Whats In The Glass (commercial)

[bum]

Anchor Brekle's Brown - okay
Buffalo Bill's Brewery Pumpkin Ale - blech
Sierra Nevada Celebration - first properly fresh one I've had, nice enough but insanely overrated
Hitachino Nest White Ale - meh

 

[bconnery]

North Coast - Acme IPA

No description needed but for those playing at home. Awesome hop aroma, balanced bitterness and sweet malt in the finish. I could drink this for hours.

I had this earlier on the night we met up on my recent Melbourne visit and I'd also rate it very highly. Got a great flavour and aroma but very nicely balanced.

 

[Wimmig]

I joined the growler club down at Thunder Road Brewing Company. For $25 you get the growler the cossie and of course the beer. Refills are cheap with three great beers from a new microbrewery. No affiliation, just GREAT beer.

This is the Montgomerie's Pale Ale. It's a big banger at 5.9%. Taste's delicous, smooth and very easy drinking.

Well done to that group. Very well done.

 

[chunckious]

Never heard of this before.....tasty

 

[black_labb]

I just got back from 4.5 months of touring around europe on a pushbike and tried many good beers (and a fair few not so good ones). I'll post some of the good ones.

my first beer on the Continent, a Schwartzbier. Quite nice

My first border crossing into belgium deserved a good beer

those 3 ( and too many more) were at a campsite pub on my first night in belgium. How often do you get the correct glassware and 15+ beers to choose from at a camping ground!!! I was happy to be in belgium.

The day after visiting the Achouffe brewery I decided to have a beer in the tent before going to sleep in my newly aquired glass from the brewery.

Back in Germany. I was somewhat dissapointed with the range of beers available in Germany, but a good Weizen is always good

Was a bit dissapointed at first when comparing it to the beers I've brewed with rye, but the more I sipped at it the more I liked it. It was like a super weizen really.

Very nice Danish ale based on a traditional recipe


I'll get some more up soon

 

[bum]

Russian River Pliny the Elder. On tap. At the brewery. Again. Life is hard.
Dogfish Head Chicory Stout - Smells amazing, flavour doesn't quite deliver but still nice.

 

[black_labb]

round 2

A Achouffe Mcchouffe I had stashed in one of my bags from the netherlands until norway where I cooled it in an icy river and enjoyed. This was one of the 2 beers I drank in Norway where beer is frightfully expensive and apparently pretty terrible.

Hobgoblin by a lake in Sweden

Drank this on a ferry to Estonia... woke up a bit "dehydrated" but the beers were all great.

Very nice IPA, will have a look for a recipe

Delirium Tremins at an excellent pub in the old town of Tallinn (80+ bottled beers with a shop next door with ~200 beers to choose from)

Casteel Brun, beautiful

Tried this expecting it to be pretty bad, but it was actually very nice

Will post more at some point

 

[bum]

Lagunitas Dogtown Pale Ale - very, very nice.

 

[jbowers]

Lagunitas Dogtown Pale Ale - very, very nice.

Very underrated brewery overall, IMO. Haven't had a bad beer from them.

 

[Lecterfan]

Just bought 8 of these 'kirkland signature' beers from a pre-mix king type place. Imported from America, I think they are some kind of faux-craftbrew made on the cheap and pumped out of an aldis type store (costco? on the interwebs...).

Anyway, at $20 for 8 stubbies I am not unhappy with them so far. They do have some flavour (although they get a bit of a caning on the net - I only looked AFTER buying them haha), but the APA is a totally malty, drinkable beer (not even close to being a mildly hoppy APA) - wonder what the amber ale will be like???. I got several of their IPAs also.

If I'm conscious later tonight I'll make comment. Would be interested to know if others have had a stab at them though (a search of this site through google revealed nothing).

Cheers.

 

[Lecterfan]

Well, the APA and the IPA taste the same, the amber ale tastes the same as the APA except a bit more watery and less crystal oddly enough....

 

[Will88]

Very interesting beer. Reminds me of christmas cake. Dominant cinnamon flavour, maybe a little roasted malt and a bit of ginger.

 

[bum]

Very underrated brewery overall, IMO. Haven't had a bad beer from them.

I've had a couple I found equally confused and confusing (their WTF springs to mind, can't recall the other) but even then it is because they are trying to be different which gets my respect, for sure. Really interesting brewery. They aren't far from where I am staying next week and there's a small chance I might be able to get out there. Probably hitting up Firestone Walker this week though.

 

[mje1980]

Boddingtons. No need for a pic!!. I have a couple of very nice brews on ( IMHO! ), but i really like the odd can of boddo's or two. Probably follow it up with a pint of my mild.

 

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

@blacklabb, if you need a roggenweizen recipe, I've done one recently.

Yum, though I couldn't drink it quick enough - it needs to be young.

Goomba

 

[adryargument]

Got one of these babies in the car waiting for when i get home :beerbang:

 

[Spork]

Adryargument - let it sit for a while first. Maybe until the weekend or longer? Mine was turbid and full of floaties despite 36 hours in the fridge after transporting and careful pouring. Hop debris? I really wish I'd let it settle longer, given it was almost $18 for a stubbie...

Either way, it has an awesome aroma, even though I found the taste a bit OTT bitter.
Difficult to know when to drink a monster like that. If you have it at the start of the evening you won't taste anything afterwards. If you leave it until last your palette may already be jaded... Maybe it's one to have mid-week, all on it's own.

Enjoy.

 

[adryargument]

Adryargument - let it sit for a while first. Maybe until the weekend or longer? Mine was turbid and full of floaties despite 36 hours in the fridge after transporting and careful pouring. Hop debris? I really wish I'd let it settle longer, given it was almost $18 for a stubbie...

Either way, it has an awesome aroma, even though I found the taste a bit OTT bitter.
Difficult to know when to drink a monster like that. If you have it at the start of the evening you won't taste anything afterwards. If you leave it until last your palette may already be jaded... Maybe it's one to have mid-week, all on it's own.

Enjoy.

Cheers for the advise, its shaken to hell unfortunately - will let it sit until next week, just need to put a padlock on the fridge.

 

[Bribie G]

Bulimba Gold Top and Brisbane Bitter.

 

[winkle]

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Bulimba Gold Top and Brisbane Bitter.

You're a sick man Bribie :icon_vomit:
Are you putting that into the swap?