Davkaus Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 (edited) 19 hours ago, Xela said: Followed by Cherry King - Black iris Brewery - Nottingham @Davkaus you know of them? This is a collab with Leviathan. Nice fruity sour That sounds bloody lovely, I'll be on the lookout for that. I know Black Iris, they're one of the most well-regarded modern brewers in the city but like most, they seem to put out mostly American style IPA which isn't for me these days, they put out the odd one that gets my interest though, and that's one of them. Some time last year they did a run of the same stout but aged in 3 different barrels, one rum, one cognac, and one whiskey. At the moment they've got a biscoff imperial stout (Limp Biscoff, sigh) that I'll also need to try and buy Speaking of Nottingham breweries, I've been drinking more of Lenton Lane's stuff lately, they do a bunch of really really nice session beers, including a lovely cherry and vanilla stout (only 5%, good driving beer ), although I've heard that in the next few weeks they'll be releasing their take on a belgian quad, an imperial ale in the 13-14% range. Got to try that just out of curiosity. Edited June 17, 2023 by Davkaus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 it’s basically tiramisu and possibly the sweetest thing I’ve ever tasted, but still nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tomav84 Posted June 18, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 18, 2023 On 11/06/2023 at 22:50, TheAuthority said: RRV Pinot Noir is the best. Is that a single vineyard? My wife;s family has property in Sebastopol, Sonoma County just around the corner from the Russian River Valley. We used to love visiting all of the vineyards. Now we have kids and are miserable. never heard of it so looked it up and saw it wasn't far from the oregon border, which i know is a good pinot noir region...i believe it shares similar latitude as burgundy so weather etc are similar but never bothered to research how much truth there was in that (it might be bollox for all i know) from those that i've had i'd highly recommend this. might have to hunt down a bottle of the aforementioned longboard though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted June 18, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 18, 2023 (edited) 33 minutes ago, tomav84 said: never heard of it so looked it up and saw it wasn't far from the oregon border, which i know is a good pinot noir region...i believe it shares similar latitude as burgundy so weather etc are similar but never bothered to research how much truth there was in that (it might be bollox for all i know) from those that i've had i'd highly recommend this. might have to hunt down a bottle of the aforementioned longboard though. Oregon has some great Pinot's but they are definitely more "French" i.e. lighter and more floral. California wines are like American cars - big, bold - RRV Pinot's are often very fruit forward. Leaning toward a Zinfandel. The interesting thing to me about Sebastopol and the RRV is that up until the late 60's/70's, it produced all of the apple sauce for the US. "Gravenstein" apples were considered some of the best and were grown all over Sonoma. Once people started producing wine, gradually all of the orchards were ripped out and replaced with vines. I don't know what that did or is doing to the soil but the wine is great and of course a far more lucrative crop than apples. Sebastopol in Sonoma still retains some of a hippy quality to it as a town that it had when it was a bunch of apple farmers. As opposed to Napa Valley which is extremely hoighty toighty. Every strip of grass in Sonoma has vines growing on it, sometimes right next to the highway. The last I heard, even if you could afford to buy a plot of land in Sonoma the wait to get hold of vines is about 7 years! Edited June 18, 2023 by TheAuthority Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 18, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 18, 2023 49 minutes ago, tomav84 said: might have to hunt down a bottle of the aforementioned longboard though. House of Townend do it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 (edited) Winding down for the evening with my first porter in yonks. "Disturbance In the Fence" A collab between Staggeringly Good and Emperors Brewing, two of my favourite strong dark beer breweries. No flavourings or anything, just a really good , silky smooth porter, made with some new and interesting hops. 8.8% but hides it, well, it's sweet, it's bitter, a bit chocolatey aftertaste, little bit smoky, but weirdly tropical on the nose, and from mouthful to mouthful, I'm swinging back and forth on whether or not I really like it. Odd one. Edited June 23, 2023 by Davkaus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted June 26, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 26, 2023 9.5% beautiful sweet/sharp overtones hide the strength. Every slug packs a punch though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted July 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 3, 2023 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted July 6, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 6, 2023 DIY Reward 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Parents brought me over a box of British beers, today I've had a greene king IPA and a greene king gold, neither were good but hard to explain why, not as crisp and definitley not as fresh as the Camden IPA that's in my fridge, not as fruity either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 I had the misfortune to go to an event at a venue that only serves Bud. Haven't had that in nearly 20 years, and I remembered why after the first sip. It tastes of **** biscuits. I can tolerate the occasional lager, but that shit went down the sink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Dead man's finger spiced rum with lime....mixed with lemonade. Passable enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 10 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I had the misfortune to go to an event at a venue that only serves Bud. Haven't had that in nearly 20 years, and I remembered why after the first sip. It tastes of **** biscuits. I can tolerate the occasional lager, but that shit went down the sink I saw Frankie Boyle at the Alexandra in Brum a couple of weeks back. Got there early, so had a beer. Bud. Just gave me the can (large one) and relieved me of circa £8 for the pleasure. It wasn't even that cold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 14, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 14, 2023 Proper pub, proper prices(£3.55 a pint)and a lovely beer. City Centre boozer too Added crisp packet triangle for off topic goodness 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Bottle of Red Wolf Blass tonight, usually on the Malbec on a Friday but fancied something a bit lighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted July 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2023 Caipirinha. Unbeatable on a warm summer evening. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Fabulous this. Highly recommended. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysAVFC Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 We've all seen the wacky beer flavours and i've bought a few. This might be going a bit far though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 DMF is shite, the epitome of throwing a load of heavy flavour in there to mask what is a very bad rum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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