UK Weekend Beerage

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  1. Hoppsbabo

    Hoppsbabo Pooh-Bah (2,053) Jan 29, 2012 England
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    I only went and paid £11 for a bottle of Thornbridge Hall Imperial Raspberry Stout. I thought the raspberries were going to be subtle but it was like drinking a fucking lambic. It's probably not a bad beer but I'm not into that lambic shit. Washing it down with a Good King Henry.

    On a side note. Thornbridge Jaipur on cask is weird. I much prefer the bottled version.
     
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  2. Aye

    Aye Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 England

    Heresy! Resign! Judas! Mind you it's been an age since I gad cask Jaipur and never had it bottled.
     
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  3. reprob8

    reprob8 Initiate (0) May 22, 2008 England

    this is where I chime in with the bit that goes 'Jaipur isn't as good as it used to be', which is probably true. It used to be one of those go to beers that was a revelation on cask, the forerunner of the UK brewers assault on American style IPA's and inspiration for a host of imitations.
    As for the Raspberry Stout, I'm glad I sampled it as it saved me wasting money on it, can't make up it's mind whether it wants to be an Imperial Stout or a Raspberry bomb... and absolutely nothing like a Lambic.
     
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  4. Hanglow

    Hanglow Pooh-Bah (2,051) Feb 18, 2012 Scotland
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    I prefer the cask version, when its on form it's still excellent imo. I believe they use a different yeast for the bottled/keg version, which would make a difference

    I have had some gash pints of Jaipur though
     
    #6524 Hanglow, Nov 2, 2015
  5. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    I don't think I've had Jaipur on cask
    but I think I can correlate
    because even though on cask Wild Swan is near perfect and near dull bottled
    BUT Oakham Citra is spot on bottled & detergent like lemony on cask when I had it
     
    #6525 EmperorBevis, Nov 2, 2015
  6. Hoppsbabo

    Hoppsbabo Pooh-Bah (2,053) Jan 29, 2012 England
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    I'm not a fan of Oakham's cask offerings although Green Devil is something else. As for Jaipur, I always thought the pub was the problem but the Kingston Arms in Cambridge don't let their beers go bad.
     
    #6526 Hoppsbabo, Nov 3, 2015
  7. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Favourite little drinking tip thanks to B&Ms
    Bottle of Sadler's Hop Bomb (Which funnily enough takes me back to Dobbin's bitters)
    followed by (Dublin brewed) Guinness Foreign Extra
    Leaving a splash of the Hop Bomb in the glass makes the FES
    taste like bottled Guinness from 25 years ago, which was the back up drink for keg only pubs
     
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  8. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Yeah, the whole shack Chimay!
    The whole shack Chimay! when everybody's
    Movin' around and around and around and around
     
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  9. Hoppsbabo

    Hoppsbabo Pooh-Bah (2,053) Jan 29, 2012 England
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    Crafty Dan's 13 Guns. Eek! Almost as bad as the faux craft beer I had in Korea.
     
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  10. Hanglow

    Hanglow Pooh-Bah (2,051) Feb 18, 2012 Scotland
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    Really? I quite like that when I had it ages ago in a can . Unless Marstons have now started brewing it and they've Marstonised it. Wouldn't surprise me
     
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  11. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Isn't Crafty Dan just a Thwaites rebrand anyway? That's the reason I always avoided them anyway.

    Good excuse to break out "that" picture of the Thwaites Brewery at least.
    [​IMG]
     
    #6531 CwrwAmByth, Nov 4, 2015
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  12. Hanglow

    Hanglow Pooh-Bah (2,051) Feb 18, 2012 Scotland
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    Yeah it was their craft range

    Then Marstons took over most of or all their brewing, but I thought Twats kept on brewing on a small brewery or something. Might be wrong

    Not sure if I drank it pre or post takeover

    meh, it wasn't earth shattering or anything, just a nice modern hoppy pale ale. Not as is if there aren't a lot of them about
     
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  13. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    According to wiki they retained the Crafty Dan stuff which they still brew, though it cited a BBC article that said nothing about the Craft Dan brand (go wikipedia)
     
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  14. Kozel

    Kozel Initiate (0) Jun 18, 2014 Scotland

    Yeah, I quite like in too. Noticed that they now sell it in 'Spoons.
     
    #6534 Kozel, Nov 4, 2015
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  15. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Looking through my Grandad's old war photos today and came across this one of some of his RAF (261 squadron) chums in 1942 (I think they were in Ceylon at the time) enjoying some beer. TGIF you think? Or TGTBJRHSAU (Thank Goodness Those Bally Japanese Rotters Have Stopped Attacking Us)?

    [​IMG]
     
    #6535 CwrwAmByth, Nov 4, 2015
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  16. Hanglow

    Hanglow Pooh-Bah (2,051) Feb 18, 2012 Scotland
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    Cool picture. I wonder what beer it was?

    love the old school v sign too
     
    #6536 Hanglow, Nov 4, 2015
  17. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    I had the Three Core Craftys before takeover
    Triple C, 13 Guns & Big Ben and that's the order
    Triple C, such an improvement on the regular Thwaites, better than supermarket not quite,
    on par with Camden not as good as say Weird Beard
    13 Guns was top quality supermarket (discounting M&S & Tesco Finest) quality
    above average, good but still lacking
    Big Ben was dire, lacked all the 'grown up' elements of craft browns,
    not as much flavour as regular Newkie

    Possibly the Lil Brewdy was post and it was poor V. poor
     
    #6537 EmperorBevis, Nov 4, 2015
  18. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    I get these voucher codes for discounts for Waitrose deliveries
    see some interesting ale like Cambridge Porter
    then realised that I didn't log in & it's not available in my area

    What I did get
    Hog's Back Hop Garden, Fuller's Oliver's Island
    & Waitrose Sunset which have just seen is brewed by Martians :confused:... er sorry Marston's :slight_frown:
     
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  19. Hanglow

    Hanglow Pooh-Bah (2,051) Feb 18, 2012 Scotland
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    Pint of oakham asylum. Smelled of old socks. Tasted ok. Also onto a pint of adnams extra. Very good pint, nice spicy English hops
     
    #6539 Hanglow, Nov 5, 2015
  20. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Guinness Dublin Porter (with pizza - yum)
    Guinness Dublin Porter (hic)
    Marstons Owd Rodger (head goes flat ridiculously quickly on this beer, it looks like I'm drinking Dr Pepper)
     
    #6540 CwrwAmByth, Nov 5, 2015
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