Have started my Wetherspoon's beer festival experience with Sir Ryan from a brewery in Leicester, very good especially at £2.15 a pint!
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Have started my Wetherspoon's beer festival experience with Sir Ryan from a brewery in Leicester, very good especially at £2.15 a pint!
Ended up at a new restaurant in Dundee with the Wife tonight and they had both Heveleer and Anchor Steam (!!!) on tap.
Anchor is easily my favourite beer but it's almost impossible to get (apart from San Fran, where it's everywhere!).
Had that when I was in San Fran 10 years ago with a sour dough chowder boy it was good. In fact one nite at a club called 'Bottom of the Hill' I drank loads of different local stuff and ended up walking back to hotel... In broad daylight. I was roughQuote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
Finally got round to this one today, nothing special IMO maybe it doesn't travel well :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Steve-O
Gosser and sproni decent in budapest 1.50 a goQuote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Is it one of those Wetherspoons festivals where foreign brewers come over and brew a beer at a UK brewery so that Wetherspoons can sell it on cask?Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve-O
I've heard good things about the Yeastie Boys but not yet been able to sample their stuff.
Anchor Steam in bottles in creeping in. I've seen it in Mathers at the top of Broughton Street and in the Mash Tun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
I managed to get a case of 24 in Makro for 23 quid. It was incorrectly priced and should have been 32 quid :greengrin
Anyway, tonight's tipples are Stewarts 80 shilling in the Stable Bar and a bottle of Directors at home.
On the subject of the Stable Bar, the way the staff were talking it sounds like it's closing down.
Luvians in St Andrews used to do the bottles but it's an incredibly rare thing to find it on tap outside the USA (or more specifically, California).Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikey
Apparently, there's a pub near Clapham Junction that has it on tap along with an impressive array of other beers, so a trip looms large in the summer!
Anchor are distributed by James Clay who have quite a big deal with them I think, so don't be surprised to see Steam, Porter and California Lager on tap in more and more places.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
That's my Oktoberfest bier just gone into the fermenting bin. Hopefully in a month or so I'll find out just how good it is. :greengrin
Did you get this on hand pump btw? Thought I read somewhere they were doing it that way but that is not the way I had it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Also they're using different tea over there, so might make the difference!
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve-O
Ah. Should try it on a regular tap IMO (if possible). I'm not really a fan of the hand pump stuff in general.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
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Originally Posted by Steve-O
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The beer threads slipped onto page 2, booooo!:greengrin
I've moved onto summer season pilsner and pale ale mode mostly but got a bottle of irish stout from m&s tonight expecting it to be a slightly better guiness. Much better than that though, more like an improved march of the penguins and went down beautifully with some lamb and mash. Produced by the Carlow Brewing Company and well worth a look imo.
Was working in Stirling today and noticed an advert in the window of the Majestic wine warehouse,,, a 24 bottle box of Samuel Adams Boston lager for only £24,,,bought the one box but at that price I might buy a couple more, Mr Tesco's are charging nearly £2 a bottle, and we are hitting BBQ season!
My homebrewed oktoberfest bier has now been be bottled, kept in warm environment for two weeks and had a week conditioning in the garage. Another three weeks and it should be good to go.
I also started primary fermentation on a 40 pint kit of st Peter's ruby red ale at the weekend.
I'll be shaking like a *****t!ng dug by the time I've drunk all this 😁
I'm currently working on a micro brewery in the Bonnington area where you come in use the facilities & brew your own beer. Then come back when it's ready & collect your bottles & enjoy. It's not quite open yet but I'll certainly be using it & will pass on the details to anyone interested. An added bonus is you can sample on site.
Sounds right up my street ..:greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by trev the hat
Have a look at J2Brewing.com it's based on this & should be live within 4weeks. I'm planning a night down there with the boys booking the 6 brew stations & sampling as we go. Could be messy :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by GrumpyHibbie
Or here - http://www.971talk.com/glover/colomb...-at-j2-brewing
That looks brill ..wonder what the prices are for that ..:agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by trev the hat
Not sure on the prices as it's still under construction. I know the bottles are expensive so bringing your own bottles when collecting will save a good few quid. I think you get around 90 half pint bottles for your brew or approx 50litres of wort. I'm looking forward to giving this a go as the set up looks really good. There will also be some vouchers nearer launch date so will post up before it kicks off. Must add
its nothing to do with me I'm merely doing the plumbing / gas work on the project & the guys are bang on & will appreciate the word getting spread.
Good stuff mate, anything you hear..prices..facebook etc ..fire it up here, cheers for the heads up ..:aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by trev the hat
Cracked open a few bottles of the honebrewed Oktoberfest bier at the weekend and by jove it's good stuff. Will use another 30% more sugar at bottling to give it a bit more fizz next time.
