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I'm not keen on the escalation of pretentious names and daft designs on the can, but I bloody love several nice 2/3 pints of posh cloudy beer.
Just got back from another quick trip to some unassuming industrial units around Manchester for some supplies of Cloudwater and Seven Brothers.
I'm not particularly anoraky about how they're made or what goes in them, but current favourites from extensive tasting whilst out and about in Manchester are...
Seven Brothers IPA
Salt Alpaca
Cloudwater Pale
Only problem is how quickly your brain goes as hazy as the beer when they are 6%+
What's your favourites?
Just got back from another quick trip to some unassuming industrial units around Manchester for some supplies of Cloudwater and Seven Brothers.
I'm not particularly anoraky about how they're made or what goes in them, but current favourites from extensive tasting whilst out and about in Manchester are...
Seven Brothers IPA
Salt Alpaca
Cloudwater Pale
Only problem is how quickly your brain goes as hazy as the beer when they are 6%+
What's your favourites?
I drink a lot of craft beer, for quality and taste, and a wide variety. My favorites currently are
Big milk stout - 7.5% rich chocolate taste, like liquid velvet
Black Sheep Pineapple Milkshake IPA Yorkshire - sounds horrible but is bloody tasty
Hazy Daze - summer ale, sweet and reminds of the summer, grass and hay.
Pistonheads Amber - lovely taste, rich and a session drink
Einstok Iceland - refreshing reminds me of pure water , clean tasting
Wild Beer Co Millionaire Somerset - rich and luxorious
Tiny Rebel Cwtch Wales - tasty red ale, no bitterness.
Union Unfiltered Lager Germany - old skool full flavour lager how all lagers should taste.
Peanut butter milkstout - Lovely
I think tribute is bloody lovely, not a craft though.
Spend too much considering most are 2-3 quid a can.
Big milk stout - 7.5% rich chocolate taste, like liquid velvet
Black Sheep Pineapple Milkshake IPA Yorkshire - sounds horrible but is bloody tasty
Hazy Daze - summer ale, sweet and reminds of the summer, grass and hay.
Pistonheads Amber - lovely taste, rich and a session drink
Einstok Iceland - refreshing reminds me of pure water , clean tasting
Wild Beer Co Millionaire Somerset - rich and luxorious
Tiny Rebel Cwtch Wales - tasty red ale, no bitterness.
Union Unfiltered Lager Germany - old skool full flavour lager how all lagers should taste.
Peanut butter milkstout - Lovely
I think tribute is bloody lovely, not a craft though.
Spend too much considering most are 2-3 quid a can.
Driver101 said:
There is tons of great craft beers out there. With so much different types there really is something for everyone.
I'm still not sure why so many people have such a dislike of craft beer market and companies.
I think it’s the name itself, which is American in origin whereas for most nations it’s simply proper beer (or ale, stout etc). Also seems to upset the camra lot due to the range of non traditional ingredients and styles, but that’s their problem. I'm still not sure why so many people have such a dislike of craft beer market and companies.
Edited by Driver101 on Saturday 9th November 17:13
The term ‘craft beers slightly irks me, but as it means you can get a decent pint pretty much anywhere these days I can more than live with it.
shirt said:
I think it’s the name itself, which is American in origin whereas for most nations it’s simply proper beer (or ale, stout etc). Also seems to upset the camra lot due to the range of non traditional ingredients and styles, but that’s their problem.
The term ‘craft beers slightly irks me, but as it means you can get a decent pint pretty much anywhere these days I can more than live with it.
CAMRA will catch up soon. They have to reform or die off. 73% voted to include craft beer in their remit. They still lost the vote. The term ‘craft beers slightly irks me, but as it means you can get a decent pint pretty much anywhere these days I can more than live with it.
Most CAMRA members only sign up for the Wetherspoons discounts.
The term craft beer is used too loosely. The definition keeps changing as the small breweries get bigger and bigger.
There's also a lot of the big players just adding craft to any old beer.
What is the definition of craft beer?
How is it different to say, Robinson's that I grew up drinking? They make short runs of interesting beers now, does that count?
I'm a bit confused where the boundary between normal beer and craft is. I guess it doesn't matter though, I like it all mostly. (Apart from sour beers... Yuck)
How is it different to say, Robinson's that I grew up drinking? They make short runs of interesting beers now, does that count?
I'm a bit confused where the boundary between normal beer and craft is. I guess it doesn't matter though, I like it all mostly. (Apart from sour beers... Yuck)
cml24 said:
What is the definition of craft beer?
How is it different to say, Robinson's that I grew up drinking? They make short runs of interesting beers now, does that count?
I'm a bit confused where the boundary between normal beer and craft is. I guess it doesn't matter though, I like it all mostly. (Apart from sour beers... Yuck)
Everyone's definition is different. It changes all the time and used to have the terms about the size of the brewery and volume of beer. A lot of the small breweries have expanded past the limit and the limit was raised. How is it different to say, Robinson's that I grew up drinking? They make short runs of interesting beers now, does that count?
I'm a bit confused where the boundary between normal beer and craft is. I guess it doesn't matter though, I like it all mostly. (Apart from sour beers... Yuck)
You've not had a good sour then.
They are an acquired taste. The good ones are a bit pricey. 
I've become a bit of a craft beer nause since two excellent indie taprooms with regularly rotating stock opened up near me in SW London. Quite often find myself heading there with friends, as opposed to the traditional boozers.
