Ale, Beer, Stout appreciation

Today I went to the Kernel brewery and had a couple of tasty IPAs then I went to the Partizan brewery and had another hoppy zesty IPA. It was a good day! At the Kernel brewery you can buy 12 bottles for £29 not too bad.

Tonight's beers have been...

Yum....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/jan/19/homebrew-revolution-beer

Found the 2012 vintage Fullers special edition in Sainsbury's.
Bought 2 bottles, 1 to lay and keep the 2007 company and 1 to drink.
Suprisingly quaffable for an 8.5% beer

Ive been saving the 2007 for a special occasion. My 1st wedding anniversary was the intention, but that's sailed.
It's got to the point where I am loathe to drink it, having kept it for 5 years.
(I had a case, the other 11 were lovely)

Tonight's beers have been...

pretty nice that

Today I went to the Kernel brewery and had a couple of tasty IPAs then I went to the Partizan brewery and had another hoppy zesty IPA. It was a good day! At the Kernel brewery you can buy 12 bottles for £29 not too bad.

...and they're friendly people both at the Kernel and Partizan
Working in Bermondsey has some advantages

Sam'l Smith's Apricot Fruit Beer = sickly sweet.

Sam'l Smith's Apricot Fruit Beer = sickly sweet.

But is it nice?

A very good beer reviewing site / app and, for once, not totally North Americacentric!

http://www.beercitizen.com/

had a great pint in the pub this evening.
folllowed by a half of something else
and a pork pie
cost a tenner
awesome

But is it nice?

No.

^ I'll give a wide berth then...

...and they're friendly people both at the Kernel and Partizan
Working in Bermondsey has some advantages

Forum trip to the breweries?

Found the 2012 vintage Fullers special edition in Sainsbury's.
Bought 2 bottles, 1 to lay and keep the 2007 company and 1 to drink.
Suprisingly quaffable for an 8.5% beer

Ive been saving the 2007 for a special occasion. My 1st wedding anniversary was the intention, but that's sailed.
It's got to the point where I am loathe to drink it, having kept it for 5 years.
(I had a case, the other 11 were lovely)

how long do you lay them for
a day or two until the thirst ravages your palate and you feel the need to break one out ?
or properly laying them down in your cellar for years ?

^^^^^ I hope that was a really big pork pie.

@Dicki, the 2007 has been in storage for 5 years now, I anticipate keeping the 2012 for a while too.
Doubt the 2007 will actually get drunk now, it's an heirloom.

ooof surely you must come home drunk some nights and go hmmmmm no beer in the house .. just that old 2007 ... should i ?

i know i would

it would last all of a couple of weeks

is the heirloom being passed down from father to son ? should i expect to see you on the antiques roadshow in the near future with your brace of fine ales ? are they appreciating in value ?

They had Jaipur in the pub last night, which is always good, along with Marble's Dobber, which was also good. There was a chocolate vanilla stout which was lovely too, went down very easily.

Forum trip to the breweries?

Brewery ride starting from west to east!

Windsor & Eton, Fullers, Sambrooks, Camden, Kernel, Meantime, London Fields, Beavertown, Redemption, Brodies

We should do this

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drunk ... it'll be like a civilised grand slam in a day untill the 3rd brewery

well then we can drop, windsor, sambrooks and camden/meantime out

^^^^^ I hope that was a really big pork pie.

Nope
Was a really big 'half'

Just a note to recommend Curious Brew made with English champagne yeast. It's a lager but don't let that put you off.

Also loving Mad Goose at the moment and another amber bitter with citrus things happening called Tom Long from Stroud Breweries.

. There was a chocolate vanilla stout which was lovely too, went down very easily.

In Manchester? Whereabouts if so?

Sandbar. I'll be there tomorrow for a whisky tasting thing. It's my mum's birthday so she gets to buy me booze.