UK Weekend Beerage

A mate's birthday resulted in:

- Rooster's Londonium porter
- Robinson's Old Tom
- Thornbridge Jaipur X
- Tempest In The Dark We Live
- Edge Brewery Juggernaut
- Fuller's Vintage Ale 2015
- Magic Rock Bearded Lady
- Westvleteren XII

One of the best nights of beer I've ever had. Who's birthday's next?!

 

Henry Rollins is 54 tomorrow but that's more of a session in the gym than a session on the ale.

 

Congrats on the job @CwrwAmByth! Here's to many future years of employment and therfore, more importantly, monies to buy more beer!

 

Just returned from a nice trip to Rome :

Rurale 3 degree Migli
Vento Forte Pale Ale
Hammer Black Queen, Bulk, Riverside
Extraomnes Yanqui, Wilde
Emiliano Rihassta di Paro
Brewdog Baby Dogma
Lariano Madiba Imperial
Open Baladin Xyauyu Barrel 2011
Bierra del Borgo Enkir
Pontino Olim Palus
Hostrofficina Tenango Stout

Best beer was the Lariano Madiba Imperial, a bottle from Domus Birrae. Jewel in the bars was Ma Che Siete Venuti A Fà, a fantastic place like Fermonteren in Copenhagen. Selection, staff and environment spot on.

 

Just home from an overnight stay in Edinburgh. Mostly half or third pints of,

Weird Beard - Milk Stout,
Ushers - Mint Choc Stout,
De Molen - Rasputin Imperial Stout,
Weird Beard - Duke & Dank,
Wild Beer - Epic Saison,
Tempest - Long White Cloud,
Tempest - Smoked Red Rye,
Arbor - Gingerbread Saison,
Wild Beer - Milk Stout,
Stewart - Hopricot,
Pilot - Mochaccino Stout,
Magic Rock - Ginspired,
Wild Berr - Hibernating Lemons Saison.

De Molen - Rasputin was easily the outstanding beer, 11.4%, dark fruits, slightly smokey, tasted like a combination of old style rum butter caramels and pineapple chunks, fantastic.
Mentions also for Mochaccino Stout, Smoked Red Rye, Gingerbread Saison & Mint Choc Stout.

 

Beer Club Belfast was an all Cloudwater affair, and very nice they were too.

 

Having a bottle of Drygate Forelsket session IPA. Not bad at all and pleasing getting this from Aldi. It's brewed on their studio kit, according to the bottle at least

It's strange how ugly this beer looks though compared to a Hefewiezen that is of course also cloudy. I think the lack of a good head that lasts is the problem

 

7 Peaks now, also Drygate. Good as well, another bottle conditioned one from Aldi. I've drunk this before from cask and think it suits that a bit better. Got some Lagunitas IPA for afters

 

I had a decent selection of beers last night. I started with Stone Xocoveza stout, Pressure Drop Syd Strong's, and a BrewDog Bourbon Baby. I think the Xocoveza was my favourite.

 

Have to agree with Hanglow about the range of beer we have in Scottish Aldi's. 2 Tempest, 2/3 Drygate, 6/7 Williams Bros. all for under £2, win win as far as I'm concerned.

 

I'm a bit jealous of that. I can't find much of anything for less than £2 in Central London. I'm on the hunt for Williams Bros Kelp Stout. It sounds really interesting. Anyone had it?

I've had the Dark Star Imperial tonight as well as a Five Points Railway Porter. I am getting some boozy notes from the Imperial in addition to some wood, but it was bottle conditioned, very interesting.

 

My weekend highlights have been Sierra Nevada Bigfoot, titanic cappuccino, kbs, Buxton dubbel and black ipa's from moor and bollington.

 

I am trying to secure some KBS for myself. I have my brother on advanced alert of KBS day and am hoping a couple will be flying my way when family comes to visit in April. Fingers crossed.

 

The Kelpie is lovely and is sometimes available in Aldi with the other Williams Bros. beers. Fraoch and Kelpie were the first two Williams Bros. beers I tried.
Available in my local Aldi yesterday,
Williams - Seven Giraffes,
Williams - Birds and Bees,
Williams - Joker IPA,
Williams - Pavlovs Dog,
Williams - Perfect Storm,
Williams - Golden Ratio,
Williams - March of the Penguins,
Tempest - Long White Cloud,
Tempest - Pale Armadillo,
Drygate - Ax Man Rye IPA,
Drygate - Bearface Lager.

All under £2.

 

Why don't they put that on the "discover Scotland" adverts?!?