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Post by muggleton on Jun 21, 2020 11:53:08 GMT
Another shout for Jaipur IPA although the last couple of times I had it in The Fountain Leek it wasn't up to scratch, also had a fantastic IPA called mosaic in The Stillhouse again in Leek which was up there with the best IPA I have ever had👍 Jaipur is lovely alright, though if drank as a session beer the sessions tend to be shorter than optimum as it packs a punch. Normally drink stout on draught, but with the pubs shut I got tired of the cans and went on either IPAs or lagers on the warm weather. Tesco the best of the supermarkets at the minute as far as I can see.
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Post by alsagerstokie on Jun 21, 2020 12:53:57 GMT
Another shout for Jaipur IPA although the last couple of times I had it in The Fountain Leek it wasn't up to scratch, also had a fantastic IPA called mosaic in The Stillhouse again in Leek which was up there with the best IPA I have ever had👍 Jaipur is lovely alright, though if drank as a session beer the sessions tend to be shorter than optimum as it packs a punch. Normally drink stout on draught, but with the pubs shut I got tired of the cans and went on either IPAs or lagers on the warm weather. Tesco the best of the supermarkets at the minute as far as I can see. I like a Guinness occasionally in pubs on draft but not much for Stouts. If you like them though go for it 👍 Definitely an ale for me. Like my IPA's if I'm out with friends on a Sat afternoon. It's usually a session ale. As your drinking all afternoon. One of the nicest pints i've had and i've only ever had it on tap in Nottingham. It's in the great pub. Ye Old Trip to Jerusalem and the beer is called Old Trip. Partial to Larger on a really sunny day. Has to be stuff like Hop House tho cracking beer. Estrella Beer Moretti. Non of this Carling Fosters Carlsberg Crap. Shout outs to anything by Brewdog. Sam Adams Boston Larger. Shipyard,Blue Moon,Maltsmiths, Black Sheep,Erdinger Dunkel,Hobgoblin IPA, Hobgoblin Gold. I personally don't think you can beat Morrison's for beer selection to be honest.
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Post by muggleton on Jun 21, 2020 13:49:26 GMT
Jaipur is lovely alright, though if drank as a session beer the sessions tend to be shorter than optimum as it packs a punch. Normally drink stout on draught, but with the pubs shut I got tired of the cans and went on either IPAs or lagers on the warm weather. Tesco the best of the supermarkets at the minute as far as I can see. I like a Guinness occasionally in pubs on draft but not much for Stouts. If you like them though go for it 👍 Definitely an ale for me. Like my IPA's if I'm out with friends on a Sat afternoon. It's usually a session ale. As your drinking all afternoon. One of the nicest pints i've had and i've only ever had it on tap in Nottingham. It's in the great pub. Ye Old Trip to Jerusalem and the beer is called Old Trip. Partial to Larger on a really sunny day. Has to be stuff like Hop House tho cracking beer. Estrella Beer Moretti. Non of this Carling Fosters Carlsberg Crap. Shout outs to anything by Brewdog. Sam Adams Boston Larger. Shipyard,Blue Moon,Maltsmiths, Black Sheep,Erdinger Dunkel,Hobgoblin IPA, Hobgoblin Gold. I personally don't think you can beat Morrison's for beer selection to be honest. On a related note - where serves a decent pint of Guinness locally? Tend to avoid it in England unless I'm in an Irish spot, the place has a good rep for it, or a decent chunk of the regulars are on it. Am partial to all of the above, though Sam Adams and Hobgoblin I can take or leave. Getting decent, interesting beer has been a minority sport in Ireland all my life, so it's great to see it more prevalent. Still far too pricy though, and local brews on draught are hard to find. My favourite thing about drinking in England is the access to fresh, well kept local ales on draught, without paying a premium for them.
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Post by butlerstbob on Jun 21, 2020 13:52:56 GMT
Another shout for Jaipur IPA although the last couple of times I had it in The Fountain Leek it wasn't up to scratch, also had a fantastic IPA called mosaic in The Stillhouse again in Leek which was up there with the best IPA I have ever had👍 Jaipur is lovely alright, though if drank as a session beer the sessions tend to be shorter than optimum as it packs a punch. Normally drink stout on draught, but with the pubs shut I got tired of the cans and went on either IPAs or lagers on the warm weather. Tesco the best of the supermarkets at the minute as far as I can see. If I remember right Jaipur in The Fountain is around 5%+ I don't think I would like anything much stronger, I do like my Ipa's had a cracking one in the Red Willow Macclesfield an American IPA but that's all I remember😊 they do some great IPAs in there if anyone goes to Macc for a few👍 I do like a pint of Guinness every now and then too.
