Beer

[teamsaint]

Tiger's 3 for a fiver in Morrisons too!

had a bottle of Bishops Finger, from Lidl tonight. (£1.25).

Very nice.

But what marketing genius thought of the name?

[Beef Oven!]

Having a few of these (well, three!).

3 for £5 in Morrisons. Pretty good in this day and age. Christ knows how much they'd charge in a saloon.

630 mle, ABV 5%.

This stuff must be stronger than I thought - I'm now playing 'Barclay James Harvest - Live 1974'

[Beef Oven!]

had a bottle of Bishops Finger, from Lidl tonight. (£1.25).

Very nice.

But what marketing genius thought of the name?

Lidl probably sounds like a good name in Poland.

[teamsaint]

Lidl probably sounds like a good name in Poland.

they are probably glad to have a supermarket they can pronounce.

.

[BBMmk2]

Had a lovely pint of Badger's hopping Hare last night, whilst listening to J S Bach's Viola da Gamba sonatas

[Nick Armstrong]

Can't believe there's been no beer talk since October!

Here's one (or three.. or looking more closely, five) for you Bbm - a new release I only heard about via a French music website:



Seems strange it's had no coverage in the UK that I know of - perhaps the silly, offputting franglais of the performers' name is to blame... Has anyone heard of Les Witches?!

Sounds a jolly set of discs, with 17th century offerings such as Stingo, An Italian Rant, A Health to Betty, Hey to the camp, She Rose And Leit Me In, The Ragg Set By A Gentlemen (Irish Rag) and Johney Cock Thy Beaver !

[richardfinegold]

I just tried "Burning River" a lager made by the Great Lakes Brewing Company which is based in Cleveland Ohio. The beer's moniker is a reference to the polluted Cuyahoga River which caught fire in that fair city in the late 1970s.

[BBMmk2]

I better change this situation Cali!

Had Black Sheep Ale, St Peter's Best Organic, St Peter's IPA, Sheperd Neame Whitstable Bay

[Dave2002]

I think I'm going to run my beer stock down, for various reasons. Stock - not huge, but will take a while - don't drink it every day. Hardly any of my friends who come round to the house seem to drink beer now.

Repeat after me "I will not be tempted by cheap beer offers, or 'interesting' boxes of beer during 2015."

However, my stocks ran down a bit a year or so back at a summer party organised by "the women" - who told me that they only wanted wine, and that no-one would drink beer. Wrong! My offering of some spare beers disappeared in a flash once the guys discovered there was beer to be had.

Yesterday a cheap and moderately cheerful Golden Goose beer from Lidl.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/160/96818/

It was actually decently pleasant. Not too overpowering, nor too alcoholic, and without a strong bitter taste which some of us here in the UK claim to like! Personally I've never really liked some of the very bitter British beers, but it's not very macho to admit that, I think, and some would call that unpatriotic.

[teamsaint]

Let us know if you need any help Dave.

What about a " Neglected British composers and British beer " BBQ?

[Dave2002]

You guys would get my stocks down to zero in a flash!

Then you could start on the wine. You're not having all the whisky though, but I would offer you one or two small glasses.

There's probably another cupboard shelf of spirits from around the world which we might hardly miss, except at Christmas when we set fire to some on the Christmas pud.

[BBMmk2]

I think I'm going to run my beer stock down, for various reasons. Stock - not huge, but will take a while - don't drink it every day. Hardly any of my friends who come round to the house seem to drink beer now.

Repeat after me "I will not be tempted by cheap beer offers, or 'interesting' boxes of beer during 2015."

However, my stocks ran down a bit a year or so back at a summer party organised by "the women" - who told me that they only wanted wine, and that no-one would drink beer. Wrong! My offering of some spare beers disappeared in a flash once the guys discovered there was beer to be had.

Yesterday a cheap and moderately cheerful Golden Goose beer from Lidl.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/160/96818/

It was actually decently pleasant. Not too overpowering, nor too alcoholic, and without a strong bitter taste which some of us here in the UK claim to like! Personally I've never really liked some of the very bitter British beers, but it's not very macho to admit that, I think, and some would call that unpatriotic.

Let us know Dave, and we come round for the weekend!!

[BBMmk2]

Had a good pint of Oxford Brakspear Gold last night. My first from after being ill. Lovely.

[Dave2002]

Recent

Black Isle Yellowhammer - http://www.blackislebrewery.com/beer...l#.VeLiX86Pg1g

Rev James Original - http://www.sabrain.com/beers/draught/the-rev-james

Both made a pleasant change.

Upcoming - Innis & Gunn - http://innisandgunn.com/our-beers

Belhaven - 80 Shilling - http://www.belhaven.co.uk/row/belhav...tyshilling.php

I've also hear a recommendation for Fyne Ales Jarl - which apparently is sold by Morrisons, but I've not managed to find a store with any stock yet.

http://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/drink/supermarket-craft-beer-and-real-ale-guide-morrisons/

[Cockney Sparrow]

I enjoyed the Innis & Gunn toasted oak IPA when on holiday in the West of Scotland.

Although, I'm no expert and all beers are benchmarked for taste and satisfaction (but not with expert discernment) against London Pride (which I was hardly likely to find North of the Border.......).

I also enjoyed a craft Ale "Twisted and Bitter"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9RrXhfTWvM

- and my family were kind enough not to make any analogies between the brew and the imbiber!