Beer?

[John the Monkey]

Stone Dead (Lymestone Brewery, 6.66% abv)

Well, this is something rather special. Very rich, with a gorgeous coffee and dark chocolate aroma. The taste makes one realise why some stouts are described as "chewy". There's smoke, coffee and some rich fruit, with a nicely balancing bitter note from the hops that strengthens into a lingering aftertaste. The triumph of this beer is that all these strong flavours work so well together. Really lovely.

Mrs M says: "Very nice."

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I popped into the local M&S today and found myself standing in the beer section, quite by chance of course. In the interest of helping you lot celebrate the 50th anniversary of winning a game of rounders I decided to buy some of your English IPA; I am currently drinking a Double Hopped Citra IPa by Oakeham Ales, Cambridgeshire. It is most agreeable.

It took some considerable resolve for me to buy a couple of the beers as they have Union flag cappage...

 

[MossCommuter]

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But, but, but...

... It's...

In a can

 

[nickyboy]

I popped into the local M&S today and found myself standing in the beer section, quite by chance of course. In the interest of helping you lot celebrate the 50th anniversary of winning a game of rounders I decided to buy some of your English IPA; I am currently drinking a Double Hopped Citra IPa by Oakeham Ales, Cambridgeshire. It is most agreeable.

It took some considerable resolve for me to buy a couple of the beers as they have Union flag cappage...

Mrs N got me one of those on a £10 meal deal this week. Really good stuff....grapefruit, citrus, pine....blah blah blah

 

[User169]

But, but, but...

... It's...

In a can

It's the future Mossy!

 

[stephec]

I popped into the local M&S today and found myself standing in the beer section, quite by chance of course. In the interest of helping you lot celebrate the 50th anniversary of winning a game of rounders I decided to buy some of your English IPA; I am currently drinking a Double Hopped Citra IPa by Oakeham Ales, Cambridgeshire. It is most agreeable.

It took some considerable resolve for me to buy a couple of the beers as they have Union flag cappage...

That's lovely stuff, one of the local Poundstretchers type bargain shops had it a while back at around a pound a bottle.

I first bought one as a tester, then went back and emptied the shelf.

 

[theclaud]

Things not going Glamorgan's way, and only Carling and keg Worthie at the bar!

 

[MossCommuter]

Things not going Glamorgan's way, and only Carling and keg Worthie at the bar!

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Looks like a Cider day

 

[theclaud]

Things not going Glamorgan's way

This is becoming something of an understatement.

 

[srw]

This is becoming something of an understatement.

IN PLAY : GLAMORGAN NEED 234 RUNS TO WIN FROM 23.1 OVERS

(and with two wickets left).

I'd enjoy the cold beer.

 

[srw]

A pint of Conqueror - a 5% "Black IPA" (i.e. a dark porter with a slightly floral edge) - at the Windsor & Eton Brewery's house pub, the George in Eton. A good accompaniment to whitebait, hummus and crayfish half way round a 40-odd mile ride. We even found a decent way to get through Slough to get home.

 

[Aperitif]

Looks like a Cider day

Looks like a 'cider well beaten'...
Anyway, I can't but help think of Frank Proud (he is, I am) enjoying his ride up Puy de Dôme then onwards to non-EU Switzerland (how on earth do they manage) and rambling tboughts of Hannibal, riding gently through the Alps, on his carbon fibre elephant.
In homage to Frank...time for an elephant while the home fires burn...
"Go Frank! "

 

[John the Monkey]

Citra (Oakham, 4.6% abv)

Reviewed previously in its M&S livery, but long enough ago for me to have forgotten (I think) the pleasant vanilla undertone that the beer has. That's quickly overwhelmed by the grapefruit of the Citra hops. This is really nice, possibly better suited to a warm summers day than this rather murky evening, but a reliable favourite here in the monkey household.

Mrs M says: "Very nice."

 

[theclaud]

Ahem. Have you been at the testosterone again Claude?

I decided against the FYP. It is therefore modelled by The Lovely Neil.

 

[nickyboy]

Things not going Glamorgan's way, and only Carling and keg Worthie at the bar!

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If the rain holds off I'm at Lancs v Durham tomorrow. Good news for me is that they have a passable beer in the form of Thwaites Wainwright. Member's area natch (albeit as a guest of a member)