Beer Thread

[badseed]

On this thread people will drink beer and talk about it, at least I will.
Will stop once I get bored with the idea.

I will start with a real Belgian trappist one.

 

[badseed]

Trappistes Rochefort 10

Style: Quadrupel 11.3%
Poured into chilled goblet at 11 degrees C

Pours a nice dark brown colour, hazy with a thin head which dissappears quicky.
Smells immediately of alcohol (11.30%!!!) also molasses, coca-cola and fruity/spicy maybe a bit raisiny (new word) or figgy (like the pudding)

Tastes quite sweet, alcohol content deceptively hidden, a huge flovoured beer. Dark malts, low level spice, fruit, very slight hops, toffee.
If this was a guardian review I would call it a complex beer. Very tempting to have another after the first one is finished.

Fianl verdict: Good stuff, those Belgian monks appear to know what they are doing. This is a world class beer but at 11.30% I would have to call it a night after about 8 pints.

 

[Sweet Meiga]

Spanish beer (cerveza). Served in a small glass, tastes good and costs very little (1 euro -1.50)

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Trappist Rochefort is of my favourite beers!! Gorgeous.

Another, similar, one is Kasteel Bruin. Again it is quite high in alcohol (11%), sweet, treacely and very moorish. I would probably make a good alternative to a dessert wine

Reviews and other stuff here!

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/212/1711/?view=beer&sort=latest&start=10

 

[High Voltage]

I will admit being a very late comer to "beer" - it's still not my tipple of choice (that honour being reserved for the juice of the Apple)

However

I will admit that a nice pint of "something" does bring a certain je ne sais quis, something that lager doesn't

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[vauxhallmum]

Everytime I find a shop that sells it, they stop stocking it shortly after.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Cool thread.

I'm on the cheap stuff sadly tonight, but it's alight for £2.50 for four.

 

[krtek a houby]

Cool thread.

I'm on the cheap stuff sadly tonight, but it's alight for £2.50 for four.

Snap! (well, Cains Calcutta Pale Ale - but pretty much close)

 

[killer b]

we went to the hawkshead beer festival on friday

my pick - the damson & vanilla porter at 8.5%. a sweet & bitter barley wine with the usual espresso / chocolate notes, with a superb fruity kick from the damsons.

 

[tar1984]

The classic

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Snap! (well, Cains Calcutta Pale Ale - but pretty much close)

I saw that today, but the extra .7% swayed me.

I'm going to give that a go next time I'm in and feeling more virtuous. Cutting down drinking doesn't seem so painful if I still get put four pints down.

 

[Frances Lengel]

Cool thread.

I'm on the cheap stuff sadly tonight, but it's alight for £2.50 for four.

Local brewery though, init? Well, local if you're Liverpudlian.

 

[krtek a houby]

I saw that today, but the extra .7% swayed me.

I'm going to give that a go next time I'm in and feeling more virtuous. Cutting down drinking doesn't seem so painful if I still get put four pints down.

Dinner won out in the costs game but I'm pleased with the CPA; Cains deliver once more

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Local brewery round these parts mean posh bottles of ale at a couple of quid a shot at least. One of the few drinks it doesn't cost much more to drink at the pub.

 

[tar1984]

Seeing as we're talking about beer here, could someone please give me their opinion on Special Brew? Just to help me win an argument, likes...

Ta

 

[Citizen66]

Last night I had 2 witch something or other and 2 bishops something or other (not finger).

They all seem to be a witch or bishop something or other or hobgoblin.

 

[Citizen66]

Seeing as we're talking about beer here, could someone please give me their opinion on Special Brew? Just to help me win an argument, likes...

Ta

Putrid. Although i haven't drank it since i was about 14 so might not think that now.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

The classic

Had some of that yesterday, in bottles. Not at all bad Also has a Dent Porter - very traditional, dark, a little sour and stoutish, Was a bit unsure at first, though I do like porters, but it grew on me and was rather tasty. Good with some strong cheese!

http://www.dentbrewery.co.uk/cask-ales.htm

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Seeing as we're talking about beer here, could someone please give me their opinion on Special Brew? Just to help me win an argument, likes...

Ta

It's not really beer though is it? If that's what I'm after I'll drink cheap cider.

This thread is about nice things.

 

[Frances Lengel]

Seeing as we're talking about beer here, could someone please give me their opinion on Special Brew? Just to help me win an argument, likes...

Ta

Warming an comforting like some kind of anti-nutritional soup. And, when quaffed warm from a dirty ashtray, an excellent hangover cure.

Though Crest pips it to the post at 10 per cent.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Anyway I love my blond ales, so was chuffed to try this one last night.

 

[weepiper]

Seeing as we're talking about beer here, could someone please give me their opinion on Special Brew? Just to help me win an argument, likes...

Ta

It's bogging and for jakies.

 

[pogofish]

I once found that eight tins of spesh made a a good speaker stand - 4 each speaker.

They eventually got drunk, when I finally got a pair of wall brackets for the speakers, about seven years after the expiry date on the tins and frankly, the extra time did not help them at all - Still utterly vile!

Just realised, I don't think I have had a single beer yet this year. Hmm....!

 

[Citizen66]

I'd say 90% of people who drink special brew aren't doing so for the taste.

 

[killer b]

My aunties drink spesh from wine glasses. Its their favourite drink.

It is better than most superstrength lagers, but that isn't saying much...

 

[UnderOpenSky]

My aunties drink spesh from wine glasses. Its their favourite drink.

It is better than most superstrength lagers, but that isn't saying much...

It's a bit like saying that K Cider, is better then most white cider. But then I'm quite partial to a can of K.

 

[weepiper]

Superstrength Scottish lagers are regarded in Italy like expensive Belgian import beers are over here. Hence this sign on a trendy club in Rome which I got funny looks for stopping to take a picture of

 

[badseed]

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/212/1711/?view=beer&sort=latest&start=10

Looks like a great website.

 

[badseed]

Seeing as we're talking about beer here, could someone please give me their opinion on Special Brew? Just to help me win an argument, likes...

Ta

Reviews from http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/721/4350

Carlsberg Special Brew...what was I expecting ? Let me be concise - this was shit smelling cabbage water carbonated with farts, aged in camel balls and coloured with fly squash. This vile liquid exists in its Asian avatar mostly in Malaysia, so unless you are on your death bed because of dehydration and have nothing else around - stay away

park bench rating 5 stars
taste----like licking a balloon
smell----rafa nadels jockstrap
look---shelley winters in a bikini

please try if recently divored/seperated the world will look a better place!!!
please try any chimay trappist beer or any thing not based on euro strong beer

But don't let that put you off. On this thread we don't judge you by your tastes

 

[Cid]

I once found that eight tins of spesh made a a good speaker stand - 4 each speaker.

They eventually got drunk, when I finally got a pair of wall brackets for the speakers, about seven years after the expiry date on the tins and frankly, the extra time did not help them at all - Still utterly vile!

Just realised, I don't think I have had a single beer yet this year. Hmm....!

Aren't you forgetting something pogo?

http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/calling-urban-real-ale-fans-–-recommend-me-some-ales.256299/

Not that a thread about beer in general is unworthy, but there are some great suggestions on that one.