Beer, revisited

[carlos21]

Have you guys heard of a cider called Robinson.

 

[ste d' indica]

I never trust a cloudy beer.
In the old days, you would send it back. Old-timers would tell you don't drink that son, give you the trots.
Seems to have stuck with me anyway despite this trend for homebrew types being somehow trendy.
Stick with your grandad beliefs for me.
Also, hate wide-brimmed glasses.

As someone who's worked in the industry most of my life off and on, including time in a brewery, I can say with some confidence that may well have been sage advice some years ago but in the highly varied and vibrant beer culture of today is largely irrelevant.

My grandad was a wise soul as well, he was more of the school of thought that you should find things out for yourself rather than stick to the dogmatic beliefs of people who can't get their heads round the fact that the world moves on.

He was also one of the only Liverpool fans I've known that wasn't a raging knobhead and insufferable goon.

I look forward to your contributions in the thread and hope you can expand your palate while adding to the collective body of knowledge.

Cheers.

 

[ste d' indica]

I convinced my wife to move to New Zealand if we ever win the lottery. So I jumped down a rabbits hole of NZ beers. Theres a loooot of them still there from when I was last there almost 20 years ago and definitively recall not being that good. Then I figured if I won the lottery I could just get the beers I want shipped to me direct. I felt better about the whole prospect.

Only that small matter of winning the lottery left then!

Did you ever get to Mac's brewery on the harbour side in Wellington? Lovely spot for a a couple of jars that.

 

[ste d' indica]

I had last night toffee vodka from Aldi it was amazing.

Sounds nice that mate, let us know a bit more about it in here fella:

https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/join-me-in-the-spirit-realm.104094/page-9

 

[Charro]

I was told the best beer for hangovers is the Kristallweizen



On the nights where I switch from beer to gin I always find I'm grateful for it the next day

I don’t get hangovers off gin. In fact I wake up feeling quite spritely when I’ve been drinking it.

Also find generic lager is the worst for hangovers. Can cane a few good IPAs and feel sound in the morning.

Not beer, but I’m having a apple jack Daniels with ginger ale and a slice of lemon at the moment and it’s quite superb.

 

[verreauxi]

Just picked this up from Three Notch'd brewery in my town. Looks interesting and hoping to pop it open tonight once the little one goes to bed.

 

[Gwlacticos]

Eviltwin, Wake up and smell the gose.
Sour, salty, blueberry.
An acquired taste. I haven’t acquired it yet but I’m persevering as I’ve got a second one in the fridge.

 

[COYBL25]

This weekends offerings from North Yorkshire :

Wharfedale Blonde 3.9% - Wharfedale Brewery.

Clarendon Pale Ale 3.7% Wensleydale Brewery.

Ilkley Blonde - 3.9% - Ilkley Brewery.

All were excellent, but my pick would be the Ilkley Blonde, which I could’ve drank until it came out of my ears.

( the pub that had the Ilkley on had 13 cask handpulls on and I was the designated driver )

 

[Yarrgh]

Just found this beer thread. It's great.
Why do most bars, when you ask for a draught bitter serve it in the widest glass that they have.?
It's my pet hate. The pint always goes flat.
I will swap it for a Carling glass or a tall slim one.
They ( barpersons ) always look at me and nod their head while walking away.

I think you might be talking about a pint glass there bud. If it's happening you might be a slow drinker so try just getting halves?

 

[summerisle]

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This weekends offerings from North Yorkshire :

Wharfedale Blonde 3.9% - Wharfedale Brewery.

Clarendon Pale Ale 3.7% Wensleydale Brewery.

Ilkley Blonde - 3.9% - Ilkley Brewery.

All were excellent, but my pick would be the Ilkley Blonde, which I could’ve drank until it came out of my ears.

( the pub that had the Ilkley on had 13 cask handpulls on and I was the designated driver )

Ilkley Blonde is a particularly nice pint.

 

[COYBL25]

Ilkley Blonde is a particularly nice pint.

All their stuff is.

The pub was in the middle of the nowhere in the Yorkshire Dales, had about 6 of their beers on and I had the blasted car with me !

 

[coollino]

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This weekends offerings from North Yorkshire :

Wharfedale Blonde 3.9% - Wharfedale Brewery.

Clarendon Pale Ale 3.7% Wensleydale Brewery.

Ilkley Blonde - 3.9% - Ilkley Brewery.

All were excellent, but my pick would be the Ilkley Blonde, which I could’ve drank until it came out of my ears.

( the pub that had the Ilkley on had 13 cask handpulls on and I was the designated driver )

Old pec in wood is a classic

 

[COYBL25]

Old pec in wood is a classic

Liquid sedative lol

 

[redeye]

As someone who's worked in the industry most of my life off and on, including time in a brewery, I can say with some confidence that may well have been sage advice some years ago but in the highly varied and vibrant beer culture of today is largely irrelevant.

My grandad was a wise soul as well, he was more of the school of thought that you should find things out for yourself rather than stick to the dogmatic beliefs of people who can't get their heads round the fact that the world moves on.

He was also one of the only Liverpool fans I've known that wasn't a raging knobhead and insufferable goon.

I look forward to your contributions in the thread and hope you can expand your palate while adding to the collective body of knowledge.

Cheers.

Cheers Ste,
Nowadays I seem to stick to the faithful Guinness Bit heavy though when your mates can drink 6 pints
of Carling in an hour and mine are stacking up.
Love a thick pint of MILD but when you go in most bars now they have never even heard of the word.
Mild? Mild what.
Hardly any pubs even stock it anymore. and that's in England.
No chance of it abroad.

 

[redeye]

When I first started drinking beer everyone had a brown mixed or a brown bitter.
This consisted of a bottle of Brown ale with either a half pint of Mild or a half pint of bitter.
then you mixed it in.
If you overfilled the glass you would lose half of it in the froth, much to everyone's glee.
Never ask a lady or a barperson to attempt this.
Took years of practice to get it right.