Beer?
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NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
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- The real Northern Powerhouse
The final one for today, and it seems that I've saved the best till last:
Sharp's Atlantic Pale Ale - a pale ale that doesn't suffer from the obsession with hops, hops and more hops that afflict so many of it's contemporaries.
I can see this being a regular this summer.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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- Armonmy Way
It's a rather good pale ale (according to my taste buds anyway).
EDiT: had one back in March, keg, and it disappeared without protest.
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deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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Anyhow, back to the beer marathon:
Chorlton Germanic Sour. The worst beer I've drunk all year, closer to an alcoholic white wine vinegar aged in a barrel than a tasty thing. Possibly useful for catering purposes but definitely not for the bar.
Arbor Mosaic Pale. I'm not sure how grapefruit can be floral but this beer managed it. A little woody with the hoppiness. It never seemed to sit together. Better than the sour by far though.
Tescos diversion: Yeastie Boys Digital IPA. The cans say it's a NZ-style IPA. I'll go along with that. A bold bitter finish, they say. Mildly courageous finish, more like. Fruity at the front though.
(As an aside, I noticed that a nearby craft beer brewery, Fourpure, had their oatmeal stout amongst Tescos' cans. Not their best stout, IMO, I thought it good but rather safe for what they seem to think of as one of their ''flagship'' range; I'd recommend Morning Star if they've got any left. I'm now wondering how local their beer suppliers are.)
Chorlton Germanic Sour. The worst beer I've drunk all year, closer to an alcoholic white wine vinegar aged in a barrel than a tasty thing. Possibly useful for catering purposes but definitely not for the bar.
Arbor Mosaic Pale. I'm not sure how grapefruit can be floral but this beer managed it. A little woody with the hoppiness. It never seemed to sit together. Better than the sour by far though.
Tescos diversion: Yeastie Boys Digital IPA. The cans say it's a NZ-style IPA. I'll go along with that. A bold bitter finish, they say. Mildly courageous finish, more like. Fruity at the front though.
(As an aside, I noticed that a nearby craft beer brewery, Fourpure, had their oatmeal stout amongst Tescos' cans. Not their best stout, IMO, I thought it good but rather safe for what they seem to think of as one of their ''flagship'' range; I'd recommend Morning Star if they've got any left. I'm now wondering how local their beer suppliers are.)
Daddy Pig
Veteran
The keg should have been made in Cornwall. The bottled beers from sharp's are no longer made in cornwall. That's what you get when American multinationals get involved... (fortunately they are yet to add rice to the grist, that would be the final straw.)
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
Haven't had this for a while. It's pretty good for a thirst quencher on a warm day.
Followed by a pint of Brakspears Oxford Gold, at a branch of a well-known upmarket brand of a major chain. Another one that has decided that owning property and selling food is more profitable than brewing beer.
Spartak
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deptfordmarmoset
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Having forgotten a water bottle for my riverside pootle, it was inevitable....
Southwark Brewing: Cascade. A nice, full-flavoured but not sense-assaulting cask ale.
Brew Buddies IPA. Keg, but a gentle thirst quencher, nice and grapefruity. (I think I've had it before but it passed with flying marks this time. A definite early warm evening drinking companion.)
Southwark Brewing: Cascade. A nice, full-flavoured but not sense-assaulting cask ale.
Brew Buddies IPA. Keg, but a gentle thirst quencher, nice and grapefruity. (I think I've had it before but it passed with flying marks this time. A definite early warm evening drinking companion.)
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User169
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Well what the ding dang doo happened to Wylam. I thought they were generic cask bbb producers, but these are not that at all....
Blimmin nice, but Having said that, I’m not sure I could really tell these apart from any other dank, hazy, juicy IPAs.
Blimmin nice, but Having said that, I’m not sure I could really tell these apart from any other dank, hazy, juicy IPAs.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
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Toronto is supposed to be a craft beer heaven..... we'll see. Normalish one to kick of whilst watching the Blue Jays getting beaten on TV.
Will try to up my game this week. Anybody got any tips in Toronto?
Will try to up my game this week. Anybody got any tips in Toronto?
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
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Holy farkin Moly.......
Round the corner is a Proper weirdy beardy beer joint
Twenty odd on tap. I went for one of the most bonkers...Collective Arts Liquid Arts Festival IPA. It looks just like a large glass of fresh Mango juice. Taste is similar, then the alcohol kicks you in the nuts. Fab
Round the corner is a Proper weirdy beardy beer joint
Twenty odd on tap. I went for one of the most bonkers...Collective Arts Liquid Arts Festival IPA. It looks just like a large glass of fresh Mango juice. Taste is similar, then the alcohol kicks you in the nuts. Fab
At the moment I've just had a Beer52 delivery, I'm expecting 12 new bottles from Beerwulf on Thursday, and now Lidl are having a mini beer festival.
Happy days
- https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/Offers.htm?id=672&week=1
Edit: Bollocks, I've just noticed the 'only in Scottish stores' bit.
I think I need to try and book myself some work up north.
Happy days
- https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/Offers.htm?id=672&week=1Edit: Bollocks, I've just noticed the 'only in Scottish stores' bit.
I think I need to try and book myself some work up north.
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deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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There's always the Innes and Gunn Bourbon Barrel Scotch Ale - that's the red label one - which may still be on offer (down from something like £1.49 to £1.29 a bottle. For a decent 6.6% imbibable! Mind, it only comes in .33l bottles.) It's a bargain boozers' best buy beer. Well, it's a good-for-marmosets beer at an even better price.At the moment I've just had a Beer52 delivery, I'm expecting 12 new bottles from Beerwulf on Thursday, and now Lidl are having a mini beer festival.
Happy days
Edit: Bollocks, I've just noticed the 'only in Scottish stores' bit.
I think I need to try and book myself some work up north.
Maverick Goose
A jumped up pantry boy, who never knew his place
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Ayeyouserighttherebugman!At the moment I've just had a Beer52 delivery, I'm expecting 12 new bottles from Beerwulf on Thursday, and now Lidl are having a mini beer festival.
Happy days
Edit: Bollocks, I've just noticed the 'only in Scottish stores' bit.
I think I need to try and book myself some work up north.
Life aint so bad at all...if you live it North of The Wall. The Kernel Pale, Black Isle Yellowhammer and Fell Simcoe Ekuanot are all in top form in the Fell Bar Penrith tonight! Also thoroughly recommend Watermill Shi Tzu Faced (7% golden bitter).
