What Are You Drinking?

[Giggles]

Get some Black Bucket :drool:

[Queenslander]

Finished the rest of the Coronas now onto the red Peroni from Italy. Both beers are straight out of the freezer as the Western sun is baking my kitchen.

[Lofty]

I have got some bottles of cooper ale from a brewery round the corner and think I will bin off Beer 52 to support them instead, especially with homebrewing now. Got a bavarian wheatbeer fermenting that will be bottling this time next week and a raspberry berliner kit queued up next. It is cheaper per pint if I don't count all the bobbins I bought to go with it like bottle tree, vinator etc

[Giggles]

I have got some bottles of cooper ale from a brewery round the corner and think I will bin off Beer 52 to support them instead, especially with homebrewing now. Got a bavarian wheatbeer fermenting that will be bottling this time next week and a raspberry berliner kit queued up next. It is cheaper per pint if I don't count all the bobbins I bought to go with it like bottle tree, vinator etc

What’s a vinator?

[Ian]

Got about 30 beers in now which should see me right for a bit provided I don't collapse into midweek drinking.

Bunch of Brewdog stuff and some Pilot ones still though there's a Pohjala dark thing in there that's the one I'm most excited for. That will be happening tonight.

[Jimmy Floyd]

How have you not collapsed into midweek drinking? The cold beer at six is in my top three reasons not to go off a bridge at the moment.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, a 5.30 relief beverage is an absolute must at the moment (and in less tempestuous times tbh).

[Giggles]

I don’t like any less than 3 so it’s better if I always wait til the weekend.

[Ian]

How have you not collapsed into midweek drinking? The cold beer at six is in my top three reasons not to go off a bridge at the moment.

If I had cheap shit in the house I probably would have but it's all good stuff and I don't want to be going through £40 of good shit a week. Though to be honest I could probably afford it just now. Christ knows what I normally spend all my money on when I'm commuting to work because I'm saving stupid amounts just now.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If I had cheap shit in the house I probably would have but it's all good stuff and I don't want to be going through £40 of good shit a week. Though to be honest I could probably afford it just now. Christ knows what I normally spend all my money on when I'm commuting to work because I'm saving stupid amounts just now.

Well if you're only drinking stuff that's underwritten by Lloyds of London then fair enough.

[Ian]

Had a bourban aged barley wine from Pohjala tonight followed by a Brewdog collab with Evil Twin, a nitro imperial Vietnamese coffee stout. it's as ace as it sounds.

I'm on call for work so ideally I don't get any calls until some time tomorrow afternoon.

[Giggles]

Picked up some Heaney stuff in a set at the weekend. Normally try to stick to Irish breweries if I can but they do some interesting looking stuff rather than the usual Pale, IPA, Lager, Red...

https://www.heaney.ie/beer

There was also a couple from Wide Street who I never bought anything by before but one of the beers was a “Mixed Fermentation, 6 month aged, sour ale” whatever that’s going to be like.

[niko_cee]

I've cracked open a 'Cidre BRUT' which looks like it may have been bottled in the last millenium. Tastes pretty fortified/Cognac-y but not undrinkable . . .

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've finally lost it. Just cracked open my 5th Heineken of the day as I prepare to start my second Zoom pub quiz (having come stone last in the first one).

I have better stuff in the cupboard but I would be wasting it on times like these.

[Ian]

Second Zoom quiz of the DAY, or...?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Of the day. Still utter shite in the second one as well. As someone who bases my whole personality around knowing more information than other people in any given scenario, everything is slowly crumbling down around me and alcoholism may well be the only answer.

[Ian]

Are you doing them as a group or is it the real boredom of just doing them on your own?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Two groups in my life (family, and friends) each scheduled one for today and invited me.

Safe to say I'm not doing anything in a group at the moment.

[Giggles]

I was too bored to even drink today. God knows how I’m going to get through the 3 day weekend next week.

[Baz]

Two groups in my life (family, and friends) each scheduled one for today and invited me.

Safe to say I'm not doing anything in a group at the moment.

How did they both deal with marking? People cannot be trusted to mark their own answers honestly.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They can.

[niko_cee]

The cidre was a poor choice and I sacked it off after I developed a mild headache, just over halfway through the bottle. It was a deep brown colour and there was a lot of sediment in it. :/

[Jimmy Floyd]

Should have kept it in case you came across a human brain that needed pickling.

[-james-]

I did a Zoom quiz yesterday that involved an activities round, one part of which was "write a song in three minutes". The horror.

[Ian]

Starting off this evening's sesh with a Mr President by Brewdog. A strong, piney, hoppy thing.

[Giggles]

Got some Wildfire. It’s like gold dust these days.

[Ian]

I should really have a look and see if any of the breweries you've recommended but I've not had many of will deliver to me.

[Revolution]

Everything. Tonight I am drinking everything

[Ian]

Can you reduce it to everything minus my beer?

[Giggles]

I should really have a look and see if any of the breweries you've recommended but I've not had many of will deliver to me.

I’ll do a list of the savage ones.

