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Re: The Ale Thread.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 1:32 am
by callumascott
Finished my first batch of homebrew - slightly nicer and stronger than Tetley's, so I consider it a success. Bottling a mild flavoured with ginger, cloves, and cinnamon sometime this week - excited!
Re: The Ale Thread.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:54 am
by Lick Mars
My friends brought down some beers from a local brewery in Edmonton. I had one of their 'Pumpkin Pie' spiced ales. Was lovely, and did actually taste like pumpkin pie mmmmm
Re: The Ale Thread.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:42 pm
by Matty_the_Emo_Slayer
both my batches of homebrew seem to be maturing nicely
Re: The Ale Thread.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:03 pm
by tranmerefan
Had Viking Gold last night and lovely it was too.
Re: The Ale Thread.
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:35 pm
by Matty_the_Emo_Slayer
Hilden Silver- lovely and refreshing pale ale, nice and mellow hoppiness and a slight citrus kick at the end. Would be nice if the taste lingered a bit more at the end though. Was a great pint to kickstart my Paddy's day though!
Re: The Ale Thread.
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:12 pm
by Turbo
Ive become rather redundant in this thread. I havent had anything new in over 2 months. Same old shit, me bumming Ubu ales. Manowar is likely to be a proper sesh, and I might twist my mates arm to go to spoons early-ish before people start arriving in Brum.
Re: The Ale Thread.
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:42 pm
by Applecore
Spoons Real Ale and Cider Festival starts on Wednesday until the 10th of April. Got the tasting notes beside me and there's some decent looking stuff in it. Had Robinson's Ginger Tom before, quite a nice refreshing beer, that.
Also Wells' Banana Bread Beer is making an appearance. Had it bottled and quite liked it, but never had it from the cask. May have to keep an eye out to try that one..
Re: The Ale Thread.
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:49 pm
by tranmerefan
Applecore wrote:Spoons Real Ale and Cider Festival starts on Wednesday until the 10th of April. Got the tasting notes beside me and there's some decent looking stuff in it. Had Robinson's Ginger Tom before, quite a nice refreshing beer, that.
Also Wells' Banana Bread Beer is making an appearance. Had it bottled and quite liked it, but never had it from the cask. May have to keep an eye out to try that one..
Is that all Spoons? Chances are I'll be in a Spoons during that period anyway but I'll make more of an effort if it is.
Re: The Ale Thread.
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:54 pm
by Applecore
tranmerefan wrote:Applecore wrote:Spoons Real Ale and Cider Festival starts on Wednesday until the 10th of April. Got the tasting notes beside me and there's some decent looking stuff in it. Had Robinson's Ginger Tom before, quite a nice refreshing beer, that.
Also Wells' Banana Bread Beer is making an appearance. Had it bottled and quite liked it, but never had it from the cask. May have to keep an eye out to try that one..
Is that all Spoons? Chances are I'll be in a Spoons during that period anyway but I'll make more of an effort if it is.
Should be, yeah. It's one of the bi-annual festivals, so I'd assume so.
If you go to
www.jdwrealale.co.uk you can check out the tasting notes and whatnot..
I'm just a bit gutted (and flattered) that my manager has put me on some pretty major shifts throughout, as I'm one of the biggest ale drinkers working at the pub, and he wants me behind the bar if the up-aboves come in! While that's quite cool, it's a bit of a pain as it means I can't drink the fucking beers!
Re: The Ale Thread.
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:12 pm
by Matty_the_Emo_Slayer
balls, gonna miss half the drinking time at this one because i dont get money in til the 31st
Re: The Ale Thread.
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:41 pm
by Noodle
Had more than a couple of pints of Stones Bitter on saturday. Very easy to drink, although very fizzy. Refreshing for beer.
Re: The Ale Thread.
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:24 pm
by jackcake
I went round a mate's house last Sunday. He gave me a bottle of Carlsberg. I felt dirty. Luckily I was driving so could safely refuse a second bottle by claiming it wasn't worth the risk.
Re: The Ale Thread.
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:08 pm
by The Red Skull
The ruby red from ST peters is very nice and the whychwood selection box is a personal compulsory buy when ever I hit the shops but they have taken circle master out recently.
It makes me sad but over all I was brought up on Bass and rugby.
Re: The Ale Thread.
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:49 pm
by Kylan_Paassa
I intend on trying something new in some boozer tomorrow before the sonata gig
Re: The Ale Thread.
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 2:10 am
by Noodle
Aye I like a Ruby Red too. Whoever though God could taste so good... erm...