Craft beer

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This is a DDH table beer of 3.3%. Properly sessionable!
Simcoe, Vic Secret, Citra and Mosaic...Perfect.

Pizza courtesy of Rudy's Manchester, cooked at home.

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ecsrobin said:

Local brewery posted this today which has some relevance to what we were discussing about supermarket “craft”.

1. Keeping cold and at a stable low temp reduces any potential secondary fermentation.

2. It prevents CO2 from coming out of solution (roughly 11C and above).

3. Beer quality is dramatically affected by warmer temperatures. A rough guide is roughly 1 day = 1 week. So a beer you keep at room temp for just over a week will be equivalent to beer stored correctly in the fridge after nearly 2 months.

Yep. Cloudwater have a cold chain service for local deliveries and it goes straight into my cold cellar or fridge

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Just put in another Pomona order for Friday...and bought tickets for this in July.

https://manchestercraftbeerfestival.com/

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joshcowin said:

Currently going down a treat, nice for a strong beer.

Salt Alpaca is one of my favourites. Will be going to their tap room when able.

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Picked up some Cloudwater from their unit near Piccadilly.
These are some variations of their usual Pale and DDH Pale which they are asking for comments on to determine the future evolution of the styles.

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SimonTheSailor said:

Picked up these four from Tesco yesterday. Had the two Cloudwater ones last night. Nice juicy IPAs, think one was £2.40 and the other 3 quid maybe 3.50.

Quite a u-turn by Cloudwater regarding supermarkets.
I believe that the Tesco ones are brewed by Brew Dog.
I'm enjoying the last of their soon to disappear core range available through their once sacred 'cold chain'.

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Got this Pollys from M and S.
Very good too.

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A beer from Cloudwater, the 'wokest' brewery around.

....Brewed and canned by Brewdog.

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I got an order in with Cloudwater for the festive period and I'm really enjoying the 'fresh off the line' Volley West Coast IPA.

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My remaining Christmas beers. The West Coast IPA is all gone but pleased to see that Cloudwater will continue it through 2022. They got rid of their core range recently after the tesco deal, but now seem to be backtracking a little by introducing some stuff that will be semi permanently available as well as the limited run stuff.

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I read the other week that the Cloudwater/Brewdog deal is being ended and that Cloudwater will be going back to a core range again plus specials.

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ecsrobin said:

Master Bean said:

Why do they have such stupid names?

That’s always been a beer thing has it not?

Double dry hopped IPA with Idaho 7, Simcoe, Citra and Mosaic.

Edited by Rollin on Saturday 5th February 14:53

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Really liking this Cold IPA.
I must admit I'm enjoying more west coast type IPAs as opposed to the cloudy ones these days. Unfortunately most have high abv.

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I'm currently on a US road trip and sampling some beers along the way. In Death Valley at present at Stovepipe Wells which has a surprisingly good selection of craft beer.
Highlights so far are the Mountain Rambler Venusian Blonde Ale which is perfect for this 36 degree heat. I'll be heading up to the brewery in Bishop in a few days.
Also good was an Indian Wells Brewery IPA..think its Death Valley IPA?

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Truckosaurus said:

Rollin said:

...In Death Valley at present at Stovepipe Wells which has a surprisingly good selection of craft beer....

I've stayed there too, and the bar/restaurant is pretty good for somewhere literally in the middle of nowhere. Not much competition for the tourist trade probably helps

(These days you seem to be guaranteed to have a half decent beer choice in any bar in the USA, even if it is just the brands owned by the mega breweries)

Don't drink too much and miss the sunrise.

I've stayed here a few times...I love Death Valley. I remember the first time when they wouldn't allow you to have more than 2 alcoholic drinks in case it kicked off, as the cops were so far away.
I was up at 6 for the sunrise

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NSNO said:

Rollin said:

I'm currently on a US road trip and sampling some beers along the way. In Death Valley at present at Stovepipe Wells which has a surprisingly good selection of craft beer.
Highlights so far are the Mountain Rambler Venusian Blonde Ale which is perfect for this 36 degree heat. I'll be heading up to the brewery in Bishop in a few days.
Also good was an Indian Wells Brewery IPA..think its Death Valley IPA?

Nice, what's your itinerary. I would like to get back over myself at some point this year. I did a little road trip from New York to Boston and then back via Hudson Valley to Philadelphia a couple of years ago. Stopped off at some great breweries along the way and filled my suitcases with beer. I had to pay a very high excess luggage fee though and got a few casualties on the trip back. They must have literally been tossing my suitcase around like a rugby ball.

I don't have a plan really, it's just me and a motorbike...which prevents me bringing beer home unfortunately.
I'll just drink as much as possible while here

I had a fking amazing ride out of Death Valley this morning over the Panamint mountains and up to Bishop. I'm now in the Mountain Rambler Brewery working my way through the menu. It's a good place.

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Rode to Tonopa today through some horrendous windy weather intending to check out the Tonopah Brewing Co. Unfortunately they aren't making their own beer at present as a refit appears to be in progress...so sat with a Sierra Nevada

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I went to a brewery in Three Rivers near Sequoia NP yesterday. They did a nice blonde ale called Oliver. When I ordered, the server asked if I wanted olives in it! Thought she was taking the piss out of the tourist. I didn't have the olives.

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I went to Manchester Craft Beer Festival last week.
Great location in Mayfield Depot.
This was my favourite of the day and I don't usually go for the strong ones anymore.

https://www.redwillowbrewery.com/shop/calvados-bar...

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Had an excellent cloudy pale at my local last night. It had a long name that I can't remember but was a 3.8% pale by Sureshot. Not surprising given the history of the founder (Marble/Cloudwater).

Speaking of Cloudwater, Their Volley west coast IPA is my current favourite beer. At the very top end for a sessionable beer at 6%, but delicious. Was on draft at the Mackie Mayor, Manchester, last weekend.