[Giggles]

Wicklow Wolf Wildfire - Red ale
Rascals Big Hop Red - Red ale
Kinnegar Black Bucket - black IPA
Kinnegar Rust Bucket - Rye IPA
Brehon Brewhouse Shanco Dubh - Porter
Brehon Brewhouse Ulster Black - Oatmeal Stout
Wicklow Wolf Locavore - Dry Irish Stout
Trouble Brewing Ambush - IPA
8 Degrees Hill of the Serpent - Dark ale
Ballykilcavan Bambricks Brown - Brown ale
12 Acres Winter is Coming - Oatmeal porter
Wicklow Wolf/Brlø Bear With Us - Dark lager

[Baz]

I wish I had matching tastes to you two, with all your recommendations of strong dark beers that taste like coffee and walnuts.

Give me a super-hoppy light ale any day. I mean I’ll drink anything, but they’re the ones I know I’ll like.

[Lofty]

Just twatted a load of ale and now on some home brew, going down nicely. I always drink massively when it is the quiz with the in laws. Yes Brenda please ask me how many metres exactly Ben Nevis is in height when you couldn't pronounce the word 'notoriety' the previous question. That's a fucking tie breaker question not a standard question. Donned them all with my sports round.

[Ian]

I wish I had matching tastes to you two, with all your recommendations of strong dark beers that taste like coffee and walnuts.

Give me a super-hoppy light ale any day. I mean I’ll drink anything, but they’re the ones I know I’ll like.

I couldn't be doing with dark stuff when I first got into it. And it hasn't even been an intentional thing of "I must acquire a taste for imperial porters!" or anything, I just kinda gradually gravitated there.

I think I've said in here before though that a good lager 100% has its place and ultimately anybody trying to tell anybody else what to drink wants to fuck off.

Unless it's Tennents, Fosters, Carling and maybe one or two others I've forgotten. If you're drinking those you're definitely in the wrong.

Lofty What sort of ale do you go for?

Giggles I'll give that list and their breweries a nosey when I'm looking to do my next order soon. :thbup:

[Mike]

Got a bottle of Lindleboom (hope, I’ve never heard of it either) and it’s really nice, super refreshing after a long week.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51ruwrlr7eL._SX385_.jpg

[Raoul Duke]

I've been doing these wine tastings with a local place here, going through different countries. France this evening, Italy last week and Sith Ifrica before that. Some weird ones coming up too (Israel/Macedonia and some others have been mentioned). The guy does a Zoom call and talks you through it. He's super knowledgeable.

[Ian]

Is that part of a subscription thing where they send you the wine, I take it?

[Lofty]

Red ale right now but a blonde wheat bottling tomorrow and a raspberry going on after. I generally avoid stouts but used to regular Guinness.

[Raoul Duke]

Is that part of a subscription thing where they send you the wine, I take it?

No, it's a thing they're doing due to the lockdown. It's been pretty ace, overall (unless you're my liver).

[John]

I've just been in Tesco and spotted a Vietnamese Nitro Coffee Porter. It's 9% and in the most overdesigned can I've ever seen, but it's intrigued me enough to buy six of them.

[Kikó]

Some guys in the block I'm in sell this: https://www.greentimesbrewing.com/?fbclid=IwAR2A6Vrgk-ANv0UPIv420qJUrjgVnQR12SvnyCSRclIYZiVBHbtOzs5UJ6k

Quite tempted to try it. Infused with CBD.

[Giggles]

I’ve had a few Blacks OG Kush before and it was good drinking.

[Ian]

I've just been in Tesco and spotted a Vietnamese Nitro Coffee Porter. It's 9% and in the most overdesigned can I've ever seen, but it's intrigued me enough to buy six of them.

What's it called? Tesco have some pretty good stuff but no idea if I've had that one.

[John]

What's it called? Tesco have some pretty good stuff but no idea if I've had that one.

Roaster Coaster.

I'm not enough of a beer nerd to be sure, but I think it's a collaboration. I know Brewdog is a distinct entity and the can says it's from 'Brewdog vs Evil Twin'.

[Ian]

I did wonder if it was that purely because I had a couple of cans of it in but all those things are regular enough on their own I thought it was possible two breweries had attempted something similar.

And yeah Evil Twin are from New York. I really like the Roaster Coaster.

[Josh]

I did wonder if it was that purely because I had a couple of cans of it in but all those things are regular enough on their own I thought it was possible two breweries had attempted something similar.

And yeah Evil Twin are from New York. I really like the Roaster Coaster.

I think they brew their stuff that sells in the UK in Scotland. There is Evil Twin Brewing and Evil Twin NYC Brewing who make pretty different beers. *takes off nerd cap*

[Kikó]

Some guys in the block I'm in sell this: https://www.greentimesbrewing.com/?fbclid=IwAR2A6Vrgk-ANv0UPIv420qJUrjgVnQR12SvnyCSRclIYZiVBHbtOzs5UJ6k

Quite tempted to try it. Infused with CBD.

Took the plunge. I'll have one tonight.

