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Old 13-02-2016, 21:30
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Anyone tried Bread Beer?

Jamie Oliver was championing it on his show as part of his food waste fight.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...into-beer.html
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Old 15-02-2016, 11:14
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Anyone tried Bread Beer?

Jamie Oliver was championing it on his show as part of his food waste fight.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...into-beer.html
I've not tried it yet, the guy who runs one of my local bottle shops says he's getting some of the "Toast" in and that he's also trying to get some of the "Babylone" from Brussels Beer Project which is the Belgian one that the British makers got the idea from. He'll probably Tweet when he's got them in so I'll get him to save me a bottle of each as I'm interested in trying it.

The Wild Beer Company are doing some nice stuff at the moment. Had a "Schnoodlepip 2015" on Saturday, barrel aged and made with passion fruit, pink peppercorns and hibiscus, lovely.
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Old 15-02-2016, 11:29
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I drink local Rea Ale made right here in Sheffield, Abbeydale Brewery and Bradfield Brewery, Farmer's Blonde and Abbydale Moonshine are lovely Pints, they sell Moonshine in the Fox and Duck opposite work, I'll often sneak in for a half on my Lunch break, even though I'm not meant to drink at work
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Old 25-04-2016, 17:26
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It's been an amazing few weeks for new releases, particularly double IPAs. Magic Rock's annual version of the limited edition "Human Cannonball" and "Unhuman Cannonball" (a triple IPA) were both lovely. Cloudwater's "DIPA V3" was insanely good but easily as good as the Cloudwater was the totally unhyped "King Maker" from Buxton. Buxton also released a barrel aged version of "Double Axe" which I have sat at home. Brewdog have released a new "Born To Die" too which I'm hoping to try this weekend.

It really is a good time to be a beer lover.
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Old 26-04-2016, 00:06
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It's been an amazing few weeks for new releases, particularly double IPAs. Magic Rock's annual version of the limited edition "Human Cannonball" and "Unhuman Cannonball" (a triple IPA) were both lovely. Cloudwater's "DnIPA V3" was insanely good but easily as good as the Cloudwater was the totally unhyped "King Maker" from Buxton. Buxton also released a barrel aged version of "Double Axe" which I have sat at home. Brewdog have released a new "Born To Die" too which I'm hoping to try this weekend.

It really is a good time to be a beer lover.
Did I mention that a Wetherspoons in Cardiff Bay offered Old Speckled Hen at 99p a pint some months back? It was in good order too.
Last week in Ilfracombe my wife and I had two glasses of wine in a very nice wine bar, overlooking the harbour, for £10.50 which we knew before we ordered so had no complaints.
An hour later, in a Wetherspoons, that has a very nice astro turfed roof garden, we had a pint of a guest ale at 5.5% (Revelation?) and a glass of Sauvignon Blanc with change from a fiver. The ale was £1.95 and was very nice indeed.
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Old 26-04-2016, 09:07
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Did I mention that a Wetherspoons in Cardiff Bay offered Old Speckled Hen at 99p a pint some months back? It was in good order too.
Last week in Ilfracombe my wife and I had two glasses of wine in a very nice wine bar, overlooking the harbour, for £10.50 which we knew before we ordered so had no complaints.
An hour later, in a Wetherspoons, that has a very nice astro turfed roof garden, we had a pint of a guest ale at 5.5% (Revelation?) and a glass of Sauvignon Blanc with change from a fiver. The ale was £1.95 and was very nice indeed.
I really don't like Old Speckled Hen, I wouldn't touch it even if it was 1p a pint.

I'm assuming you mean Dark Star Revelation, that's actually not a bad beer, a fairly decent American style Pale Ale. They do sometimes have some good stuff in Wetherspoons, we'll generally pop in for one if we're doing a pub crawl. I had a Grafton Caramel Stout that was lovely and they had Thornbridge Chiron on last time I went which is quite nice.
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Old 26-04-2016, 23:56
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I really don't like Old Speckled Hen, I wouldn't touch it even if it was 1p a pint.
No, you wouldn't.
You'd be killed in the stampede.
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Old 27-04-2016, 11:52
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No, you wouldn't.
You'd be killed in the stampede.


I'd hide from the stampede, wait for the dust to settle and then go to a now quiet pub that served decent beer!
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Old 13-06-2016, 08:50
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Anyone tried Bread Beer?

