Whats In The Glass (commercial)

[eric8]

I went and treated myself to buying some beers yesterday, got all this for under $70 and got two free glasses as well

 

[eric8]

I tried the Rauchbier first. Aroma reminded me of a smoked cheese and almost tasted like it as well. Not sure if I liked it or not, but have another to make sure.

sorry couldn't turn the pic round

 

[eamonnfoley]

View attachment 25276I tried the Rauchbier first. Aroma reminded me of a smoked cheese and almost tasted like it as well. Not sure if I liked it or not, but have another to make sure.

sorry couldn't turn the pic round

I noticed that is the weizen version. Very strange drop indeed, dont like it myself. Give the Marzen or the Urbock a go, they are both fantastic (when reasonably fresh).

 

[eric8]

I noticed that is the weizen version. Very strange drop indeed, dont like it myself. Give the Marzen or the Urbock a go, they are both fantastic (when reasonably fresh).

Yeah your right Foles, was a bit odd to drink, was very surprised by the taste. I will try and find one of the others and give it a go.

 

[THE DRUNK ARAB]

My favourite of the Steam Exchange range in bottles.

C&B
TDA

 

[Bizier]

Yeah your right Foles, was a bit odd to drink, was very surprised by the taste. I will try and find one of the others and give it a go.

+1 on the Marzen. I could drink that till the cows picture turns sideways

I feel that the Weizen is a bit soft and confusing to my palate when combined with the smoke.

I am jealous of your Unibrew 17s

 

[eric8]

+1 on the Marzen. I could drink that till the cows picture turns sideways

I feel that the Weizen is a bit soft and confusing to my palate when combined with the smoke.

I am jealous of your Unibrew 17s

Yeah it is a tad confusing, as I didn't really get any of the typical weizen coming through, the smoke just seemed to overpower too much.

I got of the 17's as i am going to drink one and try and save the other. Apparently the 18 will be coming out soonish too. :icon_drool2:

 

[schooey]

mmmm.... shhmokayy .... :icon_drool2:

 

[fcmcg]

I really liked the Marzen...but then i do like the smoke taste..I made a smoked bock out of a wort kit...with about 5% smoke...the boys didn't like it as it wasn't a "session" beer...phillistines...

 

[schooey]

I'd have to agree it's not a session beer, it took me 45 minutes to drink it, but I enjoyed every mouthfull

 

[Thirsty Boy]

At the risk of being labeled a company suck for talking about products that are produced by my employer........

I have been trying some of our beverages anew recently to see how they are going... and i have been getting some pleasant surprises. Hoppy surprises.

I noticed a change in process/ingredients, and i wanted to see if it came through in the final product, it has. Not too far in the past - at Abbotsford we ran out of our stock of czech saaz and got new stock in from a new supplier - last harvest saaz. I noticed a massive difference in aroma when I cut open the bags for the first time and thought that it had to make a difference in the beer aroma too. It did, a most pleasant one.

Here's some beer to re-visit to see if you can spot the difference

Stella - yeah I know you all hate our stella - but its better recently; and now ... if you take the time, has a really nice floral spicy saaz aroma
Stirling - didn't taste it myself, but it has a reasonable whack of saaz in it and you might notice
Matilda Bay Bohemian Pilsner - I don't know for sure they are using new season saaz - but if we are, they probably are and you can certainly pick the aroma difference in the beer. The biggest difference of all.

And

Cascade Premium - I don't think its just saaz (if at all) but this beer has developed a beautiful euro noble hop nose to it. As good as any genuine German or Czech pils I have had in ages. A changed beer in my opinion and I even bought a slab of it I enjoyed it so much.

Now for JC's sake - please don't think I am trying to push you towards mega brew... god forbid I should be such a transparent agent for the evil big brewers. But, if you are in a pub and you are forced by your mates to drink the stuff in order to reduce your social leprosy profile - see if you can spot the difference between now and what you remember.

But just drink some of the Cascade... its really good

Thirsty

 

[kabooby]

Walking a very fine line there Thirsty :lol:

Good to know anyway

Kabooby

 

[reviled]

I even bought a slab of it I enjoyed it so much.

:blink: Thirsty?? Is that really you?

 

[matti]

Nothing wrong plugging your own product LOL.
BY the way "Get your self some a Magnum while your at it"

Back on topic.
I drink mega swill and there nothing wrong with some of them.
Only trouble is cost twice as much

 

[reviled]

I drink mega swill and there nothing wrong with some of them.
Only trouble is cost twice as much

+ 5-7% as of next week h34r:

 

[mattcarty]

had a LCPA last night, the first time i had it a few years ago i really hated it but my taste has broadened since then so thought id give it a second go

still dont like it

also bought a sixpack of fat yak, love it on tap so keen to try it in the bottle, scored a free glass with the sixer, YEAH!

 

[schooey]

had a LCPA last night, the first time i had it a few years ago i really hated it but my taste has broadened since then so thought id give it a second go

still dont like it

I did a little job for a fella a week or so ago and he swung me a slab of LCPA in kind for the favour... I really wish he'd just given me cash.... Half of them were skunked (probably no fault of the brewery, on the tranport people they use) but the remaining half tasted so watery and bland compared to the LCPA of years ago... surely they have changed the hop bill and scaled down the IBU's?

 

[Katherine]

had a LCPA last night, the first time i had it a few years ago i really hated it but my taste has broadened since then so thought id give it a second go

still dont like it

also bought a sixpack of fat yak, love it on tap so keen to try it in the bottle, scored a free glass with the sixer, YEAH!

Have you tried LCPA from a pint glass????? so much better then out of the bottle....

 

[Katherine]

I did a little job for a fella a week or so ago and he swung me a slab of LCPA in kind for the favour... I really wish he'd just given me cash.... Half of them were skunked (probably no fault of the brewery, on the tranport people they use) but the remaining half tasted so watery and bland compared to the LCPA of years ago... surely they have changed the hop bill and scaled down the IBU's?

I was only just at Creatures a week ago.... Still as nice as ever!

 

[Jakechan]

Have you tried LCPA from a pint glass????? so much better then out of the bottle....

=1

The difference can be remarkable I reckon. Is it any wonder that you dont see megaswillers pour their crap into a glass? To them all beer tastes the same, and I reckon out of a can/stubby the differences between beers is minimised.
Cheers,
Jake