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That place was good (I'm not sure why it's often referred to as one bar with 3000 beers when it's an entire street with a bar for rum, absinthe, beer, etc.) but there are so many other top places.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foe
It was probably more the company than the selection of bars, but yeah there was a still a LOT of beer. Plus after a few you get used to the super strengths of them, and actually breathe a sigh of relief when the one you order is "only" 8.5%.
I fell in love with lindemans raspberry beer. :drool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
My first beer was rasberry and the guy serving us laughed at me and said it was a girls. That's when I knew it was the beer for me.
Turned out I'm a fan of Witbeir :cool2:
White wine tonight, Tenner a bottle from the bar. Date loves the stuff, fucking inhaled it. I am now cunted.
6x is cold and fizzy, but well nice.
Had BrewDog Elvis Juice on tap last night. Really nice but the bar we were in was pricey and I'd not be bothered enough to spend over a fiver on it.
Cracking pint of that in St Luke's. I'm loving the standard Williams Bros draught or the Drygaye Pilsner at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian
As mentioned in the football thread, this is lovely stuff.
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I had Mahou for the first time on holiday. It was really good.
I must say Douro wines are my new favourite though. What a cracking region.
Brewdog - Dead Pony Club for me. I've got a Laguinitas and a Goose Island IPA in the fridge too.
All bought from Tesco, which has apparently turned into a hipster craft beer shop :cool:
I picked up mine in Tesco too, along with the Black IPA in the same brand and some Lagunitas also. They've a much better selection these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raoul Duke
I am sure I have stated my disapproval of IPAs in here before, but Schlafly's Exhibition IPA is actually quite good.
I have also, but the black one got me round to trying others more. Had the stout twang I like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
Saturday will be no booze in 4 weeks which will be firmly broken on Sunday.
Still like Porters over anything else, mind.
Same. I'm making my own at the moment :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
Pale ales and Weissbiers (Hoegaarden/Leffe etc.) are my favourites.
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Originally Posted by Giggles
A friend of mine had a go at making his own beer and it turned out dogpiss. I'm sure after a few tries it is possible to get something good. Is this your first try?
I quite like Leffe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raoul Duke
I did a homebrew a while ago. The bottle I forgot about that got an extra fortnight was the best.
I've been checking out where I'm staying in London next week on Whatpub. 62 serving ale/craft on tap within half a mile of my hotel, apparently. :|
I've made cider before which is much easier, and I made an ale which didn't turn out well but it got me more used to the equipment. The one at the moment is a honey stout but, like Ias said above, I'm going to try leave it bottled as near to Christmas as I can as it's definitely nicer the longer it sits.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
Quite like Leffe also, and the local has the Oktoberfest brew of Erdinger in at the moment also which is nice stuff.
Erdinger is really nice. As is Berliner.
Never tried Berliner before, we're going to the Porterhouse for a night out from work soon though and if anyone has it they will.
Berliner is really nice.
I've bought my mate - https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/...s-gold-edition - that for his 30th birthday. Can't wait to have a taste. Bet it makes a wicked old fashioned.
That's what came up under a Berliner search where I normally order stuff from. I don't think it's the right one as it looks a bit :uhoh:
http://www.drinkstore.ie/Siren-Tschu...5060433630484/
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Blueberry Berliner Weisse with Mint, Lime and Orange
That looks awesome Kiko, love an old fashioned.
That's not it Giggles, I think this is it although it's been a few years so the branding is different to what I remember.
http://www.berliner-pilsner.de/marke/produktwelt
Edit: I just looked through photos of my last trip over and that is it. Going again in March for Hertha vs Dortmund, so will be sampling some more then.
Welcome to London. There will be another 62 in the next half mile as well, and in the half mile after that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian
Wthin half a mile is what, a square mile overall? Doesn't seem that many (was probably double that 30 years ago) and hasn't every British pub since ever sold at least some sort of ale?
It's probably rarer now but at one point you had enough places settling for a tap for Guinness and some sort of smooth flow affair.
I mean obviously some of those will be sporting a single tap for London Pride or whatever. They're not all going to be fifteen-pump beer-twat havens.
hipster twat affairs that are £5/pint can be annoying, but I generally see having a good selection of ale a staple of a good pub rather than a shit one. pubs with flat roofs that sell carling, fosters and john smiths dying out isn't going to make me lose sleep.
Absolutely. Not that drinking a lukewarm Carling while contemplating investing in a stab vest doesn't have its charms.
What area are you in Ian? I might be able to recommend somewhere.
A touch East of Liverpool St. station. Is that Shoreditch? I think a couple of places in your post I quoted in the Travel thread are near me.
Yeah - lots of good places around there. Couple of Brewdogs, Craft Beer Co. in Farringdon (walkable), Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, The Old Red Cow, The Old Fountain plus a load more.
Didn't spot the Brewdogs that were near by but saw the Craft Beer Co. and the Cheshire Cheese. Will definitely have a look at those other ones as well.
I'll see if I take the notion, might see if there's an impromptu TTH meet on the cards while I'm there.
That's the spirit
Ye Old Cheshire Cheese is just a Sam Smith's pub. That hardly counts as craft beer wankery, does it?
It's just a nice, quirky pub. Worth a visit
I'm not disputing that.
Although it can be full of City boys. :sick:
You leave Kiko alone
More Byron tbh. He's the broker wide boy.
This way I can cover my bottling it a week in advance by pretending others have bottled it despite being given zero notice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raoul Duke
You've got to think about these things.
Didn't realise there was a Craft Beer Co. within ten minutes of my hotel. Smashing.
Meanwhile I'm hydrating in what I think is just the closest pub to me.
Edit: Bugger me, Craft Beer Co has ALL THE TAPS.
i'll be in london next weekend and the weekend after if anyone is about for a pint x
Knocking a couple of your recommended pubs off my list, Raoul. Hat and Tun just now (it's nice, though the beer selection isn't great today) and Strongroom is next.
Provided I don't die getting there, anyway. I've somewhat overestimated how far I can walk without praying for the sweet release of death today.
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Strongroom is good, although better in summer. Lovely place to hang out in the beer garden.
Got a couple of bottles of Cute Hoor pale ale tonight to try. Pale ale my hole, it tastes like regular Smithwicks.
I was told something yesterday that I haven't been able to disprove yet:
If you drink two pints of different real ale and then for your third drink you get another ale AND a pint of water (not too cold and no lemon) and then close your eyes to drink a mouthful from each glass, you won't know which is which. It's hard to moderate yourself really because you know yourself what's going on, but maybe if you try it on a mate without telling him in advance - maybe say 'I bet you can't guess which is the one you had first' - you can see. At first I rubbished it, but after thinking about it I'm not so sure.
Another one is if you have one gin and tonic, the barman could give you just tonic for the rest of the night and you'd be none the wiser of the lack of gin. I can't test that one though because, as Taz once so eloquently put, gin and tonic tastes like licking PVA glue off your own mothers vagina.
Sounds like some night Baz
Decided to give crabbies raspberry alcoholic ginger beer a go.
Error. It's horrible.
I could have told you that.
Gonna tuck into some Four Roses single barrel in a bit. Thought I'd branch out from the usual Maker's Mark. Pretty nice.