Jamie Oliver was championing it on his show as part of his food waste fight.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...into-beer.html
I finally got some of this, I got the Belgian version, Babylone by The Brussels Beer Project.

It was OK, nice enough but nothing spectacular, I don't think it helped that I had it alongside some really nice stuff from Siren, Burning Sky and To Øl, it was definitely left in the shade by them.
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Old 13-06-2016, 11:36
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I really don't like Old Speckled Hen, I wouldn't touch it even if it was 1p a pint.
No, you wouldn't.
You'd be killed in the stampede.
I think Old Speckled Hen must be the most over-rated beer at all time, which is sold purely on the back of advertising. I think non-real ale drinkers trot it out much in the same way that Gordon Brown announced that Arctic Monkeys were his favourite band.

I don't usually drink bottled beer, but I have to say that the Sadler's Hop Bomb in Aldi for £1.25 is the best one I've ever tasted. You can even drink it straight out of the fridge if you wish.
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Old 13-06-2016, 12:22
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I think Old Speckled Hen must be the most over-rated beer at all time, which is sold purely on the back of advertising. I think non-real ale drinkers trot it out much in the same way that Gordon Brown announced that Arctic Monkeys were his favourite band.

I don't usually drink bottled beer, but I have to say that the Sadler's Hop Bomb in Aldi for £1.25 is the best one I've ever tasted. You can even drink it straight out of the fridge if you wish.
I'm not normally a fan of supermarket beer, it's usually terribly pedestrian and crap like Hobgoblin and Badger beers so it's got to the point where I just don't bother. Luckily for me there's an amazing bottle shop 15 mins drive away that has new stuff in every week and stocks some tremendous stuff. However, we have a small Tesco Metro in our town centre and they've really upped their game in the last few weeks. I popped in last week and happened to walk down the beer aisle, they'd got 4 different Vocation beers, 3 different Northern Monk beers and 6 different Brewdog beers amongst some other half decent stuff. It was all £1.79 a bottle/can too so really cheap. Strange that the little Tesco has this as the massive Tesco Extra just outside of town has an awful selection.
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Old 13-06-2016, 14:41
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I can only guess that the Tesco Extra is a franchise and that the manager has more scope to source his/her own ranges.
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Old 13-06-2016, 14:55
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I can only guess that the Tesco Extra is a franchise and that the manager has more scope to source his/her own ranges.
I wondered that but I didn't think that Tesco operated franchises. It's the smaller Metro that has the beer not the big Extra but I didn't think even the little Metro stores were franchised.
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Old 25-06-2016, 12:52
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I don't drink much beer nowadays, but I like the occasional bottle of Abbot Ale, which I think has a very nice taste. Sometimes I opt for the stronger Abbot Reserve (6.5%, whereas Abbot Ale is 5%).
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Old 25-06-2016, 14:37
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Last night I had a bottle of Three's Company, the collaboration between Cloudwater and Magic Rock. As you would expect from something made by two of the best breweries in the country it was absolutely stunning.

I also picked up a bottle of Serpent, a collaboration between Thornbridge and Brooklyn. A first of it's kind, a Belgian style golden ale but brewed using lees (wild yeasts used in ciders) and then aged in white wine barrels to produce a unique wild sour ale. I'm very much looking forward to trying it.
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Old 27-06-2016, 23:20
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I'm not normally a fan of supermarket beer, it's usually terribly pedestrian and crap like Hobgoblin and Badger beers.
However, we have a small Tesco Metro in our town centre and they've really upped their game in the last few weeks. I popped in last week and happened to walk down the beer aisle, they'd got 4 different Vocation beers, 3 different Northern Monk beers and 6 different Brewdog beers amongst some other half decent stuff.
Do you wear a smoking jacket and have a cigarette holder whilst you extol the virtues of these fine beers to a small group of students who are enthralled by your majestic, silky airings?
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Old 28-06-2016, 08:41
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Do you wear a smoking jacket and have a cigarette holder whilst you extol the virtues of these fine beers to a small group of students who are enthralled by your majestic, silky airings?
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No (although I have always fancied a smoking jacket), I just get a bit excited and bore my wife for a few minutes when I taste something new and exciting. Thankfully I can have a good chat with the guy in the bottle shop when I visit.
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Old 03-07-2016, 20:10
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Hey all
I'm starting to experiment with real ale. I was getting bored of my usual tipples and fancied a change. I'd tried the odd random pint over the years and enjoyed it so thought I'd explore.

