Those Brits do it again
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Those Brits do it again
I was riding today and thought how a nice cold beer would taste after I got home. Then I came across this little number - 32% alcohol by weight (yes - 64 proof) beer - where else but in the UK: https://www.brewdog.com/tactical_nuclear_penguin.php.
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Yep, Tactical Nuclear Penguin, and at $115 a bottle you too can enjoy an icy cold one.
https://beernews.org/2009/11/brewdog-...-world-record/
I'll stick to a Dogfish head 120 IPA. At %20 abv it's got all the punch I need.
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https://beernews.org/2009/11/brewdog-...-world-record/
I'll stick to a Dogfish head 120 IPA. At %20 abv it's got all the punch I need.
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Actually it's not the strongest beer. The same company makes a 40% abv IPA called "Sink the Bismarch".
https://www.brewdog.com/sink_the_bismark.php
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P.S. Almost all my homebrews run between 9% to 13% abv. Got a nice Strong Scottish Ale at 11% in the keg right now. Right next to that is another keg full of 5 gallons of a 12.% abv barley wine ale of my own recipe. Ok, I'm getting thursty!
https://www.brewdog.com/sink_the_bismark.php
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P.S. Almost all my homebrews run between 9% to 13% abv. Got a nice Strong Scottish Ale at 11% in the keg right now. Right next to that is another keg full of 5 gallons of a 12.% abv barley wine ale of my own recipe. Ok, I'm getting thursty!
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I know that it's a little late to post this, but for posterity's sake: They freeze-distill it. put a glass of beer in your freezer (the glass keeps things clean, trust me)- after a good deal of it is frozen (check every 45 mins.) pour the contents into a sanitized vessel and repeat the process as many times as desired - freeze longer for more alcohol and less water and vice-versa...
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Plenty of "Good" british beers out there and I drink them for taste. If I want to get intoxicated then there is always Cognac or Wine. But the number of breweries in the UK is immense. A lot have been taken into mutiple concerns that do not specialise in beers- just conglomerates that buy for profit- asset strip and then sell off whatever remains so many of the Old noted names no longer exist except in name.
But many good local breweries exist. Our local one is "Harveys" and they mainly do Beer. Not the fizzy alcoholic stuff that seems to prevail amongst the uncultured. Nothing better than walking round to the pub on a hot summers evening- or a cold winter one if it comes to that- and supping on a local brew of your choice straight out of a barrel that is cool but not freezing.
But many years ago- I had a cycling friend- Mike- that brewed his own beer to his own recipe. After a long hot ride we finished up at his house and he said he had a good batch in the shed. I had never tried his beer before and I decided that just to be sociable- I would have a 1/2. (Half pint that is) It was the best beer I had ever tasted but as the other 1/2 had been taken by one of the other riders- I had another full pint. 20 minutes later and I stood up- and sat down very quickly. No idea on the %age but it was strong. No more beer before I cycled home- but one of the others phoned for his wife to collect him
Few years later and Mike Died. His wife asked if his cycling friends would wear cycling gear at the funeral but we decided that we would cycle to the funeral. Cycled back to the house for the reception and as we turned up- we were being stared at by the other male guests. We soon found out why- Mikes wife had dug out the 12 bottles of Mikes own brew that were left and put them on a tray in the kitchen with a big sign saying "Do not touch---Reserved" Those of us that had cycled down got the beer.
We sat on the lawn and as there were only 5 of us- we did not get up again for a couple of hours. Unfortunately- The recipe went with Mike to his grave. The one selfish thing he had ever done in his life.
But many good local breweries exist. Our local one is "Harveys" and they mainly do Beer. Not the fizzy alcoholic stuff that seems to prevail amongst the uncultured. Nothing better than walking round to the pub on a hot summers evening- or a cold winter one if it comes to that- and supping on a local brew of your choice straight out of a barrel that is cool but not freezing.
But many years ago- I had a cycling friend- Mike- that brewed his own beer to his own recipe. After a long hot ride we finished up at his house and he said he had a good batch in the shed. I had never tried his beer before and I decided that just to be sociable- I would have a 1/2. (Half pint that is) It was the best beer I had ever tasted but as the other 1/2 had been taken by one of the other riders- I had another full pint. 20 minutes later and I stood up- and sat down very quickly. No idea on the %age but it was strong. No more beer before I cycled home- but one of the others phoned for his wife to collect him
Few years later and Mike Died. His wife asked if his cycling friends would wear cycling gear at the funeral but we decided that we would cycle to the funeral. Cycled back to the house for the reception and as we turned up- we were being stared at by the other male guests. We soon found out why- Mikes wife had dug out the 12 bottles of Mikes own brew that were left and put them on a tray in the kitchen with a big sign saying "Do not touch---Reserved" Those of us that had cycled down got the beer.
