posh beers and ales and stuff thread

just picked up my brew from a microbrewery in town, just in time for festivities. Belgian Dubbel mmmmmmmm

this stuff is delicious... not overly sweet either, goes down pretty light for a stout, but it has all the flavor.

had some norweigan smoked ale yesterday that was brilliant, from haandbryggeriat.

can't find a picture of it to post, but if you ever see anything by that brewery you MUST try it. Especially Odins Tipple if you like stouts.

I recommend The Kernel brewery IPAs etc. Quite pricey (anything from £4.50 to £7.00) but well worth it.

http://www.thekernelbrewery.com/

^ You can get Kernel beers in Kris Wines in Kentish Town for £2.99 and less.

Repost of some stuff I got in for Christmas and New Years, most of which I still have not drunk:

Stopped by the Central Waters brewery on the way to my 97-year old cousin Maynard's house a few days ago and purchased a 4-pack of this bourbon barrel stout. It was pretty strong, but once I allowed it to warm-up, it really was delicious for being nearly 10%.

You say high % like it's a bad thing! I love some incredibly strong beers, especially stouts with an oak finish. They finish like a nice whisky with all kinds of aromatics.

I think one of my favorite was a mikeller stout that was around 20% abv...

greetings from beerland

  On 1/1/2014 at 11:53 PM, hello spiral said:

^ You can get Kernel beers in Kris Wines in Kentish Town for £2.99 and less.

 

Repost of some stuff I got in for Christmas and New Years, most of which I still have not drunk:

 

 

 

omg trappist west vleteren that's the best beer on earth wtf!!

It's great beer for sure. I wouldn't say it's nearly the best though. Matter of taste isn't it?

I much prefer the chimay anniversary trappist ale to that, among a plethora of other (other than trappist that is) varieties.. =/

  On 1/2/2014 at 1:21 AM, Ivan Ooze said:

greetings from beerland

Beerland is best land!

I'd probably be pushing 300 pounds if I lived in Belgium, though.

  On 1/2/2014 at 1:25 AM, Ivan Ooze said:

 

  On 1/1/2014 at 11:53 PM, hello spiral said:

 

^ You can get Kernel beers in Kris Wines in Kentish Town for £2.99 and less.

 

omg trappist west vleteren that's the best beer on earth wtf!!

Ha yeah, apparently.

Got them, purely by chance, in Kris Wines too. Had no idea what they were.

There was this wooden crate in there with unlabelled bottles and I noticed when I was browsing that people kept coming in, waiting by the door, and the owner would grab a few bottles from the crate and the guys would pay and leave.

I asked what they were as I was paying for my choices and got the whole 'best beer in the world' schtick. He also said that he'd only had the crate 4 hours and they'd be gone soon.

How could I resist?

I haven't opened them yet as I need to practice getting the caps off without damaging them. That's something else the owner told me. After you've drank'em, you can make your money back putting the caps and empty bottles on Ebay.

At first I was incredulous. Alright dude, I'm already buying them. Enough of the sales patter.

But sure enough, I checked ebay and it's true :|

Shit's crazy. Totally gonna give it a go though lol.

  On 1/1/2014 at 11:53 PM, hello spiral said:

^ You can get Kernel beers in Kris Wines in Kentish Town for £2.99 and less.

 

Repost of some stuff I got in for Christmas and New Years, most of which I still have not drunk:

 

 

 

/thread

Makes me cry

That looks terrible

Haha I've had that stuff. Unibroue also made the only mead I ever really liked. Mjöd. Great stuff.

Unibroue is a damn good brewery all around, I got a pretty cool Maudite beer glass from them last year with a sampler pack. Looks like this...

  On 1/2/2014 at 4:14 AM, hello spiral said:

 

  On 1/2/2014 at 1:25 AM, Ivan Ooze said:

 

  On 1/1/2014 at 11:53 PM, hello spiral said:

^ You can get Kernel beers in Kris Wines in Kentish Town for £2.99 and less.

omg trappist west vleteren that's the best beer on earth wtf!!

Ha yeah, apparently.

 

Got them, purely by chance, in Kris Wines too. Had no idea what they were.

There was this wooden crate in there with unlabelled bottles and I noticed when I was browsing that people kept coming in, waiting by the door, and the owner would grab a few bottles from the crate and the guys would pay and leave.

 

I asked what they were as I was paying for my choices and got the whole 'best beer in the world' schtick. He also said that he'd only had the crate 4 hours and they'd be gone soon.

How could I resist?

 

I haven't opened them yet as I need to practice getting the caps off without damaging them. That's something else the owner told me. After you've drank'em, you can make your money back putting the caps and empty bottles on Ebay.

 

At first I was incredulous. Alright dude, I'm already buying them. Enough of the sales patter.

But sure enough, I checked ebay and it's true :|

Shit's crazy. Totally gonna give it a go though lol.

 

wow, it's even very hard to get them here in belgium, i only drank one once but it was the best beer i had

  On 1/2/2014 at 3:23 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

 

  On 1/2/2014 at 4:14 AM, hello spiral said:

 

  On 1/2/2014 at 1:25 AM, Ivan Ooze said:

 

  On 1/1/2014 at 11:53 PM, hello spiral said:

^ You can get Kernel beers in Kris Wines in Kentish Town for £2.99 and less.

omg trappist west vleteren that's the best beer on earth wtf!!

Ha yeah, apparently.

 

Got them, purely by chance, in Kris Wines too. Had no idea what they were.

There was this wooden crate in there with unlabelled bottles and I noticed when I was browsing that people kept coming in, waiting by the door, and the owner would grab a few bottles from the crate and the guys would pay and leave.

 

I asked what they were as I was paying for my choices and got the whole 'best beer in the world' schtick. He also said that he'd only had the crate 4 hours and they'd be gone soon.

How could I resist?

 

I haven't opened them yet as I need to practice getting the caps off without damaging them. That's something else the owner told me. After you've drank'em, you can make your money back putting the caps and empty bottles on Ebay.

 

At first I was incredulous. Alright dude, I'm already buying them. Enough of the sales patter.

But sure enough, I checked ebay and it's true :|

Shit's crazy. Totally gonna give it a go though lol.

 

wow, it's even very hard to get them here in belgium, i only drank one once but it was the best beer i had

 

A few cases trickled into the States early this year because the monks needed to raise funds for roof patching or sommat. Prices were ridiculously high and it all apparently sold out promptly. I checked in a few places the same day they were supposedly available, and there was nothing left. There's probably a case sitting unnoticed somewhere in Bumfuck, USA, lost in the quickly overturning Coors Light shuffle. I can only dream.

How ridiculous?

These were £10 a bottle.

  On 1/2/2014 at 8:22 PM, hello spiral said:

How ridiculous?

 

These were £10 a bottle.

I think they were officially packaged as gift packs of six (11 or 12 oz) bottles, maybe with a tasting glass, at around US $90.

edit: I was unaware of the selling empties perk, though

Oh yeah, I saw those in this thread I think.

Just looked them up. I can purchase one for £192 lol

No fucking chance, don't care how good this beer tastes.

Theres some brewdog beers that are 300$ a bottle.

Haven't tried it yet though I can buy it from a local shop.

Most fancy pants beer I've tried is probably that infinium or maybe a holgate beelzebub. I do like Nail stout though and they do have that in different vintages at my go-to store. Gotta remind myself that these are aussie prices though, so that $150 nail is probably like $60 elsewhere

"Not Your Father's Root Beer".

The place that has it on tap won't serve you more than three.