2 x Schwechater Bier and 1 x chicken schnitzel. Good race, too!
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2 x Schwechater Bier and 1 x chicken schnitzel. Good race, too!
tonight's 3 wise men:
1 Stiegl Goldbräu
1 Zwettler Dunkles
1 Zipfer Urtyp
Three Tuns Solstice at 3.9 was a perfect finishing slurp. Also at the Collie was George Wright's Pipe Dream (named after a fell race!) plus Northgate Ale (4.8!!) Monkey Mild from Slaters and another one from somewhere else (why don't I remember that one??)Quote:
Originally Posted by Welsh Harrier
Tonight - Facer's Bendigedig (which is Welsh for Facer's This Slpendid Ale), plus Joey Holts Bitter, Moose Snowdonia Ale and Batham's Bitter.
All in this dinky little pub in Llangynhafal. Might have Trapper's Hat for next weekend after the Lletty race - what a thirst quencher!
I had some Old Crafty Hen yesterday - a bit strong, don't think I could've managed more than one! Nice though :o
Marble Pint is my current real ale of choice, and i can also highly recommend there Lagonda IPA. They now have 3 pubs in Manchester so i strongly suggest anyone from the north west check em out.
Just bought mine.
Black Sheep - Holy Grail
Copper Dragon - Challenger IPA
Wells - Banana Bread Beer (for that summery feel)
Marble beers don't usually make it over to North Wales but we do get the odd Boggart ale at the Collie - let's see if there's one tonight, I'll be course marking for the Intercounties tomorrow so I'll need a bit of refreshment!Quote:
Originally Posted by eavesy187
Straight after work - Amber ales black cherry stout through the cooler - gorgeous
Straight out of the car park after today's race - missus had her heart on shopping at the garden centre - and what do we see - The Barley Mow, Trefonen, Oswestry - by gum we'd finished outside the pub itself. Offa's Dyke Brewery Tap!!! We'll have to go back tomorrow (or I will!)
The Goldie almost ran out of beer last weekend cos of a 'Family Day'! Landlord borrowed some ale from elsewhere which included York Brewery Northern Fury. Very tasty. I've been trying to get him to take some York beers for ages - always went down very well when we had our pub. Yorkshire Terrier being the best one!
Thought I'd get the boiler out for this:
OLD BREWERY BITTER Samuel Smith Tadcaster.
5 gallon batch OG 1037 ABV 4% 27 EBU
MARIS OTTER PALE MALT 3550 gms
CRYSTAL MALT 354 gms
HOPS boil time 90 minutes
FUGGLES 26 gms
GOLDINGS 27 gms
Anyone who has sampled Old Brewery will know the predominant taste is of TOFFEE. Sam Smiths says this comes from the yeast. To replicate this in homebrewing I use a technique I picked up in ZYMURGY magazine. Take 2 pints of UNHOPPED wort from your boiler and heat in a saucepan on the stove,It must be boiled vigorously on a high heat, STIR CONTINUOUSLY to avoid burning, within about 15 minutes the wort will start to thicken to a syrupy consistency and the desired caramel flavours should be apparent. Add this syrup to the main batch of wort in your boiler.
If you can still obtain BREW LABS YORKSHIRE ALE Yeast use that. Nope, so I'll have to use Nottingham.
Ready to drink in 3 weeks.
Good to be back supping some decent ale last night....:)
Copper Dragon - Golden Pippin
Empire - Dogs Bollocks
Bowland - Gold
Hopstar - Dizzy Danny
Rossendale - World Cup
Another fine evening at the Collie. Pete A, Simon R and Neil P decided to pace Vic B on a race to the top and back - no records broken though. The rest of us took it easy in the heat. Boggart 'Crystal Ruby', Three Tuns 'Solstice' and an ale called 'Ben Nevis' which I think the landlord found specially for our Friday night running group.
