Beer?

[stephec]

A pair of dark Northern Monks for me tonight.

I've had the porter before and know it's a good one, but the Death Star is a new one and it's top class. It doesn't taste like 12%, if I was asked to guess I'd have said about nine, and the aroma from the glass when you go to drink it is absolutely lovely.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

My first ever cask Verdant. In fact, probably my first cask of the year! A Vocation/Verdant collaboration called Fruit Bat Ninja. Dank and spicy, definite taste of weed.

 

[bitsandbobs]

My first ever cask Verdant. In fact, probably my first cask of the year! A Vocation/Verdant collaboration called Fruit Bat Ninja. Dank and spicy, definite taste of weed.
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Now that looks really great!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Now that looks really great!

A purist might complain that it was just a bit too warm. It's on an industrial estate and there's no cellar so it comes up at bar temperature. But it really brought the flavour out so no complaints from me.

 

[stephec]

Has anyone ever used lowcostbeer.com?


If you're not aware of them they sell stuff cheap that's close to it's best before date, I've finally decided to give them a go and ordered these on Sunday, and I was pleasantly surprised when they arrived this morning.

 

[bitsandbobs]

Has anyone ever used lowcostbeer.com?


If you're not aware of them they sell stuff cheap that's close to it's best before date, I've finally decided to give them a go and ordered these on Sunday, and I was pleasantly surprised when they arrived this morning.

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Please give us a review of Crimes in Knitting!

Edit: knitwear

 

[stephec]

Please give us a review of Crimes in Knitting!

Edit: knitwear

It's very tropical and very delish.

It's a draught beer that they put into either 33cl, or 1L bottles, I wish I'd gone for a litre now.

 

[stephec]

As you might be able to tell from the colour of it, it looks like a Sierra Nevada and it tastes like one as well.

Ding dong, top class!

 

[stephec]

Standard tropical flavours, and it hides the 9.2% very well as it goes down far too easily, definitely one that I'll be searching for again.

 

[Spartak]

Finally managed to visit The Strawberry Thief in Bristol this evening, great little bar selling a range of Belgian beers.

I enjoyed the De La Senne Taras Boulba a very nice beer with a bitter aftertaste.

As I was cycling I only had the one, but I can envisage a journey into town on the bus in the very near future...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Finally managed to visit The Strawberry Thief in Bristol this evening, great little bar selling a range of Belgian beers.

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I enjoyed the De La Senne Taras Boulba a very nice beer with a bitter aftertaste.

As I was cycling I only had the one, but I can envisage a journey into town on the bus in the very near future...

Bristol is one of my favourite go to place for beers - I'll have to visit when I next go there. I've yet to visit the Wild Beer taproom too.


Meanwhile, something out of Polly's kettle...

 

[bitsandbobs]

I enjoyed the De La Senne Taras Boulba a very nice beer with a bitter aftertaste.

That's a great beer. I've never had a duffer from De La Senne.

 

[Spartak]

That"s a great beer. I've never had a duff from De La Senne.

It went down well.....

 

[bitsandbobs]

Finally managed to visit The Strawberry Thief in Bristol this evening, great little bar selling a range of Belgian beers.

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I enjoyed the De La Senne Taras Boulba a very nice beer with a bitter aftertaste.

As I was cycling I only had the one, but I can envisage a journey into town on the bus in the very near future...

I think I might have a bottle or 2 of the De Cam that they want 64 spuds for. Will check the cellar.

45 for deus is a total ripoff though. less than 20 eur in the bottleshop around the corner!

 

[srw]

The draught selection from our coffee stop this morning.