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Beer?
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Maverick Goose
A jumped up pantry boy, who never knew his place
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Woahh it was hot in the city (Embra) on Thursday!
After a day of culture vulturing 
at Rosslyn Chapel, Stills and the City Art Gallery it was time for a few fine ales. My first ale stop was the Halfway House just off Market St near Waverley Station...this pub is cosy (I could just about have stretched my arms out and touched the walls either side of me). They had Alechemy, Cromarty and Stewart on tap which is a pretty decent lineup and I sampled the Alechemy 5 Sisters (red pale, good balance of maltiness and hoppiness) followed by the Stewart 80 shilling (classic traditional Scottish dark beer, went down very easily, slight honey notes to go with the malt). I didn't try the Alechemy Extra Pale this time, but I have before and it's a quality session pale. Cromarty always do some good stuff as well. Next up: Salt Horse in Blackfriars Street just off Cowgate. This is definitely sipster territory with lots of exposed brickwork and WG Grace beards. It also has a very well stocked bottleshop (a former colleague of mine managed to spend more than a ton there recently
). I sampled Fallen Horse & Carriage (gorse and oatmeal pale, good blend of the floral and the hoppy with a slight nutty undertone), Track Mosaic Eater (Track always do cracking stuff IMO and this was no exception-plus a reasonable ABV so you could drink it all day). All in all it made a 30 minute delay at Waverley station due to rails warping in the heat very bearable. Back a week today for more art (lots of good stuff on atm)-who knows I may even manage some beers too
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After a day of culture vulturing at Rosslyn Chapel, Stills and the City Art Gallery it was time for a few fine ales. My first ale stop was the Halfway House just off Market St near Waverley Station...this pub is cosy (I could just about have stretched my arms out and touched the walls either side of me). They had Alechemy, Cromarty and Stewart on tap which is a pretty decent lineup and I sampled the Alechemy 5 Sisters (red pale, good balance of maltiness and hoppiness) followed by the Stewart 80 shilling (classic traditional Scottish dark beer, went down very easily, slight honey notes to go with the malt). I didn't try the Alechemy Extra Pale this time, but I have before and it's a quality session pale. Cromarty always do some good stuff as well. Next up: Salt Horse in Blackfriars Street just off Cowgate. This is definitely sipster territory with lots of exposed brickwork and WG Grace beards. It also has a very well stocked bottleshop (a former colleague of mine managed to spend more than a ton there recently). I sampled Fallen Horse & Carriage (gorse and oatmeal pale, good blend of the floral and the hoppy with a slight nutty undertone), Track Mosaic Eater (Track always do cracking stuff IMO and this was no exception-plus a reasonable ABV so you could drink it all day). All in all it made a 30 minute delay at Waverley station due to rails warping in the heat very bearable. Back a week today for more art (lots of good stuff on atm)-who knows I may even manage some beers too.
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You had me worried there: just a bit of mud.
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If you pass through Delft let me know and we can have a beer
deptfordmarmoset
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I first thought Alechemy was a spelling mistake. But then I caught up....Woahh it was hot in the city (Embra) on Thursday!
Hugh Manatee
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Here on the island of Ios, it is (as I feared) a bit of a beer desert. I have been sticking to wine as lager has on occasion done terrible things to my lower alimentary tract!
I have been trying to get hold of a bottle of Crazy Donkey from the nearby Santorini but, although you see advertising and trinkets for sale everywhere, you have to go to the actual brewery it would seem.
Then I saw Fix Dark. It is sold in bottles and has a cheaper gassy yellow sibling.
It does say Lager Beer on the label but it does have a little extra. I have been trying to think what it tastes like. I little bit of Brown Ale with more fizz.
I think the thing it reminds me of most is being a kid in the early 80s and your Dad letting you try his beer.
Pray for me. It's still the best thing I have found here.
I have been trying to get hold of a bottle of Crazy Donkey from the nearby Santorini but, although you see advertising and trinkets for sale everywhere, you have to go to the actual brewery it would seem.
Then I saw Fix Dark. It is sold in bottles and has a cheaper gassy yellow sibling.
It does say Lager Beer on the label but it does have a little extra. I have been trying to think what it tastes like. I little bit of Brown Ale with more fizz.
I think the thing it reminds me of most is being a kid in the early 80s and your Dad letting you try his beer.
Pray for me. It's still the best thing I have found here.
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Daddy Pig
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Another lager hell?
Nothing else worthwhile on TV I see!
Yeah. Everyone is surprisingly tolerant. I haven't been told to get out yet.
deptfordmarmoset
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Fruity is good. I just came back from a micro-outing to Partizan Brewing, where I had a distinctly fruity Raspberry and Lemon Saison. Salty, fruity, tangy, I think it's one of those electrolyte drinks that cyclists drink, well, apart from from the fact that it tastes lovely.
While I was there I also took in a Partizan Lemongrass saison. Quite subtly toned, it wasn't one of those summer sunshine sups, but good nevertheless.
In a brief conversation with the barman, who seems well-disposed to me after I complimented his Pearson single speed yesterday, I learned that the woody taste I get with most saisons is (probably) the yeast.
Then off to watch football and eat a veggie curry at the Dog and Bell. A Slater's Bavarian Pale was an unusual accompaniment, loads of barley and malt, with a strong medicinal taste (think TCP). Well, I tried it, it goes on the list, but I'm not drinking it again!
Currently back home imbibing a Brewdog Clockwork Tangerine. As it's about 27 degrees in my kitchen it's probably a little too warm for the best tasting, but it's a pleasant citrus IPA.
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