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    £175. Blimey.I think I already said me and my brother in law are going full nerd and using the Brewdog boxes from last year to fill up a calendar for each other this year. £90 budget.

    And it has to be said what I've got for him.so far is mega.

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    I like the "No hints included" aspect. Genuine surprise when you open it.
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    I’ve no doubt they’ll all be rare and expensive stuff but the more I think of it the more I’d be afraid that might mean a high ratio of spirit aged stouts. They will have some one-offs just produced for the box though going by last year though.

    I wish I’d someone to make me up one like that.

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    Late having my first beer of the day so I'm starting off with Northern Monk's cucumber and yuzu pale. Proper tasty for a 4.2%. You could sit and tan this in a beer garden all day.

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    I had six pints of 'tea' tonight, but it was actually beer. God I've missed England.

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    Tell us the beer, you slag.

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    https://www.hogsback.co.uk/brands/al...nd-ales/t-e-a/

    Think it's a local one to here, but it went down like gibberish at a Trump rally.

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    A good bitter is magic.

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    Six pints of the same thing
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    Only way to go if you find something decent.

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    Depends where I am. If there's loads of taps I'll keep trying stuff, if it's a pub with a handful and I know there's a clear favourite I'll stick with it.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
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    Think it's a local one to here, but it went down like gibberish at a Trump rally.
    I've had it bottled before and enjoyed it a lot.

    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    A good bitter is magic.
    It's weird how there's such a fine margin with bitter between a really nice one and "Oh this is just like every other middling bitter I've ever had."

    I may have mentioned in here recently but as part of their Project Barista Siren did a coffee bitter and it actually did the impressive job of actually tasting like a bitter with a little something extra rather than "we're making a beer and bunging a load of Fuggles in it so we can pretend it's like a bitter."

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    I’ve got to the stage that unless something is getting great word of mouth I’ve my main few beers that I’m always getting now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian View Post
    Depends where I am. If there's loads of taps I'll keep trying stuff, if it's a pub with a handful and I know there's a clear favourite I'll stick with it.



    I've had it bottled before and enjoyed it a lot.



    It's weird how there's such a fine margin with bitter between a really nice one and "Oh this is just like every other middling bitter I've ever had."

    I may have mentioned in here recently but as part of their Project Barista Siren did a coffee bitter and it actually did the impressive job of actually tasting like a bitter with a little something extra rather than "we're making a beer and bunging a load of Fuggles in it so we can pretend it's like a bitter."
    Yeah someone here (Western Herd?) did one recently and it was just really generic but it went down well because it was the only one someone was doing. Wasn’t a patch on some British ones you’d find from time to time in Wetherspoons, especially when they’ve a cask on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Baz View Post
    Six pints of the same thing
    Don't you get a keg in every Christmas?

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    Next time I'll remember to stop drinking a drink I like and begin drinking ones I don't.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    Don't you get a keg in every Christmas?
    Two small ones between the family. Usually have like 2 of each max.

    Maybe it’s just me being weird but I try to get a different pint everytime if I’m out, to try. Obviously I wouldn’t switch from ale to Fosters though.
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    Jimmy's not a wanker like us though.

    I'm with you though for the most part. Or at least I am if there's new stuff to try. If it's a load of stuff I've had before I'll just stick with whatever my preferred one is.

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    I have a Triple IPA from The Garden Brewery who are from Croatia.

    ^^ Sounds like something John Peel would say before playing some esoteric thrash metal outfit

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    I've had a handful of things by them. A mixed back but they've got some good stuff.

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    Yeah, it was alright but nothing special.

    Now onto a witbier from St Bernardus. My local beer shop has a great selection

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    Was it the White Hag Puca you were a big fan of Giggles?

    Can't give it away here [massive photo warning].

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    I hold out hope that The Atlantean gets the same treatment, but I think I bought all of that first time around when the stock was new and on promotion.

    Had a Dark Star limited edition yesterday which was decent. Cali IPA, can't recall the name, something spacey.

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    It’s a long time from I had it but I always enjoyed one (the pink one). Sours are the only one that work for me in a 330ml can, I’d see the size banned otherwise.

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    I brewed an American Amber today due to a big lack of them on the market here. Some of my hops were gone off I think so the combo isn’t completely what I wanted but hopefully be supping it this day week.

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    Talk to me about those Perfect Draft things.

    Anyone got/used one? Any good?
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    I've got the SUB and it's decent but doesn't work out cheaper and takes an age to cool so I've barely used it.

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    Sounds like the kind of thing you'd stick in the 'home bar', in the room with the pool table in it.

    The room of shattered dreams.

    Treason - West Coast IPA (Windsor & Eton) is a decent effort by the poshos.

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    My local offie is full of the kegs for them and apparently they sell really well. Mostly German stuff.

