The Ultimate Beer Thread (No Carling allowed)

[lifetime fan]

That Lidl? 

[Barrington Womble]

I'm just in the mikkeller bar in Shoreditch/bethnel green in London and trying this "space race". 6.7% IPA gluten free. I didn't want a gluten free, but I fancied a NEIPA style and it was the closest they had. It was a shit pour, way too gassy and the taste is only moderate, a bit too biscuity for my liking. And it was 6 quid for 2/3 of a pint. That has to be one of my pet hates in life. I want a fucking pint. I'm not so stupid I don't understand its strong. It's like someone put your mum on the measures "you drink too much young womble". Virtually fucking nothing available in a whole pint except some shite session stuff and they can stick that. 

[lifetime fan]

£6 for only 2/3’s of a pint???

 

Fuck that. 

[Barrington Womble]

 

23 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

£6 for only 2/3’s of a pint???

 

Fuck that. 

So I've just left there and walked up the road to where goose Island have a brew pub. More disappointment with over priced session shite. These big craft breweries are starting to take the piss and they're ending up like all the other shit breweries. Although I'm not certain , but perhaps goose has already been acquired by someone and are no longer independent. 

[RedKnight]

1 hour ago, Barrington Womble said:

 

So I've just left there and walked up the road to where goose Island have a brew pub. More disappointment with over priced session shite. These big craft breweries are starting to take the piss and they're ending up like all the other shit breweries. Although I'm not certain , but perhaps goose has already been acquired by someone and are no longer independent. 

Been owned by AB InBev for almost a decade.

[Barrington Womble]

39 minutes ago, RedKnight said:

Been owned by AB InBev for almost a decade.

That explains that then! 

 

Something I've noticed tonight though, for the 1st time since we've come out of lockdown pubs are at last taking track and trace serious. I have mostly found nobody gives a shit, but the last 24 hours is very different. I think that's a good thing as much as I hate it. 

 

And finally, I'm finishing my night in craft bar that has got a couple of beers from The Kernel. I don't think I've ever seen it sold in Liverpool on draft or in bottles. They make some fucking cracking beers though - even the table IPA at 2.8% is drinkable for one or two. I'm now enjoying their IPA made with Vic secret and wai-iti hops. It's really good, weaker than his normal 7-odd percenter, at 5.6, but very, very nice. I like Vic Secret hops. 

 

[Section_31]

Been fancying some Miller recently, it was probably my first drink of choice in the early days, and found out they haven't brewed it over here since 2009, what the actual fuck - worthy of armed insurrection that shit. 

[Sugar Ape]

Just been to Booths and got some Oktoberfest beer and they had the Klopp glasses. But two bottles of Erdinger for £4 and get a glass free. 
 

 

[Sugar Ape]

Got them in some Sainsbury’s as well apparently. 
 

 

[Raymond Duck]

21 minutes ago, Sugar Ape said:

Just been to Booths and got some Oktoberfest beer and they had the Klopp glasses. But two bottles of Erdinger for £4 and get a glass free. 
 

 

That’s decent, I ordered mine from eBay Germany a few months back, got 4 for about 28 quid all in.

[RedKnight]

19 hours ago, Sugar Ape said:

Got them in some Sainsbury’s as well apparently. 
 

 

Great shout, this. Just picked one up, sending the missus back for another later.

[lifetime fan]

I’m off to Sainsbury’s tomorrow. 

[Barrington Womble]

I've been to a place near Westminster tonight call the Munich cricket club. No idea why it has that name. But some belting booze, the paulaner hefe went down a treat. 

[Bruce Spanner]

Just ordered a bottle of this bad mo’fucker amongst other things! 
 

 

The last one was stunning.

[Barrington Womble]

Just finished my last customer meeting of the week and I've time for a pint or two before getting to Euston for my train back home. I was walking past the goose Island tap in Shoreditch I decided to check the brews after it being disappointing last week. Just drinking a pint of this belter called restrictor. The hops are great - despite the description saying it's bitter and an IBU of 60, I'm not sure it's that bitter, but it's delicious. 

 

Next up a schooner of "man sized brew sir!" Which is a double dry hopped double IPA at 8.1%

 

Then Euston....  

