Beer?

[User169]

Morpheus Undressed Foederbier from Alvinne. A great Flemish brown ale. Sweet and malty, no hop flavour at all and a healthy sour kick. It's aged in foeders, large oak barrels: the wood allows the souring beasties to grow.

In the 19th century, English brewers used gigantic Foeders: the old soured ale from these (stock ales and porters) was blended with fresh ale by publicans for their customers.

In 1814 a barrel at Meuxs brewery on Tottenham Ct Rd containing about a million pints and weighing nearly 600 tons burst, flooding nearby houses, killing 8 people. That wasn't even the biggest barrel in the brewery: one was said to have been 70 feet in diameter with just the iron hoops weighing 80 tons.

 

[rich p]

Darkstar Partridge - just the 4 pints but a proper decent session bitter. Of the new old school

 

[User169]

BrewDog have just put the recipes for all of their beers online..

https://www.brewdog.com/diydog

A pretty cool resource.

 

[nickyboy]

Little trip into the Glossop bottle shop saw me leave with this selection

You lot have indoctrinated me to try the Neck Oil and Gamma Ray. I'm looking forward to the 3 Monts which I know nowt about but it looks interesting and the proprietor said it is good stuff

 

[User169]

That link appears broken, all it says is hops.

It does also say MASSIVE (amounts of hops) quite a lot.

 

[User169]

I'll be bottling this weekend. Stan knows the score...


View: http://youtu.be/XPIw6eRW_Bg

 

[rich p]

I can't remember what I said about the Kernel sticklebract last time but I'm liking it tonight. Probably not a good idea to try and discern it's nuances while eating sea salt and cider vinegar crisps.

 

[nickyboy]

A little update.....

I'm a weekend drinker. But today's purchases were calling me from the cupboard. So I've drunk the Ear Grey IPA and I'm half way through the Gamma Ray

The Earl Grey is lovely. I looked up on Ratebeer and they keep waffling on about Bergamot. I had to google this as bergamot it isn't readily available in Aldi Glossop. Great balance of bitterness and upfront hops. I'm struggling to get the tea flavour but overall a really good beer. Hopefully on tap in the Marble Arch April 23!!

Gamma Ray. Hmmmm.....it's obviously well made. Packed full of grapefruit, orange, lychee. But I'm not sure it's a world-beater

 

[Crackle]

Punk again. I'm not in the mood for it. I picked the wrong drink and cooked the wrong meal tonight. I think I was confused after spending 2.5hrs giving my two a lift into Liverpool and getting stuck in the match traffic. Which idiot scheduled a kick off at 6.00pm

Yours slightly dissatisfied.

 

[iandg]

A new one for me. A 'toffee bombardment followed by fruit and fudge frontal assault..........bitter finish'

 

[theclaud]

The Earl Grey is lovely. I looked up on Ratebeer and they keep waffling on about Bergamot. I had to google this as bergamot it isn't readily available in Aldi Glossop. Great balance of bitterness and upfront hops. I'm struggling to get the tea flavour but overall a really good beer.

Welcome to Ponceville (notable inhabitants include @rich p and TC.) You'll want to get your hands on the Yeastie Boys' version next.

Meanwhile, in Mumbles, Brian is eyeing up my Grapefruit IPA.

 

[Daryn]

Amstel for me please yum

 

[theclaud]

Punk again. I'm not in the mood for it. I picked the wrong drink and cooked the wrong meal tonight. I think I was confused after spending 2.5hrs giving my two a lift into Liverpool and getting stuck in the match traffic. Which idiot scheduled a kick off at 6.00pm

Yours slightly dissatisfied.

Nice pic, mind.

 

[Aperitif]

Punk again. I'm not in the mood for it. I picked the wrong drink and cooked the wrong meal tonight. I think I was confused after spending 2.5hrs giving my two a lift into Liverpool and getting stuck in the match traffic. Which idiot scheduled a kick off at 6.00pm

Yours slightly dissatisfied.

Great photo! It is definitely your 'Alter Crackle'

 

[Aperitif]

Nice pic, mind.

Ahem.