Ale, Beer, Stout appreciation

Can anyone recommend a nice IPA from an independent brewery (No brewdogs etc) that's around 3%, comes in 330ml and can buy in bulk?

My usual place has closed up shop :-(

Whilst I've not actually tried this exact one, the Hazy is decent!

https://theoriginalsmallbeer.com/products/ipa?variant=42881859748056

Kernel Table Beer? It's not an IPA as such (but then nothing that's 3% will be), but it has all the taste of one.

Villages Rafiki. Not many in 330ml these days.

https://villagesbrewery.com/products/rafiki-session-ipa

Not an IPA, but is very good:

https://www.blackislebrewery.com/shop/p/goldfinch

I went there when I first arrived and cycle toured Europe back in 2005. Do they still have a cat?

Thanks, I'll take a peek at these.

+1! one my absolute favourites.

nice IPA that's around 3%

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Cloudwater do a low ABV one that's decent but spendy. Actually I've had two of theirs that were good recently. One was AF and one was like 3-4% but also pretty decent considering the low abv.

We’ve been doing the annual Christmas sandwich taste test league table at work and someone sent me this review today, it’s very good.

https://mrgimpson.com/2023/12/13/review-go-big-or-go-ho-ho-home-by-brewdog/

Yes. Cat still there and exceptionally cute.

Maybe this (440 tho) https://www.gravitywellbrewing.co.uk/products/copy-of-cosmic-dust-session-ipa-3-8

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It's quite hard to find in the UK I've found, but over in Aus in their micro brewery's they all had these 3 to 3.5 ipas (Session ipas?) that were all really nice, didn't taste weak or watery at all (particularly the Gage Roads in Freo). I think some of them used phrases like half haze or something.

That's because all anyone brews in Oz is fucking pale ale and session IPA. They'd want to be good at it! :)

Cloudwater "Don't You Have Time to Think?" 4%
Cloudwater "Fresh" 0.5%

These were the two I was talking about.

Untapped and its 27 fucking Captchas to log in can get fucked.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDMuqJjIFya/

I love these stickers - inspired by one of the best German pilsners!

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Christmas/New Year

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Track Sonoma at 3.8% is worth investigating.

I still need to find some hitter impy stouts for xmas. Any suggestions?

Kernel Imperial Brown Stout?

I'm a big fan of the Harvey's Imperial Extra Double Stout too.

Nah, I drink that Kernel normally. I'm talking special, rare, imported etc.

Prefer BA stuff to the newer "dessert stout" stuff that's a bit too sweet generally.

To give you a hint, this taster flight started at 9% and went to 20%

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Marble usually have some good BA offerings. I think they're still brewing?

I'd be tempted to go Belgian and the excellent De Struise range. Their Black Albert/Black Damnation stuff is aged in all sorts of barrels, while Cuvée Delphine is the nectar of the Gods.

Holy Goat or Tempest

Also Pohjala