posh beers and ales and stuff thread

  On 5/3/2013 at 12:44 PM, verticalhold said:

probably not what you'd call a posh beer but this thing is a hop grenade

 

pretty posh over here. yum.

Speaking of hops grenades.... by now I think everyone knows I LOVE Phillips brewery.. Well, this little guy is amazing. It's incredibly hoppy but it's light, no bitterness and it's extremely bright. Also at 5%, it is so easy to drink all the time (in place of a regular lager, or in place of water lol). It's an incredibly beer for a decent price. A 6 pack is about 13$

Been drinking some of these this week... It's got the slightly chocolatey taste but also has enough hops to balance it out from being too sweet as well... good stuff

Just about everything Shiner puts out is pretty decent. They also make one of the few explicitly fruity beers I actually enjoy, the Ruby Redbird grapefruit. It completely lives up to the "perfect summer beer" claim.

I had a Delirium Nocturnum last week and I didn't think it was THAT amazing.

does anyone know a good ale tasting like feet that they would recommend?

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot. It's a hoppy barleywine.

  On 5/9/2013 at 9:27 AM, Candiru said:

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot. It's a hoppy barleywine.

 

Cellar it for 3-5 years and it becomes amazing!

currently sipping on an Ale Asylum Bedlam. It's super good, citrusy and summery and hoppy as fuck.

  On 5/9/2013 at 4:10 AM, kaini said:

I had a Delirium Nocturnum last week and I didn't think it was THAT amazing.

friends off.

lol

jk. They aren't that amazing. It's good beer, not your typical budweiser or anything, but there ARE far better beers out there, I'm with ya.

Holy SHIT, guys! I went to Stanley's Beer Fest Day in Minneapolis yesterday, tried something like ten ales, or IPAs, or whatever, and I'm not even kidding, the ONLY thing I wanted to purchase at a later date was Fuller's 1845. This stuff tasted like honey or some god-granted thing.

Also ranking "really fucking awesome" is O'Dell's Milk Chocolate Stout.

Ignore this post if I'm getting a little too jazz.

Went to the Craft Beer Company in Clarkenwell on Saturday. Got completely sozzled. Over 400 different beers. Here's a few...

This was the second bottled beer I had (started on the taps). I got this one after the next picture because that one was sooooo amazing. Dark and muggy I'd say, in a good way. 7.4%

This one was fucking beaaauuutttiiiffffuuullll. So what I like about beer. Light and almost fruity. 6.2%

This one was ok I guess. It had a tequila type taste to it which I wasn't sure about but not too bad. I wouldn't have it again. 9.7%

I didn't visit either but there's a chicken shop and fish & chips just opposite. Perfect for a day on the piss.

Had this on my annual trip to Cloudcroft NM last month, had saved it from January solely for that occasion.

  On 9/9/2013 at 9:45 PM, spratters said:

Went to the Craft Beer Company in Clarkenwell on Saturday. Got completely sozzled. Over 400 different beers. Here's a few...

Ooh, looks good.

I've only ever had the Beaverton Smog Rocket (smoked porter) which they had at the bar at the London watmm meetup a few months back.

Gonna check this place out.

A friend of mine who has become a massive beer nerd produced this from his fridge last week:

It's more like a sour white wine but made with grain, so still technically a beer. Bottled in 2010 and apparently gets better with age for up to 20 years (the back of the label says drink within 20yrs of purchase lol)

The aftertaste made me want some stilton or some other kind of obnoxiously rancid cheese with it.

My mate doesn't stock that kind of thing so the next weekend I went to Utobeer (http://www.utobeer.co.uk/) in borough market and got a bottle for my lady & I to share and some rancid cheese to compliment it (sussex blue):

nice!

  On 9/10/2013 at 5:15 AM, joshuatx said:

Had this on my annual trip to Cloudcroft NM last month, had saved it from January solely for that occasion.

 

love a nice Quad. When on a budget, Avery's Reverend is good. When you have more money Straffe Hendrik quad is damn quality.

pretty much tastes like really sweet wine. this one was purchased by the girlfriend swearing "it's the only beer i like" then not drinking it. this is the raspberry flavor and is pretty much liquorice in liquid form with a very thing head

tonight i will be mostly drinking....

as well as polishing off my last 2 keltoi pale ales

Founder's porter is good stuff, the Breakfast Stout is awesome as well...

This shit right here was fucking delicious... and the bottle is pretty badass I saved it on a shelf. 2013 Surly Darkness

Founders centennial ipa is a favourite of mine and I like the breakfast stout alot. In fact I've not had anything I don't like from founders yet.

That lable IS cool!

newcastle cabbie: newcastle doing a darker (read as black) ale. kinda like really light liquorice but not as sweet and pretty much like the regular dog.

does it's job so no complaints over here

i'm having the sam adams winter variety pack- currently taking a swig of the white christmas ale. i heartily endorse this product

I need to go pick up some beers tomorrow... I'll report back with whatever I end up buying, the shop I go to always has some decent seasonals.