Beer

[Ells]

Drinking a crazy beer/lager from an old skool bottle. It's called Volksfest. Bought from aldi.

Aldi do some good German lagers.

I used to work in rehab and someone I know the other day was drinking in the street. He offered me a sip of something and said "it's really nice, it's not like usual tramp stuff" and said it was cheap from Aldi.

You've really got to cut down Sippo  

[Sippo]

I do, but I love it. I drink more rum than beer surprisingly.

[Talk Talk]

Bought a bottle of Bad King John tonight from Sainsbury's. Absolutely loved it, dark and strong. I didn't know much about the brewery but had a look and they're local-ish. Ex-Brakspears which is more than good enough for me. Their range of Christmas Elf beers cracks me up

http://www.ridgewaybrewery.co.uk/

[Talk Talk]

PS the 'spoons Autumn Real Ale Festival started on Wednesday by the way. Runs until Sunday 23rd. Been going to both spring and autumn events with Gazza for many years now, it makes a great Thursday night out drinking about 20 third pints and a very fuzzy Friday morning. No Groves this time around now, so just the Savoy and Sir Dans unless you fancy going out to the Dockle.

[RobertT]

http://sweetwaterbrew.com/brews/sweetwater-420/#

Had some of this the other day over here (in the crazy country where Trump is nearly going to be president).  Quite nice stuff which a guy at the bar got for me - English accent is very novel in the parts I am living.

[Peter Venkman]

For this interested in the Swindon Beer festival at Steam this weekend here is the full line up....

