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Beer, revisited
- Thread starter SerenityNigh
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4737carlin
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When he usually goes for a walk with dad and stops at the pub for a beer, then one day the mum takes him for a walk…. No 
Nice and fresh this one.bluenosedave
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If you liked the La Chouffe Blonde try and get your hands on Houblon Chouffe by the same brewery. It's a 9.1 % IPA type but just slips down so easily. Pretty difficult to get hold of, at least in the UK, but well worth the trouble
Been a while since I had this.
Won't be too long before the next one tho.
Reacquainted with another old favourite
If you liked the La Chouffe Blonde try and get your hands on Houblon Chouffe by the same brewery. It's a 9.1 % IPA type but just slips down so easily. Pretty difficult to get hold of, at least in the UK, but well worth the trouble
Will look for that. Not an IPA guy but trying to expand my views on that.
Beautiful stuff that, not like the muck some places serve on draught.
So, Siren then.
We went up cos good lady missus bought us a tour way back in the before times.
So its on a bog standard light industrial estate outside Wokingham and at first, not much to look at although they've done a perfectly fine job on the tap.
So the tour starts there but kicks off with a hefty walk to a different building on the other side of the estate, which answers my initial question over how their production is so large in what looked like a small operation.
They're running 15 fermentation tanks, so pushing a lot of beer from a single mash tun and copper. Its not a particularly great or different looking brewery, very functional although they've invested heavily in an impressive canning setup:
So far, a standard British craft brewery. But there's a sting in the tail of this mermaid...
We went up cos good lady missus bought us a tour way back in the before times.
So its on a bog standard light industrial estate outside Wokingham and at first, not much to look at although they've done a perfectly fine job on the tap.
So the tour starts there but kicks off with a hefty walk to a different building on the other side of the estate, which answers my initial question over how their production is so large in what looked like a small operation.
They're running 15 fermentation tanks, so pushing a lot of beer from a single mash tun and copper. Its not a particularly great or different looking brewery, very functional although they've invested heavily in an impressive canning setup:
So far, a standard British craft brewery. But there's a sting in the tail of this mermaid...
Coming back to the tap room we were taken upstairs to the 'aging room'.
Wow.
You're assaulted by an incredible smell of swirling, changing, rich and powerful dark spirits. And as you wander the barrel rows you begin to understand why Siren has such a track record with barrel aging, and why there's plenty more on the way:
There's strong beers resting in all manner of scotch barrels, American whisky casks, rum barrels, French wine, even tequila.
There's tags on the barrels explaining what flavours each one should impart, plus whether its good to go or needs more time.
Its an incredibly impressive setup.
Wow.
You're assaulted by an incredible smell of swirling, changing, rich and powerful dark spirits. And as you wander the barrel rows you begin to understand why Siren has such a track record with barrel aging, and why there's plenty more on the way:
There's strong beers resting in all manner of scotch barrels, American whisky casks, rum barrels, French wine, even tequila.
There's tags on the barrels explaining what flavours each one should impart, plus whether its good to go or needs more time.
Its an incredibly impressive setup.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Cheers, will look into them.
The tour finished with a tasting session and we worked our way through much of the range. The Crunchy Town, the black IPA and the IPL are all fantastic, and Broken Dream from the source is wonderful.
Well worth a visit for the barrel room alone and they're a great bunch, we had a smashin time.
Here's the stash:
Well worth a visit for the barrel room alone and they're a great bunch, we had a smashin time.
Here's the stash:
Another blast from the past German favourite Good job I'm off this week
Stiegl Raspberry Radler...2.5 %
Perfect after work midweek quoff...Packed full of Flavour,Sensational drop.
Perfect after work midweek quoff...Packed full of Flavour,Sensational drop.
I really like the proper fruit beers in the Summer.
Refreshing, tasty and low strength > perfect for day time drinking.