AlwaysAVFC Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Back on the supermarket beers today, but don't think I've had any of these before. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) I haven't tried the other three, but the Arbor one is very good. It's a lot heavier on the coffee than most other coffee stouts, I like that though. Triple Hazy goes down easily enough, but it's one of their "premium" ones after close to £4 a pop isn't it? I'll happily spend more than that on something special, but I felt a bit ripped off paying that much for a bog standard IPA. I enjoyed it but not enough to pay that again. Edited December 31, 2020 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 1 hour ago, AlwaysAVFC said: Back on the supermarket beers today, but don't think I've had any of these before. Love the Roaster Coaster - very nice indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 As its NYE, time to bring a big gun out. Omnipollo Pleroma - Mango Orange Passionfruit Mango, orange, passion fruit crème brûlée sour ale brewed with lactose sugar and vanilla. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) brew dog layer cake stout (chocolate and marshmallow) Finishing the year with one of these! Liked the Wild Beer Millionaire Salted Caramel stout but wasn’t a patch on the London Brewery Tiramisu stout. Edited December 31, 2020 by theboyangel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 7 hours ago, fightoffyour said: But ultimately they’re just never really that much better than commercial lagers to justify the price. Pretty bang on really. Especially over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 As for my full tipple this evening. A bit of everything! Beer, martini, mulled wine, champagne, who knows what else 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 I've not drank Scotch in years, but fancied something a bit different. The standard Glenfiddich isn't to my taste, but I've picked up a bottle of their "Fire and Cane" experimental one, peated whisky aged in rum casks. Worth a go. I need to pick up a few other styles for one man tasting session Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Shipyard tonight before moving on to whatever Laithwaites have provided me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 31, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 31, 2020 One of the final Polish beers Daily Hazy APA By Funky FluiD When @StefanAVFCasked me about FF Ithought it was the name if a beer not a brewery. Like this one quite a bit. Rather pleasantly Beery with slight undertones of orange (but not overwhelmingly so) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 36 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I've not drank Scotch in years, but fancied something a bit different. The standard Glenfiddich isn't to my taste, but I've picked up a bottle of their "Fire and Cane" experimental one, peated whisky aged in rum casks. Worth a go. I need to pick up a few other styles for one man tasting session I'm no connoisseur but Yamazaki is my favourite of all the ones I have tried 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Apflekorn If we'd have had thin the UK at 16 when I was round the back of kiddy leisure centre on a Friday night roller disco £3 for 750ml 14% 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted January 1, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2021 On 30/12/2020 at 15:33, Davkaus said: People who only like things that taste of beer, look away now. This month's subscription box. This will be my first MAltgarden drink, looking forward to it Did you manage to open that can? What the ****! I had to hodge it open with keys ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysAVFC Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 16 hours ago, Davkaus said: I haven't tried the other three, but the Arbor one is very good. It's a lot heavier on the coffee than most other coffee stouts, I like that though. Triple Hazy goes down easily enough, but it's one of their "premium" ones after close to £4 a pop isn't it? I'll happily spend more than that on something special, but I felt a bit ripped off paying that much for a bog standard IPA. I enjoyed it but not enough to pay that again. Agree with that, enjoyed it. Guess the extra is purely down to the percentage being 9% compared with the OG Hazy being 7.2%. Only going by memory but thought they tasted very similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 14 hours ago, Xela said: I'm no connoisseur but Yamazaki is my favourite of all the ones I have tried Damnit, thats another one to add to the list, hope it was nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted January 1, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2021 Never heard of this before I ran across it at a local store. The price was about as low as I've seen for actual Champagne, and it was decent. Definitely on par with the California sparklers you can get at a similar price around here and had more of the distinctive Champagne character compared to the US stuff. Switched gears to this, which was decent. The hazelnut goes nicely with a dark beer. The hazelnut flavor hits up front, then the beer flavor takes over. I think it would work better with a slightly more robust ale to back up the hazelnut. This tastes like an American brown ale, and i think a porter would have kept the flavor and mouthfeel going a little better. Still, WB 7/10. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Not been drinking much since all this began back last March, but had a few last night. Work had sent us a box of Nio Cocktails in the summer. So had three of those last night, Gin Sour, Margarita and Cosmo. Then had a different brand of Espresso Martini, gin and tonic and finally finished with a couple glasses of Prosecco. Not my usual tipples and most I’ve had in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 10 hours ago, Phil Silvers said: Damnit, thats another one to add to the list, hope it was nice. It was lovely. Is my go-to nightcap in certain Brum pubs (remember those places?!) Hibiki is nice as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 A few that I've tried over the last couple of weeks: The barrel aging did nothing for me with this one. They do one aged in Cognac barrels as well, maybe that would be more up my street. But with this one, I found the sweetness and the spirity-ness just kind of clashed for me. I also tried a couple of apricot flavoured beers: I quite like the Samuel Smith one. The fruit comes across well, and it's bitter but not unpleasantly so. The Vault City one was not a winner. I really liked the last of theirs I had - a pear and vanilla sour, one of the nicest beers I've ever had - but with this one I found the flavour was a bit weak. I kind of feel like they set the barrier too high with the last beer! It's not in any way bad, but it was £6.50 and I'm not sure it was spectacular enough for the price point. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I love the Kees stouts, but the barrel aging didn't do much for me either, I'd just as happily have the regular one. I was given a box of those Sam Smith fruit beers last year, as well as apricot, there was strawberry, raspberry, and I think cherry. I'd never have bought them for myself, but they were all very nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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