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BEERS #2 - Beyond the Pale

Started by Shoulders?-Stomach!, March 30, 2020, 03:56:03 PM

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Ferris

Quote from: BlodwynPig on April 02, 2020, 08:04:42 PM
My wife informs me that Baltika is the worst product in Russia and that they used to spike it with drugs so that the masses would get hooked on it.

I believe her.

Probably why I wake up jonesing for a Baltika 13 years later.

Cuellar

Cracked into my stash of Belgians last night.

Had a Tripel D'Anvers. For some reason it wasn't doing it for me in the same way it used to. I reckon they brewed a duff batch and thought to ship it out of the country and keep the good stuff for themselves in this time of crisis.

Gonna try a Corsendonk Agnus Tripel tonight. Normally excellent.

Need a stash of regular beers, though. A solid workhorse choice, can't be tanning these 8% bastards all evening.

poo

just got a massive slab of cunting lagers

Ferris


Shoulders?-Stomach!

Quote from: Cuellar on April 03, 2020, 03:07:22 PM
Cracked into my stash of Belgians last night.

Had a Tripel D'Anvers. For some reason it wasn't doing it for me in the same way it used to. I reckon they brewed a duff batch and thought to ship it out of the country and keep the good stuff for themselves in this time of crisis.

Gonna try a Corsendonk Agnus Tripel tonight. Normally excellent.

Need a stash of regular beers, though. A solid workhorse choice, can't be tanning these 8% bastards all evening.

It is worth mentioning that even breweries their size have a degree of variation in each batch (like you mention), but your enjoyment will also be affected by so many other things on a micro level. How you poured it, what you poured it into, how clean it was, what temperature it was, the last thing you just ate or drank and when, how hungry/thirsty you were. I think there have been times even with my very favourites I've puzzled 'what was I getting so worked up about?' Then along comes the magic moment soon enough to remind you.

On the subject, I'm currently enjoying the absolute cunting fuck out of a Westmalle Tripel, a beer I used to find a bit sickly.

On the subject of solid workhorse choices, Home Bargains/B&M are currently selling boxes of 12 x 355ml Brooklyn beer for £6.99. Yep. The mix is 4 x Lager (decent), 4 x Pilsner (passable), 4 x Naranjito (beery Tango)

idunnosomename

ive got some meths under the sink. its vivid purple. considering

Abnormal Palm

Got my stupid big glasses yesterday. Still no monky beers. Expect them on Tuesday. Might have to get a four pack of Clockwork Tangerine to road test the cups.

Calistan

Worrying times for my Belgian beer drinking - my local off licence has shut down and Beerwulf have very little of anything at the minute. They have Saison Dupont though so I may buy a good few of them.

Cuntbeaks

Quote from: Calistan on April 05, 2020, 08:08:36 PM
Worrying times for my Belgian beer drinking - my local off licence has shut down and Beerwulf have very little of anything at the minute. They have Saison Dupont though so I may buy a good few of them.

Belgium In A Box is my go to. Only 10 euros delivery for up to 30kgs or so, which normally about 45-50 beers.

Just received an order the other day, took about 12 days all in, which included a lovely 5L keg of Delirium Tremens.

BlodwynPig

Quote from: Cuntbeaks on April 05, 2020, 08:29:37 PM
Belgium In A Box is my go to. Only 10 euros delivery for up to 30kgs or so, which normally about 45-50 beers.

Just received an order the other day, took about 12 days all in, which included a lovely 5L keg of Delirium Tremens.

WHAT UR-HEAVEN IS THIS??!!

BlodwynPig


Shoulders?-Stomach!

https://bottleshops.online/

It is very likely you will be able to source and obtain the beers you want here.


Shoulders?-Stomach!

Going from Bottleshops Online there seems to be a very good looking one specialising in Polish beer, eBrowarium. No, not yer Tyskies, Lechs or Okocims, beer from Poland's fantastic (and criminally under-represented in the UK) craft scene. Pinta, Nepomucen, Stu Mostow, Lancut and loads more.

Certain styles are easier to come by than most other sites I've looked at - schwarzbiers, smoked beers, baltic porter, wheat and wit.

Shipping is expensive but if you fill up your order with the max parcel of 30 bottles costing £1-£2.50 an order will average out at £2.40 per 500ml bottle. Not shabby.


Abnormal Palm

No word from one vendor on my fucking beers. Nothing at all. I won't name names. It's been a week and they've took the cash but no dispatch, no update, no order confirmation besides PayPal. I'll give you them another day before I pick up the phone. The other vendor is delivering tomorrow, though. This time tomorrow, I'll be having a drink of beer.

thugler

Quote from: Cuntbeaks on April 05, 2020, 08:29:37 PM
Belgium In A Box is my go to. Only 10 euros delivery for up to 30kgs or so, which normally about 45-50 beers.

Just received an order the other day, took about 12 days all in, which included a lovely 5L keg of Delirium Tremens.

Is that with draft keg tapping system?

Is it good? how expensive are they?

Shoulders?-Stomach!

Quote from: Abnormal Palm on April 06, 2020, 08:15:48 PM
No word from one vendor on my fucking beers. Nothing at all. I won't name names. It's been a week and they've took the cash but no dispatch, no update, no order confirmation besides PayPal. I'll give you them another day before I pick up the phone. The other vendor is delivering tomorrow, though. This time tomorrow, I'll be having a drink of beer.

