UK Weekend Beerage

Lovely short trip to Bilbao :

Falken - 1 Up
Brooklyn - Wild Horse
Dougall's - 942
Tegobier - Old Porter, H.H. Let's hop
Brewski - Passion Feber
Drunken Bros - Black Maiden
Laugar - Fibonatzi 0, Anniversary 2016
Basqueland Brewing Project - Imparable, AUPA
Naparbier - Back in Black
Arriaca - Centeno
Pohjala - OO Baltic Porter
La Pirata - Black Block
Brew and Roll - Blackhole
Camerons - Obsidian BA
Open Baladin - Rock and Roll

Small, compact city with a growing beer scene, trying to breakthrough the much larger pintxos/tapas and wine one. Of note although none were particularly shoddy Basqueland Brewing Project Imparable , a wonderful easy drinking citrus hopped pale ale which belies its 6.8% and La Pirata Black Block, also an easy drinking imperial stout which ticks all the right boxes.

 

A heads up for anyone near Cambridge, Bacchanalia are now stocking 1999 Thomas Hardy's Ale. £13 a bottle. Never tried it before, but a home-brewed version was one of the best beers I've ever had.

 

Nipped into tosco to see if they had any more new beers, I don't think they did but I picked up some

Brewdog Kingpin - gash, forgot I'd allready drunk it
Jaipur - this is 330ml so I assume off their new bottling line, it's excellent again and was much better than the last time I had it bottled

Also got a can of vocation IPA and a brooklyn east IPA, I shall consume both tonight

 

Popped into my local ex-spoons before the football today, had...

Sierra Nevada - Porter,
Harvieston - Old Engine OIl,
Adnams - Ghost Ship.

 

Winter has arrived, time to unleash the big,bad brews so gently sipping my way through a wonderful bottle of Founders Russian Imperial Stout.

 

I'm traveling with Arizona Wilderness through U.K.. Will have beer at the following places.
6 degrees - Glasgow Nov 9th
Beer moth - Manchester nov 10th
Buxton tap - buxton nov 11th
Kings Arms - Bethnal Green, London nov 12

 

Are you bringing kegs/bottles/cans? Good luck with your trip


Has anyone tried the Krušovice tank beer? I see a bar has opened here with it. But the bar is called The Strip Joint so I'm not sure I should go due to the cringeworthy name

 

By here, do you mean Glasgow? Tried tank Kruzovice, but only in Prague. The Belle on Great Western Road used to sell Dark Kruzovice, it was fab.

 

It's the bar that replaced Bannisters on Argyle street, basically at where Finnieston street meets argyle street. The same people have taken over the Partick Tavern too (just opposite the three judges) so that might have it too although I've not been down that way in ages so I don't know if it's reopened or not yet

 

I always liked the belle but I think their beer selection could be improved a lot. same could be said for many a bar tbf


speaking of glasgow bars, the old toll bar has reopened after a few years closed, it has one of the best interiors of any bar in glasgow - unfortunately the beers were all rather pricy, I suspect to keep the rabble out given its location. I don't think it will survive long in its present state although I would like it too

 

So gutted to be missing this! I used to live just around the corner from you guys in Gilbert, AZ. Going to be in Glasgow on the 11th, Manchester on the 12th and London again on the 13th so literally following you around the country! Will there be any bottles left behind or on tap after the dates mentioned above?

 

Thought I'd go native for last night's England v Scotland game, so had...

Williams Bros. - Joker DIPA,
Williams Bros. - March of the Penguins,
Brewdog - Jet Black Heart,
Brewdog - Santa Paws Scotch Ale,
Brewdog - Mr. President,
Tempest - Long White Cloud.

...didn't help, Scotland were well beaten.

 

yeah whats all that about with thornbridge, theyve got a new bottling line then? i live just down the road from them and always liked the fact they sold their beer in proper sized bottles, now all the local shops have started selling the 330ml bottles, at pretty much the same price!

 

Last night at Heaton Hops I had an Omnipollo hypnopompa, amazing beer. Also had fresh Fatamorgana, also good, and Beavertown Espresso. Today I went to the Cloudwater Brewery Tap and had DIPA 9 and Bourbon Old Fashioned, which was awesome. Took home a bottle of the bourbon BA Tripel. I think in the next few days I'm going to go back to Heaton Hops and buy bottles of Yellow Belly and Mexican Cake.

 

Just picked up a couple of bottles of Yellow Belly today from my local bottle shop. Here's my recent list :

Brewdog Elvis Juice
Moor Last Minute
Moor SoHop (Cask)
Vocation Life and Death
Bornem Tripel

Really enjoyed the 2 Moor brews, particularly the SoHop, fantastic citrus fronted beer which really came through on cask, which isn't always the case with these type of beers. Vocation brew, great cheap supermarket go to citrus fronted beer.

 

Had the Brewski Passion Feber in Bilbao last month and thought it was a good well balanced IPA.