Beer?

[ceepeebee]

I had my first from Cloudwater tonight, Session Beer (crap name) on draught from the offie.
Very bitter and hoppy which wouldn't please everyone but it's right up my avenue...
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Aye, was a bit feisty for my liking.

 

[srw]

I'm up for the lot.

There's an obvious observation to be made there.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I've been in San Francisco for a couple of days and of course I have made the effort to sample some West Coast brews.

Had a very nice Double IPA, Hella Hoppy, from Altamont Beer Works, an interesting Belgian-style sour cherry Brown aAe - can't remember from where - and a very intense Eclipse bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Stout from FiftyFifty. To be honest, this tasted so much of bourbon, I am not sure it was actually that good as beer. Some people seem to like this. I didn't finish even the very small glass I had. I also had some British-style Milds, which seems to be the current fashion. They were without exception not particularly nice or interesting, in other words exactly like most Milds you used to find in pubs across Britain.

 

[User169]

I've been in San Francisco for a couple of days and of course I have made the effort to sample some West Coast brews.

Had a very nice Double IPA, Hella Hoppy, from Altamont Beer Works, an interesting Belgian-style sour cherry Brown aAe - can't remember from where - and a very intense Eclipse bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Stout from FiftyFifty. To be honest, this tasted so much of bourbon, I am not sure it was actually that good as beer. Some people seem to like this. I didn't finish even the very small glass I had. I also had some British-style Milds, which seems to be the current fashion. They were without exception not particularly nice or interesting, in other words exactly like most Milds you used to find in pubs across Britain.

Phew! I nearly dropped some serious cash on a couple of bottles recently.

 

[uphillstruggler]

I think that deserves an official Beer thread pilgrimage - the Buckinghamshire cradle of Scot Nat Nobbery.

You could probably construct a reasonably passable brewery crawl-cum-bike-ride in the area without too much difficulty. Red Squirrel outside Hemel, Haresfoot in Berko, Tring, Chiltern outside Wendover, Aylesbury brewhouse, XT at Long Crendon, Vale outside Brill and Oxfordshire in the cycling centre of the universe that is Marsh Gibbon.

Knock out Aylesbury (where the National Trust has its only pub) and that's a pretty fine ride.
https://goo.gl/maps/LHLTWTjvDh62

you could always head over to MK if you want to add a three or more breweries to this. you have the white park out in Cranfield, Hornes brewery in little brickhill, concrete cow in Bradwell abbey and Bucks Star near New Bradwell. by then, youll probably need to wheel your bikes to the nearby Wolverton station for a train home.

 

[Spartak]

 

[User169]

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The one on the right is brewed by the same people that brew Kwaremont, the house beer of the Ronde van Vlaanderen.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The one on the right is brewed by the same people that brew Kwaremont, the house beer of the Ronde van Vlaanderen.

How are the legs today, DP?

 

[User169]

How are the legs today, DP?

Legs fine. Rear end fine. But, bloody hell, my wrists hurt. Im pushing on though and managingto get a glass up to my chops.

Torpedo from Sierra Nevada. Good balance of malt and hops. I think MandS have it.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Get a straw...

 

[rich p]

I'm on the wagon on a Monday so I've only had a cooking Duvel...

 

[PaulB]

Legs fine. Rear end fine. But, bloody hell, my wrists hurt. Im pushing on though and managingto get a glass up to my chops.

Torpedo from Sierra Nevada. Good balance of malt and hops. I think MandS have it.

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I love that one. Well, not 'love', more luuuuuurrrrrvvvvve it, if you know what I mean!

 

[srw]

The one on the right is brewed by the same people that brew Kwaremont, the house beer of the Ronde van Vlaanderen.

But I bet that most of us will struggle to distinguish either from Fosters. (Blind tasting, of course).

 

[martint235]

So interview done. Stopped off at BrewDog Camden which is actually quite a nice boozer although a tad expensive. Had a Punk IPA, now home and into the garden with this little beaut.

 

[MossCommuter]

Quiz night

Three weeks in a row! We gonna get banned

Joke of the evening: "I had to resign my job as triangle player in a reggae band... It was the same ting every night"