[Ian]

I think they brew their stuff that sells in the UK in Scotland. There is Evil Twin Brewing and Evil Twin NYC Brewing who make pretty different beers. *takes off nerd cap*

I was full of shit anyway, I realised after posting that because I realised Evil Twin is the brother of the Mikeller guy. I think he's a 'gypsy' brewer and the NYC one is the site they eventually opened but the collabs will presumably be what he brews on his travels with other brewers.

[Giggles]

Had my first lager and pilsner today in ages and was pleasantly surprised. I didn’t think any had flavour.

[Lofty]

Couldn't sleep so got up early and ended up putting a brew kit on. Except I foolishly stuck the yeast in when it was just under boiling instead of after the cold water. Now waiting on replacement yeast in the post hoping it's not fucked (it's fucked).

[Giggles]

It’s fucked.

[phonics]

I know I don't post in here but just clicked anyway and this is the only post i saw and thought... 2020 so far:

https://i.imgur.com/UZqNL75.png

[Giggles]

Aw, you’re still sore you had to scurry off the other day.

[phonics]

I was just laughing at opening a new page of a thread I have absolutely no context for and the only post on view were the words 'It's fucked'. It could have been literally anybody.

Chill out. Enjoy yourself.

[Lofty]

It’s fucked.

It's bubbling with a krausen!

[Giggles]

That must have been some hardy yeast.

[Giggles]

My NEIPA has hit 1.010, which will make it just about acceptable and nose it over 3%. Still not going to be great though and I can't figure out why it started at 1.034 so I may dry hop the fuck out of it.

[Lofty]

Is that a partial kit? Need to decide what to order when I get paid next week. Haven't done an IPA or anything like it so far.

I realise I didn't answer your question on the other page, a vinator is usually orange/red, essentially a bowl with a springloaded nozzle pump in the middle so you pump the chem san etc into the bottle coating it, the excess runs back into the vinator so you can quickly and easily sanitize a load on bottling day.

[Ian]

Just did an order from Belgium In A Box.

Big heap of Belgian stouts and porters, mostly 8%+ and working out at about £3.50 a bottle including delivery. :nodd:

[igor_balis]

I don’t like any less than 3 so it’s better if I always wait til the weekend.

100%. I could never be the "casual pint" kinda guy.

[Giggles]

Is that a partial kit? Need to decide what to order when I get paid next week. Haven't done an IPA or anything like it so far.

I realise I didn't answer your question on the other page, a vinator is usually orange/red, essentially a bowl with a springloaded nozzle pump in the middle so you pump the chem san etc into the bottle coating it, the excess runs back into the vinator so you can quickly and easily sanitize a load on bottling day.

Ah right yeah cheers. Never heard them called that before but have one that I bought early days with the bottle tree.

This one was a partial. I do a full boil and hop addition with them but I’m starting to wonder if they’re worth the effort over a kit.

[Lofty]

I am interested in going all grain at some point as everyone says it tastes so much better but it's a lot more faff or so it seems. I do like the idea of making my own recipe stuff though.

[Giggles]

From everything I’ve done and read focusing on the yeast will bring big improvements and can even improve a kit massively. If you don’t do a proper starter then even all-grain won’t be wonderful. Just pitching will be the biggest problem with this NEIPA but I can never find a stir plate at a good price.
I’ve even seen better results by letting the yeast bloom on some water for half an hour before pitching though.

[Ian]

CAMRA have put out an app called Brew2You that lets you see which breweries (provided they've signed up) will deliver to your area. A couple on there I know I like and wouldn't have thought to check which is pretty nifty.

[Kikó]

Ordered some cocktails from https://www.calloohcallaybar.com/drinks-delivery

The dry vodka martini is absolutely potent.

[John]

The 'VE Package' from that place might be the least value thing I've ever seen being sold. Fifteen quid for cucumber sandwiches and a half bottle of Pimm's. :D

[Kikó]

It's what the soldiers died for.

[Giggles]

Rascals Froots and the Maytals is surprisingly not horrendous. It’s lovely actually, great summer one.

[igor_balis]

forgot how drinkable i find white wine. as long as it's been refrigerated.

[Kikó]

Well yeah, warm white wine is just largely wrong.

I guzzle red wine.

[igor_balis]

i used to love red wine but these days i can feel the hangover before i've even opened the bottle

[Giggles]

I could come around to Zoom beers.

[Manc]

i used to love red wine but these days i can feel the hangover before i've even opened the bottle

This. Such a shame as there's nothing like sharing a bottle long into the evening.

[Kikó]

I could come around to Zoom beers.

SOMEONE'S HACKED GIGGLES ACCOUNT

x

[Spikey M]

Jokes on you, we had a top class chatterbate sesh last night.

[Giggles]

SOMEONE'S HACKED GIGGLES ACCOUNT

x

It’s so much better than in-person. Fed up listening to someone? - connection problems, bye.

[Giggles]

Not that I would do that to Spikey. No connection problems there.

[Ian]

My Beerhawk order came earlier than I expected so that sorted me out for last night. Nothing exciting or new to me in there but good stuff all the same.

[Baz]

Brewdog have free delivery and 10% off with WELCOME10 code this weekend. ��

[Giggles]

Local place got in a range of Lervig. Never had it before but I think it’s Norwegian, anyone ever have it?