It's a beautiful amber colour and tastes a bit like paulaner but slightly maltier.
Homebrew is definitely the way forward. The only pain in the erchie is the waiting game.
Wee bump for this thread.
CAMRAs beer of the year announced:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-28769152
Hmmm...Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Of all the amazing beers I've drank this year, I struggle to believe this would make my top 100. Then again, 95% of what I drink isn't antiquated 'real ale'.
Oakham's citra is a beautiful beer. Haven't tried the gold or bronze winners.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Brewery now open
http://www.kraftybrew.com
I've not been down yet myself but intend making a night of it with a few mates within next couple months.
The IPA is apparently very popular.
Fill yet boots (bottles) ;-)
Cheers Trev ..:aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by trev the hat
Got a few 8wired beers on tap now that I've rarely seen before. Blackwired (their black IPA) is pretty good, not overly keen on the Farmhouse Pale Ale though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve-O
If you get the chance to try the Siren and To Ol collab 10 Finger Discount then make sure you do. One of my IPAs of the year, it's aged in cedar wood and is simply superb. That being said, most of Siren's stuff now is really good.
After spending some time up in Boat on Garten last week I rekindled my love affair with possibly my favourite beer of all. Cairngorm Brewers 'Trade Winds' if you haven't sampled it get it down you. I cleared out the Tesco in Aviemore when I saw they had it on offer for £1.30 a bottle!!
I was in Croatia earlier this year and had a few bottles of San Servolo, really liked it, but haven't seen it over here. Anyone know if you can get it here?
Ask in one of the bottle shops like beer hive, great grog or cornelius. If their suppliers import it they'll get it in for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by easty
Seems a suitable time to dig this thread back up. Was in cornelius earlier picking up some tasty beers for the next few days including this one. Bought it based on the name alone but it tastes pretty good too! :cheers:
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Tomorrow is a big day of beer for me. The beer cellar stretches back to AB:06 so we're gonna wire into some of the older ones.
This is what we've picked up for tomorrow:
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Only heard of one them but I bet they're all amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calvin
Enjoy!
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Anybody tried beer52.com? Craft beer site that delivers a crate to you monthly, dunno how good value it is though TBH?
Tesco has Timothy Taylor Boltmaker at £1.65 a bottle at the moment. It's the current CAMRA Champion Beer of Great Britain.
Have it at room temperature and you won't be disappointed!
Just cracked open my first bottle of this stuff and its my best beer to date, superb stuff and very similar to goose island ipa. 40 pints for £22 can't be bad although the 7 week wait is the difficult bit. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05...e1e694d2d4.jpg
Just back from Copenhagen Beer Celebration. Beer Geeks paradise and tickets galore, but one of the best weekends ever.
3 Floyds Dark Lord, Cigar City Hunahpu's, Westbrook BA Mexican Cake, as well as an abundance of world class sours. Best £200 I've ever spent.
Ive just poured a bottle of drygate crossing the rubicon and the whole things full of yeast. Not a bit at the bottom of the bottle, the whole pint glass is sparkled with the stuff all over. Ive never came across this before, is it intentinal or off?
A fair few beers have a bit yeast in the bottle but that sounds like too much to me. Sierra Nevada can be bad for that as well, it's just not a pleasant mouth feel more than anything imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by adhibs
Thats it there. it didnt taste too bad to begin with but its going down the sink now. Luckily ive never cane across that with sierra nevadaQuote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Did you pour it slowly? Looks to me like they've probably left a little bit too much yeast in but that a careful pour could have kept most of it in the bottle.Quote:
Originally Posted by adhibs
was poured slowly, although it does get very boring :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Calvin
I know that feeling! I've never had any of their stuff from bottle for comparison, don't tend to see it down here.Quote:
Originally Posted by adhibs
Anyone ever tried some of the Alaskan Brewing Co beers? Brewed in the capital Juneau. I'm just back from Alaska and their beers along with some of the more local brewers offerings were fantastic.
I haven't but I'll look out for them. I have had a few good beers from Anchorage Brewing Co though.Quote:
Originally Posted by SneakersO'Toole
Planning to start a homebrew project very soon - also building a pizza oven for my garden so planning on treating visitors to the NH residence to home made beer and home made pizza later in the year.
Anyone with advice on where to start in sourcing homebrew stuff? Anyone done it before?
Edit: also been drinking two very good beers recently, one is a smoked German beer with a really meaty, smoked bacon flavour;http://images1.phoenixnewtimes.com/i...erla-fowle.jpg
And Gooseberry Cove - a sour pale ale from Buxton flavoured with gooseberry. Fantastically refreshing sour beer.