Thing is I don't know my ass from my elbow when it comes to ales so there is a long journey of discovery ahead! I really like a nice fresh, crisp and refreshing drink, that doesn't stick to the mouth on the way down, but still with some depth of flavour. The sainsbury's taste the difference one went down nice (should have kept the bottles )

Tried a hobgoblin today, very dark, drinkable but I had to take my time. A bit thick and heavy for my tastes. So much choice out there I don't know where to start.

Would sure be grateful for a few pointers, thanks folks!
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Old 03-07-2016, 20:37
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I prefer the golden ales. They're a bit like lager but with more depth of flavour and less fizz.
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Old 03-07-2016, 22:11
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Hey all
I'm starting to experiment with real ale. I was getting bored of my usual tipples and fancied a change. I'd tried the odd random pint over the years and enjoyed it so thought I'd explore.

Thing is I don't know my ass from my elbow when it comes to ales so there is a long journey of discovery ahead! I really like a nice fresh, crisp and refreshing drink, that doesn't stick to the mouth on the way down, but still with some depth of flavour. The sainsbury's taste the difference one went down nice (should have kept the bottles )

Tried a hobgoblin today, very dark, drinkable but I had to take my time. A bit thick and heavy for my tastes. So much choice out there I don't know where to start.

Would sure be grateful for a few pointers, thanks folks!
Hobgoblin Gold might be more up your street.
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Old 03-07-2016, 22:48
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Why thanks folks that's two votes for Gold/Golden sounds promising.
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Old 04-07-2016, 09:11
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Think you'd be best off with IPA's as they're basically what you've described.

Greene King IPA and Proper Job by St Austell's are good starter IPA's and can be bought in most supermarkets.

I'm more of a Porter fan, myself but the occasional IPA is nice.
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Old 04-07-2016, 09:43
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It's all irrelevant anyway as no doubt Jambo_c will be along any minute to tell you about some obscure beer that nobody has ever heard of but will be better than anything us beer plebs could recommend.
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Old 04-07-2016, 10:07
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Hey all
I'm starting to experiment with real ale. I was getting bored of my usual tipples and fancied a change. I'd tried the odd random pint over the years and enjoyed it so thought I'd explore.

Thing is I don't know my ass from my elbow when it comes to ales so there is a long journey of discovery ahead! I really like a nice fresh, crisp and refreshing drink, that doesn't stick to the mouth on the way down, but still with some depth of flavour. The sainsbury's taste the difference one went down nice (should have kept the bottles )

Tried a hobgoblin today, very dark, drinkable but I had to take my time. A bit thick and heavy for my tastes. So much choice out there I don't know where to start.

Would sure be grateful for a few pointers, thanks folks!
You've picked a good time to get into beer as there's so much around at the moment and lots of great breweries.

If you're wanting something that's refreshing I'd recommend trying some pale ales and IPAs. I'd also recommend trying some wheat beers, Berliner Weisses, sour beers and saisons. All examples of refreshing styles but you may struggle to find good examples of these in supermarkets.

If you're getting stuff from supermarkets I'd take a look at what craft stuff they've got as some have upped their game recently. Don't get bogged down in all the rubbish of "real ale" vs "craft beer", good beer is good beer. If there's a Tesco near you have a look for the following:

Brewdog Elvis Juice
Brewdog Hop Fiction
Brewdog Dead Pony Club
Brewdog Punk IPA

Vocation Pride and Joy
Vocation Heart and Soul

These are all very refreshing.

By using a supermarket you're instantly limiting your selection (both in amount of beers and style wise) and potentially exposing yourself to a lot of crap. Have you got a bottle shop nearby? If so I'd recommend going there and having a chat with the person who works there, you'll generally find that it's something that they're knowledgeable and passionate about and they'll be pleased to help and offer suggestions of things to try.

It's all irrelevant anyway as no doubt Jambo_c will be along any minute to tell you about some obscure beer that nobody has ever heard of but will be better than anything us beer plebs could recommend.
Really? What's your problem? I enjoy good quality beer and it's something that I class as a hobby and am very interested in. I like talking about it as there's just so much quality about but people still drink poor beers. They're hardly obscure just because you can't buy them in supermarkets, some people really need to open their minds a little.
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Old 04-07-2016, 10:20
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He's started off with Hobgoblin, I'd hardly call that a poor beer.

But we should all bow down to you and your superior knowledge of what is classed as a "good" beer, right?
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