Beer thread

Allstar

any chance of getting this thread 'stuck' so we don't have to keep making a new one? 
 
wine can have one, so why not beer? xzxdrinks

Crucial

Tried some 'Smokin' Bishop' from Invercargill Brewery the other day. This is from the brewery website 
[quote]Smokin' Bishop: 
7% A German style bock beer using our own Manuka smoked malt to give a distinctive smoke character thatâ€™s balanced out with the richness of the bock using our own yeast. 
BrewNZ Gold Medal 2007 and Best in Class[/quote] 
 
You'd be lucky to find any now until next season (and not really a warm weather beer) but very interesting. It was so smoky that every sip you had made you feel you were downwind of a campfire.

taniwharugby

Tsingtao - imported Chinese Lager/beer, pretty generic, could easily have been speights, lion red or similar.

Crucial

Welly Beer lovers will find and interesting selection in the city at Centre City Wines (?) -harbour end of Waring Taylor St. 
 
They had some of the Smokin' Bishop I mentioned earlier and a really interesting Kiwi take on a 'Fruit Beer' with 'Boysenbeery'. It was actually quite good. Not sweet at all and with a really nice balance. A taster rather than a drinker. 
Got around to splashing out on some Epic Armageddon. Man what hops! bloody nice and like a beefed up version of their IPA (which is excellent).

MN5

[quote name='Crucial']Welly Beer lovers will find and interesting selection in the city at Centre City Wines (?) -harbour end of Waring Taylor St. 
 
They had some of the Smokin' Bishop I mentioned earlier and a really interesting Kiwi take on a 'Fruit Beer' with 'Boysenbeery'. It was actually quite good. Not sweet at all and with a really nice balance. A taster rather than a drinker. 
Got around to splashing out on some Epic Armageddon. Man what hops! bloody nice and like a beefed up version of their IPA (which is excellent).[/quote] 
 
Will make a note to check that place out Crucial. 
 
You can't go wrong with Epic, great drop (s)

taniwharugby

Weka lager (Moa Brewery) quite a strong tasting lager, but the 4 bottles will not go to waste....

Tim

[quote name='taniwharugby']Tsingtao - imported Chinese Lager/beer, pretty generic, could easily have been speights, lion red or similar.[/quote] 
 
Probably got little or no hops in it.

Tim

Found this beer blog from a guy in the Czech Republic: 
 
[url="http://www.pivni-filosof.com/"]http://www.pivni-filosof.com/[/url] 
 
Looks interesting. Some more blog links here: 
 
[url="http://food.theatlantic.com/mixmaster/american-beer-the-belgian-way.php"]http://food.theatlantic.com/mixmaster/a ... an-way.php[/url]

MN5

[quote name='Tim'][quote name='taniwharugby']Tsingtao - imported Chinese Lager/beer, pretty generic, could easily have been speights, lion red or similar.[/quote] 
 
Probably got little or no hops in it.[/quote] 
 
Tsingtao is one of those beers best enjoyed in freakish hot, humid conditions where you are fooled into thinking you're drinking something nicer. I thought Kingfisher was great for a similar reason but try really enjoying one of those WITHOUT a curry and you'll be astonished at how bland it is.

mariner4life

Last night i had a few of something called Carlton Dry: Fusion. One of those beers brewed with lime already in it (and salt?). Was refreshing enough (its hot as shit here at the moment, so being cold and wet was a good start) but didn't taste much like a beer, and while not too bad, i got sick of them after about 6. Still have nearly a doz in the fridge i will fob off on christmas guests.

taniwharugby

NZ Pure Lager, along the same lines as Pure, although probably a better flavour

Allstar

[quote name='mariner4life']Last night i had a few of something called Carlton Dry: Fusion. One of those beers brewed with lime already in it (and salt?). Was refreshing enough (its hot as shit here at the moment, so being cold and wet was a good start) but didn't taste much like a beer, and while not too bad, i got sick of them after about 6. Still have nearly a doz in the fridge i will fob off on christmas guests.[/QUOTE] 
 
Yuck, I can't stand those beers that have got fruity flavouring infused in them. 
 
Had a couple of nice beers just before Christmas.... Epic Mayhem, Emersons Bookbinder and one other I can't remember (the bottles are buried too deep in the recyling too. 
 
Santa was kind enough to bring me a couple of bottles of Epic Armageddon IPA too <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

raznomore

[quote name='Allstar']Yuck, I can't stand those beers that have got fruity flavouring infused in them. 
 
Had a couple of nice beers just before Christmas.... Epic Mayhem, Emersons Bookbinder and one other I can't remember (the bottles are buried too deep in the recyling too. 
 
Santa was kind enough to bring me a couple of bottles of Epic Armageddon IPA too <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />[/QUOTE] 
 
 
I can't remember exactly which major nz brewery released a peach flavoured monstrosity in the late 90's but they were giving them away at the Fat's one night. I was skint, they were free and many, resulting in the worst hangover of my life and a fear of peaches.

Scorz

Can I stick in an oar for "Isaac's" Cider by Macs? It's quite good. If you like cider, that is, and I do because it reminds me of getting drunk in Clapham Common. I think it was Clapham anyway...

taniwharugby

sure it wasn't Hampstead Heath... 
 
Have seen a number of ciders appearing from alot of the boutique breweries, and for someone who is not a fan of Ciders, some are pretty damn good!

raznomore

[quote name='Scorz']Can I stick in an oar for "Isaac's" Cider by Macs? It's quite good. If you like cider, that is, and I do because it reminds me of getting drunk in Clapham Common. I think it was Clapham anyway...[/QUOTE] 
 
I had a iced tub full of Isaacs on xmas day. No one, except me, touched them so the fridge is full of them still. I agree its a pretty good drop. Anyone had the Monteiths one? I had the choice to get that or macs and at $19 for 6 I decided against the mont's.

Scorz

[quote name='Razbra']I had a iced tub full of Isaacs on xmas day. No one, except me, touched them so the fridge is full of them still. I agree its a pretty good drop. Anyone had the Monteiths one? I had the choice to get that or macs and at $19 for 6 I decided against the mont's.[/QUOTE] 
 
If you can get it from your local New World, Magners is what I wanted, but Isaac's isn't far behind. 
 
All this talk about cider on New Years Eve... Off to the fridge.

Allstar

i tried the Monteiths Cider and wasn't overly impressed with it. But then again, i'm not much of a cider connoisseur 
 
for those in Wellington, Thorndon New World has an excellent selection of international and boutique beers

Red Beard

I was disappointed witht he Monteiths Cider that the alcohol percentage was only 4. Something more robust would have floated my boat.

MN5

[quote name='Red Beard']I was disappointed witht he Monteiths Cider that the alcohol percentage was only 4. Something more robust would have floated my boat.[/QUOTE] 
 
Just like Macs and Montys in general at the moment I think the Macs Cider edges it although there was nothing wrong with the Monty's effort.

The Silver Fern

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