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Post by riverman on Jun 21, 2020 14:23:48 GMT
Had some Beavertown Gamma ray the other day. Quite strong at 5.4 but quite zesty and refreshing. If you like your American style IPAs I thoroughly recommend it. Incidentally, for any Zep fans out there the head brewer and owner of Beavertown is Robert Plant's son Logan.
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Post by telfordstoke on Jun 21, 2020 14:27:30 GMT
Kids excelled themselves today , got me a mixed case of 12 Belgian beers, a few Trappist ones among them. Well happy
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Post by Squeekster on Jun 21, 2020 14:55:55 GMT
Jaipur is lovely alright, though if drank as a session beer the sessions tend to be shorter than optimum as it packs a punch. Normally drink stout on draught, but with the pubs shut I got tired of the cans and went on either IPAs or lagers on the warm weather. Tesco the best of the supermarkets at the minute as far as I can see. If I remember right Jaipur in The Fountain is around 5%+ I don't think I would like anything much stronger, I do like my Ipa's had a cracking one in the Red Willow Macclesfield an American IPA but that's all I remember😊 they do some great IPAs in there if anyone goes to Macc for a few👍 I do like a pint of Guinness every now and then too. Cheshire brew house are brewing some cracking IPA's at the minute, a bit pricey but really nice all the same.
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Post by alsagerstokie on Jun 21, 2020 15:09:48 GMT
I like a Guinness occasionally in pubs on draft but not much for Stouts. If you like them though go for it 👍 Definitely an ale for me. Like my IPA's if I'm out with friends on a Sat afternoon. It's usually a session ale. As your drinking all afternoon. One of the nicest pints i've had and i've only ever had it on tap in Nottingham. It's in the great pub. Ye Old Trip to Jerusalem and the beer is called Old Trip. Partial to Larger on a really sunny day. Has to be stuff like Hop House tho cracking beer. Estrella Beer Moretti. Non of this Carling Fosters Carlsberg Crap. Shout outs to anything by Brewdog. Sam Adams Boston Larger. Shipyard,Blue Moon,Maltsmiths, Black Sheep,Erdinger Dunkel,Hobgoblin IPA, Hobgoblin Gold. I personally don't think you can beat Morrison's for beer selection to be honest. On a related note - where serves a decent pint of Guinness locally? Tend to avoid it in England unless I'm in an Irish spot, the place has a good rep for it, or a decent chunk of the regulars are on it. Am partial to all of the above, though Sam Adams and Hobgoblin I can take or leave. Getting decent, interesting beer has been a minority sport in Ireland all my life, so it's great to see it more prevalent. Still far too pricy though, and local brews on draught are hard to find. My favourite thing about drinking in England is the access to fresh, well kept local ales on draught, without paying a premium for them. I was watching some Golf lads on YouTube on a tour of Southern Ireland and they did a bit of filming in the pub. One of the lads was drinking Smithwicks Irish Ale. Looked quite nice. Can't get it over here.