SWINDON 2016 STEAM 175 BEER FESTIVAL. Arkells - Hoperation IPA, 4.2
Arkells - Steam Powered, 4.0
Arundel - Stronghold, 4.7
Bath - Ales Gem, 4.1
Battledown - Sunbeam California Steam, 3.8
Bays - Topsail, 4.0
Bespoke - Golden Rule, 4.0
Binghams - Vanilla Stout, 5.0
Blindmans - Hoptical Illusion, 4.2
Box Steam - Ghost Train, 4.8
Brains - Open Casket, 4.5
Branscombe - Vale Summa This, 4.2
Burton Bridge - Thomas Sykes, 10.0
Butcombe - Gold, 4.4
Castle Combe - Bybrook Bitter, 3.5
Castle Combe - Dark Lane Porter, 5.5
Cheddar Ales - Potholer, 4.3
Coastal - Golden Gorse, 5.6
Corinium Ales - Carpe Noctem V, 5.8
Corinium Ales - Centurion Stout, 4.7
Cotleigh - Commando Hoofing, 4.0
Dark Star - Hophead, 3.8
Dartmoor - Legend, 4.4
Dorset Brewing Co. - Chocwork Orange, 4.7
Downton - Cerberus, 4.2
Electric Bear - Livewire, 5.4
Electric Bear - Spilt Milk, 5.0
Emal - Isca Gold, 4.0
Emal - Legio, 4.5
Exe Valley - Autumn Glory, 4.5
Exeter - Fall's Over, 5.0
Exmoor - Wild Cat, 4.4
Flying Monk - Birdman, 4.7
Force - Cerberus Loose, 5.5
Force - Yankee Zulu, 4.0
Gloucester - Chinook, 6.6
Gloucester - Espresso, 4.5
Goldmark - Phoenix, 4.1
Grafton - Bananalicious, 4.5
Grafton - Silhouette Vanilla Beer, 4.0
Great Western - Moose River, 5.0
Green Jack - Orange Wheat Beer, 4.2
Gyle 59 - Dorset Gipa, 5.4
Gyle 59 - Freedom Hiker, 3.7 (New Receipe)
Hammerpot - RIPA, 5.0
Hanlons- Stormstay, 5.0
Hop Back - Entire Stout, 4.5
Hop Kettle - Blood Orange Porter, 7.6
Hop Kettle - COB (Cricklade Ordinary Bitter), 3.8
Hop Kettle - Coffee Pale Ale, 4.2
Hop Kettle - Element, 3.6
Hop Kettle - Oak Smoked Hefeweizen, 5.5
Hop Kettle - Waste Not Want Not, 5.0
Humpty Dumpty - Lemon & Ginger, 4.0
Indigenous - Double Warp, 5.8
Indigenous - Moonstruck, 4.8
Innformal - Ruby Steampunk Mild, 7.1
Innformal - West Coast IPA, 5.9
Kennet & Avon - Brassknocker Mocha, 4.8
Kennet & Avon - Lock 7, 4.6
Kingstone - Challenger Ale, 4.0
Loddon - Peeler, 4.5
Milton - Justinian, 3.9
Milton - Minarva, 4.6
Moles - Mole's Dark, 4.5
Moor - Raw, 4.3
Old Diary - Green Hop Fuggles, 4.0
Otley - O3 Boss, 4.4
Otter - Otter Ale, 4.5
Palmers - Tally Ho, 5.5
Plain Ales - Inncognito, 4.8
Plain Ales - Little Man, Tall Hat, 4.2
Portobello - Westway Pale Ale, 4.0
Purple Moose - Ysgawen Elderflower Ale, 4.0
Quantock - Sunraker, 4.2
Ramsbury - Belapur IPA, 5.5
Ramsbury - Expresso Pig Stout, 4.8
Ramsbury - Flint Knapper, 4.2
Ramsbury - Ramsbury Gold, 4.5
Ramsbury - Red Velvet, 4.6
Ramsbury - Same Again, 3.8
Ramsbury - That Old Chesnut, 4.3
Ramsbury - Triple Hop, 4.4
RCH - Blackberry Slug, 4.5
RCH - Ginger Pitchfork, 4.3
RCH - PG Steam, 3.9
Rebellion - Victory, 4.2
Salopian - Hop Twister, 4.5
Saltaire - Hop #256, 5.0
Saltaire - Raspberry Blond, 4.0
Sarah Hughes - Dark Ruby Mild, 6.0
Shed Ales - Beetle Juice, 4.0
Shed Ales - Oops A Daisy, 4.7
Skinners - Betty Stogs, 4.0
Skinners - Cornish Knocker, 4.5
South Hams - Stumble Bee, 4.2
St Austell - Big Job, 7.2
St Austell - Bucket of Blood, 4.5
St Austell - Italian Job, 5.0 (Small Batch beer)
St Austell - Proper Job, 4.5
St Austell - Tribute, 4.2
St Georges - Lazy Days, 4.1
Stonehenge Ales - Mystik, 4.5
Summerskills - Devon Dew, 4.5
Tap Brewery - Paddington, 4.5
Tap Brewery - The Fat Controller, 4.6
Three Castles - Beerista, 4.6
Three Castles - Chainmail Pale, 3.8
Three Daggers - Dagger's Black, 4.5
Titanic - First Class, 3.8
Twisted Brewing - Rider, 4.0
Twisted Brewing - Verteran, 4.2
Upham - Autumn Leaves, 4.3
Vale of Glamorgan - Miami Weiss, 4.5
Vale of Glamorgan - South Island, 4.2
Wadworth - Cooper's Vice, 5.0
Weighbridge - GWR 175 Special Mild, 4.0
Weighbridge - Pooley's Golden, 4.7
Weighbridge - Rock on Ruby, 4.4
Wild Weather - Mud Slinger, 5.5
Wild Weather - Storm in a Teacup, 6.1
Windsor & Eton - Conqueror Black IPA, 5.0
Worlds End - Dark World, 4.2
Worlds End - Golden Sunbeam, 3.8

For anyone interested in Ciders,
see provisional list below :-

Circle Cider - Butchers Boy, 5.5 (Sweet)
Circle Cider - Cats Tongue, 6.1 (Dry)
Circle Cider - RoundAbout, 5.6 (Medium)
Cockeyed Cider Co - Mad Jack, 5.0 (Dry)
Gwynt Y Ddraig - Happy Daze, 4.5 (Medium)
Gwynt Y Ddraig - Welsh Warrior, 6.0 (Medium)
Handmade Cider - Medium, 4.8 (Medium)
Handmade Cider - Medium Dry, 6.5 (Medium Dry)
Handmade Cider - Medium Sweet, 3.8 (Medium Sweet)
Lilleys - Merry Monkey, 4.5 (Bitter Sweet)
Lilleys- Sunset, 6.0 (Medium Sweet)
Mates Cider Co - Eider, 5.2 (Sweet)
Mates Cider Co - Linnet, 5.2 (Sweet)
Mates Cider Co - Red Leg Perry, 5.4 (Medium)
Mates Cider Co - Sky Lark 5.2 (Sweet)
Mr Whiteheads - Boxing Dog, 7.5 (Medium Dry)
Mr Whiteheads - Devil's Device, 8.4 (Medium)
Naish's/Chant's Cider - Naish's Cider, 7.5 (Dry)
Naish's/Chant's Cider - Singing Cider, 7.5 (Medium)
Orchard - Wye, 6.1 (Medium)
Rich's - Farmhouse Cider, 6.0 (Dry)
Rich's - Legbender, 6.0 (Dry)
Sandford Orchard - Pear Shaped, 7.5 (Medium)
Sandford Orchard - Vintage, 7.0 (Medium)
Scrumpy Wasp - Amnesia, 7.2 (Medium Dry)
Scrumpy Wasp - Nice Pear 5.0 (Apple and Pear)
Sheppys - Farmhouse, 6.0 (Medium)
Snailsbank - Very Perry, 5.1 (Medium)
West Croft's - Janets Jungle Juice, 6.5 (Medium Dry)
Westons - Family Reserve, 5.0 (Medium)