 

[Barrington Womble]

Oh fucking look at this. It's amazing. 

[Bruce Spanner]

31 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

Just finished my last customer meeting of the week and I've time for a pint or two before getting to Euston for my train back home. I was walking past the goose Island tap in Shoreditch I decided to check the brews after it being disappointing last week. Just drinking a pint of this belter called restrictor. The hops are great - despite the description saying it's bitter and an IBU of 60, I'm not sure it's that bitter, but it's delicious. 

 

Next up a schooner of "man sized brew sir!" Which is a double dry hopped double IPA at 8.1%

 

Then Euston....  

 

Why don’t you just go to the Euston Taps, normally has some great beer on? 

[Barrington Womble]

51 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

Why don’t you just go to the Euston Taps, normally has some great beer on? 

Has it opened back up since lockdown? It's super tiny inside isn't it? Most of the stuff at Euston inside or outside like burger king or Nandos etc is shut. I assumed everything a bit further out was similar. When I've been near Euston I've been going the royal George mostly if I wanted a pint and they do Beavertown gamma ray, which normally hits the spot if I've an hour to kill. 

[Bruce Spanner]

5 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

Has it opened back up since lockdown? It's super tiny inside isn't it? Most of the stuff at Euston inside or outside like burger king or Nandos etc is shut. I assumed everything a bit further out was similar. When I've been near Euston I've been going the royal George mostly if I wanted a pint and they do Beavertown gamma ray, which normally hits the spot if I've an hour to kill. 

Called for a pint at Mikkeller on Exmouth Market and rode past it on the way back home, it’s open again, thankfully! 
 

It has some seating upstairs, but it’s all about standing outside and watching the world go by...

[Barrington Womble]

1 minute ago, Bruce Spanner said:

Called for a pint at Mikkeller on Exmouth Market and rode past it on the way back home, it’s open again, thankfully! 

I was in mikkeller pub in London last week, it was really disappointing. They didn't care at all about the quality of what they were serving, masses of froth everywhere and they just thought that was normal..

[Bruce Spanner]

6 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

I was in mikkeller pub in London last week, it was really disappointing. They didn't care at all about the quality of what they were serving, masses of froth everywhere and they just thought that was normal..

Yeah, I saw, you were in the shoreditch one, the Exmouth one brews it’s own, so you get really fresh, tasty stuff.

 

Never had any problem whatsoever in shoreditch though and I go quite a lot, maybe you caught them on a bad day.

 

If you want a great bar, and you’re in that part of the world, head for the beer merchants tap in Hackney, it has some amazing stuff on tap normally. 

[Barrington Womble]

2 hours ago, Bruce Spanner said:

Yeah, I saw, you were in the shoreditch one, the Exmouth one brews it’s own, so you get really fresh, tasty stuff.

 

Never had any problem whatsoever in shoreditch though and I go quite a lot, maybe you caught them on a bad day.

 

If you want a great bar, and you’re in that part of the world, head for the beer merchants tap in Hackney, it has some amazing stuff on tap normally. 

I'll give that a whirl. I'm in Shoreditch a lot. I sneaked a quick one in that place pained red right by the old st roundabout.maybe it's just called craft beer. They had some belters on, but when I've been there in the past it has mostly been disappointing. 

[Bruce Spanner]

5 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

I'll give that a whirl. I'm in Shoreditch a lot. I sneaked a quick one in that place pained red right by the old st roundabout.maybe it's just called craft beer. They had some belters on, but when I've been there in the past it has mostly been disappointing. 

The Craft Beer Company.

 

Its ‘alright’, don’t know why I’ve never taken to it, but they normally have some good stuff on.

 

Verdant have something called ‘The Experiment’ with Pressure Drop in Hackney that might float your boat, they always have great stuff on.

 

If you’ve got a day to spare head to Enid street, near Bermondsey, as there’s about 10/15 brewery tap rooms from some of the best in the uk all within about a quarter mile of each other.

[Remmie]

What's your untappd username Barry? 

[Remmie]

11 hours ago, Bruce Spanner said:

Just ordered a bottle of this bad mo’fucker amongst other things! 
 

 

The last one was stunning.

Marone, the price!