Beer?

[User482]

<Stevens mode>
Quaffing a Rev James Original while I'm waiting for the partridges to cook. A nicely balanced if not especially exciting pint.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Newbie beers in that M&S; smokey, Ho Ho Ho, black and white! There was also a salted caramel porter that I wanted to try but they were out of stock, as regular readers will know I don't like beer with stuff in it but I'm intrigued by that one.

 

[User169]

White Whale alert! Dark Lord 2012 from Three Flloyds from Munster, Indiana. A 15% super sweet imp stout. Super rare and super sweet. Yumto!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

White Whale alert! Dark Lord 2012 from Three Flloyds from Munster, Indiana. A 15% super sweet imp stout. Super rare and super sweet. Yumto!

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How many big ones did you drop on that beast?!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Never too early to celebrate winterval. This is an Adnams jobbie, double roasted crystal malts and first gold hops, it's nice with s slight cigar box taste if you know what I mean.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

White Whale alert! Dark Lord 2012 from Three Flloyds from Munster, Indiana. A 15% super sweet imp stout. Super rare and super sweet. Yumto!

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Ok I've looked it up now and so the question really is how on earth did you get hold of one?!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Not only did she brew the beer, she poured my pint too, the landlord told me it was her creation, I congratulated her on her fine work!

Will it now be renamed Bitter Pils?

 

[User169]

Ok I've looked it up now and so the question really is how on earth did you get hold of one?!

My beerchum Flozza brought it round today. I think he got it from the U.S. in a swap for some sour stuff. There may be better stouts these days, but it was a real trailblazer when first made and still pretty iconic. One (wine) glass was enough though for my pancreas!

 

[User16390]

I was pleasantly surprised to find Kozel being served at the Queens Arms in Kensington last night, so I quaffed a couple before strolling around the corner to see the guitar god David Gilmour at the royal Albert Hall.

 

[User169]

Brewed a Berliner Weisse today. First attempt at a sour process. We've inoculated the wort with unmilled grain to get lactobacillus into it. Well now leave it for 48h for the bacteria to sour it.

If you get it right, you get a light refreshing tart brew. Wrong and you get a vomit and shite smelling concoction.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

First attempt at a sour process...If you get it right, you get a light refreshing tart brew. Wrong and you get a vomit and shite smelling concoction.

Erm is that the right way around?

 

[Spartak]

Pint of this after finishing today's Hell of the West MTB Endurance ride ......

 

[John the Monkey]

Banks's Bitter (3.8% abv)

I was a bit disappointed by this one, and wonder whether I might have got a dodgy bottle (it's a beer I remember liking more).

The taste of a nice, classic bitter is there, with malt up front, and a nice bitter finish, but it seemed awfully thin, as though someone had watered it down. At 3.8% abv, you could argue for it being a session brew, I suppose, but there are beers at similar (and lower) abvs with more complexity of taste, and just, well, more taste. Not horrible, but not one I'd seek out again, personally.

Mrs M says "Very nice." (Controversially).

 

[rich p]

I don't normally shop in Tesco, partly because it's inconvenient for me to get to but I ventured into it today and bought this Tesco branded Marstons saison. Really quite nice fruit and hop flavours. 5%

 

[User169]

Uncaged the beast - smells pretty funky, but no puke or poo! Going to boil it now with a small amount of tettnang hops. Then into the fermenter with some proper yeast.