A pint of Cheltenham Gold.
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If you get a chance give this one a try. It's a bit different....in a nice way IMO.
No excuse for serving sour beer at the brewery, they should have showered you in beers as an apology. Their Necessary Evil range is good.I have been in Bakewell which was heaving with tourists. First a Bakewell pudding, managed to find the same cafe we went in 11 years ago:
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Then onto Thornbridge for the brewery experience which was sadly not a tour nor it seemed run by a brewer. Union system was in action in the background though:
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Two flights first the kegs: Lukas, green mountain, Brock. All impressive.
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Then the cask: Lord marples, green mountain again, jaipur. The bitter was good, the hazy probably not as nice as on keg, jaipur was sour and undrinkable - not what you would expect from the flagship brew in a taproom.
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Then got a bonus third as I asked about the union:
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Union is very nice and coming to bottle soon apparently.
Then I just picked up some random beer to takeaway:
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It was very much a pale ale. The I of IPA much more marketing than an indicator of style. Perhaps not unlike Greene King IPA in that respect.A 3.6% ipa??? Are there any hops in it these days?
Shame! I got mine from Sainsbury's but noticed both Sainsbury's and Tesco's are currently showing it as out of stock.I was just reading a post somewhere on t'interweb from somebody wanting to clone that. I'll certainly give it a try if I can find it, the Estrella was from Sainsburys but they don't stock Inedit. Cheers
After the dog walked us home I’m having a session NEIPA to start. This one, Girl from Mars, is 4.8% and is a collaboration between Buxton Brewery and Brithop Brewing Co. I bought it because it uses Harlequin hops, one I’ve not used before and although I think I might have tried a beer with these hops at homebrew club I can’t for the life of me remember the flavour.
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Nice! I was almost going to go for one of those myself, but decided something from the homeland was more apt.I was going to move on to strong Belgians but seeing @Alastair70 post I’ve changed my mind.
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Another one leaving these shores. Will soon be nearly every family in Ireland that has someone on the far side of the world.Just saw No.2 Son off to Australia. Toasting his safe travels with (at least) one of these.
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How do you rate that compared to the 10 ?I was going to move on to strong Belgians but seeing @Alastair70 post I’ve changed my mind.
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I generally prefer a 10 year old whisky to one younger or older but this is still a nice drop and for the price (£27 on Amazon) I’m very happy with it.How do you rate that compared to the 10 ?
Too right mate! At least Homer Simpson was right, alcohol provides the temporary solution to all life’s curveballs. To be honest, I’m more worried for Australia than I am for him.Another one leaving these shores. Will soon be nearly every family in Ireland that has someone on the far side of the world.
Haven’t had a powers in years. How does it stand up to all the new Irish whiskeys?
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