Ale, Beer, Stout appreciation

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Mmm, free beer

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BlackJack Brewery in my local coop, Vocation in Tescos. The end of indie craft offies on the horizon?*

*I doubt it, and hope not.

Aldi starts selling 'craft ale' for £1.25 a bottle from Sunday!

UK craft beers available from Aldi
Wet Your Whistle (Box Steam brewery)
Golden Bolt (Box Steam)
Wadworth 6X (Wadworth)
Two Tribes (Everards)
Hop Bomb (Sadler’s)
Mellow Yellow (Sadler’s)
Wizard Amber (Robinsons )
Maple Gold (Joseph Holt)
White Witch (Moorhouses)
Mid-Atlantic (Titanic)
Velo Pale Ale (Black Sheep)
Reverend James Rye (SA Brain)
Surrey Nirvana (Hogsback)
Castle (Arundel)
Double Dragon (Felinfoel)
A-Hop-alypse Now (Camerons)
Strongarm (Camerons)
Unicorn (Robinsons)

Over in Berlin soon, any bars/beer things worth checking out? Last time we popped into Hops & Barley, but other than that it was mostly streetbeers and cafes

I've tried about 10 of these. Very tasty. Good session strengths, averaging 4%.

I know a guy out there who knows his beer, will put you in touch.

OT but for coffee "The Barn" is a must apparently.

Stone Americano on tap at brewdog SB was amazing. Best beer for ages.

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discovered Beaverhunt Gamma Ray last night - superb - and also Peanut Riot Porter - which was OK for half of it

ooh me head

Hopfenreich is good

Cheers, had that recommended (+ points for being near where we're staying!) along with Hermann's and Kashk although I've yet to look them up.

http://www.brauerei-flessa.de/ these guys were below the apartment I was staying in last time I was there (fortuitous).

If you use gmail, PM me your email and I will send you a map my mate made with loads of decent bars & beer gardens etc

Siren's Vanilla Weisse is fantastic if the taste of vanilla ice cream with sour lemons on top is your thing.

Just ordered a crate of Orval, winning at life

The latest Grisettes, Saisons and Session IPAs from Brew By Numbers are all pretty lovely, shall be sinking a few in the garden tomorrow

http://pages.rapha.cc/rides-cat/the-trappist-brewery-tour

Had my bottle of the Buxton/Hasbean Coffee Porter last night. Delicious.

Went to Magic Rock Tap yesterday.

5/7 would recommend.

The Three's Company was particularly good.

Did you go the The Sportsman down the road? Great pub!

Nah we walked past but didn't have time to pop in. Next time.

Popped in last night for a quick half, can't remember what I drank but it was good, revisiting later in the week!

Cracked open my bottle of Unhuman Cannonball last night. Not convinced it was the best-tasting beer ever, but well-named based n how I felt this morning. Also recently disappointed by Brass Castle's Northern Blonde, which tasted like that mouthful of un-matured home brew you get when siphoning it into bottles...

Orval turned up in a proper Orval branded crate, bought it here: https://belgiuminabox.com/

There's some great stuff on there

Off out tonight to a Balls Brothers bar to celebrate newly promoted partners at my company. At £5.25 for a shitty bottle of Becks and £6.10 for a bottle of Einstock I'm happy the new partners are paying

Lets all drink European. REMAIN!