There's been a couple of threads like this before but you can't beat a good discussion about beer.
Currently a huge fan of:
William Bros Seven Giraffes
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Brewdog JackHammer
Cairngorm Trade Winds
Stewart Pentland IPA
Fallen Smokehouse Porter
Peroni Gran Riserva
Pretty much everything by Harviestoun.
Anyone else got any favourites at the moment?
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11-07-2013 08:13 PM #1
Beer thread
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11-07-2013 08:46 PM #2
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.
When I first started drinking, American beers over here were all pretty similar bland light beers from the multinationals... changed times.
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11-07-2013 08:49 PM #3
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Fix - a dark Greek beer that recently (to my knowledge) has been appearing sporadically in a few off licences.....sexy as hell.
Also, March of the Penguins...don't know much about it apart from it's well tasty"You opened the box....and your soul belongs to me...."
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I've always been a sucker for Czech lagers, but again, finding a genuinely produced Staropramen or Budvar from Czechia is becoming increasingly difficult. Pilsner Urquell remains superstar tier for me, and thankfully that still seems to be genuine import still...
The craft beer revolution that swept the US happened about the time I started drinking and we used to get all sorts of truly lovely stuff readily imported from the US, but the options have been significantly throttled in recent years - even finding previous staples like Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada, Brooklyn is becoming harder - even then, I think both Sam Adams and Brooklyn are both UK produced!
It all comes down to the water - the chemistry of the UK's water sources is completely different to that which produces beers in Belgium, Germany, East/West of the USA, so you can replicate the brewing process to the letter, but with a change in the base ingredient, you're never going to properly recreate these beers.Madness, as you know, is a lot like gravity. All it takes is a little push.
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You even see it when beers move to different regions of the UK. McEwans was never going to win many plaudits from the beer aficionados but 70 and 80 were solid cask and latterly keg beers when brewed in Edinburgh. Since moving down south they are markedly different and not for the better imo.
With foreign beers there is almost an element of deception to it. A beer like Madri takes that to the extreme but even among beers that were originally imported the 'brewed under license in the UK' information is usually so small and tucked away that you need a magnifying glass to see it. All the marketing alludes to them still being an imported and genuine product and they just aren't.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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11-07-2013 08:50 PM #7
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This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote"You opened the box....and your soul belongs to me...."
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12-07-2013 08:34 AM #9
Discovered a lot of nice local ales since moving down to Surrey including Hogsback T.E.A, Hamerpot, Hambledon bitter which are all nice enough.
Was recently in Belgium with work and discovered a real love for both draft Juliper and Leffe - beautiful beers.
Before moving from Scotland, our local pub in Dundee had a great range of beers on tap including Brooklyn, Anchor Steam, Fraoch, Kelpie, Sierra Nevada and Mikkelour.Madness, as you know, is a lot like gravity. All it takes is a little push.
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12-07-2013 08:37 AM #10
I used to be a fan of real ale but sadly I just find it's not served cold enough for my liking so never bother with it anymore.
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Funnily enough I'm wearing my Mikkeller t-shirt today. I was out at his bars on Copenhagen in May - just simply phenomenal.
On Wednesday it was Brodie's Haggis Basher takeover in Edinburgh. Really good to get an extensive selection of Brodie's stuff up here. His Fruits of the Forest sour is just immense. Was very impressed with the Kiwi PA too.
I had my very first Pliny the Elder by Russian River last week. I can see why it has the reputation it does. Still not sure that it beats Stone Ruination for me if you're after an imperial though.
On the Scottish side of things, everything coming out of Cromarty just now is excellent.
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I've not heard of a lot of the ones you've just ran off so it gives me some new ones to seek outMadness, as you know, is a lot like gravity. All it takes is a little push.
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12-07-2013 11:35 AM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It's Edinburgh Independent Beer Festival this week. Probably the best week of the year to be in Edinburgh.
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12-07-2013 08:38 AM #14
I'm a massive fan of Innis & Gunn - both the taste and its local origins.
I love all the flavours I have tasted so far and have just noticed there is a Scottish Pale Ale variety which I have yet to sample.
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12-07-2013 09:05 AM #17
Belhaven Black is by favourite beer right now.
Dark, rich and most hellish tasty.
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Bombardier and Black Sheep also deserve a mention. Old Hookey is good as well.
I'm beginning to see Deuchars down south a bit more although the way some of the southerners pronounce it is hilarious: Doo-shaars, doychers... I've even been corrected by a bar maid for pronouncing it properly.
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12-07-2013 09:16 AM #21
I'm not a big real ale drinker, but, do enjoy a nice porter type pint now and again.
Don't get involved much during the summer, but, I do enjoy Orkney Dark Island, Black Paw Dark Seam, Mordue Workies Ticket and Batemans 4XB. Not had Batemans for years though, not sure it still exists.Last edited by HUTCHYHIBBY; 12-07-2013 at 09:23 AM.
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13-07-2013 02:32 PM #24
My fridge is typically full of warsteiner, bitburger, jever, augustiner, paulaner or something like that. You can't beat the crisp refreshing taste of a German bier on a hot summers day.
On the beer side of things I like a red cuillin, innes and gunn beers, the punk or hardcore ipa's by brewdog and most of the Williams bros stuff I've tasted.
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13-07-2013 03:10 PM #26
Not that you'd think it from my avatar but I'm a big fan of tryst beers just now. Their hop trial varieties over the last couple of years have been fantastic. Other than that if I had to pick my top 3 favourite craft brews just now it would be kernels table beer, black isles yellowhammer and oakhams citra.
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13-07-2013 03:49 PM #27
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Brewdog Punk IPA
Black isle blonde
Innis and gunn
There are some excellent Scottish beers around just now. As part of my job I occasionally test beer and had one in recently that was quite tasty, Knops Californian something or other, think it's a new brewery and I've not seen it around yet.
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