Beer?

[threebikesmcginty]

Just had a Westmalle dubbel and a Maingold Landbier.

Local offie was doing a Christmas beer tasting too, I was forced to try the Ridgeway Brewery range; Lump of Coal, Reindeer Droppings, Reindeer's Revenge and all the Elfs. Tried 'em all ... hic!

 

[User169]

Awesome weekend in Belgium.

Highlights:

1988 vintage faro - not usually a fan of faro, but this wasn;t to sweet
young Orval - completely different from the bottled versions you usually get - much hoppier and less brett character

Also, tried 15 or so unblended lambics from Boon, Cantillon, Girardin, De Troch, Oud Beersel and possibly others.

 

[User169]

Just had a Westmalle dubbel

The best dubbel, I reckon. Have you tried the tripel? That's a great beer.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The best dubbel, I reckon. Have you tried the tripel? That's a great beer.

Hmm, not sure, label looks kind of familiar. Might see if I can get a mixed case of Westmalle as the dubbel was very good.

Your beer weekend in Belgium looked good, what you can remember of it!!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Christmas order now placed with Beers of Europe, shlurp.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Last night, one of these...

and one of these...

 

[User169]

Looks like London has just acquired a decent new pub...

http://www.eustontap.com/index.php

A couple of brews on tap from Manchester's excellent Marble Brewery should be enough to tempt. A definite stop-off for the next time I'm in London.

 

[NickM]

Today has been, in many respects, a bit crap. First we discovered (just as we were about to set off for a bike ride) that a 5 litre container of ecological washing-up liquid, stored (in a carpeted area) under the stairs along with a lot of other stuff, had been quietly leaking for who knows how long. Long enough to empty the blasted thing. Not easy to clear up...

Then we discovered a road in Essex (near Toot Hill) which had patches of slush - completely unexpectedly, since it was 5 degrees and hasn't snowed in London for ages. Oh, and there was black ice. Lots of it. Completely indistinguishable from the expected patches of shiny tarmac on the nearly-worn-out roads of the South-east. I fell off. Being risk-averse, we gave up and went home.

To spend most of the rest of the day clearing up the under-stair space. Cuh.

But now I am drinking a Guldenberg, and things are looking up somewhat

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Had a very nice Maredsous Tripel last night and a Kasteel Bruin which were both quite lively at 10 and 11%.
I really enjoyed the Kasteel although it doesn't get a brilliant write up on beeradvocate, Michael Jackson liked it though and the brewery owner looks a card so it's OK by me - going to have another one in a minute just to make sure. Cheers!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I had a Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout the other day - very nice indeed, in fact one of the best 'chocolate' stouts I have ever tasted. I also have a St Ambroise 2010 Vintage Ale of these stored away, though I am not sure that it will stay that way very long...

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Last night I had a very nice Boon Mariage Parfait Geuze (and a De Konick blond)

 

[User169]

Last night I had a very nice Boon Mariage Parfait Geuze (and a De Konick blond)

Lovely stuff! A geuze would definitely be my desert island beer.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Lovely stuff! A geuze would definitely be my desert island beer.

my current prefered accompaniment to spicy food too

 

[heretic]

Brampton Brewery Impy Dark.

 

[User169]

Hertog Jan's "Grand Prestige" on tap last night. A perfect winter warmer and a hefty 10%.

(Went to a lunch a few weeks ago in Belgium and sat next to a bloke who introduced himself only as "Michel". Just noticed his picture in the press and it turns out he's Michel "Moortgat", CEO of the Duvel Moortgat brewery, makers of one of the world's great beers. Wish I'd realised at the time)