Beer?

[martint235]

First photo with the new iPhone and it's naturally beer

 

[Crackle]

My local bottle shop has closed which is something of a disaster. The dog views it in a similar fashion as first the video shop closed, no treats. The chemist changed hands, no treats and now the beer shop, no treats. Luckily the Butcher has started feeding him ham. Seriously, this will somewhat curtail my beer adventures. It's a real fix and no mistake.

 

[Fab Foodie]

It's beer-o-clock here .....

 

[John the Monkey]

Seriously, this will somewhat curtail my beer adventures. It's a real fix and no mistake.

 

[Aperitif]

It's beer-o-clock here .....

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Small backdrop elements making the diddy pie seem gigantic...tut. You need t'other Aff in the glass - sure makes my mouth water though!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

My local bottle shop has closed which is something of a disaster. The dog views it in a similar fashion as first the video shop closed, no treats. The chemist changed hands, no treats and now the beer shop, no treats. Luckily the Butcher has started feeding him ham. Seriously, this will somewhat curtail my beer adventures. It's a real fix and no mistake.

Do you have the internets in the Wirral?

 

[Crackle]

Do you have the internets in the Wirral?

I lack the willpower to order in bulk and, you know, not drink it.

 

[User169]

Blood Orange Gose from California. Not a bad refresher. Nice and tart and the fruit isn't overpowering.

It's the 500th anniversary of the Reinheitsgebot tomorrow. This sort of beer wouldn't be allowed under current rules since fruit is a no no. Oh well, I guess the rest of the world will move on as innovation is frowned on in Germany.

 

[User169]

BrewDog falls short of target in crowd funding
http://www.thenational.scot/busines...chobox&utm_term=Autofeed#link_time=1461304820

I think the story here is that a company founded in 2007 has managed to raise just shy of 20 million squids in the biggest ever crowdfunding campaign.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Blood Orange Gose from California. Not a bad refresher. Nice and tart and the fruit isn't overpowering.

It's the 500th anniversary of the Reinheitsgebot tomorrow. This sort of beer wouldn't be allowed under current rules since fruit is a no no. Oh well, I guess the rest of the world will move on as innovation is frowned on in Germany.

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Perfectly ok to brew and sell in Germany so long as you call it Orange Ale and don't claim it is beer though surely? Though then it would need a German-market marketing campaign to explain what it is, along with an official warning "careful now; may taste of something" on the label.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I lack the willpower to order in bulk and, you know, not drink it.

Lazy-arsed scouser.

 

[User169]

Perfectly ok to brew and sell in Germany so long as you call it Orange Ale and don't claim it is beer though surely? Though then it would need a German-market marketing campaign to explain what it is, along with an official warning "careful now; may taste of something" on the label.

Yes, I think that's the way it works. Seems strange to me that old German styles are now largely in the hands of non-German breweries. A narrow-minded Bavarian view on beer has been imposed on the entire country. I'll raise one tomorrow to mavericks like Freigeist Bierkultur in Cologne who brew some really interesting stuff.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Do you have the internets in the Wirral?

They do, but people keep stealing them .....

 

[srw]

Yes, I think that's the way it works. Seems strange to me that old German styles are now largely in the hands of non-German breweries. A narrow-minded Bavarian view on beer has been imposed on the entire country. I'll raise one tomorrow to mavericks like Freigeist Bierkultur in Cologne who brew some really interesting stuff.

When I've got access to a proper computer I'll dig out the Guardian article on the subject if it hasn't already been linked. Someone was defending the Rheinheitsgebot on the grounds that was lots of variety in German beer.

In the meantime, a mild. DH Lawrence from Castle Rock. This place has a mild month in May. I think I might come back. It also, @rvw, has as many ciders as beers.

 

[srw]

This article?

Yup. Thanks.

It's a very German approach. Setting the rules and sticking to them because they are the rules even when they are self-evidently absurd.