[Ian]

Yeah their delivery is taking a little while just now but that's not a bad deal.


Local place got in a range of Lervig. Never had it before but I think it’s Norwegian, anyone ever have it?

Yes and they're excellent. What ones have they got?

I've had a bunch of them and there's not a duffer among them, the stouts have been particularly excellent but if you can see the list of their stock I may be able to specifically recommend a few.

[Giggles]

It’s pretty much this https://craftcentral.ie/collections/lervig

Though one of the ones I picked up isn’t there (I just grabbed a couple to try). The other I got was the 3 bean stout.

[Ian]

The Toasted Maple Stout is excellent as is the 3 Bean Stout which you've got.

I first had that draft in a bar in Valencia and I'd have been just happy sitting there blowing all my Euros on that.

[Giggles]

Franconian Haze was the other one. It’s fucking vile, but it’s probably the style more than anything.

[Lofty]

Bought a load of craft ale from Aldi today, hopefully decent.

[Baz]

Ordered 4 x Punk IPA, Elvis Juice, Clockwork Tangerine and something called Prototype Tropical NEIPA for £22.32

[Manc]

Dunkertons Black Fox organic cider. Five bottles probably leads to blindness.

[Ian]

Forgot my latest delivery had a Siren Broken Dream in it. :drool:

[Giggles]

Forgot my latest delivery had a Siren Broken Dream in it. :drool:

I only seen the other day that there’s an imperial version called Shattered Dream too.

[Ian]

I only seen the other day that there’s an imperial version called Shattered Dream too.

:|

Well I need to get that shit in my life.

[Giggles]

:|

Well I need to get that shit in my life.

Didn’t buy it after but I’ll chance it some day. Big tin and all. I’ve only ever seen Broken Dream in 330ml.


https://i.imgur.com/XwDdyWu.jpg

[John]

That sounds very dangerous.

[Ian]

Get it in my veins.

[Spikey M]

See you in the morning Giggs.

[Giggles]

Brown ales at 8am.

[John]

That Roaster Coaster stuff I mentioned last page was great, I've bought another twelve with my shopping today.

[Giggles]

This is absolute magic.

https://rascalsbrewing.com/beers/froots-and-the-maytals/

[Ian]

That Roaster Coaster stuff I mentioned last page was great, I've bought another twelve with my shopping today.

It's lovely stuff. Ridiculously smooth.

[Giggles]

Session IPA’s are getting so good these days. I’ve just had a 3.8% and a 3.3% which are outstanding, especially the latter.

[Baz]

Session IPA’s are getting so good these days. I’ve just had a 3.8% and a 3.3% which are outstanding, especially the latter.The best beers going. :hail:

[Lofty]

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.

[Giggles]

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.

I love brewing but I fucking hate bottling day. I do it over about 6 hours now and it’s easier to take. Sanitise the bottles and all early on and then forget about it for a while until I’m priming.
Bottled a NEIPA on Thursday that tasted class on a sample.

[Giggles]

The best beers going. :hail:

Of all the ones I’ve had, Dead Centre Teeny Tiny IPA is amazing. I don’t know how they manage to get the body and flavour in it at 3.3%

[Lofty]

I love brewing but I fucking hate bottling day. I do it over about 6 hours now and it’s easier to take. Sanitise the bottles and all early on and then forget about it for a while until I’m priming.
Bottled a NEIPA on Thursday that tasted class on a sample.

Have you dabbled with kegging at all? Tried my Bavarian Wheat that has been conditioning for two weeks on friday and it tasted good which is a result.

[Giggles]

Have you dabbled with kegging at all? Tried my Bavarian Wheat that has been conditioning for two weeks on friday and it tasted good which is a result.

I haven't yet as I've nowhere to keep a keg chilled but it definitely seems the way to go. I'd even like a 20 litre keg and just bottle the other 15 or so.

[Ian]

Just did an order from Belgium In A Box.

Big heap of Belgian stouts and porters, mostly 8%+ and working out at about £3.50 a bottle including delivery. :nodd:

I did a Drygate order as I thought this was gonna take much longer so I ordered from Drygate (which came in under 24 hours!) and had some leftover from Beerhawk.

This is now coming today so yeah, I'm not short of beer.

[Ian]

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.

[John]

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.

[Ian]

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.

[Baz]

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. :gs:

[Ian]

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. :gs:

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.

[Baz]

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 (https://localbeer.club/product/brewers-choice-24-bottle-surprise-survival-pack). :thbup:

[Josh]

https://www.brewdog.com/uk/barnard-castle-eye-test

Get him a case of these.

[Ian]

I meant to post about that. I'm glad that's the name they went for, it's easily the best.

[Ian]

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.

[Lofty]

Wild Turkey and coke, my rum supply ran dry last night so any recommendations on that welcome.

[Kikó]

Made Pina colada this evening. It's pretty beautiful.

[Queenslander]

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.

:drool:

[Giggles]

I need to go into my dirty strong stout collection one of these days soon.

