Beverages and Blades - Traditional of Course

[Pàdruig]

Amazing pics, as always Dave

Here's my plans for the evening Not had this relatively low ABV canned Lagunitas before, but came across it in the supermarket

Not sure I'd describe Lagunitas as a 'small brewery' anymore though

Lagunitas makes one of my favorite Red Ales, known as the Lucky 13. I believe it is a seasonal though, so may not be widely available .

Nice to see that ebony. I plan on bringing mine out of hiding tomorrow, give the AC a rest.

 

[Jack Black]

Lagunitas makes one of my favorite Red Ales, known as the Lucky 13. I believe it is a seasonal though, so may not be widely available .

Nice to see that ebony. I plan on bringing mine out of hiding tomorrow, give the AC a rest.

I'll look out for that Dylan, I usually just see the regular IPA Looking forward to seeing your ebony Lambsfoot

 

[PaulS.]

Buck 301 single blade Stockman and another Virginia beer. The Fred Red is bold and hoppy. One of my favorite local brews.

 

[5K Qs]

I bought groceries this morning and discovered that one of my favorite seasonal beverages was available! There have been some years recently when it never showed up in the beer section of my store. Old pic, but I'm going to have a bottle with supper when I go home this evening!!

- GT

 

[WhittlinAway]

Amazing pics, as always Dave

Here's my plans for the evening Not had this relatively low ABV canned Lagunitas before, but came across it in the supermarket

Not sure I'd describe Lagunitas as a 'small brewery' anymore though

The guy in line ahead of me at the grocery store last night was buying that beer. What’s the verdict? Worthy of the lovely lambsfoot it’s paired with?

 

[Pàdruig]

The light is fading fast but I think the pic turned out ok still.

 

[Jack Black]

The guy in line ahead of me at the grocery store last night was buying that beer. What’s the verdict? Worthy of the lovely lambsfoot it’s paired with?

That's a coincidence Greg It's OK, pleasant enough, a nice beer to drink on a sunny afternoon in the garden perhaps, or with barbecue. It doesn't have a great depth of flavour though. I might buy it again, but probably not until next summer If I'm at home, I prefer something with more robust and complex flavours

The light is fading fast but I think the pic turned out ok still.

Looks like the makings of an excellent evening there Dylan How was the whisky?

 

[Jack Black]

Seemed appropriate for Halloween

Have fun folks

 

[dc50]

Seemed appropriate for Halloween

Have fun folks

Most appropriate Jack, It's amazing how many varieties of beer are now available. I remember back in the late 60's early 70's when
us young bucks started in drinking. I bet there were no more than say two dozen brands to chose from. And 99% were lager only.

 

[Jack Black]

Most appropriate Jack, It's amazing how many varieties of beer are now available. I remember back in the late 60's early 70's when
us young bucks started in drinking. I bet there were no more than say two dozen brands to chose from. And 99% were lager only.

Yes indeed Dave, HUGE variety In the same period here, some pubs sold only one draught beer, the traditional British 'Bitter' ale. Others might have a 'Mild' ale, many sold Guinness, and a few sold a lager. I know of pubs that only sold Mild and Bitter almost to the end of the 20th century, and in Sheffield (and South Yorkshire), Mild was rare. There might be two or three bottled beers available also Pubs were tied to a brewery, and so, (with the possible exception of Guiness), would only sold the beer the brewery made. When I taught English in France, I used to tell my students that it was possible to walk into an English pub armed with only one word of English - 'Pint'! If you said that you would get a pint of Bitter

 

[dc50]

Yes indeed Dave, HUGE variety In the same period here, some pubs sold only one draught beer, the traditional British 'Bitter' ale. Others might have a 'Mild' ale, many sold Guinness, and a few sold a lager. I know of pubs that only sold Mild and Bitter almost to the end of the 20th century, and in Sheffield (and South Yorkshire), Mild was rare. There might be two or three bottled beers available also Pubs were tied to a brewery, and so, (with the possible exception of Guiness), would only sold the beer the brewery made. When I taught English in France, I used to tell my students that it was possible to walk into an English pub armed with only one word of English - 'Pint'! If you said that you would get a pint of Bitter

That's right you just reminded me the Pubs were tied to the brewery. If you walked into any bar there was only one beer on tap, all the rest was bottled and even at that, it would be one of the big three in Canada. Labbatts, Molson, and Carling.

