It's that weekend thang again ...

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  1. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Also the hops in this diamond reign appear to have triggered by hayfever... or maybe i'm just allergic to England being good at football?
     
    #21 CwrwAmByth, Jun 15, 2012
  2. Ruds

    Ruds Initiate (0) Sep 15, 2008 England

    Have had Rioja's from the 70's and 80's over the last year or two (all excellent!!!) but never had any vintage new world fayre

    My favourite "go to" to quote our cousins across the pond, CA is Ravenswood Zinfandel Lodi

    They have it in Sainsburys around the £9.50 mark, you won't go wrong with it!
     
    #22 Ruds, Jun 15, 2012
  3. Ruds

    Ruds Initiate (0) Sep 15, 2008 England

    Celebrating the win with .............. a bomber of Oak Aged Yeti .............. QUALITY !!!
     
    #23 Ruds, Jun 15, 2012
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  4. jazzyjeff13

    jazzyjeff13 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,865) Nov 6, 2010 England
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    Heh - so your allergy doesn't surface too often then :wink:
     
    #24 jazzyjeff13, Jun 15, 2012
  5. jazzyjeff13

    jazzyjeff13 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,865) Nov 6, 2010 England
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    Right - I've polished off a Budweiser Dark (the Czech one) and have now cracked a bottle of Goose Island Pere Jacques. It's quite boozy but nicely rounded. Tasty!
     
    #25 jazzyjeff13, Jun 15, 2012
  6. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Return of the mighty mild with Rhymney Dark.
     
    #26 CwrwAmByth, Jun 16, 2012
  7. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    aaaand finishing off the evening with an Export India Porter from the Kernel.
     
    #27 CwrwAmByth, Jun 16, 2012
  8. jazzyjeff13

    jazzyjeff13 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,865) Nov 6, 2010 England
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    Pere Jacques was good - I might have to grab another some time. Curious Porter has also been consumed, and I'm now on a Chimay Red to round out the evening.
     
    #28 jazzyjeff13, Jun 16, 2012
  9. ventura78

    ventura78 Pundit (972) Nov 22, 2003 Massachusetts

    Just finished a Berkshire Brewing Steel Rail Pale Ale growler. Wish you guys were still up,,,,looks like its about 315am over there. Hope all of you have some good beers to round out your saturday. I'll be hitting a small beer fest!!

    cheers
     
    #29 ventura78, Jun 16, 2012
  10. jmw

    jmw Initiate (0) Feb 4, 2009 North Carolina

    and another note from over west. tonight had Torpedo, Dirty Bastard, and a couple of common tips like Sam Adams L-48 and a Great Lakes Burning River. Up much too late for my morning bird survey.

    Now that IS quality. Onward England! All they need at this point is a draw with Ukraine...they can manage that right?
     
    #30 jmw, Jun 16, 2012
  11. Zimbo

    Zimbo Pooh-Bah (2,305) Aug 7, 2010 Scotland
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    Superb goal from Welbeck. Things are definitely looking up for England at the moment.
     
    #31 Zimbo, Jun 16, 2012
  12. Ruds

    Ruds Initiate (0) Sep 15, 2008 England

    Nice strong coffee for the interval !

    Yes - sublime finish, it was all he could do to score

    And to execute that was precision akin to landing it on a six pence!
     
    #32 Ruds, Jun 16, 2012
  13. Ruds

    Ruds Initiate (0) Sep 15, 2008 England

    hmmmm .... we 'can' manage a draw, we 'should' beat the Ukraine but this is England so who knows!
     
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  14. Zimbo

    Zimbo Pooh-Bah (2,305) Aug 7, 2010 Scotland
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    BTW,last night's Paradox was an absolute brain rattler. Developed pretty reasonably in the glass over time though.
     
    #34 Zimbo, Jun 16, 2012
  15. Ruds

    Ruds Initiate (0) Sep 15, 2008 England

    Talking of whisky aged beers, I finally picked up a bottle of http://www.beer-pages.com/notes/beer-of-the-month-2012-01.html a few hours ago

    Went with my mate who works for M&S so felt slightly better paying £8 instead of £10!

    Also picked up the Greenwich red ale
     
    #35 Ruds, Jun 16, 2012
  16. Aye

    Aye Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 England

    Going to be getting my fill of Meantime beers, staying 5 minutes away from the Old Brewery for a few days.

    Any reccies as to 'must visit' beer meccas around Greenwich?
     
    #36 Aye, Jun 16, 2012
  17. Ruds

    Ruds Initiate (0) Sep 15, 2008 England

    Not an expert on Greenwich but certainly nothing in the 'Mecca' category in those parts!

    The Greenwich Union of course, the other Meantime pub where you may find different brews available

    You can walk up to the observatory from the Naval College/Old Brewery area then down the other side of the hill to drop you off there

    Only other pub of note in those parts is the Pelton Arms near Maze Hill station, about a 15ish minute walk east of the naval college

    By no means a 'mecca' but in the GBG and a nice enough boozer having used it a few times over the years for Charlton away games
     
    #37 Ruds, Jun 16, 2012
  18. jazzyjeff13

    jazzyjeff13 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,865) Nov 6, 2010 England
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    Which one was it? I've got a Paradox Springbank stashed away - my brother gave it to me for my birthday a couple of years ago and I've neglected it. I've also got Paradox Jura somewhere - I sampled it once and thought it was great!

    Edit: OK, you mentioned it was Arran above. I should learn to read.....
     
    #38 jazzyjeff13, Jun 16, 2012
  19. Ruds

    Ruds Initiate (0) Sep 15, 2008 England

    Anyone fancy a pint then?

    Missus is away so heading up the local with the dog hoping for a but of Hophead action

    They tapped one Thursday evening last week, I turned up on Saturday 7pm and the buggers had drank it

    Fingers crossed

    Hophead - a bloody fine beer
     
    #39 Ruds, Jun 16, 2012
  20. Aye

    Aye Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 England

    Cheers Ruds, seems i'm going to have to spread my net a bit further. Went to Borough Market a couple of years back. Cue hoots of derision from me as to the prices at certain places within the environs. I've learned a lot about paying stupid money for beer in the interim...
     
    #40 Aye, Jun 16, 2012
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