Beer?

[Flying_Monkey]

I am familiar with the beverage in question. I'm more keen on hearty, malty ales to be honest. The kind that Brian Blessed would be, if he was a beer.

"Gordon's ALIVE???"

 

[NickM]

NickM - If you haven't, then you ought to. Absolute nectar.

I have! I like it

We went to Westvleteren on January 11th to attempt purchase. It was closed for annual holidays until January 14th

 

[NickM]

...if you like real hoppiness...

...it is hard to beat Orval and De Ranke XX.

Although stronger than English bitter beers, they come in smaller (33cl) bottles.

 

[NickM]

Stop Drinking Foreign Beer Ffs!

When English beer is consistently as good as Belgian, I'll go back to drinking it.

I've been served too many crap pints in pubs to have much use for most of them any more.

 

[Brock]

You don't use pubs anymore? Plenty of fine British ales available in bottles.

 

[Chuffy]

Stop Drinking Foreign Beer Ffs!

Hops. Not native you know...
I once had a 'Saxon' beer, made with various herbs instead of hops. Very, very nice....

 

[Brock]

Hops don't need to be native for the beer to be local.
Saxon brew sounds interesting, where did you come by that?

 

[Globalti]

San Miguel? Grolsch? Bud? Hoegarden?

FFS, this is a thread about BEER! Nobody mentioned COOKING LAGER!

 

[NickM]

You don't use pubs anymore? Plenty of fine British ales available in bottles.

And I drink them from time to time; but if you're drinking bottled beer it might as well be Belgian, if you're close enough to that country to buy your beer there. Worthwhile beer is ludicrously over-priced in Britain. Get enough in Belgium, and a highly enjoyable day out pays for itself

Chuffy: Cervesia? One I keep an eye out for, but haven't tracked down so far...

 

[NickM]

FFS, this is a thread about BEER! Nobody mentioned COOKING LAGER!

Nor mass-produced cider

 

[Milo]

Gaymars and stowford press are quite nice mass produced ciders however strongbow and Magners are satins piss.

 

[Milo]

ooh and westons but a wee bit strong.

 

[Chuffy]

Hops don't need to be native for the beer to be local.
Saxon brew sounds interesting, where did you come by that?

It was some years ago, it was bottled and came from a tiny craft brewery. I got it from a wine merchants/beer shop in Leamington. Sadly I can't remember the brewery.

 

[Chuffy]

Chuffy: Cervesia? One I keep an eye out for, but haven't tracked down so far...

I take it you didn't have any joy with the importers?
"ANGLETERRE BEER DIRECT 01782.303823"
They've got a website but it's trade only.

 

[Brock]

And I drink them from time to time; but if you're drinking bottled beer it might as well be Belgian, if you're close enough to that country to buy your beer there. Worthwhile beer is ludicrously over-priced in Britain. Get enough in Belgium, and a highly enjoyable day out pays for itself

Oh that's right.. bloat your carbon footprint for the sake of some frothy characterless continental nonsense and your own stingey wallet at the expense of support for our own fantastically diverse and flavoursome independent beers from brewers throughout the country in competition with multinational lager producers desperate to crush choice and feed our youth easy drinking high strength fizzpizz....

Mind you, the mrs really likes those Belgian fruit beers, they taste like a Heineken with some Ribena in to me, but 'ninkeberry' is a favourite

Tragic.