UK Weekend Beerage

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  1. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    I can't take the mediocrity of the Aldi beer festival any more
    Flying dog raging bitch
     
    #7401 EmperorBevis, May 30, 2016
  2. hdtrice

    hdtrice Initiate (0) May 29, 2015 England

    Had an email from Eebria this morning:

    "One of the best-loved small breweries in the country, and for good reason. Old Chimneys produces the best imperial stout in the UK, Good King Henry Special Reserve. Usually, this beer is released just once a year, but they kept some of the 2011 batch back for further aging. Carefully matured for 5 years, these last bottles from 2011 are sure to be truly great.

    Along with this, Old Chimneys are also releasing two brand new beers:
    • King Alfred's Cake - A Baltic Porter fermented with a Belgian yeast and featuring liquorice, pear drops, milk chocolate and the 3Bs - blackberry, banana and bubblegum. Compared to Good King Henry it's fruitier and hoppier, but with less chocolate and coffee.
    • Walnut - Coloured malts make up nearly 40% of the grist for this Brown Ale resulting in flavours of toffee, caramel, malted biscuit and walnut (as well there ought to be given its name!)."
    It's my birthday this week, so I think some strategic placing of the above information may be in order....
     
    #7402 hdtrice, May 31, 2016
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  3. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Let us know when it actually becomes in stock though!
     
    #7403 CwrwAmByth, May 31, 2016
  4. hdtrice

    hdtrice Initiate (0) May 29, 2015 England

    Wow, think it's gone already. It was available when I looked earlier! Now "coming soon".
     
    #7404 hdtrice, May 31, 2016
  5. hdtrice

    hdtrice Initiate (0) May 29, 2015 England

    On a completely unrelated subject, I'm visiting a pal in Bury (home of the black pudding - not St. Edmunds) in a couple of weeks.
    I'd like to get him off the wife beater for one night. Anyone know of any good watering holes around those parts?
    Obviously Manchester is a short naked jog away, but I was hoping to find something more local, if possible.
     
    #7405 hdtrice, May 31, 2016
  6. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Been a while since I've been to that fine market town but I'm sure the Black Bull on lowercroft road though I think it's more good boozer pub than craft alehouse if you were thinking of Kolch & Saison as a intermittent step from cooking lager
     
    #7406 EmperorBevis, May 31, 2016
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  7. hdtrice

    hdtrice Initiate (0) May 29, 2015 England

    Baby steps...
     
    #7407 hdtrice, May 31, 2016
  8. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Sonofa...
     
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  9. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Phone call this morning
    "You know how you requested today as a holiday & it was declined"
    So going to get a good daytime session in
    Altrincham methinks
    3 Belgian bars a traditional free house
    & Dunham Massey's brewery tap
     
    #7409 EmperorBevis, Jun 1, 2016
  10. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    In Costello's for some cask Dunham
    Dark mild is fruity and cream and so thirst quenching
    Having a pint of their stout
    Oh I love me some cask stout
     
    #7410 EmperorBevis, Jun 1, 2016
  11. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    DM Cheshire IPA
    Smells like pineapple cubes
    Light fruity intermingled with caramel malt
    Tasty complex and doesn't burn out your tastebuds
     
    #7411 EmperorBevis, Jun 1, 2016
  12. jdhoke

    jdhoke Aspirant (233) Aug 1, 2014 England

    Has anyone else been to a Draft House branch? There is one close to my work at Old St. and I'm surprised by the selection. Their prices are a bit much, though. I was finally able to try the Beavertown/Founders Molecular Mayhem and then followed it up with a Cloudwater DIPAv3 and have to say I prefer the DIPAv3. It's much more complex and a bit sweeter to me.
     
    #7412 jdhoke, Jun 1, 2016
  13. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Into the Belgian bar and Floreffe blonde
    Great place
    And I love radio head but it's payday and I want to get pleasantly toasted
     
    #7413 EmperorBevis, Jun 1, 2016
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  14. redmosquito9

    redmosquito9 Initiate (0) Oct 5, 2015 Maine

    Yeah, been to the Charlotte St and Chancery Lane ones. Good selection usually, but yes the prices can be high. Chancery Lane does Pilsner Urquell out of the tank though which is pretty cool.
     
    #7414 redmosquito9, Jun 1, 2016
  15. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    I liked the Tower Bridge one. Nice staff, and the 3 3rds for a fiver deal Mon -weds cab work out as great value.
     
    #7415 CwrwAmByth, Jun 1, 2016
  16. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Last night had a KBS and a Kernel IPA Galaxy Mosaic, both of which were outstanding.
    Tonight I popped into pigs ears beer cellar in Richmond with a co-worker and enjoyed pulled pork in a bun with pints of Arbor Oz Bomb and Summer Wine Golden Gate Double India lager. Picked up some Czech lagers, Mikkeller Beer Geek Vanilla Shake and Cloudwater White IPA Mosaic from Real Ale to take home too.
     
    #7416 CwrwAmByth, Jun 1, 2016
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  17. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    I hadn't planned to go the Belgian bar
    What I wanted was to peruse the bottle shop
    Bier Cell and their bar Morte Subiete
    But tge shop was closed and the bar wasn't open for half an hour
    After the the floreff blond I had feullien tripel
    and on the way out I had De Koninck pale
    (Which kind of annoyed me because when I went in I asked the barman if there was anything around 4% & he shrugged saying he only knew about beers he liked and he only liked Belgian blondes,I found it strange having my host being less knowledgeable about beer than myself) and a bottle of Tournay Noir.
    I went into Morte but I was backwards on my planned route so hadn't reached the place I was going to eat so was starting to get a little worse for wear
    I had Feullien Saison and Green Flash West coast IPA on draught whilst getting a carry out of bottles of BD Jack Hammer, which never appeared in our local Tesco :/ ,
    De Molen's Vuur & Vlam
    Gueze Mariage Parfait 2012
    I'm sure I had another draught beer there but I couldn't say which one
    and I had a pint in the Market Tavern but at that point I could have been drinking Toby light with Marc Bolam
    So having the standard prescription of full fat milk coca cola bacon bap aspirin ibrufen and cocodomol
     
    #7417 EmperorBevis, Jun 2, 2016
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  18. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Going to have what I reckon will be the best of the Aldi beer festival
    A title deserving the same respect & level of honour
    As the coolest better looking Chuckle brother
    But before that Parkin's Special bitter from Sainsbury's
    *checks where it's from'
    :angry: CARLSBERG! :angry:
    I've been tricked into buying beer
    of the real evil empire
     
    #7418 EmperorBevis, Jun 2, 2016
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  19. Georgefox

    Georgefox Crusader (404) Aug 19, 2013 England

    Thursday's beer was an imperial stout from tiny rebel. Picked up last weekend but 8 months past best before date. Good 9% beer, nothing more nothing less.
     
    #7419 Georgefox, Jun 2, 2016
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  20. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Felinfoel Double Dragon
    Flavour is malt vinegar and a whole lot of water
    Tastes and feels like slightly carbonated dishwater
    Has it been nerfed to sell it at Aldi?
     
    #7420 EmperorBevis, Jun 3, 2016
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