PLEASE NOTE :-
Advance tickets for the Friday evening session are all sold out.

Reminder below of the session times.
Thur 27 Oct - 18:00 to 23:00 - £5 Pay on the door
Fri 28 Oct - 11:00 to 15:30 - £5 Pay on the door
Fri 28 Oct - 18:00 to 23:00 £10 (inc.£4 worth of beer) Ticket only
Sat 29 Oct - 11:00 to 19:00 £4 Pay on the door

[Chubbs]

For this interested in the Swindon Beer festival at Steam this weekend here is the full line up....

SWINDON 2016 STEAM 175 BEER FESTIVAL. Arkells - Hoperation IPA, 4.2
Arkells - Steam Powered, 4.0
Arundel - Stronghold, 4.7
Bath - Ales Gem, 4.1
Battledown - Sunbeam California Steam, 3.8
Bays - Topsail, 4.0
Bespoke - Golden Rule, 4.0
Binghams - Vanilla Stout, 5.0
Blindmans - Hoptical Illusion, 4.2
Box Steam - Ghost Train, 4.8
Brains - Open Casket, 4.5
Branscombe - Vale Summa This, 4.2
Burton Bridge - Thomas Sykes, 10.0
Butcombe - Gold, 4.4
Castle Combe - Bybrook Bitter, 3.5
Castle Combe - Dark Lane Porter, 5.5
Cheddar Ales - Potholer, 4.3
Coastal - Golden Gorse, 5.6
Corinium Ales - Carpe Noctem V, 5.8
Corinium Ales - Centurion Stout, 4.7
Cotleigh - Commando Hoofing, 4.0
Dark Star - Hophead, 3.8
Dartmoor - Legend, 4.4
Dorset Brewing Co. - Chocwork Orange, 4.7
Downton - Cerberus, 4.2
Electric Bear - Livewire, 5.4
Electric Bear - Spilt Milk, 5.0
Emal - Isca Gold, 4.0
Emal - Legio, 4.5
Exe Valley - Autumn Glory, 4.5
Exeter - Fall's Over, 5.0
Exmoor - Wild Cat, 4.4
Flying Monk - Birdman, 4.7
Force - Cerberus Loose, 5.5
Force - Yankee Zulu, 4.0
Gloucester - Chinook, 6.6
Gloucester - Espresso, 4.5
Goldmark - Phoenix, 4.1
Grafton - Bananalicious, 4.5
Grafton - Silhouette Vanilla Beer, 4.0
Great Western - Moose River, 5.0
Green Jack - Orange Wheat Beer, 4.2
Gyle 59 - Dorset Gipa, 5.4
Gyle 59 - Freedom Hiker, 3.7 (New Receipe)
Hammerpot - RIPA, 5.0
Hanlons- Stormstay, 5.0
Hop Back - Entire Stout, 4.5
Hop Kettle - Blood Orange Porter, 7.6
Hop Kettle - COB (Cricklade Ordinary Bitter), 3.8
Hop Kettle - Coffee Pale Ale, 4.2
Hop Kettle - Element, 3.6
Hop Kettle - Oak Smoked Hefeweizen, 5.5
Hop Kettle - Waste Not Want Not, 5.0
Humpty Dumpty - Lemon & Ginger, 4.0
Indigenous - Double Warp, 5.8
Indigenous - Moonstruck, 4.8
Innformal - Ruby Steampunk Mild, 7.1
Innformal - West Coast IPA, 5.9
Kennet & Avon - Brassknocker Mocha, 4.8
Kennet & Avon - Lock 7, 4.6
Kingstone - Challenger Ale, 4.0
Loddon - Peeler, 4.5
Milton - Justinian, 3.9
Milton - Minarva, 4.6
Moles - Mole's Dark, 4.5
Moor - Raw, 4.3
Old Diary - Green Hop Fuggles, 4.0
Otley - O3 Boss, 4.4
Otter - Otter Ale, 4.5
Palmers - Tally Ho, 5.5
Plain Ales - Inncognito, 4.8
Plain Ales - Little Man, Tall Hat, 4.2
Portobello - Westway Pale Ale, 4.0
Purple Moose - Ysgawen Elderflower Ale, 4.0
Quantock - Sunraker, 4.2
Ramsbury - Belapur IPA, 5.5
Ramsbury - Expresso Pig Stout, 4.8
Ramsbury - Flint Knapper, 4.2
Ramsbury - Ramsbury Gold, 4.5
Ramsbury - Red Velvet, 4.6
Ramsbury - Same Again, 3.8
Ramsbury - That Old Chesnut, 4.3
Ramsbury - Triple Hop, 4.4
RCH - Blackberry Slug, 4.5
RCH - Ginger Pitchfork, 4.3
RCH - PG Steam, 3.9
Rebellion - Victory, 4.2
Salopian - Hop Twister, 4.5
Saltaire - Hop #256, 5.0
Saltaire - Raspberry Blond, 4.0
Sarah Hughes - Dark Ruby Mild, 6.0
Shed Ales - Beetle Juice, 4.0
Shed Ales - Oops A Daisy, 4.7
Skinners - Betty Stogs, 4.0
Skinners - Cornish Knocker, 4.5
South Hams - Stumble Bee, 4.2
St Austell - Big Job, 7.2
St Austell - Bucket of Blood, 4.5
St Austell - Italian Job, 5.0 (Small Batch beer)
St Austell - Proper Job, 4.5
St Austell - Tribute, 4.2
St Georges - Lazy Days, 4.1
Stonehenge Ales - Mystik, 4.5
Summerskills - Devon Dew, 4.5
Tap Brewery - Paddington, 4.5
Tap Brewery - The Fat Controller, 4.6
Three Castles - Beerista, 4.6
Three Castles - Chainmail Pale, 3.8
Three Daggers - Dagger's Black, 4.5
Titanic - First Class, 3.8
Twisted Brewing - Rider, 4.0
Twisted Brewing - Verteran, 4.2
Upham - Autumn Leaves, 4.3
Vale of Glamorgan - Miami Weiss, 4.5
Vale of Glamorgan - South Island, 4.2
Wadworth - Cooper's Vice, 5.0
Weighbridge - GWR 175 Special Mild, 4.0
Weighbridge - Pooley's Golden, 4.7
Weighbridge - Rock on Ruby, 4.4
Wild Weather - Mud Slinger, 5.5
Wild Weather - Storm in a Teacup, 6.1
Windsor & Eton - Conqueror Black IPA, 5.0
Worlds End - Dark World, 4.2
Worlds End - Golden Sunbeam, 3.8

