Beer?

[User169]

Old school Belgian loveliness with Liefmans Goudenband. The brewery's now owned by Duvel and this is their only decent beer, but it's superb.

Complex and sweet with a serious sour kick. It's aged on wood, so you also get a bit of a vanilla flavour too. One of my desert island beers.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Beavertown Smog Rocket, pictured in the new tradition with a random object.

 

[User169]

pictured in the new tradition with a random object.

This could be interesting!

 

[Maverick Goose]

Beavertown....nice name...

 

[threebikesmcginty]

This could be interesting!

Game on!

 

[smutchin]

My entry for this year's Turner Prize - "Homebrew With Small Elephant"...

 

[Maverick Goose]

MMmmmm....love those polysemic discourses!

 

[rich p]

I tried the artisan Italian beers I mentioned above, yesterday with s and s-i-l (and Seb!)
The double malt was okay but a tang of dandelion and burdock was a bit disconcerting.
The blond was a decent Leffe like ale though.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

3 glasses, shouldn't the boy have his in a beaker?

 

[rich p]

I finally got round to trying Fran's chilli beer...(post passim) It was undrinkably hot and pointless. Never again. Here was the chilli from the bottle. Yukkkkkk!!!!!!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I'd like to extol the considerable virtues of the wonderful beers produced by The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel in Sydney Australia. They kept me happy and well lubricated during my recent short trip to that awesome city and saved me from the ubiquitous yellow tide that is otherwise consumed in that far off land.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I found some of this in my local convenience store, which surprised me - it was the first craft beer I've ever seen in there. And what's more it wasn't bad. Like a light Belgian red: fruity, bread-notes, hint of hops and a nice lingering sweetness. I think this will be my go-to emergency winter beer, assuming they keep getting it in.

 

[User169]

Local boozer is trying to kill me.

New on tap: emelisse's barrel aged Sorachi ace single hop Russian imp stout; and gonzo barrel aged imp porter from flying dog.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

BrewDog O'Clock in Newcastle, I've had tasters of Dead Metaphor, Libertine, Cocoa Psycho and Tokyo*, all very good even the outrageous Tokyo* at +18% which seemed to have too much taste, too many flavours! Settled for a half of the DM at an acceptable 6.3, nice thick oatmealy stout, served slightly too chilled if I'm being fussy but very nice all the same.

 

[User169]

served slightly too chilled if I'm being fussy but very nice all the same.

Not at all. V irritating for high gravity stouts. You have to wait half a hour for them to wake up!