posh beers and ales and stuff thread

Definitely not a warm weather beer, which is why it's been sitting in my basement for six months. I always give it a longing glance when I am down there. Will report back after I've enjoyed it.

I admire people who can have world-class beers sat around doing nothing for six months. Six hours would be pushing it with me ; )

Maybe if your American and you have to get certain beers exported from over the pond, I guess you would have a different perspective and keep them for special occasions.

Yes I am in the US, and have been looking for this beer since last christmas. Finally found one locally in the summer and didn't want to waste it. It's not easy...

  On 11/25/2017 at 10:07 PM, beerwolf said:

 the Trappist's 

hand-made ale's (in God's hands, obviously)

picked these up at my local farmshop which has an excellent selection of beers. it’s only about 3 minutes walk away too :)

I'm really into The Wild Beer Co.

I'm gonna order a big mixed case from them next week (for Christmas). They're excellent!! Yum yum.

sigma gold:

not much head on this, but a really smooth mellow, fruity kind of ale. delicious. 7.5/10

delta rye:

much more complex, deep chocolately earthy flavour...took me a couple of pulls to get into it, but am

now enjoying 7/10

http://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/trappistes-rochefort-pottery-chalice

put in my xmas order with Beers of Europe and spied these pretty nifty handmade chalices (obviously I nabbed one)

  On 12/10/2017 at 10:58 AM, beerwolf said:

http://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/trappistes-rochefort-pottery-chalice

 

put in my xmas order with Beers of Europe and spied these pretty nifty handmade chalices (obviously I nabbed one)

that's pretty awesome!  are they sanctioned by the monastery, or made by a 3rd party?

not sure (I did ask myself the same question)

  On 12/10/2017 at 1:50 PM, beerwolf said:

not sure (I did ask myself the same question)

damn, that website doesn't ship to the US.  was gonna ask the Mrs. to get me one for Christmas :(

couldn't find one elsewhere on the internet either

never had the barrel aged Chimay blue, can't wait to enjoy this with my family over the holidays.

Home and Bargains often have one off beers for 99p or less. Bought a fair few of these recently in Shrewsbury..

Oakham beers buy on sight. The other one is a collaboration between Brewdog and Yeastie Boys (Beer makers love a pun) - really hoppy black porter with a head that would make Divine Brown proud. 

150% Beer Porn, dayum some of these look lush, you can almost smell them thru the screen.

Will treat myself to 1 from the old man's beer collection on Christmas Day cos abstinence only goes so far when Pops aint around himself any more to finish them off.

Beer based stews n sauces are delicious when cooked out properly, slow cooker is gonna get a workout in the cold of January so you get the full range of flavour profiles without the actual booze hits. Works with all cuts of beef, lamb & acres of veg, chin-chin

my tapatalk photos keep freezing and won't send (I think the pic resolution is too high and/or I need to upgrade the account)otherwise I'd be a bit more active in this corner of watmm

I ordered a mixed case of The Wild Beer Co, who's beer I'm becoming fascinated with. Had the Tepache https://wildbeer.myshopify.com/collections/limited-editions/products/tepache who's description I wasn't so sure on, but wow what an absolute stunning beer! Then had Rooting Around Autumn https://wildbeer.myshopify.com/products/rooting-around-autumn which was absolutely awful, which is part of the fun I guess (lucky the Tepache was 660ml and Rooting was 330ml ; ) ​

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  On 12/16/2017 at 8:46 PM, cwmbrancity said:

 

Beer based stews n sauces are delicious when cooked out properly, slow cooker is gonna get a workout in the cold of January so you get the full range of flavour profiles without the actual booze hits. Works with all cuts of beef, lamb & acres of veg, chin-chin

some friends of ours got us a cookbook dedicated to cooking with Belgian beer.  over 100 recipes from appetizers to dessert, even one using Westvleteren 12 (who would ever cook with this instead of drinking it?!).

we had them over and tried out two dishes from the cookbook, a pork with Westmalle dubbel, and pears with Kriek.  loved it.

the only answer to that is to up my fkn game & google around some of those Belgian beauties, reading it made this face

Nogne - Imperial Stout - 9%

Christ this is truly an intense savage wonderful beer. I bought this from The Grumpy Goat shop in Reading on a whim (I recognised the Nogne ​O ​symbol as beer worth checking out). I couldn't drink more than one though, not because of the strength but because the flavour is so very rich. Actually on second thoughts you could twist my arm and I'd have another one...

​Satanic black in colour but heavenly deep in taste

come to butthead, deep black stouts & porters were olde favourites

This stuff

(specifically the Blanche)

Can't be arsed writing a poncey review (partly cos I'm drunk off it) but it's quite nice innit

got some nice gifts this xmas...  i'm a few steps closer to my goal of trying all of the Trappist beers available, thanks to the Mrs.

can't wait to try them.

Massachusetts Trappist, I'd like to try that! Hail the good work of the Monk *bows*

And stuff the January detox, as I have next week off to recuperate from 6 weeks of ballbreaking work so I just put in a tasty order myself. Hopefully I'll sort out the tapatalk photo glitch and post some pics up a bit later.

  On 1/4/2018 at 10:48 PM, Charles Nelson Reilly said:

got some nice gifts this xmas...  i'm a few steps closer to my goal of trying all of the Trappist beers available, thanks to the Mrs.

 

can't wait to try them.

 

 

 

they have a few of those beers at Beerhawk (uk online beer shop) the Trappist 8 Achel Blonde & Bruin and the Spencer Trappist Ale

I'll be honest and say I know almost nothing about American beer, I'd like to rectify that in the future, beerhawk also got some Founders beers in which are highly rated (never tasted them)

Anyway I'm drinking a pint of Schneider Weisse Mein Aventinus (Tap 6) and weighing in at a very sturdy 8.2%, one of my favorite beers

Old Rasputin - once a favorite, always a favorite. Best in show. GOOD

(i even have the hoodie. i'm a fanboi)

  Quote

Light noble hops, caramel specter to burnt caramel and light chocolate, malts well developed, light medium bitterness, light mineral.

https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/wieselburger-schwarzbier/362424/

 

i concur..quite yummy