Beer?

[deptfordmarmoset]

Another two for the collection:

A Kernel Table Pale, light - a mere 2.7% - refreshing and brewed with that hop which has been crossed with a grapefruit.

Followed by a big black puddle of plum pudding, which was what arrived when I ordered a Siren Broken Dream stout. Lush. Fruity, caramelly, chocolatety. A quality dessert wine for when you need those just desserts.

 

[theclaud]

@MossCommuter any reports on Squawk beer? I am talking Manchester beer with my Alehouse host...

 

[MossCommuter]

@MossCommuter any reports on Squawk beer? I am talking Manchester beer with my Alehouse host...

Yes, another good brewery from Manchester. They turn up in the local quite frequently. From memory their coffee stout is a good un and there have been some collabs (Track I think). Sessionable pales too.

 

[rich p]

Claud, what was that beer that I probably wasn' wise to finish the evening off on Friday? My addled brain has blanked it.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Claud, what was that beer that I probably wasn' wise to finish the evening off on Friday? My addled brain has blanked it.

Good question, I think we've all drunk that one....

 

[theclaud]

Claud, what was that beer that I probably wasn' wise to finish the evening off on Friday? My addled brain has blanked it.

That could have been one of many things. I kept returning to the Loka Polly DIPA and the Oude Gueuze Cuvée René. You had a phase on the Conwy Clywdian Stout but I'm sure you had progressed to the bottle and can share-around by the end.

 

[Crackle]

I meant to move around a bit on the night but just got stuck on the Clywdian Black. No hardship though

 

[rich p]

That could have been one of many things. I kept returning to the Loka Polly DIPA and the Oude Gueuze Cuvée René. You had a phase on the Conwy Clywdian Stout but I'm sure you had progressed to the bottle and can share-around by the end.

I thought I was an addle-brained oude geezer but that was on Saturday evening...

 

[I like Skol]

I thought I was an addle-brained oude geezer but that was on Saturday evening...

I wasn't even there but had worked that out.... Maybe Claude needs another drink to help her focus?

 

[MossCommuter]

Was it the Marble Damson Sour IPA?

 

[rich p]

Was it the Marble Damson Sour IPA?

That was it. thanks Mossy - it was a beaut.

 

[theclaud]

Was it the Marble Damson Sour IPA?

That was Magic Rock! I might not know what day it is but I know my damson sours!

 

[marinyork]

Feckless by Redwillow brewery in Macclesfield.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Aldi, £1.25 for a pint! Easily as good as the pint of someone-or-other's "Red Ale" that I had in the pub the other night, which is to say, nothing special but perfectly drinkable .
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Moving swiftly on from Aldi, I found myself in an unfamiliar LiDL store this lunchtime. I happened across a novelty beer: The Lawn Mower, an amber lager, ''Crafted in the backyard of the Falkenberg Brewery.'' Which, of course, is in Sweden, as I'm sure you all knew. It says that it's ''fresh hopped like a summer mowed lawn'' (odd kind of lawns in Sweden if they're growing hops in them.) and it credits itself with a ''Loud Noisy Taste.'' It also advises the drinker that you should serve it ''colder than a mother in law's love!'' Well, if the marketing tempts you, I can only say that it was cheap and that it's just as good as the marketing on their cans....

Still, shopping in the Brexity fringes of London brought something positive. They still had Radical Road bottles, long since disappeared from the nearby real London LiDLs! Well, they still had one bottle left when I wandered over to the checkout. It's a what's-it-doing-here enjoyable beer.

 

[Maverick Goose]

That was Magic Rock! I might not know what day it is but I know my damson sours!

A collab with Hawkshead. Hopefully Fell bar will be getting some in...Northern Monk Sharknado is well worth a punt (blood orange and sea salt IPA). Sour IPAs definitely seem to be all the rage atm, along with putting watermelon in your beer. I sampled a 7 Brothers Watermelon Wheat in the Crafty Baa, Windermere on Monday which was most agreeable and the melon did give it a clean refreshing edge . Fruit in a wheat beer or saison can work really well if it's done right. I was also pleased to find Salopian 1000 Yard State at Tweedies in Grasmere; nice and hoppy, you can't go wrong with Salopian IMO. Barngates Tag Lag (Badger Bar, Rydal) is a quality malty amber ale with fruity hints, again definitely worth a go if you see it. Finally Keswick Brewery Dark Horse is a most excellent rich dark ale, heading for ESB territory which I really enjoyed -one of my haul from the Crafty Sheepdog bottleshop in Keswick.