Ale, Beer, Stout appreciation

Had it in Edinburgh on tap. Not seen it down here sadly.

Happy new beer everyone

Kat have you seen my message about the Struise beers?

Cheers

Just seen it :)

Interesting blog from Cloudwater on how they see the future.

There's a lot of moaning on twitter about them not doing cask anymore but can't blame them. It takes a lot of time and effort only to be sold at a dirt cheap price and sometimes not cellered well. At the end of the day they are a business.

CAMRA won't be happy I guess?

Will head to the brewery next weekend I think.

Marble Black Sunshine.
[Homer Simpson drooling.jpg]

Any tip top saison recommendations? Burning Sky have been good to me so far and a couple of bottles of the Double-Saison from La Senne were enjoyed amidst a generally dark selection of beers this christmas.

Any of the brew by numbers ones, saison dupont, lost and grounded saison d'avon, kernel biere de saison and the old kent rd brewery one.

How does Brockley get two cheap bottle shops and Lewisham is still dry as fuck.

Barman at Partizan is looking to open a bottle shop. Originally planned on Brockley but now looking for an alternative location so maybe.

Picked up 4 cans of Alchemist Focal Banger today. It's excellent.

For those in the Green Lanes area, the Harringay Local Store http://harringaylocalstore.co.uk/ has a decent range of London beers. Probably 30 or so different ones with regular new stuff appearing.

Where did you get them? Only seen them on sale via the Mikkeller website.

From a friend that had ordered a case via Mikkeller. I'll be on the lookout/would be happy to group a purchase if they do something similar again

Anyone else pick up tickets for the Beavertown event in September? Looks like it'll be the best of the London beer festivals this year

I am going on the Saturday

I'm after the Mikkeller Nelson Sauvin cans when they go on sale

Black Sheep's Glug M'Glug is tasty...

Heading down on the Friday in the slightly unlikely hope that it'll be a tiny bit quieter and the queues will be less severe.

Just saw that MK's bottle shops have stocks of a couple of the Mikkeller single hop series

Are any British brewers doing bargain bin impressions of Belgian Trappist monsters?

Are any British brewers doing bargain bin impressions of Belgian Trappist monsters?

These Monks?Local brew. Made from the 1890's to present day.

^ Ha

Mad Hatter have done a few decent quads and tripels. Buxton have done a Belgian series but it's not bargain bin. Ilkley do a nice Fig Dubbel which is mega cheap.

I'll have to track down the Ilkley Fig one as they are in my neck of the woods.

Thankyou as always for The Knowledge