's libation is a 'Black Cat Reserve'. Paws nice (and that's just the beer) Good scent, full and rich enough, though probably a little too cold to get the best from this brew. I can imagine this as a session beer - nice flavour without excessive bitterness, overlaid with a sensible choc taste, leaving a dry malty finish on la langue de ce chat ici. 5.0% ABV. Just right...500ml serving too...mcginty style value for money!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Just off to the local pub to watch Hibs hopefully thrash Rangers; I shall have the choice of Tennents Lager, Carling Lager, Carlsberg Lager or Stella Artois lager. It had better be a f*cking awesome game of fitba!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Pish result, pisher lager

 

[Crackle]

Just gotten around to this. Pretty good, lots of flavoury flavour, goes nicely with the evening etc....

 

[John the Monkey]

... I may have to drink wine.

 

[srw]

Nonsense. As I recall, there's a passably hoppy keg beer that gets you agreeably mullered. No need for extreme measures, unless you are some fuddy-duddy who can't handle.the hops.

You will be glad to read that despite your admonition to @User no piss-taking was required. I had the aforementioned hoppy keg beer - Sierra Nevada Pale Ale - which was less hoppy than I remembered, possibly because the fridge temperature was only a couple of degrees above freezing. My mouth now feels dry, as if I've been chewing raw hops.

 

[gavgav]

A pint of Sunshine from Monty's brewery for me this evening, to celebrate a good win for the mighty Shrews at Crewe today

 

[Crackle]

Bit of a Mossy shot, not sure what went wrong, I'm sure Rich can tell me.

Very nice, hints of midges and mountains with a smell of heather sweetness. Poured with a snowy cap which blew away rapidly leaving a fine rime, so it could actually be a Cairngorms brewed bitter, just needs a bit more unpredictability and bleakness.

 

[John the Monkey]

Bit of a Mossy shot, not sure what went wrong, I'm sure Rich can tell me.

I think it's that you were skateboarding past (at some speed too, by the looks of things) at the time. The Boots sticker on this would say something like "Curb your inherent gnarliness, Dude."

Moonraker (J.W. Lees, 6.5% abv)

I managed, somehow, to take this picture through my tears, having discovered No.1 son pouring himself a pint of West Indies Porter - I'm not sure we can sustain a household of three drinkers with a taste for the good stuff.

Anyroad, this is the sort of rich, dark beer that people should be drinking at this time of year. Toffee-ish, darkly fruity, and with a hint of smoke and a prickle of hops in the finish. The sort of thing one would, ideally, drink by a roaring fire.

Mrs M says: "Very nice."

 

[John the Monkey]

Ah, found it - must have fallen off in the envelope.

 

[vernon]

This afternoon's/early evening's beers,

Two Beavertown products - Neck Oil and Gamma Ray. They've been, along with a couple of other Beavertown brews, the most enjoyable canned beers that I've ever had the pleasure of drinking. I've my son to thank for the introduction.

Wold Gold from the Wold Top Brewery near Driffield is a nice session blonde beer best enjoyed at the folk festival held at the brewery in the summer. Lightly flavoured and summery.

Yorkshire IPA, brewed eight or so miles away in Pool in Wharfedale was the perfect accompaniment to today's fry up. The hoppiness fights its way to an equal footing with the seasonings in the sausages and black pudding yet retreats to allow the savouring of the egg and chip butties without distraction.

A nigh on perfect dining and drinking experience at Chateau Levy.

 

[srw]

I've nearly finished my autumn and Christmas purchases - I feel a sabbatical coming on....

Last night I had the (2013) "Noel" Christmas beer from some brewery or other in Sussex - nice, but not memorable.

Tonight I knocked off the Lord-Lieutenants cream porter, which could have done with being cellared. So I "cellared" the next two (i.e. half an hour in the fridge) and they were much better for it. First, the 8% bodger's barley wine. A delicious local brew with perhaps a smidgen too much alcoholly fruity notes on the nose. And second, the 10.5% (2013) imperial stout by Dark Star. Wow. Concentrated, rich, bitter-sweet.

I've just got an espresso beer left in the house, a couple of 2015 Fuller's vintage ales in the flat, and I suspect I may get a pint or two in Bath.

 

[User169]

Ferry beer. Nice, but these Kernel pale ales are all much of a muchness.

 

[rich p]

I went to a neighbour's prenuptial drinks do tonight. They only had prosecco or lager FFS.
I'm livin' in the wrong 'hood