Beer?

[John the Monkey]

Mountain Moose / Mws Mynydd (Bragdy Mws Pws, 4.0% abv)

Part of my Father's day present, this, drawn from a mini-keg of a special dark IPA, brewed to support Aberglaslyn Mountain Rescue.

Mrs M and I have been enjoying this one. It has a definite chocolatey/smokiness to it, with a balancing bitter hop taste that's somewhat like a very (hoppily) flavourful best bitter. One of those seasonals/specials that you wish the brewer would make part of their core range.

Mrs M says: "Very nice".

 

[Aperitif]

Lovely bit of table, JtM.
Mrs M says "Neis iawn" - surely. (Pronunciation tip: someone compliments you on the state of your tired looking grass...)

 

[User169]

The brewer at Harveys mentioned this the other night. They sterilise the water to strip out all the minerals in it, then attempt to put them back in the quantities found in the original. Harveys uses water from the same borehole they've used for donkeys' years, so they don't need to bother with all that .

Hamm. A shame one brewer would do down another in this way (at least if I understand you).

It's got nothing to do with sterilization which is a heat treatment to get rid of bugs and not especially relevant in brewing where you do a long boil.

Burton water is very hard and I guess Sussex water is pretty chalky, so maybe they don't have to do any water treatment. I'd be surprised if many British Brewers do major adjustments except adding some gypsum.

A bit different in California where a lot of breweries are investing in reverse osmosis.

 

[John the Monkey]

Lovely bit of table, JtM.
Mrs M says "Neis iawn" - surely. (Pronunciation tip: someone compliments you on the state of your tired looking grass...)

Diolch yn fawr, old chap.

 

[nickyboy]

Hot and humid Hong Kong. Staying in Kowloon and a quick Google brought in the Kowloon Tap. Specialist in HK craft beers. Like a lot of other places HK is in the throes of a beer revolution with breweries and bard selling interesting beer popping up all over the place.

I think I managed a pint of every beer on the draft menu. It was a lot, that much I do remember

First one Kowloon Bay Brewery American IPA. Standard citrussy American IPA style. Nicely done. Tasted a lot like Marble Lagonda

Next up City Brewery Tough Ladies IPA.This was really nice and unusual. A distinct peppery taste to it. Not offputting at all. Delicious

And here's the draft menu

 

[rich p]

beer revolution with breweries and bard selling interesting beer

...Sweet draught: 'sweet' quoth 'a! sweet sink,
sweet sewer.
Troilus and Cressida Arms, Nicky?

 

[Aperitif]

^ Funny how the brain starts ticking over...I was thinking something from A Winters Ale, or perhaps The Tempisst.
I like the idea of a 'tasting flight' for $140 hk - the equivalent of about 6 Mossirlamis +/-

 

[John the Monkey]

Brand New looks at Camden's post takeover redesign;
http://www.underconsideration.com/b...town_brewery_by_studio_juice.php#.V3OnuqJBHwA

 

[John the Monkey]

Cloudwater talk about how the recent developments have affected them;
http://cloudwaterbrew.co/blog/hey-whats-wrong-with-eu

 

[User169]

So, any must try?
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This looks v similar to something @MossCommuter put up a while ago.

Hommage from 3Fonteinen is super rare. Never had it myself, but got to be worth a go. What are they selling it for?

Focal Banger from Alchemist is another I'd love to try.

Edit: For something a bit unusual, but not totally bonkers, Pannepot from De Stuise is such a lovely brew.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Edit: For something a bit unusual, but not totally bonkers, Pannepot from De Stuise is such a lovely brew.

Top 10 on the yumtusometer.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

@User Dark Lord and the Breakfast Stout.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Jacobsen still on three for two downstairs.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Alas none are available. The lesson here is only to trust a board written in chalk.

True story.

Me : What do you want?
Him : A Number Eleven.

Me : A number eleven and a 21 please

Him : Fark! What's this shite? It's off!!
Me : An 11
Him : That's not what I had before!

(returns to bar)

Them : Yeah, we swapped beers when we ran out of pilsner.

(Stares at board written in fake chalk.)

Me : That's a gueuze then! I'll drink it, best you give me a large glass of your finest blandest beer for my friend.

NEVER trust a board written in chalk.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Harajuku Taproom last night, one of the Tokyo outlets for the increasingly good Baird Brewing, a company run by two American-Japanese couples.

I had their refreshing Cool Breeze Pils (5.5%), which was just what I needed after training, then a Rainy Season Black Ale (7%), a toasty black IPA, which had just enough bitterness to differentiate it from a stout, and finally their current collaboration with US brewery, Country Boy, a 10% rye barrel-aged strong ale, which was excellent.

All accompanied by nice grilled vegetables, mackeral and chicken livers, and some pickles.

Pretty satisfying all-round, I'd say.