something about Bitburger didnt sit right wiht me. Just wasnt my thing.
Beer, revisited
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One of my buddies went to the WC when Germany hosted, loves his Bitburger.
From my trip to Munich about a year ago, I'd go with Augustiner's helles (locally), and Hacker-Pschorr being my favorite I can (occasionally) find here. Not sure why the weiss beers are all over, but the lagers put out by the same breweries are rare.
Went to a local pizza place on Tuesday for dinner... struggling for business despite having really good Napoli-style pie. Was scenes there when I noticed they had bottles of Hopslam for sale. Never had it, been, along with Pliny the Elder, one of the top two beers on my "find this list!" for years. Still don't understand why a place hurting for biz scores a rare, seasonal craft beer most places don't have... and fail to pimp it on their social media.
From my trip to Munich about a year ago, I'd go with Augustiner's helles (locally), and Hacker-Pschorr being my favorite I can (occasionally) find here. Not sure why the weiss beers are all over, but the lagers put out by the same breweries are rare.
Went to a local pizza place on Tuesday for dinner... struggling for business despite having really good Napoli-style pie. Was scenes there when I noticed they had bottles of Hopslam for sale. Never had it, been, along with Pliny the Elder, one of the top two beers on my "find this list!" for years. Still don't understand why a place hurting for biz scores a rare, seasonal craft beer most places don't have... and fail to pimp it on their social media.
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Speights; jug of, after a hard game of footy at Te Atatu...magic!
Been in love recently with the stuff from Saint Arnold, which claims to be Texas' oldest craft brewery. They have some good stuff, and an interesting mix of traditional brews and hybrids. The saison hybrid was my favorite so far.
Also good was Abita's Machiatto Espresso Milk Stout. Maybe a little too much on the experimental side for me, but still very good. It gets an 88 at BeerAdvocate.
Also good was Abita's Machiatto Espresso Milk Stout. Maybe a little too much on the experimental side for me, but still very good. It gets an 88 at BeerAdvocate.
They actually sell "Duff" beer in Germany, like the actual brand from The Simpsons
Took a picture of it on my phone when I was on holiday in Berlin, but then a German man ran up and yelled at me, so I had to delete it
True story
Took a picture of it on my phone when I was on holiday in Berlin, but then a German man ran up and yelled at me, so I had to delete it
True story
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
Was this man yellow and bald......
Nein
I tried a bottle of Duff while in Florence a couple years ago. Picture taken. Noone, Italian or German, came up and yelled at me. Wasn't particularly enjoyable, even when compared against the Italian beers I had been drinking.
Black Belt Jones
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A beer sommelier is a tragic concept, obv, but it is nice to see some effort put into the beer selection at a restaurant. I was out for a rare meal (kids) with the missus the other night - good quality restaurant, menu, atmosphere, the lot - great meal. Beer list was execrable, though - tried to broach this with the head waiter (in a deferential manner) and got nowhere. He started babbling about peroni and heineken, as if that was a basis for beer discussion.
Shame that a place will spend months compiling and sourcing a wine list, and 5 minutes on the ale.
Distributors play a role in this in the US. We've been months without Unibroue in the local stores, and that's one of the best brewers in NA. Usually I know what I want, but often I'll ask what people recommend and how they will respond (I asked someone at Wendy's what she recommended and her look was excellent). But there are a few places will well-informed employees. I'm a huge fan of The Flying Saucer and although their waitresses often seem selected for their more obvious talents, quite a few have good knowledge of the beer selection as well.
There's not yet a Master Cicerone in the UK, could be a great opportunity...
Looks like most of the Cicerone trained people in the UK work for BrewDog, but I have no idea who they are
Black Belt Jones
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Brewdog are annoyingly good - Aberdeen company (I think) who brew great ale. The annoying bit comes from their marketing, which is all along the lines of assert-your-rugged-individualism by drinking our beer. I guess that is what it takes to make a splash, though - if you just brew some IPA and stick it out there without any marketing idea then you'll get nowhere. THis is the type of bollox they come out with:
They have some brewdog bars in the north and Scotland, not sure if there's one in Liverpool - been in the Manchester one a few times. Great ale, but all above 5% - could do with some lighter session beers. You're tripping over students passed out from drinking three pints of very strong ale.
They have some brewdog bars in the north and Scotland, not sure if there's one in Liverpool - been in the Manchester one a few times. Great ale, but all above 5% - could do with some lighter session beers. You're tripping over students passed out from drinking three pints of very strong ale.
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