Whats In The Glass (commercial)

[glennheinzel]

A few recent beers..

Scapa Special is a 4.2% Best Bitter. Apparently it won 2008 champion beer of Scotland and I can see why. It's easy drinking with all the right hints of hops and flavour. I'd definitely buy more of this one.


Double Old Thumper was a present to my father-in-law, although I get to sip and take the trophy photo. This is a big thick and heavy beer which is probably best served up in smaller quantities. Nice(ish), but not my style.


Brodies Black IPA from East London. Plenty of aggressive hop character. My father in law complained that it tasted like most dark beers - ha! (Of course I might've made that comment in the past too)


The Bear Republic beers were both really good, although too much time has passed for me to comment.

 

[Bribie G]

I think Bum is in America atm.

Ridin' those freight trains and panhandling for dimes on Skid Row?
Maybe they do ship the genuine cask to the USA.

 

[black_labb]

A Ukranian wit and a Ukranian Wit Night (Black wit). The wit was very well done but the black wit was sensational (don't know how I missed out on taking a photo). The Black wit was quite light tasting with a nice coriander and orange peel flavour but it had a licorice/aniseed flavour in there as well. One of the beers I'll be trying to clone asap. It was beautiful.

Found a Achouffe Houblon in a supermarket in Romania, drank it at the top of the Transfagarasan (of topgear fame). Was a nice change from the romanian beers, though there are a few nice dark beers.

Leffe blonde next to a very muddy lake

Hops next to the road in Slovenia. Smelled and tasted like Styrian goldings despite being wild. Would have loved to bring some along

Very nice beer that uses peated malt

A cafe in Kosovo that somehow got my interest...

 

[bum]

Had my first Saison Dupont with lunch today. Pretty damned nice.

North Coast Brewing Co Old Stock Ale is pretty bloody nice. Dangerously easy drinking for 11.9%.

 

[Muggus]

Just returned from Warners with a "graduation gift" to myself...
Lindeboom Oud Bruin
Harviestoun Ola Dubh (40 Year Old)
Beer Here Nordic Rye
Mountain Goat 7 Seeds Coffee IPA
Croucher Croucher Patriot American Black Ale
Prickly Moses Reserve de Otway
8 Wired Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Brooklyn Local 1
Nogne Red Horizon
Petrus Aged Pale
North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout
BrewDog Three Floyds Bitch Please


Tried a couple of others over the week too...

Rekorderlig Apple and Blackcurrant Cider
Quite sweet. Very much like drinking apple and blackcurrant juice...so much so it's hard to believe there's booze in it!


Murrays Angry Man Brown Ale
Good caramel malt base with fruity hops and firm bitterness. Tasty stuff!


Murrays Punk Monk
Love this beer! The little brother of their Grand Cru, bit hoppier and ridonkulously drinkable. Totally digging the new 640mL bottles!

 

[argon]

Had one of these last night for the first time;

mmmmmmm :icon_drool2: :icon_drool2: :icon_drool2:
How good is the aroma!! Like sniffing a fresh packet of hops. NEW...FAVOURITE...IPA. Better than any American or Aus IPA i've ever had.

Got it from Archive. Gotta love the chilled bottle shop (except the low door headheight i keep smacking my head on <_< ) I've never experienced a hop aroma quite like this one. Soooo fresh. Well handled and well stored. Something i assume my purchases of IPAs in the past from other vendors just haven't been able to achieve... or bothered to.

Will probably pick up a the barrel aged version this arvo.

 

[Pennywise]

Last night was

Tonight it's

 

[bum]

Sadly, I only managed to have the one tonight.

Happily, that one was Bear Republic's Hop Rod Rye.

 

[Lecterfan]

Little Creatures Big Dipper. It's yum. Very yum for those of us who like big resiny, hoppy (some might say cat-pissy) AIPA type beers. Nice one.

 

[Fish13]

drinking hahns premium light as i am not happy with my extract brews . no carbonation and a grassy taste.

i pity the sandgroper case swappers

 

[keifer33]

drinking hahns premium light as i am not happy with my extract brews . no carbonation and a grassy taste.

i pity the sandgroper case swappers

What are you doing with hahn premium light, at least get a decent beer!


Im currently drinking LC Bright Ale as my keg setup decided to leak out all its C02 while I wasnt looking...sigh for 4kg of gas gone.

 

[yum beer]

Tried a LC Bright Ale yesterday, not at all impressed.
Pretty much same ****** flavour as the Pale Ale albeit a tad less intense....
Little Creatures added to James Squire on the list of beers never to be bought again.
Not had a decent beer from either brewery....expecting flames but dont care... :icon_vomit:

 

[beers]

Stone Ruination IPA. Not a bad IPA. Hops could be a bit bigger.. but still balanced towards the hops, & not too much of that crystal sweetness - which is how I like my IPA's

 

[jyo]

Black_labb- some of the best beer pics yet! Keep em coming, mate.

 

[Will88]

Tried a LC Bright Ale yesterday, not at all impressed.
Pretty much same ****** flavour as the Pale Ale albeit a tad less intense....
Little Creatures added to James Squire on the list of beers never to be bought again.
Not had a decent beer from either brewery....expecting flames but dont care... :icon_vomit:

Once upon a time these breweries put out some really amazing beers. I don't know if much has changed with Little Creatures but James Squire is defnitely not the same brewery/beers since Lion Nathan took over.

 

[Aus_Rider_22]

Tried a LC Bright Ale yesterday, not at all impressed.
Pretty much same ****** flavour as the Pale Ale albeit a tad less intense....
Little Creatures added to James Squire on the list of beers never to be bought again.
Not had a decent beer from either brewery....expecting flames but dont care... :icon_vomit:

JS beers are ***** compared to what they used to be. But I think you have lost your mind if you put LC in the same bracket as JS.

 

[yum beer]

JS beers are ***** compared to what they used to be. But I think you have lost your mind if you put LC in the same bracket as JS.

not the same bracket, but same heading,
they are ****** for there different reasons, but ****** none the less.

 

[mje1980]

I's much rather a 150 lashes on tap than tooheys new. Might not set the craft beer world on fire, but against tooheys spew and VB etc, they're much better IMHO. ****, i'd love to go to my local and grab a cask ale through the engine but sadly that will never happen.!!

No worries, that's why we brew!!

 

[probablynathan]

Had one of these the other night



Also had a Bridge Road Celtic Red and Galaxy IPA last night.

 

[black_labb]

Black_labb- some of the best beer pics yet! Keep em coming, mate.

Thanks, but there are not many more worth posting. I'll have a look though