Weekend Beers Assemble!

Mentioned earlier in another post they were 4 for £5.50 in Tescos last time I was there.

 

I have some home brews chilling at home.......2 chouffe clones, 2 Karlmeliet clones and 2 dark strongs

 

I usually take a day off of work to brew.....

 

Would like to brew this one soon..........think it will be good?

http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/allgrain/AG-Innkeeper.pdf

 

Checking in after five pints of Buxton Imperial Black IPA with a 20-pack of Stella to see me through the night.

 

Currently imbibing a Pilsner Urquell. Got a Bourgogne de Flandres coming up....

 

Going to blackmail the other half into driving me to the Coppers 8 til 8 tomorrow. Summer Whine, Tempest, Fyne and Arbor are all soon to be mine.

 

Easing down as the weather's turning and I quite fancy a morning in the Peaks tomorrow. The less Stella I drink now, the better I feel tomorrow, the more I can drink in Sheffield on the way home.

 

I saw Imperial Black in the shop but it was almost £4 for a bottle :S

Anyhoo I had a bottle of Dark Island with breakfast (hadn't slept so technically 9am was still really really really late at night)

Then a pint of Marstons Single Hop Cascade down the pub (they did an amazing Mexican chicken wrap too). It's a shame to see over the weekend all the pints have gone up by 40p. Even Marstons EPA is now £2.35 whereas it used to be £1.99.

 

£4 for a 50cl bottle? I'd buy that. OK, I'd rather pay £3.20 a pint - and have a 4-pint carryout - but I'd say that was a fair price for a well-crafted beer.

+40p is a kick in the nuts, though. I have to be honest, deep as I am into Marston's territory I don't visit that many of their pubs. EPA has always struck me as an inoffensive yet reasonably priced pint. Not for much longer, it seems.

 

£3.20?!? Is that how much you pay for a pint of Imperial Black? I pay £4.20 and thought that was reasonable, all things considered.

 

I reckon they're just trying to get their money back after their month long "beer festival" in which all pints were £2.25. Apparently the pub is a Stonegate Company pub, though they must have some sort of deal with Marstons.

and they were £3.69 though I might treat myself after exams are over.

 

Walked to artisan brewery to get a bottle of the new American IPA even though i have holes in my shoes so i now have blistered feet - dedication

 

A grand day in the Peaks would have led to a pint in the Cheshire Cheese, Hope, but I ain't queuing for Bradfield Farmer's Blonde. Back to the Sheffield Tap for lashings of Jaipur and the really rather impressive Camden Town Black Friday.

 

I had a fuckload of work to do but have now finished, and am settling into a Buxton High Tor.

So good.

 

Followed the High Tor up with a Magic Rock Dark Arts, and am now drinking an Oud Beersel Oude Kriek.