For anyone interested in Ciders,
see provisional list below :-

Circle Cider - Butchers Boy, 5.5 (Sweet)
Circle Cider - Cats Tongue, 6.1 (Dry)
Circle Cider - RoundAbout, 5.6 (Medium)
Cockeyed Cider Co - Mad Jack, 5.0 (Dry)
Gwynt Y Ddraig - Happy Daze, 4.5 (Medium)
Gwynt Y Ddraig - Welsh Warrior, 6.0 (Medium)
Handmade Cider - Medium, 4.8 (Medium)
Handmade Cider - Medium Dry, 6.5 (Medium Dry)
Handmade Cider - Medium Sweet, 3.8 (Medium Sweet)
Lilleys - Merry Monkey, 4.5 (Bitter Sweet)
Lilleys- Sunset, 6.0 (Medium Sweet)
Mates Cider Co - Eider, 5.2 (Sweet)
Mates Cider Co - Linnet, 5.2 (Sweet)
Mates Cider Co - Red Leg Perry, 5.4 (Medium)
Mates Cider Co - Sky Lark 5.2 (Sweet)
Mr Whiteheads - Boxing Dog, 7.5 (Medium Dry)
Mr Whiteheads - Devil's Device, 8.4 (Medium)
Naish's/Chant's Cider - Naish's Cider, 7.5 (Dry)
Naish's/Chant's Cider - Singing Cider, 7.5 (Medium)
Orchard - Wye, 6.1 (Medium)
Rich's - Farmhouse Cider, 6.0 (Dry)
Rich's - Legbender, 6.0 (Dry)
Sandford Orchard - Pear Shaped, 7.5 (Medium)
Sandford Orchard - Vintage, 7.0 (Medium)
Scrumpy Wasp - Amnesia, 7.2 (Medium Dry)
Scrumpy Wasp - Nice Pear 5.0 (Apple and Pear)
Sheppys - Farmhouse, 6.0 (Medium)
Snailsbank - Very Perry, 5.1 (Medium)
West Croft's - Janets Jungle Juice, 6.5 (Medium Dry)
Westons - Family Reserve, 5.0 (Medium)

PLEASE NOTE :-
Advance tickets for the Friday evening session are all sold out.