Looking around at the big companies and many of them are both massively busy yet refusing to stop accepting orders (and our money).

It would be insensitive to compare their plight with that of the NHS but I plan to applaud my courier on arrival, and shout over the crowds cheering on nurses if delivery coincides with Clap Night. 'Can you shut up, my beer is here', is a line I have written in advance.

Cuntbeaks

Quote from: thugler on April 06, 2020, 08:26:50 PM
Is that with draft keg tapping system?

Is it good? how expensive are they?

Yeah, it has its own wee tap that you extend then another lever for pumping it out, but i am yet to open it. Once opened i think it suggests drinking it within a week and keeping it in the fridge. So im gonna wait until i have a proper thirst on me before taking the plunge. Cost was 32 euro, which isn't bad for 15 bottles, basically.

My pal has burned through 3 kegs of the Delirium Red and said they worked an absolute treat, right up to the end.

hummingofevil

So it turns out the beers I quite liked were Nikl Brau. Went back and bought the lager and the Weisse and they were good but no more. 7/10 for me a good Weisse has to have that right balance of the fruity banana flavour of being just there on top of a nice clean creamy lager. The nikl is fine but it's all just a bit jumbled together. Like a nice chicken curry that has been slightly over cooked and loses the distinct flavours.

hummingofevil

What I would say is the 75cl bottle of Lindeman's Oude gueze is absolutely lovely. It's not Cantillon obviously but at half the price it is not half as nice. 6%, 75cl, 8quid. Maybe it's a little sweet than what I think a Gueze should be but it's a fine beer to my palate.

Disclaimer: I like a Pinot Noir and think the best white wine should be dry and minerally almost the point of tasteless. I like drinks with a hint of flavour not full bodied complex sup. Unless it's the dark bocks you guys have mentioned previously. To me all good booze shouldn't have a nasty under taste. Beyond that I'll drink anything*

*Apart from Lidl pilsner that stinks of an almost skunk aroma. It's shit but for £1 a bottle I like it for what it is.

DrGreggles

Just ordered a Flavourly 'collaboration' case.
20 different beers for £19.95 (inc. delivery), which is a bit of a bargain*.

*as long as they're not piss water, obviously

Cuellar

Belgium in a Box looks like an absolute Aladdin's cave. Gruut! Gruut for goodness' sake.

Shoulders?-Stomach!

https://bottleshops.online/?search=adv&shipto=GB&q=&cc=&breweries=0&t=&subs=&lowalc=&ind=&closed=&sort=beers_desc

I have seen Gentse Gruut in a few of the big stores here. Speciaal Bierpakkett looks to have a very good range of trad Belgian and Dutch beers so I have just given them a try. My selection came to 73 quid for 30 beers, Inc. UK shipping.

Cheaper than you would get with BeerWulf these days without a discount code.

Cuellar

Very cool - thanks for that. Really want to find somewhere that does Luvanium, only ever had it in Leuven unsurprisingly.

thugler

any recommendations for a really nice massive crate of drinkable pilsner I can order from one of these? I like these belgian mega bastard ones but can't drink so many of them. I've been reduced to drinking Tysky from the corner shop.


BlodwynPig


Shoulders?-Stomach!

Quote from: thugler on April 07, 2020, 11:42:10 AM
any recommendations for a really nice massive crate of drinkable pilsner I can order from one of these? I like these belgian mega bastard ones but can't drink so many of them. I've been reduced to drinking Tysky from the corner shop.

For high quality stuff you can go to Biershop Bayern and pick pretty much any crate of helles or pilsner and it will be very high quality. The selection of Bavarian and Franconia lager is unparalleled.

It is quite inefficient for shipping costs to the UK though. Every 18 bottles the shipping increases so it will cost around £3.10 a bottle.

Going somewhere like Beers of Europe you can get free delivery over £60, but as they have already shipped their stock over from Europe they pass that price on. They are out of so much stock right now I wouldn't bother.

If you want something a little more affordable and aren't fussy then you can't really beat UK supermarkets for price, sad fact.

Abnormal Palm

First order come through today. St Bernardus Tripel and Rochefort 10. Looking forward to 5pm when I can have a nice drink of beer!

Abnormal Palm

Just reading some reviews and is St Bernardus honestly just the piss out of a St Bernardus dog? :(

thugler

#119
Quote from: Shoulders?-Stomach! on April 07, 2020, 01:12:11 PM
For high quality stuff you can go to Biershop Bayern and pick pretty much any crate of helles or pilsner and it will be very high quality. The selection of Bavarian and Franconia lager is unparalleled.

It is quite inefficient for shipping costs to the UK though. Every 18 bottles the shipping increases so it will cost around £3.10 a bottle.

Going somewhere like Beers of Europe you can get free delivery over £60, but as they have already shipped their stock over from Europe they pass that price on. They are out of so much stock right now I wouldn't bother.

If you want something a little more affordable and aren't fussy then you can't really beat UK supermarkets for price, sad fact.

Cheers for info.

Ended up finding this site http://web-bier.de/ and got close to pulling the trigger on 24 Augustiner Helles and 24 of something else, but slightly baulked at delivery. I'll still probably have a weak moment later and get it done.

Edit: fuck it. ordered.