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    So I'm drinking this:
    https://www.tremblingmadness.com/Sta...eer-p414566532

    A "toffee apple cinnamon fruit shake sour."

    They've somehow managed to combine the fresh, sharp fruit of a sour with the sort of warm, spiced, rich things you'd expect in a big thick wintery ale. With lactose, for the "shake" part. I've no idea how they've married those things together and I suspect it'll be a very marmite beer depending on your taste. I ordered it half expecting to hate it but I really, really like it.

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    Scrapped the idea of perfect draft machine. Gonna look up those mini kegs for this year instead.
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    You can buy a dispenser for those mini kegs now that take a CO2 cartridge and keep the keg cool too. Means you don’t have to empty it in a couple of evenings.

    This is one that a local place here does but I’d say they’re widely enough available.

    https://www.stmelsbrewing.com/produc...keg-dispenser/

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    @Ian





    Panda Nero is the core range tiramisu stout and the rest variations of it.

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    Ooh, I like the sound of that.

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    Double Panda would run the van.

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    Come on then @Ian, what did your brother in law have in store for you today?

    Brewdog day 1:

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    Okay so day 1:
    I got him New Bristol Irish Coffee & Vanilla Ice-Cream Affogato Christmas Stout.

    He got me a Loch Lomond Elevator Pitch an NEIPA. He says I've definitely won and I'd agree but a) he's actually rated the stout and a little higher than I have and b) this is is a good sessionable NEIPA but could do with a less watery finish.

    I see Brewdog got off to a blazing hot start...

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    Day 2:
    I got him: https://www.fiercebeer.com/item/343/...per-Brain.html
    He got me: https://www.beershophq.uk/products/t...-days-of-x-mas

    I think for my personal tastes I've won again today, though I suspect he might like his more than I like mine. I do enjoy a To Ol though so should be good.

    What've Brewdog given you, @Baz ?

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    Got myself a pack of chocolate hazelnut porters. Hope they're food.

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    I ... don't know if that's a fortunate typo. I need to get back on the whisky hunt. I might skip Aberlour this year in favour of something different.

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    Oh shit

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    Personally, I'd say the one you picked sounds better than the one you received, but I'd be glad of either.

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    I'm quite pleased with it, to be honest. Something I'd actually choose myself and not some watered down boring piss like yesterday. It's not amazing like, but it's new to me.

    Semi-related but those Tony's Chocolonely bars are a nightmare to eat. Just make the segments square, dammit.
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    Yeah that's solid, I like that one.

    Quote Originally Posted by Baz View Post
    Personally, I'd say the one you picked sounds better than the one you received, but I'd be glad of either.
    I find chilli beers veeeeery hit or miss, that's all. I love Fierce though so it's entirely possible it's ace.

    Siren's chilli beer in this year's Caribbean Chocolate Cake set was lovely because it sort added a bit of heat where you'd get the warmth from barrel aging, say, rather than I BET YOU'D LIKE TO TASTE SOME CHILLI IN YOUR BEER EH?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian View Post
    Siren's chilli beer in this year's Caribbean Chocolate Cake set was lovely because it sort added a bit of heat where you'd get the warmth from barrel aging, say, rather than I BET YOU'D LIKE TO TASTE SOME CHILLI IN YOUR BEER EH?
    Siren's Death by Caribbean Chocolate Cake beer is the highest rated beer on Untappd, albeit with only 526 ratings. 4.10 out of 5.0
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    That's not the chilli one but the the Death By is among my highest rated. It's absolutely superb.

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    Today:
    I got him: https://www.beermerchants.com/siren-euphoria
    He got me: https://www.fiercebeer.com/item/351/...Like-Buns.html

    I've had the Euphoria and it's really nice (a proper 'I could sit in the sun and drink this all day' beer) but I've definitely ended up with the better beer today.

    Quote Originally Posted by Baz View Post
    Semi-related but those Tony's Chocolonely bars are a nightmare to eat. Just make the segments square, dammit.
    I missed this.

    You're not wrong. They're really good so given that and it's all for a good cause I'll treat myself to one every so often but the shape of that bits and that big fuck-off chunk in the middle is a weird way to design a bar.

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    The salted caramel one is banging. As is the pretzel one. The trick is to whack it on the kitchen counter a few times to break up the weird shapes

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    Cinnamon bun ale

    Thankfully, seeing the bottom half of the can lessened the initial when I opened Day 3, but still not best pleased:

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    Because you don't like mango or because it's just another so-so beer?

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    I knew there would be some given the place I ordered from, but after a good start I was still disappointed to pull out a Trappist blond this evening.

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    La Trappe, if anyone knows it. It’s grand but just very Belgian.

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    I do like a La Trappe but Belgian golden ales are a bit like English bitters in that while there are some very, very nice ones a lot of them just sort of roll into the one identical beer.

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