Ale, Beer, Stout appreciation

Is that the Holly Bush Inn at Makeney ?
Lovely pub if so.

This was mind bendingly good. Good job too at £16 for a wee bottle.

https://omnipollo.com/en-gb/products/andromeda

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those gwatkin ciders ^^^^ are without question the best / nicest ciders i have ever drunk
absolutely stunning flavour to each and everyone of them
can't recommend highly enough to all you cider fanciers out there

This is excellent.

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Never gonna get bored of being able to pick up these bad boys for 4 euros at my local cornershop.

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Lidl has Petrus in stock at the moment. And a couple of the other regular Belgian beers they stock (Bornem).

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I had one of these last night, basically because of this recommendation.

Confirmation: is excellent

Winter warmer TTD : good but not at the same level

Found the Laphroaig barrel aged Innis & Gunn beer in B&M for £2.50 a bottle.
I really like these and it is half the price I paid when I cleared out Sainsbury's a few weeks back

all those innis and gunn sherry / whisky barrel aged bottles are lush

Their Rum Barrel aged and regulars are £32 for 24 bottles on their website ATM.
Gonna get a case for Christmas

Have you got a link? I can’t see it on their website, clicking on the where to buy link is bringing up a US beverage page

https://www.innisandgunn.com/us/beer/caribbean-rum-cask

Hidden long link from email

Thanks for that, they really hide it away!

Looking forward to trying one of these.
Also lots of Tilquin, 3 Fonteinen, Cantillon from different years.

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Abbot Reserve is a quite pleasant ale.
Malty and a bit fruity.
Got it in Tesco in a 4 for £7 deal, well worth it (if you like malty, strong ales)

That boon/mikkeler colab is great =]

Enjoyed both of these, ipa was better though.

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If you like mixed fermentation beers, look out for Brasserie Sacrilège. Based in Montpellier but I've seen their beers in Paris, Nantes and Marseille, so they have decent distribution. Highly recommended.

Cool, I'll keep an eye out. France has massively upped it's beer game there's an insane amount of local stuff in shops now.

Bit too much "blonde, brune, ambree" from most breweries tho IMO.

Yeah, that's pretty standard isn't it but most I find do pale ales and double/triples as well.

I'm really enjoying alot of the pale ales/IPA's I'm finding. Even though they're using American hops most of the time they seem to be closer to English style so it's not just stupid over hopped grapefruit bubbleishous nonsense.

Where in France are you?

Moved to Lyon in August.

I second the recommendation for Brasserie Sacrilège, if you like that sort of thing. Pretty dry and tannic, which isn’t always my thing, but they’re good.

Brasserie du Mont Salève rarely disappoints, often exceptional, across all styles. And not a million kilometres from Lyon.

Picked up a bottle of Brasserie du Mont Salève Abricot on my last trip to Paris. Looking forward to trying it alongside the Sacrilège Abricot.