UK Weekend Beerage

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  1. marquis

    marquis Pooh-Bah (2,313) Nov 20, 2005 England
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    Don't think so because of the name of the brewery and the names of their other brews such as Astral, Nebula and Sirius.
     
    #3901 marquis, Jun 21, 2014
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  2. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Sticking the Alpha Papa DVD on
    and cracking open a Courage Directors bitter
    only thing missing is an Alan Partridge mask
    Jurassic Park!
     
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  3. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    I was watching Alan Partridge today too, excellent!
     
    #3903 CwrwAmByth, Jun 21, 2014
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  4. Sam-VW

    Sam-VW Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2014 England

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    BBQ, weather and this goes very well.
     
    #3904 Sam-VW, Jun 22, 2014
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  5. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    And now funnily enough, I'm cooking roast partridge. Drinking a Founders Imperial Stout too.
     
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  6. Zimbo

    Zimbo Pooh-Bah (2,305) Aug 7, 2010 Scotland
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    Jurrasic Park!
     
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  7. Zimbo

    Zimbo Pooh-Bah (2,305) Aug 7, 2010 Scotland
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    Superb but....WTF is it doing in a plastic cup!!
     
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  8. Sam-VW

    Sam-VW Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2014 England

    I asked my friend for a glass but apparently no one is trusted!! Superb though definitely
     
    #3908 Sam-VW, Jun 22, 2014
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  9. Zimbo

    Zimbo Pooh-Bah (2,305) Aug 7, 2010 Scotland
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    I really need to have a chat with your friend. But I admire your pragmatism. You would not be denied.
     
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  10. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    +1 for inappropriate 'glass'ware. To me it makes it taste better knowing all the beer knobs would be doubled over in pain seeing me drink Cantillon or this Emelisse Wild Turkey BA Imperial Russian Stout from a dimpled pint glass.
     
    #3910 CwrwAmByth, Jun 23, 2014
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  11. Sam-VW

    Sam-VW Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2014 England

    No chance I would be denied!!

    Haha! I suppose so! The beer snobs would be up in arms indeed :stuck_out_tongue: Although it would've been nice to drink it out of an actual glass. It was still great though.
     
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  12. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Had Cantillon Mamouche & Fou'Foune today.

    I think Americans have turned Cantillon into the most overrated brewery ever. Sure, they're nice beers, but I've had hundreds which were cheaper, tastier, and easier to find, and which all came without the sensation which I presume is what adds the £££.
     
    #3912 CwrwAmByth, Jun 23, 2014
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  13. jazzyjeff13

    jazzyjeff13 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,865) Nov 6, 2010 England
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    RCH Pitchfork bitter. Old bottle......
     
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  14. Hanglow

    Hanglow Pooh-Bah (2,051) Feb 18, 2012 Scotland
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    I agree

    It's because it's different and so foreign from what they would normally call beer. That's all really. And yes I do like most cantillon beers I've tried and think the likes of orval is excellent, but I don't really see the disparity between them and other good brewers

    there are a lot of other styles that are just as good, offer as much (or more) depth of flavour, as much (or more) drinkability, are much cheaper etc etc

    To be fair to 'murican beer geeks, I think the brewers of cantillion have acknowledged that if it wasn't for american craft drinkers, they would have gone bust. so I applaud them for that
     
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  15. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    I'm just going to put my head here to be kicked but....

    I've been full on beer travelling for the past three maybe four years now
    and I've sampled a lot of what Belgium has to offer beer wise
    and even though the average has been of a good standard
    there is a limit to the Belgian beer.

    It's generally of a high ABV and of decent flavour value
    but from starting drinking delicate and complex cask ales from as soon as I was legal
    to bold and bombastic U.S. craft beer in the past 5 years...
    Don't get me wrong Belgian beer is up there, right up there but it isn't the final word in ale.

    Also like Cuddles the monkey, I hate that Orval

    Oh and I've drank proper kellerbier and German beer is just below Belgian lol.
     
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  16. Hanglow

    Hanglow Pooh-Bah (2,051) Feb 18, 2012 Scotland
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    Orval>>>>cuddles
     
    #3916 Hanglow, Jun 24, 2014
  17. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Yeah that's a good point, at least they show a bit of an open mind which is more than can be said for some of the Brits and Belgians, though certainly not all (or even most).
    Sorry Bev but I love Orval and I think German beer (and Czech for that matter) is, at its best, the best in the world. Like Ron said, the old stuff, steeped in heritage and still made in the old way, that's the true craft beer. I do agree with the limit bit though, I can't really explain it but that limit is definitely there. It's why I've had bottles of traditional Belgian beer for over a year now and just never got round to them, because that limit makes me think "weeeellll I do have a nice stout or whatever also in stock...".
     
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  18. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Oh and also:
     
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  19. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Don't get me wrong, I love German beer, that Kellerbier I had was top stuff and had some great Munich Helles
    Just seems limited in variety and the good stuff, the truly great German beer is a lot less numerous than most folk think.

    When it comes to Orval, it must be that unlike cuddles the monkey, I don't like the taste of bananas.
     
    #3919 EmperorBevis, Jun 24, 2014
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  20. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Oh and also:
     
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