What beer are we drinking this week ?

ciaran76 · 04-03-2012 10:04AM

Fullers Golden Pride - Pours a really dark amber colour.
Could smell sweetness when pouring so knew it would taste sweet.
Quite sweet and malty taste with a hint of spice followed by an alcohol hit.

At 8.5% you can tell its a stronger ale.
A little too sweet for me.

Seaneh · 04-03-2012 12:33PM

Last night I had the following.

Jaipur:
I liked it, but I wouldn't bother buying it again at €7 a bottle.
Nice, refreshing, well balanced hops, be a great summer beer.
Worth buying for the taste, but I feel there are better and more reasonably priced beers of this kind out there.

Odell IPA:
Probably the best IPA I've ever had in my opinion, just ticks all my boxes for a hoppy beer.

Great Devide Rumble Oak Aged IPA:
Completely different than I expected, I really liked it.
Loved the sweetness in contrast to the big bold hops, so many flavours going on.
Would def buy again!

pa990 · 04-03-2012 03:53PM

Tonight i shall be relaxing with a 75cl bottle of
Palm Royale

Should I drink it at room temp, or chilled ?

the beer revolu · 04-03-2012 05:54PM

pa990 wrote: »

Tonight i shall be relaxing with a 75cl bottle of
Palm Royale

Should I drink it at room temp, or chilled ?

I'd probably go with lightly chilled for that - although I've not tried it.

Had a Great Divide, Smoked Baltic Porter last night.
It is a porter by name but described as a dark lager on the label. I think they're being deliberately ambiguous here.
It drinks more like a dark lager. Beautiful, light subtly smoked dark beer.
My favourite smoked beer to date:D

Creamy Goodness · 04-03-2012 10:19PM

behold

BeerNut · 05-03-2012 09:27AM

the beer revolu wrote: »

It is a porter by name but described as a dark lager on the label. I think they're being deliberately ambiguous here.

Nope: Baltic porter is a well-established style of dark lager.

Glebee · 05-03-2012 10:27AM

Had a few bottles of 8 degrees porter yesterday. Very nice.
Washed down with some Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.

the beer revolu · 05-03-2012 11:28AM

BeerNut wrote: »

Nope: Baltic porter is a well-established style of dark lager.

I always thought that stout and porter were fermented with a top fermenting yeast whereas a dark lager would be fermented with a bottom fermenting yeast.

even more confused as to what a porter is

BeerNut · 05-03-2012 11:41AM

the beer revolu wrote: »

I always thought that stout and porter were fermented with a top fermenting yeast whereas a dark lager would be fermented with a bottom fermenting yeast

That's correct. Also: Baltic porter is a lager

Glebee · 05-03-2012 11:46AM

Could someone explain quickly what the difference is, if any between a porter and a stout?

BeerNut · 05-03-2012 12:00PM

In modern terms, in this part of the world, none.

Formerly, stout was the name given to a stronger version of porter.

the beer revolu · 05-03-2012 01:42PM

BeerNut wrote: »

In modern terms, in this part of the world, none.

Formerly, stout was the name given to a stronger version of porter.

That's a great article.
I've been claiming for some time that the terms are pretty interchangeable.
But I keep hearing people describe the differences between then without making any sense to me.

BeerNut · 05-03-2012 01:52PM

Two words meaning the same thing is anathema to American beer geeks. If you find you have too much will to live, you can go and look at how the BJCP thinks Porter and Stout should differ from each other.

trackguy · 05-03-2012 06:50PM

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Punk IPA and Brooklyn East India Pale Ale.

the beer revolu · 05-03-2012 07:33PM

BeerNut wrote: »

If you find you have too much will to live, you can go and look at how the BJCP thinks Porter and Stout should differ from each other.

I had already had a look there but couldn't be arsed actually reading it!

Seaneh · 05-03-2012 10:17PM

I'm with BJCP here in a lot of ways, when I think "porter" I think of stuff like Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter, Meantime London Porter, Anchor Porter, Sierra Nevada Porter and Deschutes Black Butte Porter.

When I think stout I think of Guinness, Murphy's, O'Hara's, Beamish, Black Rock.

