Beer?

[User169]

Look at the size of it!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Anyway, I'm off to try the new seasonal beer from Stone City Ales today - an 8% Imperial Whit with Spruce and Cranberry. If it's anything like the other specials they have done so far, it will be superb.

And indeed it was. The spruce was like a breath of cool air at the start which led into a long, smooth fruity whit centre, that certainly didn't taste anything like 8%. And the cranberry came on subtly at the finish. Definitely not one of those fruit beers for people who don't like beer. Very dangerous indeed. I picked up a jug of this and a bottle of their new bottle-fermented Farmhouse Ale, made with Brettanomyces. It is really an amazing brewery for a place that has only been open for less than a year.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Look at the size of it!

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Can you imagine the fecking mess that @Crackle would make trying to pour that?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Pre-fitba' pint earlier today, Inveralmond Ossian

 

[John the Monkey]

Heavy Industry Brewery's "Collaborator" (5%)

A dark-ish best bitter. It starts off malty, almost smoky, with a rich sweetness. The hops then come through, floral and crisp at first, becoming pleasantly dry and bitter into a lingering aftertaste. This is really superb stuff - I'd love to do a side by side tasting of it and Tatton Brewery's "Obscure", which I think has a similarly complex taste. Don't hesitate to pick up a bottle of this if you see it - it's gorgeous.

 

[User169]

Having been a bit Yemenese this week, I'm being a bit Belorussian today.

Moord en Brand Bourbon BA version from DeMo. Tasted this a while ago and the bourbon was very prominent. Now it's faded and there's more of a savoury kecap manis feel. Think I preferred it young and hot!

 

[User169]

Ferry strongbow!!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

*shudder*

 

[John the Monkey]

Thornbridge Kipling (5.2% abv)

I have very fond memories of this - I last drank it on a great night out, and loved it.

On revisiting it, it's still good - the hops are the main taste, on the sweet side of grapefruity, shading to a strong dry bitter finish, that lingers nicely. I wonder if it's slightly "thin" compared to something like, say, Oakham Citra - and it definitely strikes me as more of a summer beer. Tasty, all the same, and I'd not be disappointed to see its pump clip among the choices at my local.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Oh, I'm telling.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

That's me just home after a weekend visit to my parents; I managed to have 3 pints of Cairngorm Tradewinds and the same number of pints of Innis and Gunn Original. I took pics but according to my phone I have not taken any pics since August 2014, the useless pile of shíte that it is.

And I had done my nails especially for the night out as well; they looked sparkly and fabulous

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I had a pint of guest ale down the boozer last night, I think it was called Old Growler or something like, a strong dark beer, not bad but on reflection I'd have rather had a Hook Norton Twelve Days which was also on tap.

 

[User169]

Waitrose - you need to up your game!

 

[ianrauk]

One for the Chilli fans out there.
Me want's.....

 

[Maverick Goose]

Waitrose - you need to up your game!

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Booth's have the best beer selection supermarket-wise IME....shame I don't live up North!