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Post by wagsastokie on Jun 21, 2020 15:55:57 GMT
Jaipur is lovely alright, though if drank as a session beer the sessions tend to be shorter than optimum as it packs a punch. Normally drink stout on draught, but with the pubs shut I got tired of the cans and went on either IPAs or lagers on the warm weather. Tesco the best of the supermarkets at the minute as far as I can see. I like a Guinness occasionally in pubs on draft but not much for Stouts. If you like them though go for it 👍 Definitely an ale for me. Like my IPA's if I'm out with friends on a Sat afternoon. It's usually a session ale. As your drinking all afternoon. One of the nicest pints i've had and i've only ever had it on tap in Nottingham. It's in the great pub. Ye Old Trip to Jerusalem and the beer is called Old Trip. Partial to Larger on a really sunny day. Has to be stuff like Hop House tho cracking beer. Estrella Beer Moretti. Non of this Carling Fosters Carlsberg Crap. Shout outs to anything by Brewdog. Sam Adams Boston Larger. Shipyard,Blue Moon,Maltsmiths, Black Sheep,Erdinger Dunkel,Hobgoblin IPA, Hobgoblin Gold. I personally don't think you can beat Morrison's for beer selection to be honest. Used to be a cracking pint In there when it was a Hardy and hansons pub Then the beer went shit like many others when greene King shut the brewery and moved production The H&H mild was a beautiful pint
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Post by wagsastokie on Jun 21, 2020 15:59:34 GMT
On a related note - where serves a decent pint of Guinness locally? Tend to avoid it in England unless I'm in an Irish spot, the place has a good rep for it, or a decent chunk of the regulars are on it. Am partial to all of the above, though Sam Adams and Hobgoblin I can take or leave. Getting decent, interesting beer has been a minority sport in Ireland all my life, so it's great to see it more prevalent. Still far too pricy though, and local brews on draught are hard to find. My favourite thing about drinking in England is the access to fresh, well kept local ales on draught, without paying a premium for them. I was watching some Golf lads on YouTube on a tour of Southern Ireland and they did a bit of filming in the pub. One of the lads was drinking Smithwicks Irish Ale. Looked quite nice. Can't get it over here. I believe Guinness tried it over here with no success
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Post by muggleton on Jun 21, 2020 16:16:08 GMT
On a related note - where serves a decent pint of Guinness locally? Tend to avoid it in England unless I'm in an Irish spot, the place has a good rep for it, or a decent chunk of the regulars are on it. Am partial to all of the above, though Sam Adams and Hobgoblin I can take or leave. Getting decent, interesting beer has been a minority sport in Ireland all my life, so it's great to see it more prevalent. Still far too pricy though, and local brews on draught are hard to find. My favourite thing about drinking in England is the access to fresh, well kept local ales on draught, without paying a premium for them. I was watching some Golf lads on YouTube on a tour of Southern Ireland and they did a bit of filming in the pub. One of the lads was drinking Smithwicks Irish Ale. Looked quite nice. Can't get it over here. Smithwicks is nice enough, though would be bland and a bit too cold to a palate used to the variety of English ale. All pubs supplied by Guinness have it, though its rarely a huge selle, and will have lost some market share to recently introduced craft beers. So grab a pint of it if the opportunity arises, but don't fell you're missing out.
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Post by richie22 on Jun 21, 2020 17:17:45 GMT
Johns booze & bugsys store ( both on the republic of Bentilee) are knocking out genuine Belgian Stella. A taste sensation, noticeable differance from our British stuff.
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Post by Squeekster on Jun 21, 2020 17:20:52 GMT
I was watching some Golf lads on YouTube on a tour of Southern Ireland and they did a bit of filming in the pub. One of the lads was drinking Smithwicks Irish Ale. Looked quite nice. Can't get it over here. I believe Guinness tried it over here with no success I'm sure I've had it over here in the past, I do like a stout, Kilkenny is a good pint when kept well.
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Post by muggleton on Jun 22, 2020 19:08:26 GMT
Johns booze & bugsys store ( both on the republic of Bentilee) are knocking out genuine Belgian Stella. A taste sensation, noticeable differance from our British stuff. Was discussing over the weekend when Stella used to be decent, as apparently perfect draught and the likes use the good gear. The UK brewed stuff is vile, but I'd have a go at the real deal if available.
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Post by richie22 on Jun 22, 2020 19:49:39 GMT
Johns booze & bugsys store ( both on the republic of Bentilee) are knocking out genuine Belgian Stella. A taste sensation, noticeable differance from our British stuff. Was discussing over the weekend when Stella used to be decent, as apparently perfect draught and the likes use the good gear. The UK brewed stuff is vile, but I'd have a go at the real deal if available. used to get it when I worked in Belgium, a much smoother drink doesn’t fill you with wind . Many moons ago they were distinguishable by there good tops (bottles only) now there an entirely different design on the can to the normal ‘ British ‘ in bev stuff. Try it you won’t be let down. Think there about £6.50 for four , check use buys on the cans etc. I used to fetch in out of date booze from a wholesaler in Calais on my travels and sell it to a couple of local shops and a boozer. I know of a couple of drivers that are still doing that.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 22, 2020 19:53:47 GMT
I’ve worked in Belgium quite a bit and I can safely say the Stella is a completely different beast. Somehow at the time it feels stronger and I’ve woken up on pavements in Brussels after a sesh (ok one pavement once) but always feel right as rain in the morning. But over here 3 or 4 hours of Stella writes you off the day after. Horrible hangovers🤷🏻♂️
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Post by alsagerstokie on Jun 22, 2020 20:24:02 GMT
I think we can brew some pretty good ales. Okham Ales Brewery the Wychwood Brewery Lymstone Brewery to name a few. Ze Germans are better at Larger mind.
