Ale, Beer, Stout appreciation

only you can weigh up the ego (recognition/reward) drivers that fuel your competitive cycling desire, but perhaps this activity has reached maturity, and it's time to explore new avenues

I'm going over for a holiday, primarily, with a side dish of 'measuring myself against the fastest 24hr rider in the world'.

that's the right attitood, enjoy the fuck out of it :)

"No Label" is a postmodern, postgender non-binary brew; the world’s first beer made with transgender hops.

Brewed with whole hop bines that have spontaneously changed from female to male, no label goes its own way. The base style, Kölsch, blurs the boundaries between lager and ale, drawing comparisons to “non-binary” individuals who class themselves as neither exclusively male nor female.

No Label balances a light, biscuity dryness from the malt base with delicate hints of fruity esters gifted by the fermentation. Finally, dry-hopping adds a layer of new world tropical & pine flavours that add a unique twist to this classic Kölsch style beer.

A portion of the sales of this beer will be donated to LGBTQI+ events organisers Queerest of the Queer.

http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/bars/brewdog-brings-transgender-beer-to-soho-a3106276.html

They've got a new bar in Soho too.. opening this Friday.. 21 Poland St.

New bar in Clerkenwell soon too, my mate's going to be the manager

I'm going to Bruges next week has anyone been and has recommendations for the must visit places for beer?

Going by Eurostar, plan is to take an empty suitcase with me to fill with beer to bring back.

Visit De Struise's beer shop on Burg opposite the Holy Blood Chapel.

The beer museum is around the corner and has a tasting room but I didn't go there so can't tell you what it is like.

Free drinks! When should I get there?

I have no idea when it's actually opening.

In other mates working in the beer industry news. Emmy of Cupcakes Rich and Emmy fame started work today at Hop Burns and Black.

Proud. Also, excited by the idea of another good beer bar in Camberwell. Bringing the total up to 2...

Aaand thanks for the yeast!

Camberwell? Think you mis-read. Brewdog is opening in Clerkenwell.

No worries on the yeast, it was sent to me with my Braumeister with no charge!

Cheers, will definitely check those out.

Moor Beer Co - Hoppiness. Oh yeah.

Also nice to be back on the Magic Rock Cannonball yesterday.

I may have posted this already, but:

http://athousandflowers.net/2015/09/11/weekly-wanker-057-brewdog/

I did choke on my breakfast yesterday when I read about the no label beer. Strange apology.

tl;dr

marketing gets the better of beer I guess?

Mikkeller Krlep yesterday - pretty meh. If ever there was an overrated brewer... :)

Go To IPA, Stone's session IPA was obviously not super groovy woo like their bigger stuff but still a nice drink.

No, really, it's worth reading. It's the whole making fun of gays thing. I was surprised they tried to make another fundraiser rather than forget about it. The making fun of homeless people thing wasn't especially funny either.

I thought they were making fun of Putin for Russia's anti-gay laws?

I had Mikkeller's Beer Geek Breakfast Stout. Too much coffee in it for me. Some of their imperial-strength drinks are amazing though, like their barley wines.

Yes. But there's more to it than that. You don't want me to transcribe that link I posted, do you? ;-)

Yes, yes I do. I've started. It seems the author is complaining they're homophobic because they made a joke about having lesbian DVDs at home.

Are you seriously telling me that making jokes about 'selling myself' to fund a bike purchase are now off limits because they might offend sex workers?

Absolutely not. Posted in response to them offering another charitable beer. I find it slightly odd. And I know you've sold yourself to fund bike purchases in the past already!