Tried Aldi's efforts this weekend, pretty decent. Bottled my Raspberry Berliner today, got a Red IPA kit in the post. Bottling day is a ballache.
Tried Aldi's efforts this weekend, pretty decent. Bottled my Raspberry Berliner today, got a Red IPA kit in the post. Bottling day is a ballache.
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Had a couple of my Drygates tonight and now the first I'm having from my Belgian box is a kriek. I like krieks anyway and they're good in the summer but this one interested me as it's knocking on 9% which is about three times stronger than the ones I've seen normally.
And honestly you could fucking damage yourself on this stuff. A cherry beer at this strength should be sickly and sticky but it's somehow really refreshing. Getting a load of these down you in the sun wouldn't be the worst way to go.
The kriek they do in my local Tesco is 7.5%. It's nicer when it's been in the fridge for about half an hour than it is properly chilled, but it is quite refreshing stuff.
Maybe I have had a stronger one but I feel like the ones I usually see are 3-4% at most.
I do love a properly nice fruit beer though. Had a German apricot one at a beer festival years ago and it was amazing.
Anyone seen any good real ale deals, with a view to Father’s Day coming up?
I’m more of a craft beer wanker nowadays, than real ale, and feel like my dad would begrudge his evening beers coming from a jazzy can and not a bottle.
He always picks the gold ones in pubs, so the lighter the better. Me and @Mike are going in jointly so a good deal for sub £50 would be perfect.
Also would rather not pay extra for the sake of getting a “free” glass in place of more beer, because he has plenty of them that my mum has robbed from pubs over the years.
I'm a twit
https://www.beerhawk.co.uk/british-real-ale-mixed-case
Something like this? Nearly £3 a bottle so not much of a "deal", you'd get them cheaper in a supermarket depending how stock at your local ones are though these ones might be a bunch he's not had, if he cares about that sort of thing.
CAMRA have created an app called Brew 2 You so there might be some breweries on there able to deliver to you that do the sort of British pale ales I think you mean he likes.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. After you mentioned it on here my dad also emailed it to me. Maybe as a hint.
There’s an “18 bottle surprise” from the top rated National shop (just called A Local Beer Club, based in Northampton) that works out at £50.39 delivered, which sounds spot on.
EDIT: They do 24 bottles delivered for £55.
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I'm a twit
https://www.brewdog.com/uk/barnard-castle-eye-test
Get him a case of these.
I meant to post about that. I'm glad that's the name they went for, it's easily the best.
Well I was going to leave my last two good beers but I spent the afternoon in my sister's garden drinking and now I've come home and these are all I've got in so here we are.
First up is a Belgian brewery doing a Russian Imperial stout. You'd be all over this, @Queenslander .
I've found some of the stouts from Belgium in a Box haven't had that sort of richness I like from an imperial stout but no such problems with this one. Lovely stuff.
Wild Turkey and coke, my rum supply ran dry last night so any recommendations on that welcome.
Made Pina colada this evening. It's pretty beautiful.
I need to go into my dirty strong stout collection one of these days soon.
Yeastie Boys and Cassels are two good New Zealand breweries.
Garage Project is also good.
Picked up some Japanese stuff yesterday, Hitachino Nest White and Amber. Don’t think I’ve ever tried a thing from them.
I've had a few of the Hitachino Nest ones and they've all been pretty good.
I've got orders from Tiny Rebel and Brass Castle on the way. The latter's pricing for their minicasks / minikegs is really good - https://brasscastle.co.uk/online-cra...y/5l-minikegs/
Even their 8.3% Imperial works out to just under £3.20 a pint. And if you got a couple of them in you'd get free delivery. When it looks like all the family might be able to be in the house properly and having dinner together I might order a couple to share with my dad and brother in law.
Tiny Rebel do some mad flavours don’t they?
Think I've had the Hitachino Nest White Ale before and it was decent. It must have been a gift as I'm too much of an oik to pay £2 for a small bottle or whatever it runs in at normally. And getting near pub prices for a home pint seems slightly unconscionable.
It sucks hey!
Nice Lager though for a 5%.
I dunno, I don't remember seeing much that by modern standards makes me think they're doing anything especially out there unless there's something I've forgotten.
Maybe in the Stay Puft range:
https://www.tinyrebel.co.uk/beer/imp...ay-puft-4-pack
But even there the only one that stands out much is the waffle and bacon one which will like just be a regular, sweetish imperial with some amount of salt and smokiness to it.
Tiny Rebel are excellent on the whole though.
EDIT: @Giggles
That’s the one I tried that had it in my head, the Stay Puft coconut porter.
I'm not big on coconut but I've enjoyed all the other Stay Pufts I've had I think.
Been loving Pelforth Blonde on The Sub recently. Quite strong but nice and smooth. Lovely pint.
Got 31 beers for my birthday.
I'm a twit
Got a bottle of Aldi's Seadog Black Spiced Rum to replace the Kraken I finished last weekend.
Heard some good things about Dead Mans Fingers and Red Leg so might check them out next.
Just had some Vimto
For Saturday's entertainment I got a bunch of Brewdog stuff from Tesco: Clockwork Tangerine, Hazy Jane and some collab with them and Cloudwater, who are usually pretty good.
Love a bit of Cloudwater.
Did you say you seen Wicklow Wolf over there before @Ian?
They’ve just released this
That sounds amazing. Only one I've had is a collab with Fierce (which was also ace) so I'm guessing that's the only one I've seen. Should check some of the Irish ones for my next order.
They do a standard Oatmeal called Apex but it’s grand, nothing special. If you’re ordering that one above try some of their Wildfire as well.
20 Golds in happy Queensland Day!
had a couple of imperial Stay Puft variants tonight.
Imperial Praline is exactly what you'd expect and absolutely gorgeous. The Imperial Waffle and Candied Bacon is weird, pretty sweet but without becoming sickly and also excellent.
I fucking love Tiny Rebel.
I don’t like Tiny Rebel.
I'm a twit
Well it's okay to be catastrophically incorrect.
Cant say no to a $10 jug of XXXX
roll a 12 sided die
Cracked open a Lagunitas IPA. They're really pretty good.
They are. A few pubs in Glasgow now have it on draft which is very dangerous.
A pint of that was my gateway drug to nice beer.
Yeah Lagunitas IPA is excellent, they also have a good session IPA called Nailed I think? They used to sell it in Wetherspoons for £2 a bottle.
Has anyone ever had a Brewdog Tactical Nuclear Penguin? Seen varying opinions on the point of it in a home brew group spinning off the fact the DIY Dog book has recipes for some of their high volume stuff.