What beer are we drinking this week ?

Grayditch · 11-08-2013 10:25PM

Herb Powell wrote: »

Belfast Blonde.

Delicious. A definite session ale.

Love the stuff.

Insect Overlord · 12-08-2013 12:38AM

Erdinger weissbier is so reliable. Yum.

Colonel Sanders · 12-08-2013 08:10AM

Had a few pints of Guinness last night, for the first time in months.

Bland nothingness is really the only appropriate description

eireannBEAR · 12-08-2013 08:13AM

Im not drinking any beer its a depressant,not to mention its a ''dirty buzz'' i have had enough hangovers,thank you very much.

BaZmO* · 12-08-2013 08:24AM

eireannBEAR wrote: »

Im not drinking any beer its a depressant,not to mention its a ''dirty buzz'' i have had enough hangovers,thank you very much.

No, thank you.

munchkin_utd · 12-08-2013 08:25AM

Herb Powell wrote: »

Belfast Blonde.

Delicious. A definite session ale.

its not an ale, its a lager possibly even a pilsner/ lager hybrid - but if you call it an ale than the word beer may as well be striked out of the dictionary and we call everything an ale.

But anyhow, for my taste its about the only drinkable Irish craft beer.
They use the hops to create a tangy lager, but aren't on some sort of quest to make it so bitter that its undrinkable.
The only time I tasted anything like it was a really fresh bottle of Rothaus Pils (black forests favourite tipple!) which was also a revelation.

Belfast Blonde 4.3%
A wholly natural blonde beer with a clean and refreshing character, derived from the use of lager malt along with a small proportion of maize. The mixture of continental and native varieties of late and early addition hops please both the nose and taste buds.

http://www.mollysyard.co.uk/wineandbeer/beer.html

Dizzyblonde · 12-08-2013 08:32AM

Warning for eireannBEAR - off-topic unhelpful posts are not welcome

drumswan · 12-08-2013 08:32AM

munchkin_utd wrote: »

its not an ale, its a lager possibly even a pilsner/ lager hybrid

Its an Ale.

syklops · 12-08-2013 09:31AM

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Had a few pints of Guinness last night, for the first time in months.

Bland nothingness is really the only appropriate description

I had chicken last night. It was bland as well.

Erdinger weissbier is so reliable. Yum.

Can't stand the stuff.

Conclusion: Different people like different stuff.

Im not drinking any beer its a depressant,not to mention its a ''dirty buzz'' i have had enough hangovers,thank you very much.

Alcohol is the depressant in beer. If you want to avoid depressants, stop drinking alcohol. So why are you lurking in the beer, wine and spirit forum?

eireannBEAR · 12-08-2013 10:07AM

syklops wrote: »

Alcohol is the depressant in beer. If you want to avoid depressants, stop drinking alcohol. So why are you lurking in the beer, wine and spirit forum?

Just seen it on the home page,i didnt think it deserved a warning though,but seen as i have to post a beer that i would drink...i would go for murphy's even though its a stout in all.

Grayditch · 12-08-2013 10:32AM

eireannBEAR wrote: »

Just seen it on the home page,i didnt think it deserved a warning though,but seen as i have to post a beer that i would drink...i would go for murphy's even though its a stout in all.

You know you don't have to post if you don't want to, right...

the beer revolu · 12-08-2013 10:33AM

eireannBEAR wrote: »

Just seen it on the home page,i didnt think it deserved a warning though,but seen as i have to post a beer that i would drink...i would go for murphy's even though its a stout in all.

Stout is beer in all.:P

Dizzyblonde · 12-08-2013 01:13PM

eireannBEAR wrote: »

Just seen it on the home page,i didnt think it deserved a warning though,but seen as i have to post a beer that i would drink...i would go for murphy's even though its a stout in all.

If you have a problem with it you can go through the proper channels. You're really not doing yourself any favours here, and will be looking at a forum ban if you're not careful.

faral · 12-08-2013 02:36PM

ppl who do not drink beer don't deserve paradise either!
anyway in the morning I took one can of grafenwalder weissbier from Lidl, was quite nice, with a delicate sweet flavor and for the price 1,15 u cant go wrong

rubadub · 12-08-2013 02:57PM

eireannBEAR wrote: »

Just seen it on the home page,i didnt think it deserved a warning though

did you manage to see the charter too?

Not Tolerated

This is not a forum designed to promote underage drinking, binge drinking, alcoholism, abstinence, pioneers, peoples’ personal agendas about the evils of drink,

I always here the "depressant" thing called out, inferring it might be bad or something. I expect some people wrongly think this means it leads to depression, simply because it sounds similar. That would be a depressogenic, which I would not like to take. Depressants are not the opposite of antidepressants.

Depressants are used medicinally to relieve the following symptoms:
Anxiety
Insomnia
They are also used recreationally for the following purposes:
To temporarily boost mood or induce euphoria
To reduce social anxiety and improve sociability

Sign me up!

faral wrote: »

anyway in the morning I took one can of grafenwalder weissbier from Lidl, was quite nice, with a delicate sweet flavor and for the price 1,15 u cant go wrong

I think lidl's perlenbacher is on offer sometime this week, it is not showing online though. Think its 8 for 6.99. It is usually in 6 packs and they have some XXL thing on now with increased pack sizes.