Love the idea of the pizza oven.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
Never done it myself but i believe there's a good homebrew shop in newington on clerk st.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
https://www.brewstore.co.uk/Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr White
in Aberdeen
http://www.highergroundshop.co.uk/
there is also one on King Street Aberdeen.
You owe me a pint :wink:
It's surprisingly easy, and quite satisfying. The only tedious bit is cleaning the bottles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr White
This stuff, if done properly is superb. It's very much a clone of goose island ipa and my last batch tipped the scales at 6.5%
http://www.brewstore.co.uk/american-...n-ipa-beer-kit
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Nice one degenerated. The main reason I've never done it is i can't keep beer in the house without drinking it at a rate that isn't healthy :drunk:Quote:
Originally Posted by degenerated
Brewing my own might be good for my wallet... but would definitely be bad for my liver :greengrin
Jarl from Loch Fyne Brewery is pretty decent stuff.
Inns and Gunn just announced the purchase of Inveralmond Brewery
Will continue under he same management and also continue to produce Inveralmond beers, will be expanded to also produce I&G alesQuote:
Originally Posted by Godsahibby
Just had a lovely pint of This Is Lager in brewdog Soho served by Calvin of these boards. Nice pint.
Maybe more a bar/pub question than beer specifically but I've just moved to Glasgow - recommendations for the best place to get a good pint of beer?
I don't know glasgow pubs very well but the one place I've been that i particularly enjoyed was the west brewery beerhall. On the edge of glasgow green i think and they serve all their own beers, st mungo, wild west, dunkel etc which are brewed on site. You can see the brewing equipment downstairs and I'm told it's heaving outside in good weather (it was hosing down the day i was there naturally :greengrin ). Good food too :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
Depends where you are.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
I've not lived here for that long but central choices for a good beer for me usually are Max's on Queen St or The Drum & Monkey. Fly and The Pig is also quite good, but my memories of being there are rather hazy.
West end you have Brewdog, Lebowskis, Three Judges on dumbarton rd, loads on and around Byers Rd and Ashton Lane - I quite enjoy The Wee Pub.
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Originally Posted by Mr White
Cheers both. I'm actually living in Lanark but we're in Glasgow everyday for work up at the West End and then centre on the way home. Once the house is unpacked, we're looking to explore some tippling establishments, so the recommendations are welcome! :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dinkydoo
This is my go to/if all else fails/treat myself/I don't mind if I do/lose, draw, win/ cheers - thank fck I'm a Hibbie, favourite beer. Slightly chilled it's like an explosion of citrus fruit in yir mooth.Quote:
Originally Posted by rodhibs55
Lager cannae touch it on a hot day.
And I pass the brewery every time I head east.
In addition to the others mentioned, there's the Bon Accord between the Mitchell Theatre and West Coast Harley which is one of Glasgow's oldest real ale bars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
In the West End you've got Tennents at the junction of Byres Road and Highburgh Road (which, despite the name sells decent beer), the Ubiquitous Chip (in Ashton Lane behind Byres Road) which is a famed eatery cum bar frequented by quite a smart set, and Oran Mor at the top of Byres Road which is a good place for a night out. The clientèle is quite varied at times (think actors/musos/ broadcasters, rugby players) but it's usually busy and there's a reasonable selection of beers.
Right...here goes.
Not usually a big drinker but for some reason I've been drinking every weekend since the 21 May :greengrin:greengrin:greengrin
Hit a bit of a brick wall now. I know I’ll get lambasted for this but I love Budweiser. Sorry.
Recently I drank quite a lot of mixed fruit ciders but I was drinking it last night and I've hit a wall. Bagged up and didn't really enjoy it. Now I feel rough!
I need a new drink but not a fan of gin so I'm avoiding the whole craze for it just now. Wine gives me heartburn so that's ruled out.
Might go back to Bud but open to offers. Quite like a Cearars Augusta (is that it). Will be drinking in places like the Dockers and the Hibs Club so nothing too funky!
Also, anyone know of any shops or bars in Edinburgh that stocks Mickeys beer? The House of Pain used to go on about it and randomly back in the nineties Scotmid used to stock it. Small, screw cap 5.5% lager that was pretty decent.
Cheers!
I also like budweiser your not aloneQuote:
Originally Posted by LustForLeith
I remember that stuff!Quote:
Originally Posted by LustForLeith
I had been banging onto someone a few weeks ago about the beer that used to come in a little green jar and that must have been it (when I googled it I saw that it came in a "wide-mouthed" bottle).
I remember drinking it quite a lot when I'd just moved up to Dundee in 1995.
I'm afraid I can't help you locating it here though.