I'd recommend downloading the Untappd app. It helps keep track of what you have previously had (if, like me, you're always looking for something new), and can help predict whether you're likely to enjoy something before you drop £8+ on a can.
I've logged a few hundred beers on there (mainly heavy, hoppy, cloudy, DIPAs), and my 2019 highlights so far have been:
- Fruit, Car, Sight, Exhibition, by Verdant
- Double Dry Hopped Double Mosaic Dream, by Other Half
- Tremendous Ideas, by Cloudwater
- Chinook Mosaic Double IPA, by Polly's Brew Co.
- People Do Odd Things, by Verdant
- The Strongest of the Strange, by Verdant
- Three's Company, by Cloudwater
- Hop City DDH IPA, by Northern Monk
- THAT CHIHUAHUA, by Garage Beer Co.
- Is There Music In Your Dreams?, by Wylam
If you like your beer in the same style as I do, I'd recommend seeking out beers from Verdant, Cloudwater and Northern Monk (among others). All of those should be readily available in good UK taprooms, and they seem to be releasing nothing but great beer of late.
I'd recommend downloading the Untappd app. It helps keep track of what you have previously had (if, like me, you're always looking for something new), and can help predict whether you're likely to enjoy something before you drop £8+ on a can.
I've logged a few hundred beers on there (mainly heavy, hoppy, cloudy, DIPAs), and my 2019 highlights so far have been:
- Fruit, Car, Sight, Exhibition, by Verdant
- Double Dry Hopped Double Mosaic Dream, by Other Half
- Tremendous Ideas, by Cloudwater
- Chinook Mosaic Double IPA, by Polly's Brew Co.
- People Do Odd Things, by Verdant
- The Strongest of the Strange, by Verdant
- Three's Company, by Cloudwater
- Hop City DDH IPA, by Northern Monk
- THAT CHIHUAHUA, by Garage Beer Co.
- Is There Music In Your Dreams?, by Wylam
If you like your beer in the same style as I do, I'd recommend seeking out beers from Verdant, Cloudwater and Northern Monk (among others). All of those should be readily available in good UK taprooms, and they seem to be releasing nothing but great beer of late.
I do enjoy a craft beer. How has it taken this long for a craft beer thread to appear?!
Popped in to the House of the Trembling Madness in York today, and picked up a selection to keep me ticking over for the next few weeks:
The variety on offer at present is incredible, and with all the small batch/limited edition/collab stuff being produced you could drink 5 different beers a day and never have to repeat yourself. All bar one of those pictured are new to me, and I'm looking forward to sampling them all
Popped in to the House of the Trembling Madness in York today, and picked up a selection to keep me ticking over for the next few weeks:
The variety on offer at present is incredible, and with all the small batch/limited edition/collab stuff being produced you could drink 5 different beers a day and never have to repeat yourself. All bar one of those pictured are new to me, and I'm looking forward to sampling them all
C70R said:
I've become a bit of a craft beer nause since two excellent indie taprooms with regularly rotating stock opened up near me in SW London. Quite often find myself heading there with friends, as opposed to the traditional boozers.
I'd recommend downloading the Untappd app. It helps keep track of what you have previously had (if, like me, you're always looking for something new), and can help predict whether you're likely to enjoy something before you drop £8+ on a can.
I've logged a few hundred beers on there (mainly heavy, hoppy, cloudy, DIPAs), and my 2019 highlights so far have been:
- Fruit, Car, Sight, Exhibition, by Verdant
- Double Dry Hopped Double Mosaic Dream, by Other Half
- Tremendous Ideas, by Cloudwater
- Chinook Mosaic Double IPA, by Polly's Brew Co.
- People Do Odd Things, by Verdant
- The Strongest of the Strange, by Verdant
- Three's Company, by Cloudwater
- Hop City DDH IPA, by Northern Monk
- THAT CHIHUAHUA, by Garage Beer Co.
- Is There Music In Your Dreams?, by Wylam
If you like your beer in the same style as I do, I'd recommend seeking out beers from Verdant, Cloudwater and Northern Monk (among others). All of those should be readily available in good UK taprooms, and they seem to be releasing nothing but great beer of late.
I have a couple of similar places about 300m from where I live. Dangerous.I'd recommend downloading the Untappd app. It helps keep track of what you have previously had (if, like me, you're always looking for something new), and can help predict whether you're likely to enjoy something before you drop £8+ on a can.
I've logged a few hundred beers on there (mainly heavy, hoppy, cloudy, DIPAs), and my 2019 highlights so far have been:
- Fruit, Car, Sight, Exhibition, by Verdant
- Double Dry Hopped Double Mosaic Dream, by Other Half
- Tremendous Ideas, by Cloudwater
- Chinook Mosaic Double IPA, by Polly's Brew Co.
- People Do Odd Things, by Verdant
- The Strongest of the Strange, by Verdant
- Three's Company, by Cloudwater
- Hop City DDH IPA, by Northern Monk
- THAT CHIHUAHUA, by Garage Beer Co.
- Is There Music In Your Dreams?, by Wylam
If you like your beer in the same style as I do, I'd recommend seeking out beers from Verdant, Cloudwater and Northern Monk (among others). All of those should be readily available in good UK taprooms, and they seem to be releasing nothing but great beer of late.
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