Ale, Beer, Stout appreciation

Just smell my cheese you mother.

I bet it is nicer than the Boon Doggle I just tried...

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/mar/21/beer-not-as-we-know-it-scientists-dispense-hops

It'll be interesting to see how far they can take this. I wonder if/how they may be able to achieve different styles/tastes of hops.

Hops bring more than just flavour. They are anti-bacterial, this is a very important part of making beer. This makes the beer naturally preserved, this doesn't seem to solve that issue.

Is that still a usefulness though? I can imagine when fermenting, "bottling" and stuff wasn't so clean in ye olden days but nowadays with sterilising kit and properly sealed bottles and cans is the antibac in hops actually doing anything?

It is still very useful in terms of Lambics.

I can't imagine the Belgie monk massive suddenly moving to GM hops in their brews.

I can imagine when fermenting, "bottling" and stuff wasn't so clean in ye olden days

Probably not but at least it didn't give you cholera, typhoid or dysentery like well water did.

"Well" yeah but my point is we probably don't 'need' that property from hops in beer now.

Fuck it. Nothing we do or consume is doing the planet any good. Time for us all to die.

O/O Brewing 50/50 IPA Enigma Nelson Sauvin

Deptford craft beer fest on Saturday from 12pm, free entry

Ooh. Ta for the heads up

Brick Brewery Kerala stout has bent my head

Fuller's&Friends range of mash ups is pretty good. Especially the Peat Souper

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'Spoons regular March beer fest has had some good ones.

Sorry to lower the tone...

I love that Kerala Stout

Saw that a new bottle shop had opened on Hackney Rd, 3 mins from my house. Very excited. Tried this on Sat night. Was amazing.

I had that Kerala stout the other day too, was impressed with the flavours.

Also tried the Cloudwater Baltic Porter, was OK, not great. Was very drinkable but didn't really taste robust enough, a bit too light.

Goes to bottle shop. Buys tin. :)

Brewdog have bought the Draft House pubs

It makes sense for brewdog as Draft House pubs have a pretty similar aesthetic as brewdog bars. Hope they don't kill the cask ale in Draft Houses though.

Roosters & Beavertown By 'Eck

Also unsure what will happen with Camden beers being served, assume brewdog's zero tolerance stance for sell outs will stand.

Well, zero tolerance to anyone except themselves that is.

Lots of consolidation going on, Draft House bought a chain last year too