Beer, revisited

[Exeter_Gently]

I'm sorry, but that sounds absolutely disgusting.

Well let me tell you....it wasn't.


Ha took a picture so I'd never forget!

 

[summerisle]

Well let me tell you....it wasn't.
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Ha took a picture so I'd never forget!

I'll stick with me glass of mild thanks.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

I'll stick with me glass of mild thanks.

Nowt wrong with a nice mild,Back en vogue.

 

[sdk]

Mate you guys are the kings of craft ale, 20 years ahead of anything we do over here. Remember drinking a sweet potato and butternut squash APA in the States a couple of years ago,that ruined beer for me,the bar that day was set. Everything has just been plain average since.

True, and I'm a happy consumer of a number of local/regional brewers of the so-called craft ilk. (For its special combination of quality and value, I especially appreciate the lager-only Jack's Abby of Framingham, MA, these days.) But one thing I like about real ale is that the cask treatment seems to allow smaller beers to punch above their weight in flavor, and that there are so many smaller options over there. I'd guess the average alcohol level of American craft beers would be at least 6.5% Finding well-made beers at 4% or under in the can be a chore, and as I've grown old and sleepy I've become more attracted to smaller beers.

Regardless, the present offers an embarrassment of riches for beer and my desire for real ale options doesn't reduce my enthusiasm for our domestic craft options.

 

[sdk]

I'll stick with me glass of mild thanks.

Another complaint about the USA: very few brewers attempt English-style milds. It's like our tongues have been so cauterized by hops that a subtly flavored brew goes right off the radar.

 

[summerisle]

Another complaint about the USA: very few brewers attempt English-style milds. It's like our tongues have been so cauterized by hops that a subtly flavored brew goes right off the radar.

Do they have brown ale in the States ?

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Another complaint about the USA: very few brewers attempt English-style milds. It's like our tongues have been so cauterized by hops that a subtly flavored brew goes right off the radar.

Have you ever tried to home brew?

 

[sdk]

Do they have brown ale in the States ?

Yes, but there again we've experienced a lot of hop-creep in them. With the exception of sours (which is still a fairly limited market), hoppy brews dominate the market for higher quality beer. I love hoppy ales but I love variety more.

 

[sdk]

Have you ever tried to home brew?

No, until very recently I lived in a succession of dinky urban apartments and I never felt I had space for brewing and fermenting and all that. Now I have a basement but I'm also a lazier man. Still, the way pricing trends are going, I'll probably be forced into homebrewing eventually, or worse, sobriety.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

No, until very recently I lived in a succession of dinky urban apartments and I never felt I had space for brewing and fermenting and all that. Now I have a basement but I'm also a lazier man. Still, the way pricing trends are going, I'll probably be forced into homebrewing eventually, or worse, sobriety.

Jesus...the last one is extreme

 

[LEONARD]

2 PINTS OF THIS TODAY, A FANTASTIC DROP,

 

[ste d' indica]

Classic from Sam Smith's.

 

[Super Kevin sheedy]

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2 PINTS OF THIS TODAY, A FANTASTIC DROP,

Celebrating another win by the Blues

 

[Exeter_Gently]

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2 PINTS OF THIS TODAY, A FANTASTIC DROP,

Big Bog?


Yeahhh Typo there . .

 

[Exeter_Gently]

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Classic from Sam Smith's.

Like an old friend