Beer?

[No Ta Doctor]

Extra 4 - abv 4.8%. "Extra 4 is a refreshing blonde beer with a snowy-white collar. Zesty and floral touches are perfectly balanced by the aroma of hops", according to the description on the box. (The paterbier is their Pater 6 at 6.7%, third from left in pic, yellow label).


Feel free..although its BB date is 12-2026, so you might not get here in time! But you are quite welcome to the Abt 12, BB date is 05-2029.

I've actually just taken delivery of some St B Paters - though confusingly, they're not actually a paterbier (which is sometimes referred to as a single, and comes in under 5% - that's the Extra), they're a double! It's because their naming goes Abbot 12, Prior 8, Pater 6 - ranking their beer strengths by religious title (got to try and get the idea that they're a trappist brewery in there somewhere, without being able to actually claim it!)

Don't worry about best before dates too much if it's bottle conditioned, especially the higher strength stuff, just keep them cool and out of direct sunlight

 

[Shadow]

Thirsty work being a tourist. Stopped by the local convenience store with a fridge to take a couple of chilled bottles back to the accommodation. Both were about €4:

La Fosse Blonde 5.3% (2/5 barley, 2/5 hops)

La Piautre Blonde 4.9% (2/5 bitterness)

The scores in brackets were listed on the back label as pictograms; I have never seen these before. Neither really appealed to my palate, maybe I was having an off day!

 

[stephec]

I'm up in Cockermouth for work again today so, as usual, it's off to The Bitter End for my tea, a massive plate of fish and chips.

Restless Native stout from the Lowland Brewery in Lockerbie, 4.1%.

Quite dry like a Murphy's, really nice stuff.

 

[stephec]

And after that it's off to the Jenning's Brewery, instead of my usual darker ales I've had a go at something I've not seen before, their session IPA.

Not quite the full on bitterness of a west coast, but definitely learning in that direction, another winner for me.

 

[katiewlx]

Don't worry about best before dates too much if it's bottle conditioned, especially the higher strength stuff, just keep them cool and out of direct sunlight

theyll be fine, they have to put bbd dates on it just because, but the alcohol gets rid of all the nasty stuff, at worst theyll just go a bit Brettanomyces sour or theyll go amazingly deep in flavour

 

[winjim]

Call me old fashioned, but I prefer to drink my beers.*


*I will also cook with them, but not something crispy!

Beer battered cod is good. And crisp*.


*(adj)

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Beer battered cod is good. And crisp*.


*(adj)

Fair, though the beer is added just for txture, isn't it? Because the alcohol evaporates quicker when it's frying? Heston Blumenthal adds vodka to his batter 😱

 

[winjim]

Fair, though the beer is added just for txture, isn't it? Because the alcohol evaporates quicker when it's frying? Heston Blumenthal adds vodka to his batter 😱

Yeah I think once you're deep frying it any addition to the flavour is kind of moot.

 

[stephec]

This is a bit dull, hardly any different to the normal Soundwave, and nothing to make it stand out in an overcrowded market.

And speaking of overcrowded, on the way home today I stopped at Tebay services to have a look at their beer choice, there must have been at least fifteen different breweries from Cumbria alone, how can they all be claiming to be producing something unique?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I get rather jealous on this thread - like it but

anyway - I have Coeliac Disease so have to avoid anything with gluten - which includes beer as it is made with barley

there are a few that I can drink as they are made a bit different - or treated after
but they seem to be very rare around here

except Perioni - there is always b****y Peroni


anyway - cider is fine

but in my mind cider is what you drink when you are 15 and on a camp site in Conwy without your parents
and similar


but I was wondering if there is any cider that might have a similar experience - not taste obviously - to a decent beer
proper beer - not cheap lager

the sort of thing that might be in normal pubs


any ideas??

Thanks

 

[Shadow]

There is some very decent cider made around the country.

We have an excellent local one, Silly Moo, which comes filtered or non filtered. Herefordshire is a great place to start, loads of small independent producers.

Why not start a cider thread?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

There is some very decent cider made around the country.

We have an excellent local one, Silly Moo, which comes filtered or non filtered. Herefordshire is a great place to start, loads of small independent producers.

Why not start a cider thread?

I did think of that

but I wanted the opinion of people who like beer - so here seemed the best starting place!

 

[No Ta Doctor]

I get rather jealous on this thread - like it but

anyway - I have Coeliac Disease so have to avoid anything with gluten - which includes beer as it is made with barley

there are a few that I can drink as they are made a bit different - or treated after
but they seem to be very rare around here

except Perioni - there is always b****y Peroni


anyway - cider is fine

but in my mind cider is what you drink when you are 15 and on a camp site in Conwy without your parents
and similar


but I was wondering if there is any cider that might have a similar experience - not taste obviously - to a decent beer
proper beer - not cheap lager

the sort of thing that might be in normal pubs


any ideas??

Thanks

Not sure what's available in UK pubs, but cider is a lot broader than teenage piss-up juice!

What I look for in a GB cider is a proper funky/barnyardy/horseblanket overtone (I think it's probably a spontaneous fermentation wild yeast thing, same flavours can be found in Belgian lambics). Should be a good depth of flavour though this can sometimes mean they're a little sweet. Someone else is probably better than me to tell you the differences between Somerset, Herefordshire, Sussex etc. ciders

Normandy cider is naturally sparkling, I think it's a "method champenoise" sort of technique they use, some very elegant and crisp bottled ciders.

Spanish (Basque) sidra can be both sparkling or flat, and can be very, very dry. Might strip your tooth enamel, but superb if that's your cup of ...err... tea

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Not sure what's available in UK pubs, but cider is a lot broader than teenage piss-up juice!

What I look for in a GB cider is a proper funky/barnyardy/horseblanket overtone (I think it's probably a spontaneous fermentation wild yeast thing, same flavours can be found in Belgian lambics). Should be a good depth of flavour though this can sometimes mean they're a little sweet. Someone else is probably better than me to tell you the differences between Somerset, Herefordshire, Sussex etc. ciders

Normandy cider is naturally sparkling, I think it's a "method champenoise" sort of technique they use, some very elegant and crisp bottled ciders.

Spanish (Basque) sidra can be both sparkling or flat, and can be very, very dry. Might strip your tooth enamel, but superb if that's your cup of ...err... tea

thanks - useful info

 

[Spartak]

I get rather jealous on this thread - like it but

anyway - I have Coeliac Disease so have to avoid anything with gluten - which includes beer as it is made with barley

there are a few that I can drink as they are made a bit different - or treated after
but they seem to be very rare around here

except Perioni - there is always b****y Peroni


anyway - cider is fine

but in my mind cider is what you drink when you are 15 and on a camp site in Conwy without your parents
and similar


but I was wondering if there is any cider that might have a similar experience - not taste obviously - to a decent beer
proper beer - not cheap lager

the sort of thing that might be in normal pubs


any ideas??

Thanks

Mrs S. is also a coeliac and struggles for finding a decent 'beer', she did find this one in Aegina this summer on holiday ...

The one on the left is GF ... 👍