Ale, Beer, Stout appreciation

This looks interesting...

Me neither tbh, but I work on the basis owt reaching top 50 must be worth a try.

Cracked open a Cocoa Psycho from BrewDog, espresso Imperial stout.
Black as pitch, quite syrupy, I'm not getting any coffee or chocolate, and it's noticeably a 10% alcohol beer.
It's ok, but wouldn't rush out to get another (although I have another in the fridge)

I'll have it. For the price, Cock o' Psycho is great. I go months between having it because I usually add it as filler to an order and then think "why the hell don't I add this more often?!"

Very rum.

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Where did you find that? it looks up my street

Sheffield. I'm guessing it won't be widely distributed, as Steel City Brewing is basically one guy doing cuckoo brews AFAIK.

This is good.

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https://www.brewdog.com/uk/barnard-castle-eye-test

Hah!

:)

Belgium in a box delivery came today, order placed 10 May so not terrible. I now have lots of Chimay and the correct glass and a couple of Gueze.

The Red Hand in Dalston is back open for carry out. I got carried away because they had so much good stuff. 3 year old and two year old Orval, Cantillon for 15 quid a bottle and FINALLY I got a bottle of Black Ops. Been on the look out for years.

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Interested to hear what you make of the Black Ops; my local(ish) bottle shop had a couple in last time I was there, but they were a bit rich for my blood.

That Cantillon isn’t going to last long at that price!
Dropped in last week and got 4 pints of Verdant pale ale for a tenner, amazing deal. Only picked up a couple of cans because I couldn’t carry much but there was tons of great stuff, need to go back

Will report back on Black Ops. I am excited.

Yeah the deals on growlers were great, all the stuff was at fair prices.

Oo enjoy the black ops!

Haul! Enjoy!

Allotment Pale (x2) then Shindigger with Rhubarb gin chasers.

Edit: co-op best value beers

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Is nice but would be so much better on cask in a pub

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In normal times, a north downs bike ride is not complete without a stop in one of the village pubs (The Volunteer in Sutton Abinger being a personal favourite). Normally something light from the Tillingborne Brewery is on the cards.

With all the pubs shut, today we dropped in for a socially distanced couple of milk jugs. Now being enjoyed in the garden back home.

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The Pigeon in Camberwell are open for takeaway. They've got some decent Belgian and German stuff at great prices.

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Taras 👀