[py0alb]

I bought a bottle of Kwak on Saturday. Not cheap at £2.80 for a 330ml bottle, but it was very, very good. Very smooth. I should have made some better notes, because all I can remember now was that it was nice and dangerously drinkable considering it was 8.4%. God damn it.

[ChapelTom]

£2.80 a bottle? That's cheap.

[El Nombre]

Aye, it's not bad considering one of my local cafes charges £4 for a bottle of Kwak!

Had a Corvus ale (by Chester ales) on Saturday. I thought it'd be quite heavy, but it was refreshingly smooth and nutty.

[py0alb]

Yeah, it wasn't bad compared to some of the other belgian beers in the shop. Hence why I bought it!

Just had two phillippean beers. One called red horse, the other a pilsner. Both were very, very dry, could almost have been mistaken for a dry cider or a dry white wine. No malt, minimal hops. They weren't bad mind.

Also had an amber and a black lager from a small Suffolk brewery called Calvors. The Amber I wasn't mad about, but the black was beautiful, really chocolatey without being too overwhelmingly thick and bitter.

I've also been researching pairing beer and cheese. Some awesome ideas. Might host a beer and cheese evening, that would be awesome.

[Manitude]

(Original post by El Nombre)
Aye, it's not bad considering one of my local cafes charges £4 for a bottle of Kwak!

Had a Corvus ale (by Chester ales) on Saturday. I thought it'd be quite heavy, but it was refreshingly smooth and nutty.

I've not had much Chester ale (despite living near the city almost all my life I rarely drink there) but it's not too bad in my limited experience. Not fantastic, but good for the price I paid (sub £3/pint from pub within the city walls)

[walterwhite123]

(Original post by py0alb)
I bought a bottle of Kwak on Saturday. Not cheap at £2.80 for a 330ml bottle, but it was very, very good. Very smooth. I should have made some better notes, because all I can remember now was that it was nice and dangerously drinkable considering it was 8.4%. God damn it.

Last time I was in Bruges I sat down and drank 2 pints of the stuff at lunchtime not realising what strength it was. It doesn't taste anywhere near 8.4%.

[Idris Dragon]

(Original post by walterwhite123)
Last time I was in Bruges I sat down and drank 2 pints of the stuff at lunchtime not realising what strength it was. It doesn't taste anywhere near 8.4%.

Hehe. Belgian brews tend to be outrageously alcoholic; currently in my collection is the Straffe Hendrik Quadrupel which is only 11%... The Triple is only 9% or so.

Post finals fall over water

[py0alb]

Anyone know any decent craft beer places near the barbican or Liverpool st?

[ChapelTom]

Recently went to BrewDog's new bar in Manchester and tried a load of their beers.

Had a recent night in Cask in Manchester, trying Kolsch's, Pilsners and had an Argentina beer, Quilmes. Spent £90 in a week on beer, errrr...

[py0alb]

(Original post by ChapelTom)
Recently went to BrewDog's new bar in Manchester and tried a load of their beers.

What did you think? Some I love, some I wasn't bowled over by.

[ChapelTom]

Loved my visit. Shame about how expensive it was. I had BrewDog Growler in the Sheffield Tap for £2.10 a half a few days before, an incredible lager. Its a good place to drink, but only if you know what decent beer is.

[py0alb]

(Original post by ChapelTom)
Loved my visit. Shame about how expensive it was. I had BrewDog Growler in the Sheffield Tap for £2.10 a half a few days before, an incredible lager. Its a good place to drink, but only if you know what decent beer is.

Haven't tried that one. I absolutely love Punk, 5am Saint and Zeitgeist. Trashy Blonde is good, Hardcore is ok and Dogma I struggled through a little.

Its quite exciting some of the really good innovative beers coming out. I treid a Thornbridge Versa Weiss the other day at the Euston Tap. It was exceptionally good.

Hopefully one day we will have a choice of a quality British keg IPA, a wheatbeer, a pilsner, and a black lager in every pub (along with a bitter, a mild and a golden ale on cask of course).

I have a dream... of never having to put up with a choice of Stella, Carlsberg, Fosters and slightly stale Green King IPA again.

[ChapelTom]

A good selection of foreign bottled beers that constantly rotate as well, be awesome!

BrewDog Growler is available in 3 pubs in the entire country, London, Leeds and Sheffield I think.

[Anon420]

I have to say my all time favourite Beer is bitburger, tried it natively in Germany and found one of the pubs I go to has it on tap.

Imported a case in too last year. Love the stuff would recommend it to anyone.

[ChapelTom]

Will have to order that online some time then! Sounds good, I do enjoy a Pilsner.

[py0alb]

You can get Bitburger in many supermarkets and several pubs round my way.

[CJ]

Was drinking Efes a lot last week in Turkey. Seemed to be the beer of choice



Pretty nice when cold. If it started to warm up it was much less drinkable, but I didn't usually let it. Nice and refreshing on hot days outside.

Will also be at the Cambridge festival this time next week

[ChapelTom]

(Original post by py0alb)
You can get Bitburger in many supermarkets and several pubs round my way.

Not where I live in the North!

Been on Beers of Europe, I also have a beer from each of these countries coming! Will take my tally to 41 countries I've tried beer from!

Austria
Bangladesh
Barbados
Canada
Estonia
Ethopia
Finland
Greece
Guatemala
Jamaica
Kenya
Laos
Latvia
Mauritus
Namibia
Romania
Slovenia
South korea
Thailand
Vietnam

[robo donkey]

I think I've tried every country from Beers of Europe now, mainly as it's a 10 minute drive away >_>

[ChapelTom]

Lucky fooker...!