Beer?

[John the Monkey]

Beer Advent Calendar Day 4! I think I recognise the distinctive shape of the bottle...

Orval (Brasserie D'Orval, 5.2%)

A beer that I've known about for a long time, but never got around to. Good lord, what a treat this one is! Dry, almost sour, with treacly flavours lurking in the background, along with some typically Belgian peppery spiciness. Complex and delicious! Lively too - that head is from a very careful pour indeed!

Mrs M says: "Very nice!"

 

[nickyboy]

@nickyboy how long are you in town for?

Tomorrow afternoon back to the Northern Powerhouse

But I'm in and out of London on a regular basis these days

 

[GrumpyGregry]

BIRTHDAY treat....

 

[rich p]

Wiper and True, plum pudding porter. Lovely, rich and rewarding. Like me.

 

[rich p]

I was in a boozer near Chichester at the weekend which had this wallpaper frieze in the bogs...

 

[User482]

6. Fuller's/ Fourpure dry hopped lager: yes, yes, thataway, but this is pretty good. Crisp and dry with plenty of floral hop aroma.

 

[John the Monkey]

Beer Advent Calendar Day 5!

Rudolph's Ruin (Rudgate, 4.6%)

The first Christmas seasonal of the calendar so far. Upon seeing the name, I expected something heavy and treacly, but this is much more like a traditional bitter, albeit with a little more spiciness in the taste. Caramel with a pleasantly bitter finish, and that hint of spice. A good 'un!

Mrs M says: "Very nice."

 

[MossCommuter]

Wiper and True, plum pudding porter. Lovely, rich and rewarding. Like me.

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One out of three ain't bad

 

[threebikesmcginty]

One out of three ain't bad

The pudding bit?

 

[Maverick Goose]

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This month's offerings from Beer52.

Peanut Butter Milk Stout - way too much peanut butter going on, never again, although Mrs Stephec liked it.
Otra Vez - a gose style containing prickly pear cactus and a hint of grapefruit. According to the magazine, 'it'll have you calling for round after round,' there's no chance of that in this house.
Luponic Distortion- almost as citrusy as Elvis Juice, but the mish mash of flavours mean you can't make out what kind of fruits are in it.
Pale 31 - at last something decent, a fairly standard west coast PA.

At least I know the Torpedo's a good choice having had it before, I'm saving that for next weekend.

I finally finished off with a Thornbridge Huck, 7.4% of DIPA loveliness, I'll be sampling this again soon.

Torpedo is definitely the pick of the bunch, and the Easy Jack is very easy drinking too (like Fell Brewery's SIPA I sampled last night, and Unsworth's Yard Crusader Gold). Strands Brewery Dark Night is a pukka Porter with coffee and chocolate hints, and Almasty's Imperial Mild is very Moorish, belying its 7% ABV (Fell Bar, Penrith).

 

[Daddy Pig]

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This month's offerings from Beer52.

Peanut Butter Milk Stout - way too much peanut butter going on, never again, although Mrs Stephec liked it.
Otra Vez - a gose style containing prickly pear cactus and a hint of grapefruit. According to the magazine, 'it'll have you calling for round after round,' there's no chance of that in this house.
Luponic Distortion- almost as citrusy as Elvis Juice, but the mish mash of flavours mean you can't make out what kind of fruits are in it.
Pale 31 - at last something decent, a fairly standard west coast PA.

At least I know the Torpedo's a good choice having had it before, I'm saving that for next weekend.

I finally finished off with a Thornbridge Huck, 7.4% of DIPA loveliness, I'll be sampling this again soon.

Agree with your review of that peanut monstrosity... I gave it a 1* rating! The only place for nuts with beer is in a bowl. Strange how they go so well with it but not in it!
Currently enjoying a 17p duval triple hop...

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Thornbridge Brock Stout, some pork scratchings and a pork pie (of sorts)

 

[Tin Pot]

Can’t be arsed with beer tonight, as business is paying I decided on a “small” G&T...

 

[MossCommuter]

Can’t be arsed with beer tonight, as business is paying I decided on a “small” G&T...

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Geroot

 

[MossCommuter]

Can’t be arsed with beer tonight, as business is paying I decided on a “small” G&T...

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And a plastic single use straw to boot