Beer thread
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Gotta love it when you pop in for a quiet drink and the owner of the bar invites you to a tasting of some beers he's considering ordering - for free.
All 8 wired. The pick for me was Cloudchaser Hazy. With the current surfeit of hazy's its hard to find something different but this stood out. For once a beer name actually describes the beer. This was like gulping light frothy mouthfuls of wispy cloud only beer flavoured. The patron said its the amount of atas (and wheat) but either way it was a surprising delight. Not overly hoppy but with a long finish and great mouth feel. Surprised it was 7% as didn't come across as alcoholic at all - so a potentially dangerous drop. He ordered a keg there and then. I enjoyed four free beers plus the three I was having anyway. A good night all up.
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@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
Gotta love it when you pop in for a quiet drink and the owner of the bar invites you to a tasting of some beers he's considering ordering - for free.
All 8 wired. The pick for me was Cloudchaser Hazy. With the current surfeit of hazy's its hard to find something different but this stood out. For once a beer name actually describes the beer. This was like gulping light frothy mouthfuls of wispy cloud only beer flavoured. The patron said its the amount of atas (and wheat) but either way it was a surprising delight. Not overly hoppy but with a long finish and great mouth feel. Surprised it was 7% as didn't come across as alcoholic at all - so a potentially dangerous drop. He ordered a keg there and then. I enjoyed four free beers plus the three I was having anyway. A good night all up.
Free beer is such a low cost but good feels freebie
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Booze Reviews | Tui 7.2% Strong Lager
Tui has done it again. Earlier, with their standard lager, the brewery perfectly captured the taste of a minor fuck-up, a small leak in the life-boat, a failure to look both ways at a railway crossing, a sneaky look down the barrel of a firework to
So apt
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@mn5 said in Beer thread:
Booze Reviews | Tui 7.2% Strong Lager
Tui has done it again. Earlier, with their standard lager, the brewery perfectly captured the taste of a minor fuck-up, a small leak in the life-boat, a failure to look both ways at a railway crossing, a sneaky look down the barrel of a firework to
So apt
'don't try it' after that review you just fucking have to!
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@dogmeat @Machpants Iām definitely gonna try it.
In the last couple of weeks Iāve deliberately showed the girl I can be disciplined and save money and hence Iāve found some cheaper beer options, some of them even taste ok !
I have to try this one just for the experience, in fact fuck it, Itās 8am, I might pop off to the supermarket now and have one in the car park there.
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@mn5 said in Beer thread:
@dogmeat @Machpants Iām definitely gonna try it.
In the last couple of weeks Iāve deliberately showed the girl I can be disciplined and save money and hence Iāve found some cheaper beer options, some of them even taste ok !
I have to try this one just for the experience, in fact fuck it, Itās 8am, I might pop off to the supermarket now and have one in the car park there.
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@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
Haven't tried it for obvious reasons but I have in the past forced the odd Tui down - at the cricket - and, based on those experiences, the review seems penetratingly accurate.
The last and only time I drank a Tui was also at the cricket. Blake Park back in the early 1990s.
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@bovidae said in Beer thread:
@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
Haven't tried it for obvious reasons but I have in the past forced the odd Tui down - at the cricket - and, based on those experiences, the review seems penetratingly accurate.
The last and only time I drank a Tui was also at the cricket. Blake Park back in the early 1990s.
Iām ashamed to say Iāve had one this year. Handed to me by the other halfās uncle at his place in the Bay, complete with a āI know youāre into that craft beer stuff but this is all I haveā
A hot day so not completely awful.
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I've been seeing pics of @mariner4life yellow looking beers and they always look amazing (and kind of look like Harry Potter Butter Beers)
Finally found some and they really are delicious all appear to be Hazy IPA's
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@mn5 said in Beer thread:
@bovidae said in Beer thread:
@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
Haven't tried it for obvious reasons but I have in the past forced the odd Tui down - at the cricket - and, based on those experiences, the review seems penetratingly accurate.
The last and only time I drank a Tui was also at the cricket. Blake Park back in the early 1990s.
Iām ashamed to say Iāve had one this year. Handed to me by the other halfās uncle at his place in the Bay, complete with a āI know youāre into that craft beer stuff but this is all I haveā
A hot day so not completely awful.
I think you needed a covid test if your sense of taste was that fucked.
To be fair I don't quite get the scorn for Tui (at least in comparison to it's peers).
Tui, Red, DB, Speights, Waikato etc etc are all pretty much the same beer with slight flavour profile differences
Because they are all awful (except when you are really thirsty on a hot day), regular drinkers accustomed to one will find the others not to their liking.
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@crucial said in Beer thread:
@mn5 said in Beer thread:
@bovidae said in Beer thread:
@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
Haven't tried it for obvious reasons but I have in the past forced the odd Tui down - at the cricket - and, based on those experiences, the review seems penetratingly accurate.
The last and only time I drank a Tui was also at the cricket. Blake Park back in the early 1990s.
Iām ashamed to say Iāve had one this year. Handed to me by the other halfās uncle at his place in the Bay, complete with a āI know youāre into that craft beer stuff but this is all I haveā
A hot day so not completely awful.
I think you needed a covid test if your sense of taste was that fucked.
To be fair I don't quite get the scorn for Tui (at least in comparison to it's peers).
Tui, Red, DB, Speights, Waikato etc etc are all pretty much the same beer with slight flavour profile differences
Because they are all awful (except when you are really thirsty on a hot day), regular drinkers accustomed to one will find the others not to their liking.
Maybe Tui is the least 'same'?One review said that Tui was like all the generic draught style NZ beers with a bit of poo mixed in. I think this is apt.
I said ānot completely awfulā so this is hardly talking it up now is it ?
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With that level of judgement I am shocked they ever let you near multi million pound pieces of highly complicated tech.
Actually come to think of it having known a few Air Farce blokes I'm not surprised at all.
As you were.
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@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
With that level of judgement I am shocked they ever let you near multi million pound pieces of highly complicated tech.
Actually come to think of it having known a few Air Farce blokes I'm not surprised at all.
As you were.
Free beer!
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All this talk of Hazy beers, recently brewed a Fresh Wort Kit (FWK) from All In Brewing, their NEIPA.
Turned out very well, the colour, haze and tropical fruit forward taste were all on point. And at 7.88% ABV, packs quite the punch!
These FWK come in 15l bladders, this was the 2nd half of the bladder which I froze immediately after using the 1st half. Sat in the Freezer for about 6 weeks. For this 2nd batch I added more Dextrose to achieve the higher ABV and used a full packet of yeast.
As I ferment with the BrewArt Beer Droid it only does 10l batches, hence the reason for splitting the FWK. Thinking next time I might just use a full 10l of the FWK, then use the remaining 5l for one of my other brews instead of topping with plain water.
Happy with this.
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