Beer?

[Animo]

Nice selection.

Having enjoyed the Westmalle Dubbel so much recently I've asked Santa for a case of 12 bottles. Think I prefer it to the Tripel although both are excellent.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

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Maneblusser also brewed by Het Anker in Mechelen.
One of my favourite Belgian 🇧🇪 beers.

My other local had Gouden Carolus Xmas on. A bit poky at 10% so I only had a small one.

Then I only had another small one because I liked it.

Then I only had a small Tiny Rebel 13% stout with salted caramel....

 

[Spartak]

My other local had Gouden Carolus Xmas on. A bit poky at 10% so I only had a small one.

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Then I only had another small one because I liked it.

Then I only had a small Tiny Rebel 13% stout with salted caramel....

Did you sleep well 💤 ?

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Did you sleep well 💤 ?

Like a baby. If that baby only ended up getting to bed at 3am.

 

[stephec]

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Back in the UK.
Met a friend in the St. Pancras 'spoons for this lovely pint of Belgica from Salcombe brewery ... 👍

£5.04 in a 'spoon's. 😯

 

[Windle]

£5.04 in a 'spoon's. 😯

I suspect it's due to it being St. Pancras 'spoons. A bit like the motorway service station equivalent of a Wetherspoons .

 

[stephec]

Over in Wexford for the week so it's off to Tesco to see what I can't find at home.

First up is this, does exactly what it says on the tin, and I'll probably be going back for a few more to take home with me.

 

[katiewlx]

Maybe, but I was drinking cask from the mid eighties until I left the country mid nineties, and it was all straight glasses back then - pre craft brewing, obviously

they were a traditional glass image for cask drinkers in the 70s/80s, whilst the straight glasses were for the modern Euro style lager drinkers which grew massively in the 80s, so there were kind of lots of things going around then that led to their sort of demise not just they were considered old fashioned, but theyre really easy to chip, whilst the straight glasses which are all nonic, arent, they also take up way more space on bar shelves, and are a pain to fit in the dishwasher, and they were way more expensive to produce, all of which meant most pubs quickly switched, plus breweries used to love putting logos on the straight glasses, harder to do on dimpled mugs, and would send out so many boxes most pubs would be overwhelmed, these days of course they charge the pubs for them.

so yes dimpled mugs have made a kind of comeback of late, but theyre still quite niche imo, often in craft bars where its almost gone full circle retro nostalgia on them.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

they were a traditional glass image for cask drinkers in the 70s/80s, whilst the straight glasses were for the modern Euro style lager drinkers which grew massively in the 80s, so there were kind of lots of things going around then that led to their sort of demise not just they were considered old fashioned, but theyre really easy to chip, whilst the straight glasses which are all nonic, arent, they also take up way more space on bar shelves, and are a pain to fit in the dishwasher, and they were way more expensive to produce, all of which meant most pubs quickly switched, plus breweries used to love putting logos on the straight glasses, harder to do on dimpled mugs, and would send out so many boxes most pubs would be overwhelmed, these days of course they charge the pubs for them.

so yes dimpled mugs have made a kind of comeback of late, but theyre still quite niche imo, often in craft bars where its almost gone full circle retro nostalgia on them.

That all makes much more sense now, thanks!
I didn't know the "nonic" terminology so I googled and got this, which is from US but great
https://beerswithmandy.com/beer-everything-blog/nonic-pint-beer-glass-explainer

 

[stephec]

Part two of my Wexford trip, and this is a west coast style, lots of lovely bitterness in it.

Another one to stock up on before I go home on Friday.

 

[stephec]

The last part of my Wexford trilogy.

Another bitter west coast style which was added to the list for my Tesco visit this morning, currently sat in a Dublin airport hotel waiting to get the ferry back tomorrow morning.

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

Beer… what a swell idea.

and there is a case of the stuff in the garage right now.

which just happens to be just above freezing at this time of year.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

A couple of choices I made this evening that might prove suboptimal tomorrow morning

 

[Gwylan]

Hoegaarden for me, ta

Got to be draught.
I worked about 5 miles from Hoegaarden, wonderful.

Gave you tried their specials?

 

[Gwylan]

Right now, Leffe Winter