There is 3 I won't drink because they taste like shit. I'll never drink Carlsberg that's the slightly better i Of the 3.
Fosters. No thanks bloody awful.
The worst Carling. Absolutely disgusting. Anyone that says Carling is nice doesn't have a clue about beer 🤢
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Post by elystokie on Jun 23, 2020 8:11:51 GMT
I’ve worked in Belgium quite a bit and I can safely say the Stella is a completely different beast. Somehow at the time it feels stronger and I’ve woken up on pavements in Brussels after a sesh (ok one pavement once) but always feel right as rain in the morning. But over here 3 or 4 hours of Stella writes you off the day after. Horrible hangovers🤷🏻♂️ Interesting re the hangovers, I used to drink quite heavily at times when I was in the RN, mainly lager, I joined one ship and the only draught options in the mess were Stella or a courage beer called CSB, I didn't touch bitter in those days so Stella it was. I went from previously never having any hangover whatsoever to having one most days switched to CSB (a far better drink as it turns out) and the hangovers disappeared. We used to have parties at a mates place on the IOW and as another mate did some work on the ferries we had cases and cases of the little Stella bottles at these parties, they never gave me a headache at all. In later years I could get a headache from Stella before I even finished the pint, it was weird. It may well be the just UK stuff that doesnt/didn't agree with me, cant help but wonder what the difference is.
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Post by alsagerstokie on Jun 29, 2020 19:08:35 GMT
Prob should of done some research but I'm planning the pub in Alsager on 11th July. Will I need to do anything different?
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Post by questionable on Jun 29, 2020 19:28:18 GMT
Whatever’s put in place it won’t work, it’ll be business as usual bars rammed with regulars going about as nothing ever happened, it’ll be some time before we even contemplate going to the pub, fine being alert but Joe I’dont give shit standing next to us now that concerns me.
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Post by liathroid on Jun 29, 2020 20:41:44 GMT
pubs opened up in Ireland today ,only pubs that sell food and you must buy a meal to get a drink ,meal must cost 9e
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 29, 2020 20:57:19 GMT
Whatever’s put in place it won’t work, it’ll be business as usual bars rammed with regulars going about as nothing ever happened, it’ll be some time before we even contemplate going to the pub, fine being alert but Joe I’dont give shit standing next to us now that concerns me. Indeed. Well I shall report my findings from my 2-4.30 birthday pub drink on Saturday👍🏻
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Post by liathroid on Jun 30, 2020 18:26:40 GMT
got cans of Oettinger Pils in Lidl going to sample tonight
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Post by napperwainwright on Jun 30, 2020 20:35:47 GMT
Hitting the whisky tonight, after this result and performance!
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Post by danceswithclams on Jun 30, 2020 22:33:36 GMT
Hitting the whisky tonight, after this result and performance! I've gone back on the crack. It's very moreish.
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Post by alsagerstokie on Nov 7, 2020 18:50:56 GMT
Having a few via zoom tonight for a mates bday. Came across this a few weeks back and it tastes fantastic so got 12 from Wychwood Brewery. It really is a fantastic beer. vystarcu
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Post by telfordstoke on Nov 7, 2020 20:50:50 GMT
Been on the Black Sheep Pale ale tonight , a Yorkshire ale. Oddly enough I've drank less this year than I have in about ten years, lovely to have a few at weekend and occasionally in week but haven't been over indulging at all. Lol can see I was 50 this year eh
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Nov 7, 2020 20:57:52 GMT
I don’t want to talk about it😳
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Post by wilcopotter on Nov 7, 2020 21:14:41 GMT
I don’t want to talk about it😳 OK, Rod😉
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Post by alsagerstokie on Nov 8, 2020 0:09:03 GMT
Been on the Black Sheep Pale ale tonight , a Yorkshire ale. Oddly enough I've drank less this year than I have in about ten years, lovely to have a few at weekend and occasionally in week but haven't been over indulging at all. Lol can see I was 50 this year eh How was it. Enjoy? I like Black Sheep not had the pale ale though.
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