Beer In The News thread....

Discussion in 'United Kingdom & Ireland' started by Aye, Mar 6, 2014.

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  1. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    I simply can't wait to see it on plus one
     
    #41 EmperorBevis, Aug 29, 2014
  2. Hanglow

    Hanglow Pooh-Bah (2,051) Feb 18, 2012 Scotland
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    yeah doesn't help when someone types 9 instead of 8 :flushed:
     
    #42 Hanglow, Aug 29, 2014
  3. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Thanks for the heads up I meant I was going to watch +1 at 10
    I would have miss 'are they up to the cask' (cask replacing task)
    Like the Marson's revisionist range, did someone check the finished product
    coz surely they don't know it's this shit
     
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  4. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    #44 EmperorBevis, Sep 1, 2014
  5. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    #45 EmperorBevis, Sep 1, 2014
  6. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Brains have released NATO themed ales (Meerkale, Obeerma etc) for the NATO conference.

    Probably all shite though.
     
    #46 CwrwAmByth, Sep 1, 2014
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  7. Aye

    Aye Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 England

    Balls, missed it. I'll see if it's on Catch Up.
     
    #47 Aye, Sep 2, 2014
  8. Hanglow

    Hanglow Pooh-Bah (2,051) Feb 18, 2012 Scotland
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    Are Brains the Calledonian/Belhaven of Wales would you say?


    I've sort of enjoyed a couple of their beer when in wales on holiday but by and large found them a bit guff - Their IPA that they have in morrisons is a bit crap too. Not really tried many though. maybe Dark, their cask ipa and another one or two
     
    #48 Hanglow, Sep 2, 2014
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  9. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    I like their beers bottled and canned, as a slightly better alternative to supermarket lager though (cheap, refreshing and the SA Gold when chilled in the bottle is actually pretty good).

    Cask-wise the quality is so up-and-down though. Weird texture and I don't think I've ever had a pint that tasted the same as the last. The IPA I actually had a soft spot for, mostly because I was a student and it was £1.99 a pint on cask, and also nice a fresh being so close to the brewery, with the cheapness meaning they had quite a good turnover.

    And don't get me started on the "Brains Craft Brewery" though.

    If you're ever in Wales I'd suggest Great Orme and Purple Moose in the north, and Tiny Rebel, Tomos Watkin and Waen (and more) in the South.
     
    #49 CwrwAmByth, Sep 3, 2014
  10. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    #50 EmperorBevis, Sep 8, 2014
  11. Aye

    Aye Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 England

    Well I'll give them a go, I was always a sucker for porter, even before I'd tried it.
    ( odd comment that, but ever since I read about it in The Hobbit .."Some called for ale, and some for porter, and one for coffee, and all of them for cakes." ..I knew then that I needed to drink porter, even nearly 40 years ago )

    And here's summat that combines two of my main interests, beer and cake.
    http://kitchenoverlord.com/2013/12/12/hobbit-week-easy-shire-porter-cake/
     
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  12. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Yes I had that ale connection years before actually drinking
    that & the hospitality of Beorn the changeling, the barrels that the dwarves escaped in
    and then onto The Prancing Pony in the Fellowship.

    That was then filled with an inbetween stage where I would lose myself in my dads old CAMRA guides and daydreams whilst eating these

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    and thinking when I could have a foaming pint myself
     
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  13. Zimbo

    Zimbo Pooh-Bah (2,305) Aug 7, 2010 Scotland
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    I'd say that's a pretty fair comparison.
     
    #53 Zimbo, Sep 8, 2014
  14. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Brains & Caledonian
    have left me feeling letdown, nothing new with the midsized breweries that fill our supermarket shelves with bottles

    BUT ON CASK!

    I used to love Brains bitter on cask same with 80/
    The brains was a former shadow of itself & the 80, sorry but the only way to describe it is
    watered down to fuck
    I had identical feelings with the Moorehouse's new brews

    if you ask me our established breweries have lost touch of either what's going on
    or on their own output
     
    #54 EmperorBevis, Sep 8, 2014
  15. Aye

    Aye Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 England

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  16. EmperorBevis

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    #56 EmperorBevis, Sep 29, 2014
  17. Aye

    Aye Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 England

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  18. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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  19. Hoppsbabo

    Hoppsbabo Pooh-Bah (2,053) Jan 29, 2012 England
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    'Don't diss Adnams, they're one of the most best breweries in the UK...'
     
    #59 Hoppsbabo, Oct 20, 2014
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