Show us your beer

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Following on from the 'Show us your Whisky' thread.

There is a common belief that all beer is like your average generic lager. I'm sure the discerning connoisseurs over at Pistonheads have some interesting beers to share.

I'll kick things off with tonight's sample.

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Thanks went down quite well

Rodenbach Grand Cru is delicious and I currently have Caractère Rouge on order (via my Brother who is lucky enough to be in Belgium next week). Never heard of Cuvee des Jacobins will have to seek that out.

Look forward to seeing your photos. Bit of a beer geek...

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Lefty said:

That's a mighty impressive collection you have there.

Not a member of facebook but may sign up now I am a fully fledged member of Pistonheads.

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Shaman said:

Currently have over 200 bottles in my cellar (all empty!) each one is different!

That's some good going. I'm sure there are some nice obscure ones there.

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Glad to see there are some fellow Pistonheads out there with some good taste in beer.

These are tonight's examples which we have managed to get through...

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markcoznottz said:

Just a quick question don't want to hijack the thread, got some bottles of hobgoblin, spitfire, and bishops finger in, is it a big no no to fridge chill them , do any of you real ale types know people who do chill them.

It's all down to preference. Most people would probably say room temperature however, that clearly covers a huge potential for variation. Serving warmer will bring out sweet notes and cooler the more bitter notes. I tend to store mine in the coolest room (still quite warm this time of the year) and put in the fridge 5-10 minutes before drinking. Typically English Ales such as Hobgoblin are designed to be served between 12-15 degrees.

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SpeedMattersNot said:

Sorry to dig this up, but being new to this I thought it'd make sense not to start a new topic. I just got back from Europe and bought myself some new beer glasses and beers.



Starting my collection, as I already had some large tall plastic ones suitable for pre-freezing and also some small Stella ones.

Excellent effort.

This was tonight's encore...

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RKi said:

Had a Stone Ruination IPA today. Fantastic beer - still prefer their Arrogant bd Ale though. Haven't had a bad beer from this brewery yet.

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Hoonigan said:

124 pints of beer for Christmas, should keep me going....

What kind of beer?

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Hoonigan said:

Good point left to right:

Delta, chinook, Simcoe and Ahtanum session pale ale 4.4% abv
Falconers flight, Ahtanum Black APA 6.4% abv
Nelson Sauvin, citra IPA 5.5 % abv

Sounds delicious - you clearly like your hops.