Beer?

[nickyboy]

Went out to one of the HK islands and hired a MTB. Hot and steamy so hard work. Only beer available at lunchtime was Tsingtao. It was cold, it was wet.....it was delicious

Accompanying dishes; clams with chilli, fried vegetables with garlic, boiled rice

 

[Maverick Goose]

Wales just got 2 ffffffffffssssake

beer fest was great

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[theclaud]

 

[srw]

Someone (they know who they are) half inched the last bottle of this I got. It's okay, in a low-key way, with a hint of the sea.

It'll be a dry night tonight as we've just got confirmation of a twilight boat trip. Starting at sunset and finishing a couple of hours later. I must dig out the torch.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I'm trying to think of reasons not to buy a 750ml bottle of 10% aged Dark Island. And running out.

The £20 price tag put me off when I spotted a bottle at House of Bruar. I hadn't changed my mind on the way back down either.

 

[User169]

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Two beers from Two Beers.

 

[User169]

A man could die of thirst here.

Salty kiss first.

 

[Crackle]

A man could die of thirst here.

I thought it was rhetorical.

 

[nickyboy]

Final posting from Fragrant Harbour. Quick beer before I go for the airport bus

Gwei.lo Pale Ale. "Gwei Lo" is a rather affectionate term used by locals for westerners. The literal translation is "Ghost Person" in as much as foreigners are usually a bit whiter than the locals. Decent hoppiness, not in the American style though. Gently citrusy. Can't complain at HKD30

 

[Levo-Lon]

Great beer fest weekend.....

 

[srw]

You'll have to imagine the carefully posed photo of the beer bottle and glass in front of the window because technology has conspired against me. Instead, here's the view from the window without the beer. The view is South-West; the brewery is North-West, and should just about be visible out of a different window. I'll have another go when I get another bottle.

The beer is Tushkar, an oatmeal stout from the Lerwick Brewery. Visually, it's black - which should make the visual impression easy to imagine. On the palate it's a very good oatmeal stout.

 

[stephec]

Well hello Mr President, and he's brought along a few friends as well.

I still can't believe it's that strong, it goes down easier than Jurgen Klinsman.

 

[srw]

7 varieties of malted barley with cone hops from around the world and wild elderflowers - it says here. The elderflowers are certainly present, and complement (and, somehow, tone down) the hops.

 

[srw]

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You'll have to imagine the carefully posed photo of the beer bottle and glass in front of the window because technology has conspired against me. Instead, here's the view from the window without the beer. The view is South-West; the brewery is North-West, and should just about be visible out of a different window. I'll have another go when I get another bottle.

The beer is Tushkar, an oatmeal stout from the Lerwick Brewery. Visually, it's black - which should make the visual impression easy to imagine. On the palate it's a very good oatmeal stout.

The photo is not great. I can see exactly what I want to do with it (darken the sky and brighten the town), but I don't yet have the Photoshop skills to make the best of it. A Tushkar, by the way, is a kind of spade used for digging peat, and the brewery is somewhere underneath the right-hand bit of cumulo-nimbus.

 

[gavgav]

Back from a long weekend in Margate (what a dive of a place!!) on my cricket club tour, and amongst all the run down boarded up shops and houses, we found an absolute gem of a micro pub, called The Harbour Arms.

I sampled a Wansum Montgomery, a Hophead and an IPA, all which were very palatable. Brilliant tiny pub, which all sorts of paraphernalia on the walls and ceiling, board games (we played jenga @Rickshaw Phil, whilst rather merry ) and really friendly locals and owners.

I am unlikely to ever visit again, as Margate joins Blackpool on my list of places to avoid, but if you are in the area and like real ale or cider then have a look