Your Beer of the week

[barryd]

On my quest for proper strong continental type lager on a motorcycle ride out a couple of weeks back I came across some Kestral Super lager at 9%. What I call proper Tramp lager. So I bought what was on the shelves and slung them in the top box. Sadly one exploded on the way home but most survived. Surprisingly enjoyable with a very large Scotch chaser. I only have the one of each though.

£1.99 each.

I hardly drink beer / lager these days not least of all because the mainstream stuff available in UK shops is awful and so weak now and I'm just not an "Ale" fan where it seems there are more options.

 

[Broko]

IPA from Spain!
I'm not an IPA lover, but I have one from time to time. And, yes, although I know it's an English creation, we do create IPA too, I guess it's in.
This one is great, because Mahou is a great beer brewery from Madrid, and I say this being from Barcelona, so rivalry is served
But I do prefer Mahou to Estrella Daurada (from Barcelona). And don't confuse with Estrella Galicia, which is a fantastic brewery too, but from Galicia, one of my favourites too.
I just believe Mahou is one of the bests Spanish beers.
Salud! Cheers!

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The Germans do make nice glasses though.

 

[Rog NotJane]

IPA from Spain!
I'm not an IPA lover, but I have one from time to time. And, yes, although I know it's an English creation, we do create IPA too, I guess it's in.
This one is great, because Mahou is a great beer brewery from Madrid, and I say this being from Barcelona, so rivalry is served
But I do prefer Mahou to Estrella Daurada (from Barcelona). And don't confuse with Estrella Galicia, which is a fantastic brewery too, but from Galicia, one of my favourites too.
I just believe Mahou is one of the bests Spanish beers.
Salud! Cheers!

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I got this occasionally in Morocco. Easily the best beer I found over there. Whenever I saw it I bough up Carrefour's entire supply.

 

[Peavy]

Erdinger (imported version), is a nice Weiss bier, less spicy than Paulaner, fresher for summer, nice foam, taste is good enough. Although best beer in the world is, in my view, from Belgium, and I agree we have great beer in Spain too, I have a special love for German beer
Wonders you can't tell now that's not the proper glass

 

[Bonsaiman]

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Tripel Karmeliet 8.4% Belgium Beer.​

Highlights:
World Beer Cup - Gold Medal
Exceptional World Beer Championships
European Beer Star The Beer Tasting Gold Award Gold Award

Description:
Blond, robust, smooth and fruity "3 Grain" beer, with final fermentation in the bottle. Still brewed to a 17th century recipe, from the old carmelite monastery of Dendermonde, with wheat, oat and barley. 100% natural beer.

Probably one of my all time favourite beers especially if you can get it on draft, as I have in Belgium and France
It was on offer in Lidl the other week so stocked up on it
In fact think I'll go have one now in the sun out in the garden

 

[BobJayne]

2 for £6.50 but 7%.
A nice west coast ipa, not as citrusy as their Jaipur.

 

[Lenny HB]

Daughter gave me this one for my birthday, it's very nice.

 

[CAB96]

Daughter gave me this one for my birthday, it's very nice.

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I've had raspberry beer.

I've had cherry beer.

Daughter got me a taste of vanilla and strawberry beer.

But GARLIC

 

[Peavy]

I'm not sure about none of the above
...garlic, vanilla, strawberry...

 

[CAB96]

I'm not sure about none of the above
...garlic, vanilla, strawberry...

There's a whole 'sour' beer scene going on over here. They put all sorts in.

Foul stuff!

 

[CAB96]

There's a whole 'sour' beer scene going on over here. They put all sorts in.

Foul stuff!

But, the kids seem to like it, it keeps new breweries, bars, and bottle shops in business, and they often do a proper beer or porter to keep the old fogies happy

 

[Peavy]

I'm more traditional then

 

[Broko]

Surprised no Peter Kay comment yet.
BEER! GARLIC!......

 

[Rog NotJane]

One to go with Lenny’s garlic beer:

Lentil beer. The last lentil beer I had was green lentil beer in france. It was awful, this was pretty good. It probably helped that I’d just climbed a massive hill in 30C

 

[CAB96]

One to go with Lenny’s garlic beer:

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Lentil beer. The last lentil beer I had was green lentil beer in france. It was awful, this was pretty good. It probably helped that I’d just climbed a massive hill in 30C

Lentil Beer?

That's practically a health drink!

 

[Lenny HB]

Surprised no Peter Kay comment yet.
BEER! GARLIC!......

It was surprisingly nice a bit like a porter but much lighter no garlic taste.

 

[CazPaul]

Daughter gave me this one for my birthday, it's very nice.

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Bloody hell that’s the worst looking beer I’ve ever seen. No body, no head, it’s like coloured water. I wouldn’t sup that if you paid me.

I’m a Yorkshireman and real cask ale connoisseur, brought up on Tetley’s hand pulled. Smoothness, body, the head lasting all the way down to the last drop.

