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Beer, revisited

Costa Rica has some pretty decent craft beers. Was a bit steep at about $7 a bottle/pint (not too shabby, but we've found craft beer south of the US border to be very hit or miss... ordering something you've never had before is rolling the dice. Some bottles at our local upscale supermarket look great/professional but taste like rusty water) , but fortunately most the beers were good to better.

Lake Arenal Brewing had a good Pale Ale, Fuego had some swell IPAs and pretty much anything by TreintaYCino (30 and 5) was enjoyable.

And as far as watery Latin American lagers go, Bohemia is "inferior" (cheaper) than Imperial or Pilsen (Costa Rican, not to be confused with Uruguay, Paraguay or other various SA Pilsens) but really good for what it is... watery lager to drink when it's hot and humid out. Avoid Toña , the Nicaraguan equivalent of Imperial. Tried as I hadn't... wouldn't recommend unless you can find a single can for that +1 new beer on Untappd.
 

In our small town there's a social club that has just been the victim of a refurb. Now instead of John smiths (slight shudder), in a hipster steam punk environment they flog you some adtoundingly insipid over-cold craft beer at JUST under a fiver a pint. In fact a beer and double G&t for the missus cost me over 16 quid.
It was the kind of place that aims to attract hipsters who get offended by flavour and deem a place uncool if you don't require a small mortgage for a round. It took me 20 minutes warming the beer in my hands and between my legs before I could taste anything ffs.

What is the world coming to? I think the golden age of human achievement is well behind us.
 
chrismpw said:
In our small town there's a social club that has just been the victim of a refurb. Now instead of John smiths (slight shudder), in a hipster steam punk environment they flog you some adtoundingly insipid over-cold craft beer at JUST under a fiver a pint. In fact a beer and double G&t for the missus cost me over 16 quid.
It was the kind of place that aims to attract hipsters who get offended by flavour and deem a place uncool if you don't require a small mortgage for a round. It took me 20 minutes warming the beer in my hands and between my legs before I could taste anything ffs.

What is the world coming to? I think the golden age of human achievement is well behind us.
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You need to find a different pub or even move home......
 

chrismpw said:
In our small town there's a social club that has just been the victim of a refurb. Now instead of John smiths (slight shudder), in a hipster steam punk environment they flog you some adtoundingly insipid over-cold craft beer at JUST under a fiver a pint. In fact a beer and double G&t for the missus cost me over 16 quid.
It was the kind of place that aims to attract hipsters who get offended by flavour and deem a place uncool if you don't require a small mortgage for a round. It took me 20 minutes warming the beer in my hands and between my legs before I could taste anything ffs.

What is the world coming to? I think the golden age of human achievement is well behind us.
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No wonder more people are drinking at home.
 
chrismpw said:
In our small town there's a social club that has just been the victim of a refurb. Now instead of John smiths (slight shudder), in a hipster steam punk environment they flog you some adtoundingly insipid over-cold craft beer at JUST under a fiver a pint. In fact a beer and double G&t for the missus cost me over 16 quid.
It was the kind of place that aims to attract hipsters who get offended by flavour and deem a place uncool if you don't require a small mortgage for a round. It took me 20 minutes warming the beer in my hands and between my legs before I could taste anything ffs.

What is the world coming to? I think the golden age of human achievement is well behind us.
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It won’t be long before the Hipsters move onto the next “ in thing “ and they’ll have at least one cask back on.

Seen it happen so many times before.

Ps - I buy two pints and let one warm up if they’re too cold
 
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No8Bally said:
Stick to your cans of special brew then
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I don’t think I’ve drank any form of beer from a can in 40 years, horrible stuff. The original point I was making though was that that particular beer ‘looked’ horrible. For me, the look of a beer, how it settles and the colour at its base all combine for preparing for that first taste. I never rush a beer, until it looks right I won’t taste it.....
 
peteblue said:
I don’t think I’ve drank any form of beer from a can in 40 years, horrible stuff. The original point I was making though was that that particular beer ‘looked’ horrible. For me, the look of a beer, how it settles and the colour at its base all combine for preparing for that first taste. I never rush a beer, until it looks right I won’t taste it.....
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Also add how it smells too.

There`s nothing better than that lovely " fresh " smell of a well looked after beer.

Same as there`s nothing worse than the slight whiff of vinegar when it hasn`t been looked after / on the turn.
 
peteblue said:
You need to find a different pub or even move home......
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Thing is, 100m away there is an astounding pub that brews its own excellent ale the price of which has just topped 3 quid for the first time. We only went to this new place for the band. The pub down the road only has 2 problems, 1 is it can be like a creche as kids scream around while mums nurse a gin for four hours having a shriek - i mean chat. And 2 it can be a challenge finding a seat before 8pm (bedtime in our town). One day there were 2 dozen people standing and I spotted a bench seat around stable being occupied by 2 dogs ffs.
 

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