[Queenslander]

The Kiwis do make a mean lager.

https://i.ibb.co/XJ6nfbb/15911669042082809137566126558658.jpg (https://ibb.co/x5wnKDD)

[Ian]

Yeastie Boys and Cassels are two good New Zealand breweries.

[Queenslander]

Garage Project is also good.

[Giggles]

Picked up some Japanese stuff yesterday, Hitachino Nest White and Amber. Don’t think I’ve ever tried a thing from them.

[Ian]

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-craft-beer-shop/minikegs/minicasks-brass-castle-brewery/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.

[Giggles]

Tiny Rebel do some mad flavours don’t they?

[niko_cee]

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.

[John]

The Kiwis do make a mean lager.

https://i.ibb.co/XJ6nfbb/15911669042082809137566126558658.jpg (https://ibb.co/x5wnKDD)

Whoever designed that packaging should never again have access to a pencil or paper never mind whichever program they used.

The only thing more annoying than the phrase 'whacked up to 1000!' is the fact that it also claims to have been 'whacked up over 1000!'

[Queenslander]

:D

It sucks hey!

Nice Lager though for a 5%.

[Ian]

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/imperial-mixed-stay-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

[Giggles]

That’s the one I tried that had it in my head, the Stay Puft coconut porter.

[Ian]

I'm not big on coconut but I've enjoyed all the other Stay Pufts I've had I think.

[Giggles]

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.

Wasn’t great. Fairly standard pale ale given that they mention orange peel, nutmeg, and coriander on the can.

[Adamski]

Been loving Pelforth Blonde on The Sub recently. Quite strong but nice and smooth. Lovely pint.

[Baz]

Got 31 beers for my birthday. :uhoh:

[Lofty]

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.

[Raoul Duke]

Just had some Vimto :drool:

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.

[Ian]

Love a bit of Cloudwater.

[Giggles]

Did you say you seen Wicklow Wolf over there before Ian?

They’ve just released this :drool:

https://i.imgur.com/3Mwtfzh.jpg

[Ian]

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.

[Giggles]

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.

[Queenslander]

20 Golds in happy Queensland Day!

[Ian]

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.

[Baz]

I don’t like Tiny Rebel.

[Ian]

Well it's okay to be catastrophically incorrect.

[Queenslander]

Cant say no to a $10 jug of XXXX




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[Luca]

Cracked open a Lagunitas IPA. They're really pretty good.

[Ian]

They are. A few pubs in Glasgow now have it on draft which is very dangerous.

[Giggles]

A pint of that was my gateway drug to nice beer.

[Lofty]

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.

[Giggles]

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.

How do you do all-grain stuff?

[Ian]

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.

I tried a sip of it. It's.... not really a beer as I recall. I mean they're calling it one and it technically is but I remember it being nice enough in it's own way but a bit of a stunt.

That said my tastes have changed quite a bit since then.

[niko_cee]

I've always found Lagunitas to be bang average. Maybe because it's the sort of thing you typically find in beer tents as the fancy option.

I think Sierra Nevada was the beer that opened my eyes to the world of non-dreadful non-lager beers, back in early 2005.

[Giggles]

I've always found Lagunitas to be bang average. Maybe because it's the sort of thing you typically find in beer tents as the fancy option.

I think Sierra Nevada was the beer that opened my eyes to the world of non-dreadful non-lager beers, back in early 2005.

That was where I went next. Remember drinking their pale ale, california, and the narwhal stout for ages before going onto the local stuff. I think KPA was the main one of those back then.

[Baz]

Just seen an email from Brewdog charging £10.95 for one 330ml (https://www.brewdog.com/uk/dog-i?utm_source=bm23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Image+-+https://www.brewdog.com/uk/dog-i&utm_content=The+BrewDog+Bottleshop+is+now+open!&utm_campaign=%5BDIGI-ECOM-MAN%5D+BrewDog+Bottleshop&_bta_tid=40297254811401960559732694218481629110880 49483085962088335957426476456247127412370853163245 5547745340408330) bottle. I wouldn’t pay that for Serena Williams ice cold piss, nevermind a bottle of beer.

[Josh]

Lagunitas is ok as a first beer but if you have it after a proper hoppy ipa then it tastes like lager piss.

[Luca]

A pint of that was my gateway drug to nice beer.

That was Sierra Nevada for me. I was blown away that beer could taste like that.

EDIT: Looks like niko_cee and I share an epiphany beer.

EDIT2: Josh’s criticism is probably fair, although honestly I’ve come back around to appreciating a reliable IPA after drinking loads of poorly-executed hop juice.

[Ian]

I think Josh is being a bit harsh. Lagunitas wouldn't be a go-to for me a lot of the time but it's nice.

I don't think I had a beer epiphany really other than maybe my first beer festival in Paisley but there isn't one beer that started my magical journey from crap lager as a student to drinking stouts that taste of waffles and bacon.

[Raoul Duke]

Didn't Laguinitas get made or bought by some big beer corp?

[Giggles]

Didn't Laguinitas get made or bought by some big beer corp?

Yeah they’re Heineken. Not sure how much it affected their product, etc though.

A couple of ones here that were bought out were let just run away as they had been with no interference.