Grayditch · 12-08-2013 03:04PM

That Lidl Weissbier in a can looks like an ungodly abomination. I even walk fast when passing it.

Maybe some day I'll try it, but for now, it scares me.

Heroditas · 12-08-2013 04:34PM

Gutted. Went to the St Austell brewery today and found all their limited edition Big Job was gone. Last two cases were sold this morning.
They only made a few barrels of it and a lot of it was given as samples after the brewery tour. They only had about 90 cases for general sale.

Cheered myself up with a nice pint glass, a case of HSD bottles a three pack of ales and stout and some cans of their Tribute ale.

Sitting in the sun now trying out my new glass with a bottle of Proper Job.
It's going down very well.

Seaneh · 12-08-2013 04:47PM

munchkin_utd wrote: »

its not an ale, its a lager possibly even a pilsner/ lager hybrid - but if you call it an ale than the word beer may as well be striked out of the dictionary and we call everything an ale.

But anyhow, for my taste its about the only drinkable Irish craft beer.
They use the hops to create a tangy lager, but aren't on some sort of quest to make it so bitter that its undrinkable.
The only time I tasted anything like it was a really fresh bottle of Rothaus Pils (black forests favourite tipple!) which was also a revelation.

http://www.mollysyard.co.uk/wineandbeer/beer.html

I have a rule: any beer with corn as an ingredient can f*ck right off.

BeerNut · 12-08-2013 04:58PM

Seaneh wrote: »

I have a rule: any beer I'm aware of having corn as an ingredient can f*ck right off.

FYP :P

Micky Dolenz · 12-08-2013 05:02PM

Italian beers tried so far.

Nastro Azzurro, it's all right, nothing to write home about. Kinda bitter after taste. 5.1 abv

Mastro. Lovely and mellow. 4.7 abv.

Peroni. By far the best of the three. 4.7%.

All three come in 660 ml bottles and range from €1.20 to €1.60 a bottle.

Nothing wrong with that.

Herb Powell · 12-08-2013 05:41PM

munchkin_utd wrote: »

its not an ale, its a lager possibly even a pilsner/ lager hybrid - but if you call it an ale than the word beer may as well be striked out of the dictionary and we call everything an ale.

But anyhow, for my taste its about the only drinkable Irish craft beer.
They use the hops to create a tangy lager, but aren't on some sort of quest to make it so bitter that its undrinkable.
The only time I tasted anything like it was a really fresh bottle of Rothaus Pils (black forests favourite tipple!) which was also a revelation.

http://www.mollysyard.co.uk/wineandbeer/beer.html

It uses some lager malt, but if it's top-fermented, it's an ale. Usually as well, lager will be labelled as such, and "blonde" always refers to a style of ale. AFAIK, this kind of ale was invented to appeal to lager-drinkers, so you're not far wrong

Seaneh · 12-08-2013 05:59PM

BeerNut wrote: »

FYP :P

I tend to read the ingredients of the beers I drink :P

Corn and Rice shouldn't be in beers.

Grayditch · 12-08-2013 06:03PM

Gone for some Kona's again tonight, and I might even crack open the Hoptimum.

BeerNut · 12-08-2013 06:10PM

Seaneh wrote: »

I tend to read the ingredients of the beers I drink :P

Yeah, but not very many have ingredients listed. I can think of at least one very well respected beer, tasty too, which allegedly uses corn syrup. Not gonna tell you which one though...

adamski8 · 12-08-2013 06:35PM

BeerNut wrote: »

Yeah, but not very many have ingredients listed. I can think of at least one very well respected beer, tasty too, which allegedly uses corn syrup. Not gonna tell you which one though...

why not? give us a choice of 3

BeerNut · 12-08-2013 06:42PM

adamski8 wrote: »

why not? give us a choice of 3

If corn's really a problem, you'd know it from the taste :P

Saying a beer is wrong because it contains a particular ingredient is like saying it's wrong because it's in a can, IMO. Neither has a direct affect on beer quality, it's just that they tend to be a feature of crappy beers.

Micky Dolenz · 12-08-2013 06:51PM

A lot of Belgium beers use corn syrup.

Seaneh · 12-08-2013 06:53PM

BeerNut wrote: »

If corn's really a problem, you'd know it from the taste :P

Saying a beer is wrong because it contains a particular ingredient is like saying it's wrong because it's in a can, IMO. Neither has a direct affect on beer quality, it's just that they tend to be a feature of crappy beers.

HFCS is disgusting stuff and from a health perspective I'd prefer to know whether I'm ingesting it or not.

BeerNut · 12-08-2013 06:55PM

Seaneh wrote: »

I'd prefer to know whether I'm ingesting it or not.

Too right. Except you have no legal right to know what's in any alcoholic beverage.

Seaneh · 12-08-2013 06:57PM

BeerNut wrote: »

Too right. Except you have no legal right to know what's in any alcoholic beverage.

Which is stupid.

Their should be compulsory labelling of all foodstuffs, people should have the basic right of knowing what they are putting in their bodies.

What beer are we drinking this week ?

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