Reminder below of the session times.
Thur 27 Oct - 18:00 to 23:00 - £5 Pay on the door
Fri 28 Oct - 11:00 to 15:30 - £5 Pay on the door
Fri 28 Oct - 18:00 to 23:00 £10 (inc.£4 worth of beer) Ticket only
Sat 29 Oct - 11:00 to 19:00 £4 Pay on the door

Fuck me, that's a lot or booze.

[sonicyouth]

I feel a little bit thirsty now.

I tried this at the weekend, not normally a fan of porters but this was delicious

[Reg Smeeton]

Fuck me, that's a lot or booze.

Where would you start?  I've always worked on the principle of start weak and finish strong....not sure why.

[suttonred]

I feel a little bit thirsty now.

I tried this at the weekend, not normally a fan of porters but this was delicious

I had a pint of this a week back. Anyone who knows me, knows i'm not a slow imbiber. This took me an hour, it was that heavy.

[ron dodgers]

Where would you start?  I've always worked on the principle of start weak and finish strong....not sure why.

for a Friday, breakfast at Dotty's caff walk down to Steam, start strong, go right to left and finish on cider then go down the Gluepot followed by the Beehive then the Hop and have a curry at 7 - simples.

[Reg Smeeton]

for a Friday, breakfast at Dotty's caff walk down to Steam, start strong, go right to left and finish on cider then go down the Gluepot followed by the Beehive then the Hop and have a curry at 7 - simples.

I admire your fortitude Ron. In bed by 9:00?

[ron dodgers]

I can't remember, I'll ask the missus, don't do afternoon and evening though

[timmyg]

Nice local-ish feel to this list, with plenty that I know nothing at all about.  From first look I'll probably have a go at finding some of these:

Battledown - Sunbeam California Steam, 3.8
Blindmans - Hoptical Illusion, 4.2
Dorset Brewing Co. - Chocwork Orange, 4.7
Emal - Isca Gold, 4.0
Exe Valley - Autumn Glory, 4.5
Exeter - Fall's Over, 5.0
Exmoor - Wild Cat, 4.4
Force - Cerberus Loose, 5.5
Force - Yankee Zulu, 4.0
Gloucester - Chinook, 6.6
Grafton - Bananalicious, 4.5
Grafton - Silhouette Vanilla Beer, 4.0
Great Western - Moose River, 5.0
Green Jack - Orange Wheat Beer, 4.2
Hammerpot - RIPA, 5.0
Hop Kettle - Blood Orange Porter, 7.6
Hop Kettle - Coffee Pale Ale, 4.2
Hop Kettle - Oak Smoked Hefeweizen, 5.5
Humpty Dumpty - Lemon & Ginger, 4.0
Innformal - West Coast IPA, 5.9
Moor - Raw, 4.3
Ramsbury - Belapur IPA, 5.5
Ramsbury - Triple Hop, 4.4
RCH - Ginger Pitchfork, 4.3
Salopian - Hop Twister, 4.5
Saltaire - Hop #256, 5.0
Saltaire - Raspberry Blond, 4.0
Shed Ales - Beetle Juice, 4.0
Shed Ales - Oops A Daisy, 4.7
St Austell - Bucket of Blood, 4.5
St Austell - Italian Job, 5.0 (Small Batch beer)
Summerskills - Devon Dew, 4.5
Three Castles - Beerista, 4.6
Titanic - First Class, 3.8
Vale of Glamorgan - South Island, 4.2
Wadworth - Cooper's Vice, 5.0
Windsor & Eton - Conqueror Black IPA, 5.0

Any gems that I'll be missing out on?

[Peter Venkman]

I know all the brewers listed except Green Jack and Grafton but don't know a lot of the beers listed.

Go enjoy, I wish I could get there but unfortunately I am away on thr IOW for the weekend for my wedding anniversary. Next year is high on my list though.