posh beers and ales and stuff thread

  On 4/25/2020 at 1:06 PM, rhmilo said:

  On 4/25/2020 at 12:03 PM, darreichungsform said:

Indian Pale Ale tastes like power, tastes like the tears of the colonised. It obviously tastes very soapy but that's not the point.

Don’t talk about things you know nothing about, you inhabitant of a nation that at the height of its power had colonized no more than a handful of rocks in the Pacific, some barely habitable slivers of the coast of Africa and the swampiest and most unpleasant bits of the island of New Guinea.

IPA is bitter to make the quinine colonial administrators had to drink to ward off malaria seem sweet in comparison.

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Please. My glorious nation has committed the first genocide of the 20th century against the Herero and Nama in Namibia under Emperor Wilhelm II, whose descendants, the former royal family of Prussia, are currently demanding compensation in the millions of Euros for "their" castles and museum inventory, after having helped Hitler to get into power.

Best beer:

  On 4/25/2020 at 1:31 PM, darreichungsform said:

My glorious nation has committed the first genocide of the 20th century against the Herero and Nama in Namibia under Emperor Wilhelm II

True. You came in late, didn’t last long, but definitely made an impact

... in what was easily the most unfashionable slice of African coast.

  On 4/25/2020 at 1:31 PM, darreichungsform said:

the former royal family of Prussia, are currently demanding compensation in the millions of Euros for "their" castles and museum inventory, after having helped Hitler to get into power.

That was a really interesting read, thanks!

If you haven’t read it, this guy’s book on the start of WWI is interesting as well, with some amusing bits thrown in, such as how the government of Serbia, a nation with barely 35% literacy, when confronted with the question whether to tax home alcohol production or school books opted for the latter.

  On 4/25/2020 at 2:36 PM, rhmilo said:

If you haven’t read it, this guy’s book on the start of WWI is interesting as well, with some amusing bits thrown in, such as how the government of Serbia, a nation with barely 35% literacy, when confronted with the question whether to tax home alcohol production or school books opted for the latter.

You mean "The Sleepwalkers"? I started reading this not long ago

Yeah, that’s the one. Huge mother of a book. 

I'm currently drinking a Coors Light

I hate to admit it but a few Coors Light out of the freezer on a hot day isn't such a bad thing 

Though once the thirst is quenched I need something with a bit more grit.

In China the regular beer is not only low quality, but low alcohol as well, around 2% or so.

Very good at the end of one of those damp 36 degrees Chinese summer days.

From a local brewery, Peach Drips Creamsicle IPA.  Hazy IPA with peach puree, lactose, and vanilla.  Pretty good, kinda strange to taste the hops and vanilla but I think it works well.

got a load of Chang in lads

Can of Strongbow last night. First in years. 0.000286% apples.

currently enjoying a can of Hever Lee, it's very nice

Apparently cream ales are strictly an American invention.  I had no idea.

Somewhere between an ale and a lager.  Can't taste the lime at all, but decent on a hot day.

harvey's sussex best is the only ale you ever need 

:)

A crispy boi with a nicely malty backbone. Light and crushable. 

  On 5/17/2020 at 3:19 AM, Stickfigger said:

Been drinking an american brown ale i made but its slightly too bitter for the style. Have a Mosaic Pale ale being kegged next week

How long have you been brewing your own beer?

that's very IDM imo

Flying Monkeys Invictus 2016 Imperial Stout, 18.5%, 0.475l

I guess this the strongest beer I've tasted that is still drinkable. It's pretty good but maybe a bit too wine-like.

i hate beer now

One of my favourites

Cunt Face Winkle Picker IPA 

It's 21.5 percent and comes in a 130ml bottle, but hopefully it'll be strong enough to numb the pain when my gay grandad and his spooky mates tries to fuck me later tonight, at the fly fishing lodge

I'm sure I'll write a 5000 word essay on ratebeer about it (obviously I'll leave out the incest rape bit) I'll just focus on stuff like I'm writing about how Falkor is a dreamy beast in the Neverending Story

Put on the Falcor mask Grandad 

Hahah!

  On 6/15/2020 at 7:54 PM, dr lopez said:

i hate beer now

It’s all about the light & crispy bois these days. No DIPAs or Imperial Fucking Stouts for a while here. 

I still like good beer, but the beer snobs these days are intolerable.

Imperial stouts 4lyfe. I don't want to go have a piss every 30min.

TBH, nowadays I mostly like to drink dark rum and brandy.

Yes, I'm getting old.

Craft beer was fun when it was just “hey - you know they have different *kinds* of beer?”. Now it’s just ridiculous.