[Raoul Duke]

For me it's more the fact that there's so much decent beer out there I'd rather support the smaller guys. It's decent though

[Giggles]

I’d be the same too. I try to buy something from here all the time these days and there’s plenty of choice to be able to do that anyway. We’ve probably way too many “craft” breweries for such a small country. There’s over a hundred vying for a 2.5% market share between them all.

[Baz]

+1 for Sierra Nevada being the perfect gateway beer.

[Giggles]

Speaking of gateway beers, with everyone drinking at home there’s been some increase in breweries putting out lagers to try grab a few of the Heineken crew. You’ll change one of them much quicker than you’ll change a Guinness drinker.

[Ian]

For me it's more the fact that there's so much decent beer out there I'd rather support the smaller guys. It's decent though

Yeah I've specifically done most of my beer orders from breweries I feel like need the help during lockdown.

[Lofty]

I havent dabbled myself just saw the debate unfold in a group I'm in. Still got a kit I need to start. Have been caning spirits recently though as they are diet friendly.

[Giggles]

Stone Barrel Bear Hug has to be the worst liquid i have ever tasted in my life.

[Luca]

Jesus fucking Christ on a donkey.

Small Pony Barrel Works’ Half Remembered Dream might be the best beer I’ve had since the day I nearly broke apart Josh’s marriage.

Link here: https://www.smallponybarrelworks.com/products/half-remembered-dream

I was intrigued (and also a little put off) at the seeming pretentiousness of the tasting notes being in poem form, but this is an absolutely smashing sour. :drool:

EDIT: Josh come to think of it, it’s reminiscent of something we had at Grimm.

[Queenslander]

Arvo beers after work with the fellas is back and XXXX $10 Jugs arent going away anytime soon.

Lol at Victoria and NSW with their spike in numbers.

https://i.ibb.co/tKjP7v2/20200624-155922.jpg (https://ibb.co/1QyJDPX)

[Giggles]

Managed to pick up some White Hag Heather Sour which is normally like gold dust they make it in such small quantities.

€8 for 375ml though :|

https://craftcentral.ie/collections/the-white-hag/products/the-white-hag-beann-gulban-barrel-aged-heather-sour-375ml-bottle-6-9-abv

[Spikey M]

https://youtu.be/YD8k2IU7Fr4

[Giggles]

Best beer name ever. Paul does all the Yellowbelly can designs.

https://i.imgur.com/UwVc662.jpg

[Raoul Duke]

Beer52 accidentally sent me a second box this month. Called them and they said just keep it :drool:

[Ian]

Best beer name ever. Paul does all the Yellowbelly can designs.

That's ace. :D

[Baz]

:D

[Lofty]

Just twatted 11 cans of Double IPA. I predict vomit in my future

[Ian]

Just twatted 11 cans of Double IPA. I predict vomit in my future

:D

What one?

I've had a couple of nice things. Best was "Sadako" by Weird Beard. Imperial stout with honey and shit through it. Good stuff.

[Lofty]

:D

What one?

I've had a couple of nice things. Best was "Sadako" by Weird Beard. Imperial stout with honey and shit through it. Good stuff.

Garden Brewery East Coast Double IPA, 8%.

I feel like a husk today.

[Baz]

15% off Brewdog: BD20407-87NE20ML

Think it expires today

[Giggles]

Anyone have one of those new type 5l mini kegs yet? Can they be closed and still retain carbonation or am I downing 9 pints on Friday?

[Baz]

I doubt they can be resealed.

[Giggles]

There’s a thing on the top that you twist which I presume gasses it or something. Wonder would half of it even be ok the next day.

[Giggles]

These ones.


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[niko_cee]

Aren't those things usually good for a day or two (although also, don't you have to tap them a day in advance)? I'm sure I had a ghost ship one which I largely borked because I had no idea what I was doing. Ended up having to do it in one.

[Giggles]

There was a QR code on the top but the video was shite and said fuck all.

[Baz]

Yeah my dad gets two every Christmas. I really don’t think the beer would be nice past Boxing Day.

[Giggles]

Halfway through my second mini keg. I can hardly see. This was hard typed adbt the phone did most of it.

[phonics]

Both in the same session?

Or have you just got pissed off 4 pints of 4% beer?

[Giggles]

Both in the same session?

Or have you just got pissed off 4 pints of 4% beer?

8 pints a tub. Both the same brand. 5.8.

[Spikey M]

Get a late night thread open for Giggles immediately and bring on tse dnurk posterjngz

[niko_cee]

I admire the fact that you cracked open the second one 8 pints in.

[Giggles]

I admire the fact that you cracked open the second one 8 pints in.

And the second fucker will only last 3 days. I had loads of tubes, could have left it.

[Lofty]

Good effort that :D

Hopping a Red IPA kit tomorrow, been in the vat 7 days. Also ordered a big selection from my mate's bar back home hopefully arriving soon.

[Giggles]

Is that not a bit early?

[Lofty]

Is that not a bit early?

Just following the instructions, leaving it another 7 then bottling.

[Giggles]

Just following the instructions, leaving it another 7 then bottling.

