Craft Beer

[Frijj]

Something along the lines of they are too mainstream and crap or sommit.

Not really helping the craft beer wanker stereotype.

You cannit get it anymore but loved their libertine black ale.

Has it been rebranded or discontinued? This is Lager is now called something else iirc

 

[Pop]

No. Definitely Brewdog.

Brewdog

You are the SMB's ultimate craft beer snob.

 

[Charmless Man]

If it hasn't been brewed with wild yeast coming in through the windows, into an open top fermenting vessel, they're not interested.

Will also accept lactobacillus fermented, ludicrous adjuncts like chipotle or cacao nibs or 5,000,000 kg of aroma hops. Preferably Mosaic.

 

[Wilfy]

Will also accept lactobacillus fermented, ludicrous adjuncts or 5,000,000 kg of aroma hops. Preferably Mosaic.

I'm going to try and brew a SMaSH at the weekend and I have the choice of 3 hops. Mandarina Bavaria, jester or glacier. Or I could do an IPA and get shot of loads of me stock.

 

[Charmless Man]

I'm going to try and brew a SMaSH at the weekend and I have the choice of 3 hops. Mandarina Bavaria, jester or glacier. Or I could do an IPA and get shot of loads of me stock.

Do a massive, hazy as fuck DIPA with loads of oats in the grist.

 

[Wilfy]

Do a massive, hazy as fuck DIPA with loads of oats in the grist.

That's a possibility, will have to buy some Quaker though. Off to investigate recipes.

 

[mr-bungle]

Getting my hands on verdant putty tomorrow hopefully. Voted the best beer at hop city the other week. Really looking forward to trying it.

 

[AndrewP]

Got some Snake Dog IPA from Tesco, can't remember whether I've had it before or not, some Elvis Juice too.

 

[Mick Dundee]

Do a massive, hazy as fuck DIPA with loads of oats in the grist.

I'm doing a reasonably sessionable (target ABV 5.1%) NEIPA for my next brew. 300g of hops! Can't wait! I need my English Golden ale to finish fermenting first though.

 

[Frijj]

Got some Snake Dog IPA from Tesco, can't remember whether I've had it before or not, some Elvis Juice too.

Elvis Juice is canny

Flying Dog do an 8.3% called Raging Bitch which isn't bad either but not in Tesco afaik

 

[AndrewP]

Elvis Juice is canny

Flying Dog do an 8.3% called Raging Bitch which isn't bad either but not in Tesco afaik

Tesco do a cracking selection of craft cans these days. Not bad prices either, well at least relatively.

 

[Town End Farmer Giles]

Tesco do a cracking selection of craft cans these days. Not bad prices either, well at least relatively.

Canny if you like IPA’s and pale ales, not much if you like darker stuff. Same as Asda, about 20-30 different new craft ales. One porter, no stouts. And the porter is canny average….

 

[AndrewP]

Canny if you like IPA’s and pale ales, not much if you like darker stuff. Same as Asda, about 20-30 different new craft ales. One porter, no stouts. And the porter is canny average….

Aye, that's true I suppose, I tend to go for the lighter ales.

Noticed, as far as stouts went, they had Camerons Tontine Milk Stout and Redwell Kofra - they also had a really strong and cheap stout called Dragon or something, probably too cheap to be good.

 

[Frijj]

Canny if you like IPA’s and pale ales, not much if you like darker stuff. Same as Asda, about 20-30 different new craft ales. One porter, no stouts. And the porter is canny average….

Aye, that's true I suppose, I tend to go for the lighter ales.

Noticed, as far as stouts went, they had Camerons Tontine Milk Stout and Redwell Kofra - they also had a really strong and cheap stout called Dragon or something, probably too cheap to be good.

Tesco's stout selection is poor, meaning I'm having to order from Beers of Europe and I am not keen paying such a high delivery mark-up!

Tesco do sell most varieties of Guinness though, including the Antwerpen and Foreign Extra, which are both good and will blow your face off at 8.2% and 7.5% respectively

 

[Pop]

Tesco's stout selection is poor, meaning I'm having to order from Beers of Europe and I am not keen paying such a high delivery mark-up!

Tesco do sell most varieties of Guinness though, including the Antwerpen and Foreign Extra, which are both good and will blow your face off at 8.2% and 7.5% respectively

You not on the despies anymore?

 

[PTR]

One porter, no stouts. And the porter is canny average….

I thought they were the same thing?

 

[Charmless Man]

I thought they were the same thing?

Historically a strong porter from a given brewery was known as its stout porter, and the porter bit just dropped out of the name over time. They are in essence the same thing.

 

[AndrewP]

You not on the despies anymore?

He's a proper beer drinker now. I think he still likes the odd lager and lime though.

 

[Mick Dundee]

I thought they were the same thing?

It was originally down to strength (stout was originally called "stout porter" which is effectively strong Porter), but that's no longer the case (regular Guinness and a lot of other stouts are around the 4% mark and there are plenty of porters in the 6/7/8% range).

IIRC, these days porters are drier than stouts, and porters tend to use dark malted barley for the colour and flavour whilst stouts use unmalted roasted grain.

 

[the dude]

Has it been rebranded or discontinued? This is Lager is now called something else iirc

This is lager is now called Kingpin.

Tesco's stout selection is poor, meaning I'm having to order from Beers of Europe and I am not keen paying such a high delivery mark-up!

Tesco do sell most varieties of Guinness though, including the Antwerpen and Foreign Extra, which are both good and will blow your face off at 8.2% and 7.5% respectively

Don't know if it's just up here (glasgow) but they've got Orinoco Stout. That's nice. It might just be a glasgow thing though coz it's brewed by a brewery in Glasgow.