Film Noir Buff Style Forum / What are you drinking at the moment ?

Chipper · 2016-06-22 07:37:13

Concur. When I lived in Germany many years ago, I, of course, thought their pils were the bomb. Now that my palate is used to IPAs and DIPAs, I can't imagine drinking a lager again. Well, I can imagine it. I could even do it. I just wouldn't like it as much.

IPAs/DIPAs and the like are such a rich experience. It also seems like the higher the IBU I get used to, the bigger IBU I want. I used to be staggered by something with a 70 IBU. Now if it's not at least 90, I'm underwhelmed.

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formby1 · 2016-06-22 15:32:04

4F Hepcat · 2016-07-01 07:23:06

Here's a nice little ditty......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djIXYW9X3Qg

Half Man Half Biscuit - C.A.M.R.A. Man

Kingston1an · 2016-07-01 09:50:48

Chipper · 2016-07-04 15:26:25

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RobbieB · 2016-07-05 00:10:58

Chipper, you American guys are getting carried away with your high strength craft beers.
The other weekend drinking at a Thames riverside pub I sampled several Tyneside blonde beers at 3.9 %. Brewed by the good folk of Newcastle the beer proved popular with the Essex locals.

Kingston1an · 2016-07-08 07:20:16

Mild. Hooky mild 2.8% (Hook Norton)

Black Cat mild 3.5%

Plus various other beers at the excellent Ealing beer festival yesterday. Even the weather was nice.
http://www.ealingbeerfestival.org.uk/beers/documents/RealAle2016.pdf

Chipper · 2016-07-08 07:40:10

I concur that high gravity does not necessarily a great beer make. I like a good lighter-ABV beer now and then. There is, for me, something wonderful about a complex and flavorful alcoholic double IPA, though, I do have to say. I would rather nurse a big 10-percent hoppy beer over an hour or more than drink a couple of lighter beers. Then again, I'm not much of a session beer drinker. It makes me too full.

Chévere · 2016-07-09 15:26:25

Well, it's summertime and my gin loving mother is visiting so its Gin & tonics for her.
And since the gin was flowing I tried a Vesper for the first time.
And now I have tried a lot of Vespers using dry gin, tom cat gin, genever, but since Kina Lillet is no longer available I am now on the hunt for cocci americano.

Chipper · 2016-07-11 18:10:53

I feel your pain. I'm not a fan of clear whisky myself. About the only folks I know like gin are the legendary Bond and a few women.

So... I stopped off at a local drinking hole on my way home from work for two premise-brewed French saison ales (happy hour, doncha know, and the place was a/c cooled), and I hafta say, they were tasty. I ate a cheese-jalapeno quesadilla to help the ale go down, then stumbled the rest of the way home. It was 90 freaking F degrees outside.

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4F Hepcat · 2016-07-13 06:51:30

I always think gin is like a hard drug, you get to that point where you're either going to go with the trip, or resist and fight it with the resulting morbid melancholia.

RobbieB · 2016-07-14 03:45:22

We enjoyed a bottle of Botanical Gin from Islay Scotland the other night. One glass each for six of us. We only had a standard tonic but the flavour of the gin came through and was very good indeed. It did get the evening off to a good start and we moved on to a German white wine with the meal.
I find the melancholy only kicks in if you have more than one glass. I have seen grown men cry over the drink, though.

Kingston1an · 2016-07-14 09:28:40

A couple of pints of Crouch Vale Brewers Gold from The Pride of Spitalfields which had a good crowd in at lunchtime.

I note their blackboard offered reasonably priced food - ham, egg and chips for £3.50. It was like going back several decades.

That mostly disappeared, so that most pub prices now start around £12 for anything. In which case, I would rather go to a real restaurant or cafe.

If you know of any other London pubs offering sensibly priced food - apart from wetherspoon - let us know.

RobbieB · 2016-07-20 13:20:53

500ml of Thornbridge Jaipur IPA 5.9 %? From Derbyshire in a Finnish pub. Cost an arm and a leg but I only had the one. Tasted quite good but one was enough.

Chipper · 2016-07-20 13:35:56

Returning from visiting my far-flung fairy princess. Question I faced on returning home: How to recover from the bends? Answer; Sixpoint Brewery Hi-Res.

Sometimes I think the modern world sucks. In fact, I'm pretty sure it does.

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Kingston1an · 2016-07-30 11:34:12

Heads up for lidl stout. 49p for a 500ml bottle. 3.8% so session strength.
Currently drinking Truman's in a Greenwich spoon. Heading on to a restaurant at 7pm.

woofboxer · 2016-07-30 12:38:39

Kingston1an · 2016-07-30 18:07:57

^ They had Truman's Runner and Swift on. Similar strengths - Swift is more of a golden ale. I was on Swift.

Chipper · 2016-07-30 18:37:32

Back to Sierra Nevada Hoptimum. Loves those hops.

Kingston1an · 2016-08-03 08:10:19

Half of ELB jamboree 4.8% golden ale from east London E10 plus a half of a Welsh beer from Conway. In a local spoon in raynes park. Had a pint in Baker street spoon before £3.50!

Chipper · 2016-08-03 08:13:30

Fridge is currently stocked with my three staples: Sixpoint Resin, Great Divide Hercules, Sierra Nevada Hoptimum. All double IPAs. All yum.

Kingston1an · 2016-08-03 08:16:18

Conway beer was California @ 4.4% golden ale again. Conway is a lovely town, full of orientals photographing the magnificent castle. They dont go in the pubs or chippies.

Chipper · 2016-08-03 16:30:43

Has anybody heard of Bell's Oracle? A double IPA. Picked it up on an impulse when I stopped at the store on my way home. A little pricey, but it is very tasty.

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