Beer?

[rich p]

There's been a bit of thread creep going on. And I don't mean @rich p.

I've upset my onboard beer timer by going out for an early drink with some surprise visitors, but then lapsing into a dry spell because the pub was full of nobbers. Or more accurately, empty except for a handful of nobbers. Anyway, I have now put things straight. Belated reviews: the Berliner Weisse was exactly the beer you want when you are not really drinking but you've just belted home at a breathless speed to find that there is a small rectangle of sun at the back end of the garden. Tonight's Saison No.19 is lively and complex in a subtle, ungimmicky, grown-up kind of way, but for those excellent things I was more captivated by the upfront funky charms of yesterday's Brett Saison No. Whatever-it-Was.

Three Aliens down; three remaining!

Bloody cheek.
FYI, lounge lizard does not = creep

 

[threebikesmcginty]

France is wonderful in many ways. Beer is not one of them.

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True dat, apart from that fancy rezzie place in that Lyon what brewed its own beer (see posts passim) I can't say I've found many of note.

 

[srw]

France is wonderful in many ways. Beer is not one of them.

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I remember a nice brewpub in St-Malo. Still three varieties of blonde, though. There are some reasonably interesting bottles available in Brittany.

On the other hand, Belgium and the UK don't really match up to France when it comes to wine.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

On the other hand, Belgium and the UK don't really match up to France when it comes to wine.

The wine thread is...

Anyway if we're getting wine poncey, the French wine is rubbish compared to Italian.

 

[rich p]

My lad sang the praises of craft ales available in Lyon.

 

[John the Monkey]

I remember a nice brewpub in St-Malo. Still three varieties of blonde, though. There are some reasonably interesting bottles available in Brittany.

On the other hand, Belgium and the UK don't really match up to France when it comes to wine.

The brewery represented by Mrs M's usual glass (La Percheronne) had some nice offerings - I've never seen them since buying the glass and a selection of their bottled beer at a market in Remelard though. (They had an Ambrée that was very reminiscent of a superior best bitter).

Bieres Touquettoises make a lovely Biere Blanche, earthier than the norm - and I remember liking Saint Rieul's Barge Rousse when I was in Picardy. Le Crotoy has a brewery too (I think), although I can't remember whether we tried any of its offerings.

Is the issue that the good stuff is mostly regional, and so doesn't make it out of the local area, perhaps?

 

[srw]

Is the issue that the good stuff is mostly regional, and so doesn't make it out of the local area, perhaps?

Probably. Actually, you've reminded me that I've had decent, if not too outré beer in French Flanders too - the area around Lille - where it's too cold for grapes and there's a strong cultural connection to Belgium.

I've found that you can normally get Leffe on tap in France without too much of a hunt. It's not that original, but it's nicer than your average pression.

 

[MossCommuter]

My lad sang the praises of craft ales available in Lyon.

Given his penchant for nasty, sour, gone off geuze beers that is hardly a recommendation.

 

[User169]

I remember a nice brewpub in St-Malo. Still three varieties of blonde, though. There are some reasonably interesting bottles available in Brittany.

On the other hand, Belgium and the UK don't really match up to France when it comes to wine.

I was in Brittany last year and went to the brewpub in St Malo.

Nice installation, but I think they only had one beer on tap and one or two bottles.

 

[Aperitif]

Thirst Class Ale, Oatmeal Pale Ale

Browner than Pale but v.v. nice

Cascade-full and 4.3%, not centrifuged or hazy or vegan or any of that shite, it's fined, clear as a bell and gives out more light than it takes in. Yes, this beer glows with goodness.

What's not to like?

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Your flash sunglasses.

 

[Aperitif]

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Full on six percent abv and still only two point three nine m'irlamis

Lemon and lime, alcopop sweetness

Dangerous.

I'll only have the one

ONE Mossirlami, s'il vous plaît

 

[MossCommuter]

Your flash sunglasses.

gives out more light than it takes in. Yes, this beer glows with goodness.

Protection from the brilliance

 

[Aperitif]

The BBC are using Sigma for their Olympic subtitles, which are also crap.

What is Sigma?

 

[MossCommuter]

ONE Mossirlami, s'il vous plaît

Ha, ha, ha

 

[Aperitif]

France is wonderful in many ways. Beer is not one of them.

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Agree - saw loads of that stuff in Auchan yesterday, alongside Spitfire etc and all the 'leading UK brewers'. Luckily, there was a bar serving Grimbergen Dubbel just outside the exit.. and blond. And a 'Selection'. All about 6 or 7% and, "brewed in France" I think. Anyway, rich, cool beer to soothe the aching shopping trolley. (bought a stash of Picpoul de Pinet and BandalyesIknowthewinethreadisthataway...)