The best beer I've drunk in recent years is "Shiner Bock". I was over visiting my girlfriend's brother and his family in Houston a couple of years ago - it's all over the place there.
Brilliant beer, I've been craving it.
Need to get back over for another visit I think.
Enjoy Brewdog s Punk I P A
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Proper dynamite stuff it was! Hoping it's still on the go, might have a word about and see what I can find!Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartie
Quite liked the cans from vocation brewery over the last year. Was surprised to see tesco stocking there american pale ale, hopefully theyl gwt their ipa's next.
When we were in the Lake District we had a beer called Elephant's Backside. It tasted great.
Its maybe not what you are looking for but I brew my own ginger beer. I live in Thailand so ginger costs nothing. It is so simple and I have adjusted it to my taste.I much prefer it to the usual beers here (which are pretty decent as far as lagers go). I dont even bother with fancy bottles or anything. If you want info just pm me and Ill give you more details.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
First time visit to The Antiquary on St Stephen Street over the holidays, I loved it and enjoyed several pints of East Coast IPA.
I lost 7 years of my life in thereQuote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
My regular beers are from Strathbraan Brewery.
Go West, Look East, Due South, True North with Eighty Bob a good ale.
I'm not sure where else they are available, but the Old Mill in Pitlochry usually have one or tow on tap, rotating with guest ales such as Cromarty Brewery.
I've been drinking loads of Fierce beers lately, based in Dyce.
Their fruit beer is superb. Personal favourites from their range are Cranachan Killer and Ginja Ninja
Used to love The Antiquary back in the day. Punks on one side, disco dancers on the other, all getting along happily, great mixture of tunes on the jukie.Quote:
Originally Posted by fat freddy
Wish it was 1978 again.....
It was a great place. Baillie was always good too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
I'd have been somewhere in the middle playing Space Invaders!Quote:
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Simple Simons (now Hamiltons) was also a favourite in those days and the Regular Music Monday nights in Tiffanys were great!
Not everyone's cup of tea I know,but I really enjoy the brew dog pale ale selection in cans. Take it on the train with me every month, a lovely drink in my opinion.
I'd suggest a trip to Wellington, NZ for any craft beer aficionado. Panhead APA and IPA are delightful.
As a coeliac I would recommend Vagabond by Brewdog.
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Anyone else tried Shilling Brewing Co. in Glasgow yet?
Rapidly becoming one of my favourite brewpubs in Glasgow! Their on-site production beers are excellent and the food (specialising in stone-fired pizzas) is very good, and reasonable!
Their 'Dirty Sanchez' chipotle beer is excellent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Currently drinking Wild Beer Co. 'Billionaire'. A very dark stout infused with caramelised miso. A very big hitting stout with both real stout bitterness and a caramel sweetness to it, it's a fantastic beer.
Tempest - drop kick me jesus. Realy nice sour with citrus and tropical fruits.
Had a realy nice banoffe one by tiny rebel recently as well.
I had a pint of Tiny Rebel Cwtch recently. It won CAMRA's champion beer a couple of years ago and was very enjoyable, a hoppy red ale.
It looks like my other half is forcing me to go to the Hanging Bat on Wednesday :wink:
Had that a can of that recently and really enjoyed it also. Wasn't too keen on their tropical IPA that cloisters had on keg a couple weeks ago though, found it a bit too sweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Green Man
Was given a couple of sample bottles from Inveralmond Brewery. Currently drinking Ossian a golden ale, pretty decent.
Had a couple of pints of Wychwood King Goblin @ Wetherspoon's Beer Fest yesterday, pretty strong but, went down very nicely.
Just tried a second bottle LIA FAIL a dark beer very good also.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Lidl often have a good selection of Inveralmond beers at a very decent price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Good to know, cheers PB.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Went to the heriot watt beer festival on friday where they had an excellent choice. Stand outs were apa's by weird beared and leeds.Cardoman sour by chorlton was pretty decent as well. Had 80 taps with a £1.50 token getting a half pint, a limited number of the beers came in thirds. Definitely reconmend it for anyone whos no been before.
Anyone going to the festival at the biscuit factory on Cup final weekend? Looks pretty good and I just happen to be in town.
If I wasn't at a wedding the weekend after I'd definitely be coming up for it. Beer lineup is class, music will be great and LCBF is always fantastic so I have no doubt the Edinburgh version will be just as good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve-O
Aye looking forward to it. Got saturday early birds so atleast geting knocked out the cup has a silver lining.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve-O
Sure i read buffalo food truck are there. Definately recommend their chicken burgers.
I realy enjoyed the festival on saturday night, everything about it was excellent. Hopefully it returns next year. I might even go for a full weekend ticket.