Beer

[Matt2112]

To be fair, beers being called after the hops they're made from now seems to be as common as naming them "Blonde", "Gold" etc.

[David L]

To be fair, beers being called after the hops they're made from now seems to be as common as naming them "Blonde", "Gold" etc.

I did notice Oakham have registered Citra

[Matt2112]

To be fair, beers being called after the hops they're made from now seems to be as common as naming them "Blonde", "Gold" etc.

I did notice Oakham have registered Citra

Interesting - seems to be because it's the "original" citra hop imported from the US? I see it's a national award winner to boot, so definitely looks top class.

[Slim]

Fancied some Hoegaarden or Leffe. Tesco didn't have any Leffe and this was a bit cheaper than the Hoegaarden. Sorry to report that it's a bit rubbish. Actually 5.3% but somehow tastes weak. A bit tasteless all round.

[Matt2112]

Surprises me that. I drank it quite often back when I could go out on the town every week and loved it.

Been a while since I've tried some though and might just have to revisit.

[Nickslikk2112]

Erdinger's a perfectly palatable Weissbier. Was it Hefe or Kristall, the Hefe is certainly more flavoursome.

[Slim]

Erdinger's a perfectly palatable Weissbier. Was it Hefe or Kristall, the Hefe is certainly more flavoursome.

Doesn't say either on the label. Just Weissbier and Weissbrau.

[Slim]

This is much more like it - a blonde beer called Delirium Tremens at a micropub in Ashby, about two hours ago. 7.5% and slipped down very nicely.

[The Picnic Wasp]

Has there ever been a more inappropriate name for an alcoholic drink? I'm surprised it was allowed. Maybe an infamous fortified wine popular in some parts of the west of Scotland might actually be officially rebranded as "Wreck The Hoose".

[Matt2112]

Abbeydale of Sheffield have a stout called 'Last Rites' - ABV is 6.66%

No, really!

[Nickslikk2112]

Has there ever been a more inappropriate name for an alcoholic drink?

it's Belgian. Funny lot the Belgians, strange sense of humour.

[The Picnic Wasp]

Has there ever been a more inappropriate name for an alcoholic drink?

it's Belgian. Funny lot the Belgians, strange sense of humour.

Do you have any Belgian blood? 😉 Still, mussels, chips and mayonnaise. I could learn to endure that.

[The Picnic Wasp]

I've currently taken a strange liking to weaker lagers. Tennent's Light is good, Bud Light is fine and I hadn't realised Foster's had been reduced to 3.5% recently. I'm sure this will only be a short lived warmer weather phase and I will return to my more usual 4.5- 5.5% loutish varieties soon. I can never find Furstenberg though. Only one store locally stocked it and they closed a few months ago. I liked the entire range. Their standard Pilsner at 5.3% if I remember correctly and also the excellent Oktoberfest version. Occasionally their Dunkel bier although I've never been a fan of darker brews. A Guinness or rarely a London Pride for the odd change does me.

[Slim]

One night in the middle of summer about 25 years ago when I lived in a heat trap of a flat at the top of an old house in London, I created an alcohol-depleted beer by combining alcohol-free lager - I can't remember which one - in equal measures with conventional beer - Budvar, probably. It was very refreshing.

I well remember sitting in front of my Playstation and a mains-powered fan with a huge chilled jug of it. Good times.

[Nickslikk2112]

Has there ever been a more inappropriate name for an alcoholic drink?

it's Belgian. Funny lot the Belgians, strange sense of humour.

Do you have any Belgian blood? 😉 Still, mussels, chips and mayonnaise. I could learn to endure that.

Absolutely not.

Love Belgian Beer and Frites and Cyclocross, can't abide mussels and mayonnaise.