Beer?

[User482]

Hic.

 

[Maverick Goose]

A (current) six;

Nightmare on Bold Street (Mad Hatter) - beautifully rich porter.
IPA - (Samuel Smiths) - partly, at least, for the nostalgia. This was what I used to drink in the '90s, at The Malt Shovels in Altrincham.
Highwire Grapefruit IPA (Magic Rock) - Possibly the most summery, refreshing beer ever made.
Ysgawen - (Purple Moose) - Lovely elderflower IPA. I remember drinking it for the first time in the Black Buoy in Conwy, back when it was still a seasonal brew. I remember loving the flavour, but being completely unable to remember the name.
Inferno (Oakham) - The pinnacle of Oakham's hop mastery, I think - either this, or Dolphin Dance, which manages to cram bags of flavour into a tiny abv.
Little Bitter That (Brew Foundation) - a great take on a best bitter, modernised enough that it doesn't disappoint a modern palate, but still with a traditional feel to it.

Another vote for Nightmare On Bold Street-one of my current favourite dark beers.
Thornbridge Jaipur-This was my epiphany (beeriphany?) beer back in the late noughties. It pretty much invented the modern hoppy IPA and still rocks. The Imperial version (Jaipur X) is dangerously moreish as well.
Fyne Ales Avalanche-Fyne Ales are one of my current favourite breweries and it was really tough deciding what to pick. However there can be only one...A great all rounder, tasty, hoppy, and at 4.5% you can sink a few during a session. One golden glance at what should be-slainte!
Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted-This was one of my go to beers when I lived in Oban and frequented that fine establishment called The Lorne. It's a bit darker and maltier than the previous two , but also fruity and aromatic. One feisty wee sleekit!
Hawkshead Cumbrian 5 Hop-Probably my favourite Hawkshead beer, with a lovely complex blend of hop flavours but not so bitter it'll make you pout like Candice from the Bakeoff. It thoroughly deserves all the awards its won.
Wild Beer Company Epic Saison-A beer style I'm getting more and more keen on and the favourite beer from one of my favourite breweries. Clean and refreshing, a bit citrusy-something a bit different from my favourite hoppy IPAs and pale ales.

 

[John the Monkey]

Tiny Rebel getting bigger premises - new brewery and "community space";

http://beerguild.co.uk/tiny-rebel-p...ery-of-the-year-win-approval-for-new-brewery/

 

[Maverick Goose]

Tiny Rebel getting bigger premises - new brewery and "community space";

http://beerguild.co.uk/tiny-rebel-p...ery-of-the-year-win-approval-for-new-brewery/

Rebel Rebel!

 

[nickyboy]

A little something for the weekend sir?

Looming forward to trying the Proper Black which is a Dark IPA (whatever that is) by the folk that have brought us Proper Job

 

[Crackle]

You bought 4 bottles of proper Black. One assumes you're doing the hangover headache test as well then.

 

[nickyboy]

Tiny Rebel getting bigger premises - new brewery and "community space";

http://beerguild.co.uk/tiny-rebel-p...ery-of-the-year-win-approval-for-new-brewery/

Their Hadouken IPA is my fave beer. You rarely see their stuff around here, their Cali IPA is on draft in a pub in Manchester Northern Quarter but that's all I've seen

I need to make a trip

 

[nickyboy]

You bought 4 bottles of proper Black. One assumes you're doing the hangover headache test as well then.

£2 a bottle of 4 for £6 at Tesco. I shall report back with my copious tasting notes later (mostly nicked off Ratebeer)

 

[I like Skol]

Note to self, time to start more posting bogus nonsense on Ratebeer.

What, more bogus nonsense than you already post here?

 

[Doseone]

I can't wait to get home and get stuck in to these

 

[I like Skol]

"initial nose of elderflower, with a biscuity backbone, and a long but not too bitter finish".

I drink stuff like that.....

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I can't wait to get home and gut stuck in to these

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Gut stuck!?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Another Bok beer, this one describes itself as 'craft' with a recipe dating back 700 years!!!

 

[nickyboy]

It's good. Try some

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Old fave...