We sat on the lawn and as there were only 5 of us- we did not get up again for a couple of hours. Unfortunately- The recipe went with Mike to his grave. The one selfish thing he had ever done in his life.
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But if you like lager- then Belgium is the place to take a Vacation--Then detox when you get home.
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Speaking as a Brit, and a testy one at that, we are very good at beer. It isn't all that far back in our history that "small beer" (it was about 2% alcohol) was drunk at breakfast by all strata of society. Safer than the drinking water as well as being nutritious.
But it's the Belgians that are the true virtuosi. Not just lagers but beers of an astonishing variety of types, flavours, strengths and characters. Take yourselves off to Bruges, and while enjoying one of Europe's most charming 15th century towns eat lunch at Den Dyver. https://www.dijver.be/index.cfm?langue=en Each of the seven courses is accompanied by a different beer, perfectly chosen to complement the food. And if your companion doesn't like beer, they can have the wines.
But it's the Belgians that are the true virtuosi. Not just lagers but beers of an astonishing variety of types, flavours, strengths and characters. Take yourselves off to Bruges, and while enjoying one of Europe's most charming 15th century towns eat lunch at Den Dyver. https://www.dijver.be/index.cfm?langue=en Each of the seven courses is accompanied by a different beer, perfectly chosen to complement the food. And if your companion doesn't like beer, they can have the wines.
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In my younger days, I decided I did not care for beer. I based my judgment on the available offerings by the Canadian mega breweries, which was just about all that was available in those days.
Then, in 1979, I travelled to Scotland and England and discovered real beer, and developed an appreciation for it.
Since then, numerous micro breweries have sprung up here at home and quality beer abounds.
I'm a quality over quantity kinda guy when it comes to beer. (And most other things as well.)
Then, in 1979, I travelled to Scotland and England and discovered real beer, and developed an appreciation for it.
Since then, numerous micro breweries have sprung up here at home and quality beer abounds.
I'm a quality over quantity kinda guy when it comes to beer. (And most other things as well.)
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Well, I guess I'd better make this a cycling thread.
How about that Fat Tire Ale? Great taste and a bike on the label!
The Old World meets the New in a delightful way!
How about that Fat Tire Ale? Great taste and a bike on the label!
The Old World meets the New in a delightful way!
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I was riding today and thought how a nice cold beer would taste after I got home. Then I came across this little number - 32% alcohol by weight (yes - 64 proof) beer - where else but in the UK: https://www.brewdog.com/tactical_nuclear_penguin.php.
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Well now, a thread about beer
I'm a Brit from the North. My first pay packet was from a vacation job during my Univ first year summer as a 'kegger' at Sam Smiths brewery in Tadcaster.
Not real ale - that was back in the early 70s when ale was being replaced by lager. My job was to wear heatproof apron and gloves, accept hot kegs out of the steam steriliser down the roller line, scrape off the previous label, turn them over and push them down the line, just in time to receive the next one.
Kegs weighed about 30 kilos empty. Atmosphere was steamy. Kegs were too hot to touch without the gloves. Working day was 7.00 am to 6.30 pm.
A chilled keg was on call for the work crew. Work crew wore a pint glass on a thread round the neck, like a librarian's spectacles.
"Hey Young'un, you dry?" "Aye, when you're ready" - and a pressurised squirt from a hundred yards or so to be caught in the neck attached glass
I wonder if it's still the same in these more austere days
Oh and, bike related - I commuted there on a Lambretta because it was too far for my Dawes Galaxy!!
I'm a Brit from the North. My first pay packet was from a vacation job during my Univ first year summer as a 'kegger' at Sam Smiths brewery in Tadcaster.
Not real ale - that was back in the early 70s when ale was being replaced by lager. My job was to wear heatproof apron and gloves, accept hot kegs out of the steam steriliser down the roller line, scrape off the previous label, turn them over and push them down the line, just in time to receive the next one.
Kegs weighed about 30 kilos empty. Atmosphere was steamy. Kegs were too hot to touch without the gloves. Working day was 7.00 am to 6.30 pm.
A chilled keg was on call for the work crew. Work crew wore a pint glass on a thread round the neck, like a librarian's spectacles.
"Hey Young'un, you dry?" "Aye, when you're ready" - and a pressurised squirt from a hundred yards or so to be caught in the neck attached glass
I wonder if it's still the same in these more austere days
Oh and, bike related - I commuted there on a Lambretta because it was too far for my Dawes Galaxy!!
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