 

[Jack Black]

That's right you just reminded me the Pubs were tied to the brewery. If you walked into any bar there was only one beer on tap, all the rest was bottled and even at that, it would be one of the big three in Canada. Labbatts, Molson, and Carling.

I didn't realise it was the same in Canada Dave, but that makes sense - I know some ice-cream parlours in the US were only allowed to sell one kind of ice-cream! The big brewerys started to lose their monopoly in the early 1990's here, I think, and now it's very different when you go into a pub. There was always the odd 'Free House' here, which wasn't formerly tied, but they often had only one beer too!

 

[donn]

That's right you just reminded me the Pubs were tied to the brewery. If you walked into any bar there was only one beer on tap, all the rest was bottled and even at that, it would be one of the big three in Canada. Labbatts, Molson, and Carling.

And now Molson's as one half of Molson's-Coors are one of the biggest brewers in Britain. It bought part of Interbrew (who owned the Bass brand) and brews I think 160,000 casks of beer a year. It also bought Sharp's brewery in Cornwall. I'm not sure how many pubs (if any) it owns.
Wychwood are now owned by Marston's in the UK, who own the rights to many of Britain's most widely available cask ales.

 

[dc50]

And now Molson's as one half of Molson's-Coors are one of the biggest brewers in Britain. It bought part of Interbrew (who owned the Bass brand) and brews I think 160,000 casks of beer a year. It also bought Sharp's brewery in Cornwall. I'm not sure how many pubs (if any) it owns.
Wychwood are now owned by Marston's in the UK, who own the rights to many of Britain's most widely available cask ales.

David, it's amazing to watch big companies and corporations buy each other up.

 

[screened porch]

Let's hope they don't homogenize their products.

 

[5K Qs]

And now Molson's as one half of Molson's-Coors are one of the biggest brewers in Britain. It bought part of Interbrew (who owned the Bass brand) and brews I think 160,000 casks of beer a year. It also bought Sharp's brewery in Cornwall. I'm not sure how many pubs (if any) it owns.
Wychwood are now owned by Marston's in the UK, who own the rights to many of Britain's most widely available cask ales.

That looks like my kind of porter and my kind of wych, David! (And your Eye lambsfoot is, of course, totally bewyching! )

- GT

 

[tmd_87]

Found some more. This time Cloud Castles by Moonraker!

 

[donn]

David, it's amazing to watch big companies and corporations buy each other up.

And quite sad really. The number of breweries that have closed after they've been taken over is innumerable

Let's hope they don't homogenize their products.

Sadly they do; or at least alter the recipes. With cask ales shifting production to another brewery miles away can alter the taste which I believe is due to not using water from the original source at the original brewery.

That looks like my kind of porter and my kind of wych, David! (And your Eye lambsfoot is, of course, totally bewyching! )

- GT

Thanks GT. It's appropriate for me as Halloween is also my sister's birthday; and she's the meanest witch I know

 

[screened porch]

Sadly they do; or at least alter the recipes. With cask ales shifting production to another brewery miles away can alter the taste which I believe is due to not using water from the original source at the original brewery.

It may be decades ago, possibly on 60 Minutes, where I saw a story about Japanese Scotch. Once somebody started selling them Scottish water, the experts couldn't tell the difference.
Point being, you're probably right about different water changing beer. It hadn't occurred to me.

 

[5K Qs]

...Thanks GT. It's appropriate for me as Halloween is also my sister's birthday; and she's the meanest witch I know

- GT