A lot of this new fangled trash, sorry I mean beer, is the same, chuck a bit of flavour in, a nice name, make it strong, coloured water is not for me neither is the strong stuff in general apart from a few real ale exceptions.

It depends a lot on the expertise and experience of the landlord in keeping a good cellar, which is an art in itself.

As opposed to this excuse for beer I got in one pub on our recent tour the drink on the left. As my old father would say I can hear him now if he had been served that” Chuff me av weshed pots in betta, ad sooner sup witch piss “

 

[GMLS]

Stumbled across the best AF beer of any type recently.Was on draught in a pub but have bought a load of cans direct and equally tasty.It has a really authentic flavour and also refreshing.Worth a try

 

[Lenny HB]

Bloody hell that’s the worst looking beer I’ve ever seen. No body, no head, it’s like coloured water. I wouldn’t sup that if you paid me.

Only northerners and people who like Euro fizz waste valuable beer space with froth.

 

[CazPaul]

Only northerners and people who like Euro fizz waste valuable coloured watta space with froth.

I’ve re-worded that for you

 

[Rog NotJane]

Only northerners and people who like Euro fizz waste valuable beer space with froth.

Sadly, it’s an urban myth. There are two different types of pint glasses in the UK: brim measured and line measured.

Line measured in the North (ideally) to allow for a proper head.
Brim measured in the south because the beer doesn’t work properly

 

[Broko]

Bloody hell that’s the worst looking beer I’ve ever seen. No body, no head, it’s like coloured water. I wouldn’t sup that if you paid me.

I’m a Yorkshireman and real cask ale connoisseur, brought up on Tetley’s hand pulled. Smoothness, body, the head lasting all the way down to the last drop.

A lot of this new fangled trash, sorry I mean beer, is the same, chuck a bit of flavour in, a nice name, make it strong, coloured water is not for me neither is the strong stuff in general apart from a few real ale exceptions.

It depends a lot on the expertise and experience of the landlord in keeping a good cellar, which is an art in itself.

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As opposed to this excuse for beer I got in one pub on our recent tour the drink on the left. As my old father would say I can hear him now if he had been served that” Chuff me av weshed pots in betta, ad sooner sup witch piss “

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My dad used to say to the barman/woman "can you fit a whisky in please" when they said yes he said " fill the b#;;'zd up then"

 

[Broko]

Lentil Beer?

That's practically a health drink!

It counts as one of your five a day!

 

[Thornebt]

Bloody hell that’s the worst looking beer I’ve ever seen. No body, no head, it’s like coloured water. I wouldn’t sup that if you paid me.

I’m a Yorkshireman and real cask ale connoisseur, brought up on Tetley’s hand pulled. Smoothness, body, the head lasting all the way down to the last drop.

A lot of this new fangled trash, sorry I mean beer, is the same, chuck a bit of flavour in, a nice name, make it strong, coloured water is not for me neither is the strong stuff in general apart from a few real ale exceptions.

It depends a lot on the expertise and experience of the landlord in keeping a good cellar, which is an art in itself.

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As opposed to this excuse for beer I got in one pub on our recent tour the drink on the left. As my old father would say I can hear him now if he had been served that” Chuff me av weshed pots in betta, ad sooner sup witch piss “

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I heard if you drink beer with a head that lasts all the way to the bottom it makes your hair fall out!

 

[jockaneezer]

My first time in London, I ordered a pint of Fuller's London Pride and thought the top of the beer looked like a dish washing bowl when nearly all the suds have gone, the taste just confirmed my suspicions !

 

[CAB96]

My first time in London, I ordered a pint of Fuller's London Pride and thought the top of the beer looked like a dish washing bowl when nearly all the suds have gone, the taste just confirmed my suspicions !

The looks I've had up north when asking for the sparkler to be removed when a pub has a Southern beer on tap!

 

[Rog NotJane]

wrong thread.

 

[Rog NotJane]

It counts as one of your five a day!

Being as I count normal beer as one of my five a day, I think this was two!

My first time in London, I ordered a pint of Fuller's London Pride and thought the top of the beer looked like a dish washing bowl when nearly all the suds have gone, the taste just confirmed my suspicions !

I went to university in London and Lived in Hammersmith. Fullers was just around the corner in Chiswick and I grew quite fond of London Pride. Fullers was the last of the big family owned Victorian breweries in London to close/be sold. Asahi still make London Pride at the Griffin brewery but it’s not the same.

 

[jockaneezer]

Apparently Lidl have a boxed set of 33cl bottles of Belgian beer in at the moment. Looks interesting, but they're all in the 7.7 to 10.5% range, a bit too spicy for me !

 

[Broko]

Coq Hardi.
We are in La Flotte, Ile de Re. Found a Belgian bar near the harbour and bought a little Coq and a big Coq.
Thought it was local but is Belgian.
Tastes like lager. Probably cos it's lager.