There is a difference in the styles of those beers and they are really easy to split into groups from taste, carbonation, mouthfeel, even colour a lot of the time.

But really, you could go on all day here.

What's the difference between a Stout and a dark ale?

There is none, technically, they are made the same way, they will, often, have different amounts of the same ingredients!

BeerNut · 05-03-2012 10:29PM

Seaneh wrote: »

There is a difference in the styles of those beers

I think that may have as much to do with all but one of your porters being American and all your stouts being Irish. Where would Porterhouse Plain fit, for instance? Or Mackeson's?

Seaneh · 05-03-2012 10:52PM

BeerNut wrote: »

I think that may have as much to do with all but one of your porters being American and all your stouts being Irish. Where would Porterhouse Plain fit, for instance? Or Mackeson's?

Porterhouse plain, imho, is a stout...

:P

BaZmO* · 05-03-2012 10:58PM

We've had this one before, and no doubt we'll have it again.

IMO, Porters tend to be slightly sweeter, less dry and with later hop additions.

tony 2 tone · 05-03-2012 11:24PM

Had some really, really nice pints of 5am Saint in the Thomas House, and tried the Hardcore IPA which was nice but too bitter and hoppy for me.

CiaranC · 06-03-2012 06:08AM

Had a Mikeller 1000 ABU on tap on my way home from work tonight. A big, big beer, very interesting DIPA. Big grapefruit, citrus, floral, mango, resiny nose, gorgeous smooth mouthfeel, not balanced at all, finish is pretty damn bitter and lasts forever. Anyone else tried it?

BeerNut · 06-03-2012 09:37AM

Yes. I thought it was actually quite balanced, despite its ridiculous bitterness claim. There's a nice bit of toffee weight in it.

GristlyEnd · 06-03-2012 11:40AM

Cinay Blonde, Grimbergen Blonde, Cuvee des Trolls, Jandrain-Jandrenouille IV Saison, Kasteel Bruin & a few more I can't remember. All drank in Brussels & Leuven over the weekend. Brought home loads of beers too (with glasses).

BeerNut · 06-03-2012 12:00PM

DarrenG wrote: »

Jandrain-Jandrenouille IV Saison

A classic from one of Belgium's best breweries. I was afraid they might have stopped making it.

the beer revolu · 06-03-2012 12:59PM

Seaneh wrote: »

I'm with BJCP here in a lot of ways, when I think "porter" I think of stuff like Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter, Meantime London Porter, Anchor Porter, Sierra Nevada Porter and Deschutes Black Butte Porter.

When I think stout I think of Guinness, Murphy's, O'Hara's, Beamish, Black Rock.

There is a difference in the styles of those beers and they are really easy to split into groups from taste, carbonation, mouthfeel, even colour a lot of the time.

But really, you could go on all day here.

What's the difference between a Stout and a dark ale?

There is none, technically, they are made the same way, they will, often, have different amounts of the same ingredients!

Throw Dark Arts "Porter" in amongst that lot and the confusion starts to grow.

ASJ112 · 06-03-2012 01:29PM

Will be drinking Great Divide Belgian Style yeti tonight. Had their Smoked Baltic Porter which I didn't particularly enjoy. Seemed flat and that the flavours hadn't come through.

Also enjoyed a Thornbridge Raven, love it !

johnnyskeleton · 06-03-2012 05:24PM

CiaranC wrote: »

Had a Mikeller 1000 ABU on tap on my way home from work tonight. A big, big beer, very interesting DIPA. Big grapefruit, citrus, floral, mango, resiny nose, gorgeous smooth mouthfeel, not balanced at all, finish is pretty damn bitter and lasts forever. Anyone else tried it?

Where was that?

pa990 · 06-03-2012 06:41PM

Tonight i'll be having either a Leffe Vieille Cuvee or a Leffe Radieuse

Decisions decisions....

Rangi · 06-03-2012 08:29PM

Just enjoyed an Innis and Gunn Irish Whiskey Cask. Couldn't really pick up anything definate from it,suffering from a bad cold.

JJJJNR · 06-03-2012 08:32PM

Large bottles of stout x 4

What beer are we drinking this week ?

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