Question for the ale experts, please? I have a bottle of Lakeland Gold and one of Red in the cupboard. Is it sacrilege if I put them in the fridge to drink this afternoon? Which one would be better to drink cool? Ta
I was very lucky to have been given a case of each a couple of months ago as one of our fields was used as a changeover in an MTB/fell running duathlon. The organiser showed his appreciation in the best possible manner. In my opinion in this weather room temperature is a little warm for any beer - half an hour in the fridge should cool them down a bit but not too much. The Gold will take a bit more cooling than the Red. Leave them in for a couple of hours or more and you'll mask the flavour! Of course one of the reasons lager is drunk so cold is to mask the flavour. Just try some lukewarm Carlingsberg and you'll see what I mean!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hyporunner
THat sounds like very good advice for me. Half an hour is just the right amount of time, to put one in when you take one out ready for when you've finished and are ready for another ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Welsh Harrier
In weather like this would the first one last that long?Quote:
Originally Posted by OneHillWonder
Hmmm possibly not. Best put two at a time in, just in case :)
Thanks WH, just what I was after. Just catching up with this post again, as just after I originally posted it we had a powercut, so thought it best not to open the fridge!! If the warm weather continues next week (SLMM this weekend) I'll try them then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Welsh Harrier
If I do find that two aren't enough, I may have to dip into the parent's gift pack I bought for them :D
Enjoy your imbibing Hyporunner! Or should it be Hoprunner?
Just a couple of pints from here
http://littlevalleybrewery.co.uk/
Dam fine ale it was too.
A 3.8% and a 6% both with excellent taste and body.
Many thanks to Gav for his donation after last nights run.
A cracking little brewery that - haven't CVFR managed to get them to sponsor the Cragg Vale race yet?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
Was pleasantly surprised to find that Asda have improved their Bottled ales section with greater range of local beers - picked up a Naylors Pinnacle Bitter, Saltaire Fuggles and Rudgate Battleaxe tonight - only had the Fuggles so far.
All the runners last night seemed to be going for Inkie Pinkie from the Inveralmond brewery! And a fine refreshing pint it was too. Also beers from Phoenix, George Wright and Cottage on the bar at the Collie.:cool:
Presumably this quote is something to do with the Dutch football team!! They can do it!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Among others had a pint of Ilkley Black and the special 'Cow & 'alf' donated by Ilkley brewery to the Abbey Inn (Newlay in Leeds) Beer & Music FestivalQuote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
I did indeed - particularly the mild Ilkley Black!Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Like the Leeds Brewery over the past 3 years and Copper Dragon over the past 5 years or so Ilkley Brewery is quickly building up a good reputation for quality ales
Bishops Castle 1642 at the Goldie tonight! How can we go wrong with these wonderful alehouses in this neck of the woods! Races up the mountain and ales in the alehouse!
Well done to all the Freckled Cow Racers today by the way.
I had a pint of Lions Roar yesterday. It was ok I suppose.
Is this Banks's Lion's Roar OHW? Promising to start with but wouldn't win any medals - just like the team I suppose!Quote:
Originally Posted by OneHillWonder
Route 76 beer festival tomorrow. £3 for a rover ticket on the Denbigh - Ruthin bus #76. Stops at 8 pubs.
http://www.busroute76.com/venues.htm
Hmmm might have to leave work 5 mins early to nip to the nice beer shop on the way to the station - I think my 2 hour commute home for the weekend deserves it :D
Been hitting the stuff from the Dent brewery recently. Nice, particularly Aviator & Kamikaze. BH pointed out ad for beer fest in Earls Court at beginning of August. Might have to plan a trip back down to see the folks!;)
Gonna miss the Collie tomorrow night - have to take the missus to Heathrow to catch the early plane to Oz. We'll get there at around 7 or 8 - nearest ale is in Hounslow two tube stops away - it's a Wetherspoons GBG pub so shouldn't get too ripped off - the luncheon vouchers should get us some grub as well!!!
Bateman's Spring Breeze
http://www.bateman.co.uk/BottledBeerF.htm
not bad, sourced on the last trip to Keswick's Booths.
No ale for me tonight, however, I finish work at 11, then have a 3.5 hour journey back home on the coach, therefore wine is essential, along with some TV I have downloaded on the laptop. After I have drunk the wine I shall be recycling the bottles (2 minitures, not 2 bigguns :closed:) and making them into candle holders. It's a win win situation.
It's not beer as we know it Captain!Quote:
Originally Posted by dominion
Three pints of Brampton Breweries, Chesterfield, "Tudor Rose" Fantastic!!
:D no ale, just a white wine spritzer for me