posh beers and ales and stuff thread

just been down to aldi and picked these up for 99p each...might be shit, might be nice...will report back later

  On 3/24/2017 at 1:44 PM, BCM said:

pre-noon beer? dude...

Ya i strictly drink at night. Beer makes me so sleepy

  On 3/24/2017 at 8:02 PM, BCM said:

just been down to aldi and picked these up for 99p each...might be shit, might be nice...will report back later

 

Would definitely give the Red Rye IPA a go. Would give me a reason to go to Aldi if you say it's any good.

yeah had a couple of these now - the red rye was really good actually, kind of sweet and nutty but with a bitter finish

quite a fan of rye beer, there's a Guinness one out at the moment (blue label), first time I tried it I wasn't too sure but it grew on me

I'm off to the boozer today (need some social drinking), might post up a photo of the beers on offer as its a great little, old fashioned English pub. We'll see. Catchya later Beer Lords

i've been going too hard recently on the Belgian strong dark ales / quads, so i decided to go in a lighter direction and try some old-style "sours" and such.  Rodenbach is such a good fucking beer, slightly sour and INFINITELY drinkable and refreshing

then i decided to go a little deeper and try an old-style geuze:

it was good; very different and kinda funky on the back end, but good.  soooo then i decided to really go off the deep end and try the Oudbeitje Lambic:

wow this fucker is funky.  too funky for my taste.  i like sour and funk, but this was just turned up to 11.  i managed to finish it, but i had a stomach ache the rest of the night.  i have another bottle sitting in my basement, i'm not sure when i'll have the courage to go back around again on this one.

when you say funky, do you mean kinda mouldy tasting? like, tastes a bit soily? i've had belgian beers like that, wasn't into it.

  On 4/13/2017 at 11:00 AM, BCM said:

when you say funky, do you mean kinda mouldy tasting? like, tastes a bit soily? i've had belgian beers like that, wasn't into it.

funky as in it tastes like the smell of a barn full of animals.  a little funk is OK, like in an Orval, but the Oudbeitje was too much.

*jots it down*

I once drank 7 rodenbachs in about 40 min and proceeded to have the worst beer farts for the next 6 years of my life

  On 4/14/2017 at 12:26 AM, dr lopez said:

I once drank 7 rodenbachs in about 40 min and proceeded to have the worst beer farts for the next 6 years of my life

What happened after the 6 years?

I drank 8 more

I never really could get on with the American IPAs but have recently acquired the taste for Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. The last few years it's popped up in most UK supermarkets which always makes me worry a little if the quality may of dropped but hey-ho I don't know any different and each bottle when poured into a glass looks and tastes quite superior.

Eight bottles for Good Friday should do the trick  

^ yeah totally got into those when they first popped up a few years back.

They've taken a back seat as a staple fridge filler now though to Lagunitas IPA and Pistonhead Amber Ale. Oh and Brooklyn lager, still love those.

probably jazz but this is a decent 15 mins documentary on USA beer

just had one of these, really nice, unexpectedly fruity though.

  On 4/14/2017 at 11:00 AM, beerwolf said:

I never really could get on with the American IPAs but have recently acquired the taste for Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. The last few years it's popped up in most UK supermarkets which always makes me worry a little if the quality may of dropped but hey-ho I don't know any different and each bottle when poured into a glass looks and tastes quite superior.

 

Eight bottles for Good Friday should do the trick

My go-to IPA is usually Racer 5 from Bear Republic. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is good, but the rest of their beers pretty much taste the same with varying amounts of hops.

I'll have to try this Racer 5, its on beersofeurope but out of stock atm, I'll keep an eye out.

I have few bottles of Black Isle Organic Blonde, very tasty but I'm feeling a bit weary from yesterdays beer activities *big heavy yawn*   

Fair warning that it's a California IPA and thus is very hoppy. It's definitely one of the more palatable ones, though. Definitely not an East coast or English IPA which has a more complex flavor.

Had a New Zealand "Kife Party"  IPA today. 7.1%, very nice indeed. Balanced hops. Bhops. http://www.libertybrewing.co.nz/

Rob Swire was not involved.

https://youtu.be/Che00FhqXQg

7 beers and a couple of shots of makers mark: mix. listen. 

Quite good

Wow, sounds weird as hell.

is beetroot what british people call beets? 

yeah i guess

we also grow things called sugarbeets that are refined to make sugar.