Tried Miller-Lite triple hopped last night, actually a very fine light pilsner, ideal for heat infected regions.
* pea shoot juice
* fenugreek sprout juice
* blue-green algae juice
Bruichladdich The Laddie. From ASDA surprisingly. ASDA also has the cheapest Beefeater gin.
If I can steer tonight's after-work drinks to the Harp in Covent Garden then I will be enjoying some real ale in a couple of hours.
The Harp is a great little pub - can be crowded though.
Boddingtons Draught Bitter
3 cans left in my fridge on weekend. Never heard of it before - tastes ok. Only 3.2 alcohol.
Does it have that widget gadget that produces a foamy head?
I don't care for it but drank it in Salt Lake City as I did not have a bottle opener and most of the better stuff in the state liquor stores was in bottles.
Was very popular in the early 90s, the brewery was not for from Strangeways prison as a I remember. It's brewed somewhere else now, I believe.
It was better in the non-widget version, but I'm pretty sure you can only get the widget version now. Actually, the widgets work in Guinness.
3.2%! You don't see beers of that refreshing strength much these days.
yah widget
was nice enough - but I don't drink much beer these days (spill most of it - old dads joke)
Two more still in fridge
Cocofina, coconut water with pineapple and lime. Bit of rum wouldn't go a miss with it too.
Had fish (halibut) tacos done by my wife who is cajun, with a little of Puerto Rican adobo mixed in. Since I'm now in an official IPA kick, reached for what seemed to be a good choice: Hercules double IPA. Brewed in Colorado, won some kind of Australian brewers award.
It was spectacular, a match made in heaven.
So I decided to read the label to find any other suggestions for food pairings and right there at the bottom right hand of the label the magic words: Best paired with fish tacos or aged dutch cheese.
Can anybody here give me a lead on a good aged dutch cheese?
Tried some Argi malbec with a 7% cab sav blend. Quite smooth and made a nice change from the usual hefty Aussie shiraz that dominates the market here.
I can also recommend this, that I posted previously: Amarillo from the www.brouwerijdemolen.nl a wonderful pale ale at 9.2% with cara malts, saaz hops and dry hops.
He's now selling his beer in the States and is worth sampling.
The joys on being in England on a nice warm August day.
Woodies beer festival. I never go there except for their festival http://www.woodiesfreehouse.co.uk/
Welton's superb Pride and Joy at 2.8%
plus
lots of beers at around 3.7% 3.8%
plus
Thornbridge Jaipur
plus a couple of strong new local beers from Chessington. I could not handle a porter tonight but the other 6.6% beer -East - was a good way to finish the session
http://adventurebrewery.com/beers.html
All takes places in a pub that used to be a sports pavilion with a big beer tent outside. Grass under my feet was top quality.
Discovered this wonderful brewery in Haarlem near Amsterdam yesterday: http://www.jopen.nl/?lang=en
Their Koyt beer brewed without hops and in the style of early 1500s beers which is magnificent.
They also have a very heavily hopped beer which is the current fad in the beer drinking world, but again superlative.
Also sampled a very dry and champagne like Lambic beer: Oude Geuze Boon A Lancienne.
I bet you that you felt you had been sleeping with Old Rosie when you awoke in the morning after a good 2 or 3 litres or more of that!
I felt like Old Rosie had rolled over my head this morning, I was having vodka and tonic all day at a wedding, then got into that at the pub afterwards, I don't feel well Hep.... and I never get I'll from drink, Old Rosie is not to be disrespected.
Good point it is a screw on lid. Westons is amazing though, every cider I try, even the nice Normandy ones I still think, ooooh I fancy a Westons.
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They used to run R.R Merlin engines on that stuff.
Formby's tip! Drink in half pints and add a couple of slices of orange to soften it up...