UK Weekend Beerage

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  1. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Barnsley Beer Company's Owd Tyke
    Bit flat & smells like junior school teacher's coffee cup but 99p from B&Ms it'll do for me besides
    Times are hard,
    ain't got no money for no middle class hipster beard double income no kids 750ml bomber bottle of
    13.5% triple imperial mortgage price IPA
     
    #6321 EmperorBevis, Sep 18, 2015
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  2. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Hawkshead Lakeland Gold

    For a pound, from Tesco here's to another & another and maybe another
     
    #6322 EmperorBevis, Sep 19, 2015
  3. Kozel

    Kozel Initiate (0) Jun 18, 2014 Scotland

    Just home from a great night out with friends in South Queensferry and Linlithgow, had;
    Jaw Brew - Fathom,
    Innis and Gunn - Toasted Oak IPA,
    Kelburn - Dark Moon,
    Orkney - Dark Island,
    Innis and Gunn - Original,
    Harviestoun - Old Engine Oil Engineer's Reserve, fab
    Williams - Double Joker IPA,
    An Teallach - Crofters IPA.

    Nice bottle of Shiraz with our meal and job's a good un.
     
    #6323 Kozel, Sep 20, 2015
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  4. Hoppsbabo

    Hoppsbabo Pooh-Bah (2,053) Jan 29, 2012 England
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    Another blind taste testing with a couple of budding beer nerds. Dark abbey style beers again.

    We were unanimous in our verdicts that Rochefort 10 was the out and out winner. Pannepot was number two, despite being a bad bottle. Not a classic quad though. Westy 12 was in the middle, and we noted it for being the most phenolic tasting. St Bernardus and Chimay Blue fell flat, the latter tasting too much like bread. Wish I could've gotten hold of some La Trappe and Achel.
     
    #6324 Hoppsbabo, Sep 20, 2015
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  5. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Siren Rainbow Collaboration project '15 - seems like a cool idea but it's a shame you can never try it as it gets sold out so quickly. Seriously fuck these releases and shit like that. Worst part of American beer culture.
     
    #6325 CwrwAmByth, Sep 20, 2015
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  6. Hanglow

    Hanglow Pooh-Bah (2,051) Feb 18, 2012 Scotland
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    My favourites of those I've tried are St Bernadus and Rocheforte 10 . Chimay is guff imo although I've only ever had newer bottles. Not tried Westvleteren 12
     
    #6326 Hanglow, Sep 20, 2015
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  7. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Weirdly, and remember at this point I'd only been drinking for a year or so, but I found St. Bernadus and Rochefort undrinkable, liked Chimay, and then about a year later loved Westvleteren.
     
    #6327 CwrwAmByth, Sep 20, 2015
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  8. Georgefox

    Georgefox Crusader (404) Aug 19, 2013 England

    I spent literally 3 hours yesterday morning on the siren website trying to order this, continuously having to refresh the page, even when eventually adding it to the basket and trying to check out, each part of the check out kept crashing too. Eventually I managed to get it finished, then within one hour I checked back and it was sold out. Didn't realise it would be this much effort, I had similar problems but was unsuccessful with the bottles of un-human cannonball.
     
    #6328 Georgefox, Sep 20, 2015
  9. Hoppsbabo

    Hoppsbabo Pooh-Bah (2,053) Jan 29, 2012 England
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    Went to a BBQ with a bottle of Kernel India Porter (very nice indeed) amongst other things. A stranger next to me was shocked to see a Kernel label. She lives opposite the brewery and thought it was a little known brewery and exclusive to Bermondsey.
     
    #6329 Hoppsbabo, Sep 21, 2015
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  10. Hanglow

    Hanglow Pooh-Bah (2,051) Feb 18, 2012 Scotland
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    I had their 1890 export stout last night, excellent beer
     
    #6330 Hanglow, Sep 21, 2015
  11. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Pint of Sambrooks Scrumdown in the cricketers on Richmond green. Love this pub, they print their own "newspaper" which is mostly crap (just 3 or 4 pages as a big advert), but there's always a voucher for a free pint of ale so you can come in, grab your pint, sit down, get the voucher and get your next pint free.
     
    #6331 CwrwAmByth, Sep 21, 2015
  12. hdtrice

    hdtrice Initiate (0) May 29, 2015 England

    Tried a handful of beers this weekend. the headlines being:
     
    #6332 hdtrice, Sep 21, 2015
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  13. Kozel

    Kozel Initiate (0) Jun 18, 2014 Scotland

    I had the Harviestoun - Old Engine Oil Engineer's Reserve - 9% at the weekend and it was a big dark hug of a beer.
     
    #6333 Kozel, Sep 21, 2015
  14. Hanglow

    Hanglow Pooh-Bah (2,051) Feb 18, 2012 Scotland
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    Oink oink porkers! What are we drinking tonight in celebration of this great day? I'm having a De Molen Rasputin.
     
    #6334 Hanglow, Sep 21, 2015
  15. hdtrice

    hdtrice Initiate (0) May 29, 2015 England

    I'll add that to my shopping list! Got some Ola Dubh waiting...
     
    #6335 hdtrice, Sep 21, 2015
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  16. DJ-Hophead

    DJ-Hophead Initiate (0) May 28, 2015 England

    Van Den Bossche Buffalo Stout
    Affligem Double
    Wiper and True In the Groves
    NovaBirra Big Nose (free from Beergium, thanks)

    Enjoyed the stout which was nothing really like one but still a very easy drinking, smooth strong dark ale. B N best freebie I've ever had.
     
    #6336 DJ-Hophead, Sep 22, 2015
  17. Hoppsbabo

    Hoppsbabo Pooh-Bah (2,053) Jan 29, 2012 England
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    Can't remember it tasting like plastic but it was pretty shite.
     
    #6337 Hoppsbabo, Sep 22, 2015
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  18. Aye

    Aye Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 England

    Had a couple of bottles over the weekend, not bad, not good, not great. And yet while unadventurous it wasn't rank like you describe. Reacquainting myself with their double stout soon.
     
    #6338 Aye, Sep 22, 2015
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  19. Goudie

    Goudie Initiate (0) Jun 13, 2014 Northern Ireland

    Belfast Beer Club is doing a tasting of some of the Siren Rainbow Project beers, should be good. Will report back when done.
     
    #6339 Goudie, Sep 23, 2015
  20. Kozel

    Kozel Initiate (0) Jun 18, 2014 Scotland

    Which Ola Dubh did you have, 12, 16 or 18?

    They also do a gift pack with all 3 in it for about £15. A hint to your other half around Christmas/birthday/father's day/anniversary might work a treat...did for me. :wink:
     
    #6340 Kozel, Sep 23, 2015
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