GravesendLad
Midfield
8%,s all the way.. 
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Craft Beer
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My rule is, 7% up & you can always start to get a bit going on to see a difference. Usually the majority lower are poor. This is for cans mind. With some exceptions.8%,s all the way..
In pubs, keg & cask is different. Cans of Guinness are shite. Love a few pints.
Guinness from a can is near undrinkable in my eyes. Binned a few cans down the drain earlier this month, it's shite. Not the same drink as on tap. None of the nitro beers translate well at all to can, no matter how well brewed they are, that's why they're so popular on keg.
Had a few Guinness in the Grange on Christmas Day. It’s a Sizzling Pubs place, but it was excellent. Had its in a Brewers Fayre on Boxing Day & it was dog shit.
In general though, a pint of Guinness is great in most pubs. I love it.
DoctorMick
Striker
No idea, if I was guessing I’d say for that price it’ll have been a 10 or 12 litre keg which (as a percentage) loses loads in the lines so makes the remaining beer mad expensive…we avoid kegs that size for that reason, just can’t make the numbers work.
I assumed a small keg, and to be fair they gave us a little taste as well. My mate had already bought a pint of a sensible stout but then suffered major FOMO so got a third of this as well
Interesting. Didn’t know that stuff. I just drink it.
dangermows
Striker
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Still haven’t had it on cask. Just me bottles.
dangermows
Striker
It is beautiful.
My mate had a 6% cask Kernel stout in Mean Eyed Cat yesterday. Flavours were spot on, as you'd expect from Kernel, but the Vaux is better
If they can do stouts better than Kernel, pales and IPA's as good as say Pollys and Two by Two,they're in a good place lately.
dangermows
Striker
This will be supped as part of my visit to the Railway Qtr tomorrow afternoon.
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Could be good so long as they don’t make it too sweet.
dangermows
Striker
Apparently it's special.
GravesendLad
Midfield
FlyingLotus
Midfield
Still got plenty left from the Christmas period (including the Vaux stout). May tuck into a few over the weekend, needed a few days off.
Northern monk/Timothy Taylor stout on offer at Mozzas, 8 cans for £10.50, cracking stuff for that price just to hoy a few in the cupboard, stout equivalent of a fridge filler.
Not a fan of peanut as an adjunct at all. Nor a massive fan of Brass Castle, though I'd say, along with Brew York, stouts are their strong point.
Not a fan of peanut as an adjunct at all. Nor a massive fan of Brass Castle, though I'd say, along with Brew York, stouts are their strong point.
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Haven’t had that yet, so might pop in & get a few. Where was that? Seaburn or Doxy?
dangermows
Striker
Had that on cask a few times. Really enjoyed it. Not expecting the cans to be as good but for the price worth a punt.
All depends how it's balanced. Was never a fan of strawberry in stout. Then S43 knocked out an absolute gem.
Agreed. Still find many a pub serve it too cold as standard as well.
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