I was always told never to dry hop for more than 3 days. That said, I’ve only ever made shite :D

[Queenslander]

At the Australian National on the Goldies and there is a line up up the road full of idiot AFL fans trying to get in on their game day at the GABBA on the same day as the UFC. Lolol

Fuck off we're full you Victorian cunts.

Edit: Im trialing Vic Wogs as a slur...

[Lofty]

Just arrived:

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[Ian]

Who are the top ones from?

[Josh]

Marylou is a great beer. Verdant don't really make a bad one.

[Raoul Duke]

Beer52 is coming from The Netherlands this month, a few days before I move there. Reconnaissance :cool:

[Giggles]

I’ve just opened what is the nicest stout I think I’ve ever tasted. I’ll know better after another 4 in case it’s just a good bottle.

[Kikó]

What's the name of it?

[Giggles]

Treaty City Medieval Quarter. Said it had a high hop profile which was worrying for a stout but it’s magic.

[Ian]

What sort of strength we talking?

[Baz]

Will add that brewery tour to the list of reasons I wanna go to Limerick :nod:

[Giggles]

Will add that brewery tour to the list of reasons I wanna go to Limerick :nod:

You want to go to Limerick?

[Giggles]

What sort of strength we talking?

Imgur doesn’t work any more but it’s here. 5.6%, tastes like far more.

https://treatycitybrewery.ie/medieval-quarter/

[Baz]

You want to go to Limerick?

Yessir.

Horseracing, primarily, but also to see the stuff Blindboy talks about on his podcast.

[Giggles]

Yessir.

Horseracing, primarily, but also to see the stuff Blindboy talks about on his podcast.

You’ll need more than a single flight to get to whatever planet that cunt resides on.

[Lofty]

Who are the top ones from?

My mates bar has their own branded cans so they pull draft pints into cans and then you collect them/have them delivered. Was skeptical about the system but had them all for the match tonight (they don't keep long) and honestly felt like pub pints.

They were: Donzoko, Northern Helles. Mobberley, Back to Basics. Deya, See Man's Driving a Belgian Wit & Polly's, Stop and Stare.

[Baz]

Booked in here (https://thebotanist.uk.com/locations/warrington/menus/ale-inventory) in 2 weeks and cannot wait! It’ll be my first sesh since Cheltenham Festival, so I’m gonna be a state. A skint state too, looking at those prices, but totally worth it. Any recommendations to have/avoid welcome!

[Giggles]

Booked in here (https://thebotanist.uk.com/locations/warrington/menus/ale-inventory) in 2 weeks and cannot wait! It’ll be my first sesh since Cheltenham Festival, so I’m gonna be a state. A skint state too, looking at those prices, but totally worth it. Any recommendations to have/avoid welcome!

They don’t give the full names so it’s hard to know what they are. Or are they all house brewed?

[Baz]

They don’t give the full names so it’s hard to know what they are. Or are they all house brewed?oh yeah. :(

Nah none of its brewed in house. A bit of a pain they knocked all the brewery names off the menu.

[Giggles]

I presume the 3 bean is the Lervig one I have here.

[Ian]

As Giggles says that menu is a pain in the tits but from the ones I recognise the Delirium's nice, both the Trappist ones, if the 3 Beanis lervig then yes, I assume the Millionaire is Wild Beer Co which is great. The Milkshake could be one of about twenty different dark beers. if it's Siren or Wiper and True then those are really good. Grand Cru is also bangin'. Everything else I'm either not sure what it is or is decent-to-good but you can get in loads of places and for less than what they're charging.

Like, I really like Lupoloid for example but that's a supermarket effort for me, at least.

[Giggles]

Really liking some of this brettanomyces stuff, was something I’d never got into before. Wide Street are doing some great stuff with it.

[niko_cee]

Known for its barnyard, fecal, horsey, metallic or Band-Aid flavors, Brettanomyces . . .

[Giggles]

It’s apparently a shitter when it’s an unwanted infection. In the right hands it’s great though.
They apparently have their fermenters open to get infected and then they control it with mad temperatures, think some of them ferment for 6 months.

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[Ian]

Yeah I don't mind a brett beer.

Feels like ages since I've had anything particularly noteworthy.

Luckily my Sainsburys have Mousse Moose and Old Engine Oil so even when I'm "slumming" it life's not that bad.

[Josh]

Had this absolute beauty when I was in Boston last week: https://untappd.com/b/trillium-brewing-company-daily-serving-blackberry-plum-and-raspberry/3855144

Also approaching 2000 unique beers on untappd... :beer: I wonder how much money that is.

[Baz]

That’s some effort. I’m on 337 and a third of those are ones my mates had.

[Ian]

Had this absolute beauty when I was in Boston last week: https://untappd.com/b/trillium-brewing-company-daily-serving-blackberry-plum-and-raspberry/3855144

Also approaching 2000 unique beers on untappd... :beer: I wonder how much money that is.

I'm just past 2500 on Ratebeer. :face:

I try not to think about the money.

All this because I otherwise can't fucking remember what I've had.

[Giggles]

I wish I’d started one back in the day. Piece of shit won’t let you add past ones.

