Really strong beer

[John K]

This thread is making me thirsty! 

 

You understand I'm just trying to help...

 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

[dombanks]

id forgotten about the ginger one.... the peach one is ok in small doses.

 

john your probably right, only major difference is the cost. most of the craft beers will sell at anything from £4.50 for 2/3pt upwards. cost + abv = slow drinking rate. lol

[pistonbroke]

Here in Wigan folks tend to drink anything as long as it comes in a Pint glass,  preferably taken  with a pie or two to act as blotting paper  

[cast iron]

quite liking Goose Island American IPA at the moment...But do like the Belgium treacle once in a while

[Man On The Clapham Omnibus]

My favourite beers are the pale and hoppy session ales.  Paler and hoppier the better.  Usually 4% or less.  You can keep the treacly stuff.

 

Agreed on the ABV, but the flowery hoppy ones are for the warm weather, while a good IPA or bitter suits the rest of the time. I brew a 'best bitter' as a regular quaffing ale and that's c.4%

 

Cannot say that barley wine is my thing. The local where I used to live once had Owd Roger on draught, but it's only in bottles now I think. That is a very strong ale.

[dhutch]

I spent this weekend on 'Dorset Steam Ale' at the GDSF and I must say it was one of the best drinking pints I have had for a long time, nothing to fault it, no odd tastes, no edges, but also not at all boring or watery. I think that was 4.3% or something like that, which mean at the rate of one every hour or two from 11am through till about 8pm and every 45mintues from then till midnight, I could still wake up feeling as good as anyone could after a night in a cheap sleeping bag and tent combo.

 

 

Daniel

[Stuart]

quite liking Goose Island American IPA at the moment...But do like the Belgium treacle once in a while

 

You tried Sierra Nevada?  Or Brooklyn Lager?  Both excellent American IPAs  (20 years ago you couldn't use the words excellent and American beer in the same sentence)

[windy]

Orkney Dark Island Reserve, not dared to try it yet, but bought a bottle on holiday recently. 10% beer matured in Orkney Malt Whisky casks. The standard Dark Island beer is lovely, as are Dragonhead, Northern Light and Raven Ale. You could also try the Skull Splitter.  

[dombanks]

Brooklyn isn't as nice in the bottles as it is from the pump. But your right about the comment you wouldn't use American and good a while back. Ironically a lot if the craft hoppy things now are American influenced

A lot of the craft beers are made in old whiskey barrels. Apparently when the brewers buy the barrels they often have a decent amount of what was made in it left in as the barrels have to be left wet or else they leak.

If you like the whiskey overtones then innis and gunn isn't bad.