Best bottled beers

[pembrokestephen]

If you have to, that's the best way to drink it. It's not like you'll be savouring the taste

*suddenly regrets pouring the batch that went vinegary down the sink*

I could have stuck a mexican label on it, shoved it full of lime juice to drown the acetic taint, and passed it off to philistines as some kind of Latin American jungle juice. Curses.

 

[pembrokestephen]

Actually can anyone recommend a good Barley Wine?

I've been brewing Woodforde's Headcracker, and it's bloody lovely. Assuming the Real Thing is as good as wot I've brewed ( ), it's worth a go. About 7.5% and packed with lovely fruity notes.

 

[johnnymarrsbars]

when i was in new york i got addicted to Brooklyn Lager- found a pub that sells it now here, i'm well chuffed.

its really nice, even for an american beer!

theres a cloudy beer from california as well but i cant remember the name, something about steam i think. anyway thats really nice too

 

[pembrokestephen]

when i was in new york i got addicted to Brooklyn Lager- found a pub that sells it now here, i'm well chuffed.

its really nice, even for an american beer!

theres a cloudy beer from california as well but i cant remember the name, something about steam i think. anyway thats really nice too

Ah yes, I remember a Steam Beer from my time in Boston, but that was back in '94/5/6. I think that was called Anchor Steam Beer.

It's a real shame that the US microbrewery (defined as a brewery that brews less in a year than Budweiser spill in a day ) industry doesn't get better international recognition, because there are some really interesting beers. "Steam Beer" is - as you might expect from US tastes - a very highly gasified beer (US beers will carbonate to 3 volumes, compared to UK beers' 2-2.5 volumes CO2), and they brew it by using lager yeasts but at normal ale temperatures (lager yeast likes to ferment at about 7-9C; ales typically work at 16-20C, much above that and there is the risk of "off" flavours developing).

There's nothing special about it - I'm not quite sure why they used lager strains rather than ale ones, but the history of US beermaking has tended to be a little bit of a make-do-and-mend operation.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I've been brewing Woodforde's Headcracker, and it's bloody lovely. Assuming the Real Thing is as good as wot I've brewed ( ), it's worth a go. About 7.5% and packed with lovely fruity notes.

Ta muchly...I've just had a bottle of Young's Special London Ale for the first time and it was most acceptable.

 

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