I've sampled the Delapre Dark, Wagtail and Gobbler from Great Oakley so far this evening and I can't fault any of them.
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Waiting for my Turkish takeaway to be readied with a pint of Purity Mad Goose to celebrate Cask Ale Week 2020
Hobo strength brewdog
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Dinner and drinks for one?
Chicken kofte with DEYA’s Invoice Me For The Microphone IPA
Sunday cold-chain delivery from Cloudwater ahead of their “Meet The Brewer” in-line event with Other Half NYC next week.
Very excited for this. In April I was supposed to be in NYC and had planned an afternoon at OH’s Brooklyn Taproom, amongst other beery visits (Brooklyn Brewery Tap, Singlecut, Top Hops, Carmine St Beers and a few others). I’d planned on bringing a suitcase-worth of US beers home, of stuff that’s just impossible to get here unless someone mules it for you.
Anyway, I’ll enjoy these at my leisure between now and Xmas and topped-up the box to 12 with a few of Cloudwater’s latest hits.
This Treehouse DIPA is just ridiculous it's so good
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Enjoying Menabrea pale lager. Really nice. Similar to peroni but nicer.
Had a first world emergency earlier, no anchovies at Tesco to put in my puttanesca sauce! Had to divert to Lidl, where they were cheaper anyways, so I got a couple of bottles whilst there. The Golden Goose is gorgeous . . .
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Had these last week, shared Buxton and Vocation/Brew York with eldest , Vocation/B Y one particularly good.
Had new re-branded Horsforth Brewery Black IPA , now got canning line , really like this.
Middle son had this , as it says on the tin strawberry and sour , nice and refreshing.
He talked me into getting this as last one in Jim’s where he works , probably a sharing one!
Had a walk to Woodside Micro-pub ,with son who works at Jim’s ,on Saturday teatime, it specialises in Belgium/German and also Japanese beers , 4 keg lines and bottles.
I had a Earl Grey/Yuzu IPA and son had the Marzen
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The weekend starts here . . .
F.T.F.A.
Treehouse DIPA and some new bits for the coffee machine
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Mag-ni-fi-co
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Dark wet nights call for some tasty winter porter.
Slipped these two into the basket at M&S when Mrs Sish wasn't looking.
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Given the state of the Country / World anything but tonight Kronenberg
I FEEL LIKE I'M DIAGONALLY PARKED IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE
Ocado’s beer offering has taken a marked uptick in quality and variety.
Particularly excited to try this...
Meanwhile, last night I tucked-in to these beauties...
Used to be that Cloudwater beers were a bit of a dice-roll quality wise. No more. This is a fantastic core range beer. Low abv but bags of flavour and good texture. You could yawn down loads of these!
And beers from my favourite US brewery, New York’s Other Half. Cracked the can on this one and it was so fruity it reminded me of opening a pack of Jolly Ranchers. Delicious, fruity, smooth IPA.
And this, a little spicier, but gloriously smooth thanks to the Oat Cream. A few more still to go
Mmm, those two porters look well worth an expedition to M&S and worthy additions to the beer advent calendar this year.
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
Starting the evening with Combined Whimsey by Verdant. It is a crisp and refreshing pale ale (very pale)
Rather nice. Might have to pop up to their tap room one afternoon.
Getting through them this evening - this one is not the best black lager I have tasted.
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Update on my earlier post. I most certainly wouldn't recommend this. It was thin and lacked any great distinctive taste. Youngs Chocolate Stout is vastly superior (IMHO).
Here ends the customer review.
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Tonight’s roll of honour...
Promises, promises. It’s an ok beer, but it doesn’t live up to the billing. Very light, maybe I had it too cold, I dunno, but it’s pretty average.
I’ll declare two biases on the next one.
1. I supported the Red Elephany Beer Cellar (Truro) crowdfunder that bank-rolled this, and
2. I’m a Verdant fanboy,
... but... it’s a really good beer.
Last of the night is this Oatmeal, Coffee & Cacao stout from Arbor which I picked up at M&S.
Pretty mellow coffee flavour, dark chocolate, both in balance, neither overpowering. Texture more akin to a Porter than a stout, lightly carbonated, hides the 6.9% ABV for sure.
And sadly this wasn't any better. Tasting mostly of cloves, it didn't have a lot of other flavours. Sam Smiths do a Winter Warmer every year that is just so much nicer. One to avoid.
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Off the Christmas list then
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
I was genuinely disappointed. I thought I'd try some different beers, at £2.50 a pop I expected perhaps slightly better than my usual choice. Sadly this wasn't to be, but the next time I am at a Sam Smiths stockist I'll be getting some 2020 Winter Warmer and I know I won't be let down.
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I haven’t tried that last one you posted, and now won’t!
The Meantime Brewery is 5 streets away from where I live and, whilst I have a local affinity for it, can’t help but feel the quality of their beers has not held up since they were sold to SAB Miller in 2015.
That said, the London Lager and Chocolate Porter remain decent, I wouldn’t bother with anything else of theirs though.
Popped into Woodside micro bar Thursday and had 1/2 Anchor Go West IPA real hoppy,
this top of one of beer fridge
Lots of German/Belgium also.
Had this last night before switching to wine!
Fruity with bitter finish , a good one from local brewer.
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What's a great batch this is
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I tried this a few weeks ago
It’s not bad. I have had a lot worse. Not overly coffee which is a plus point for me. It so s potent beer though. I like my pints about 3.5 - 4.5%. More room to try more...
I agree with the sentiments on Mean time, since the sold out to the big boys they don’t seem to have maintained their standards, everything seems to have been brewed or a cost.
It’s the same for Beavertown.
If you get a chance try a few from Weird Beer they are local to me and are a great bunch of guys producing really good beer in West London.
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Couple of cans for Sunday night
Northern Monk hint of peanut and sweet jammy finish. Siren coffee/chocolates with cherry sourness.
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I was in Majestic and these cans caught my eye.
Funny how your frontal cortex and opthalmic centre conspire to make a conclusion.
Now I can't unsee it
heaven knows what "Infinite Piss" tastes like
It actually tastes pretty good... I tried it over the summer and would have it again if a low alcohol beer was in order. It has an apricot stone nose that follows through on the palate, I really enjoyed it.
An early ale for me, starting with a palate cleansing WC DIPA with a pastry stout lined up for later after dinner.
Burnt Mill DIPA
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I'm looking forward to some Allendale Black Grouse porter in the Vic tomorrow, it was settling yesterday after being delivered earlier in the day.
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Main course done and settled, now for desert. They're not for everyone however I love what Amundsen are doing right now.
At 13.5% I'll be sleeping well tonight
Amundsen "Cherry Queen" cherry chocolate fudge sundae ultra pastry stout