[Ian]

Genuinely the reason I started was because I went into a pub years ago, saw the pump clip of a beer and thought "I recognise that so I must have liked it" and whatever it was was absolutely vile.

Also there's the excitement of going "Gosh, I've never had a Slovenian beer before!" and it tasting just like whatever that style of beer is but from another country. Though it does sometimes help you find / try breweries you may not have otherwise.

Pohjala. :drool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Tonight had my first pint for 136 days. Staropramen. A belter.

[Ian]

Even as an enormous beer bore the "first pint" out doesn't hold any excitement for in itself. Can have beer in the house.

Staropramen's lovely stuff though.

[Shindig]

I didn't rate it that much. I think I called it Czech Carlsberg when I first tried it.

[Ian]

Oof, that's harsh. It's miles better than Carlsberg.

[Giggles]

I’m going to get a pint of Guinness tonight :)

[Jimmy Floyd]

Even as an enormous beer bore the "first pint" out doesn't hold any excitement for in itself. Can have beer in the house.

Staropramen's lovely stuff though.

A pint is somehow different from draft in a proper glass in a pub. Don't ask me to explain why as I can't.

[SvN]

I quite like Staropramen. It's not a regular for me, but I do have one every now and then.

[Lofty]

Once the old dive bar I used to drink in as a 17 year old had a past date barrel of Staropramen on for £1 a pint, what a night :drool:

[Giggles]

A pint is somehow different from draft in a proper glass in a pub. Don't ask me to explain why as I can't.

It’ll need to be out though. Like if someone had a proper keg in a house then I still might as well have a can. Same goes for one at a table in a restaurant.

Can’t wait for that first proper one up at the bar.

[Ian]

I think it'd be different for me if I had a local that I especially wanted to be at the bar in but I don't really. There's one I do go to and do have a drink at the bar but that's as much for convenience on my way home as anything else.

[Josh]

A pint is somehow different from draft in a proper glass in a pub. Don't ask me to explain why as I can't.

Absolutely. A lot of places here are pouring into plastic cups at the moment and it isn't as good.

To go full beer wanker, certain types of beer should be in certain types of glass but I actually just find any draft beer in a glass is better than its canned equivalent.

[Ian]

To go full beer wanker, certain types of beer should be in certain types of glass

This is where I start to lose Beer Bore Points because I know that it's a thing but I can't tell the difference, really.

[Shindig]

That's my problem as well but I also don't really have a favourite pint. I don't drink enough for any of it to factor in, to be honest.

[Josh]

This is where I start to lose Beer Bore Points because I know that it's a thing but I can't tell the difference, really.

No neither do I. Same for certain types should be served at x temperature.

All too much for me. As long as it's cold (real ale can do one) and in a clean glass I'm happy.

[niko_cee]

Ale in a (glass with a) handle.

Draft lager comes into its own on hot days.

[Don]

Two decent ones I've discovered during lockdown and which each present their own stigma. Admittedly with only 20% tasting ability so I may not like them quite as much if I fully recover.

Henry Weston cider - minimising volume, a few of these and you're well on your way.

Zinfandel Rose - :face: but by God did it go down like a Capri Sun at 4am on the bags.

[Giggles]

I have a set of glasses that apparently has an IPA, Stout, and wheat glass in it but I just like my straight sided pint glass for everything.

As much as I like a big range of craft stuff I never go for the temperature thing either. If someone gives me a pint of any beer that’s not cold they can keep it.

[niko_cee]

How cold is cold though? Cellar temp is meant, by and large, to be quite cold. Just not ice cold.

[Giggles]

How cold is cold though? Cellar temp is meant, by and large, to be quite cold. Just not ice cold.

Fridge cold. I don’t care what the drink is.

[Spikey M]

Agreed.

[Kikó]

Smaller sized beer portions work better on the continent as well (beer stays cold throughout). Draught is well better than cans always.

[Giggles]

The horror has just hit me that I won’t get a pint after all as I booked the fucking restaurant in the hotel instead of the bar food :face:

[niko_cee]

Smaller sized beer portions work better on the continent as well (beer stays cold throughout). Draught is well better than cans always.

Yeah, I always thought the 'schooner' was a fairly optimum beer size.

Unfortunately we all develop extreme aversion to halves at a young age. I guess pints probably come from when the beer wasn't ice cold European lager.

[Giggles]

Pints only for me. Even if I’m drinking a can I want to put it all into the glass in one go. Anything smaller is for extending the little finger.

[Josh]

Yeah, I always thought the 'schooner' was a fairly optimum beer size.

Unfortunately we all develop extreme aversion to halves at a young age. I guess pints probably come from when the beer wasn't ice cold European lager.

220-300ml is perfect. Especially if you're drinking double ipas and the like.

[Josh]

Off to a brewery called Sand City today out on Long Island. Specialises in IPA's, especially DIPA's (8%+). They're fantastic but this is the first trip to their taproom as it involves a cycle and a train.

Tomorrow another brewery called Grimm which is my local has opened up an outdoor drinking space as it's been closed until now for Corona. It's speciality is lovely sours and wild ales. Last time I visited was with Luca so a long time back.