Here’s a new one, Earth Eagle Brethren Code. A white stout with coconut, coffee beans and cocoa nibs aged on rum soaked oak chips. Small brewery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Currently home to members of the Royal Navy on their last night before a tour. It’s a bit lively.
The beer isn’t bad - 8.6% so a sipper. Can’t taste coconut or rum, can taste coffee and cocoa.
The caipirinhas here are nice, after 3 or 4 you have a good night's sleep!
Out of interest what are the prices like for booze in Brazil?
For 600ml bottles like this, around £1.50 that includes the Brazilian stuff. On the rare occasion you find an IPA they are about £2. The Green one averages out at £3. The stuff out here is not fantastic.
I found in Brazil they almost dared you to stop them pouring spirits into their cocktails. Got good value. The beers I liked were brahma, Antarctica and Kaiser... Gnats piss but v. refreshing when cold on a hot day
I found in Brazil they almost dared you to stop them pouring spirits into their cocktails. Got good value. The beers I liked were brahma, Antarctica and Kaiser... Gnats piss but v. refreshing when cold on a hot day
Antarctica is alright, they are massive on Heineken over here.
The caipirinhas here are nice, after 3 or 4 you have a good night's sleep!
Out of interest what are the prices like for booze in Brazil?
For 600ml bottles like this, around £1.50 that includes the Brazilian stuff. On the rare occasion you find an IPA they are about £2. The Green one averages out at £3. The stuff out here is not fantastic.
Beautiful sunny day at Tree House Brewing in Charlton, Massachusetts. These guys are right up there with Trillium. This is the Emperor Julius Guava, 8.8% Imperial IPA. Very guava aroma, but very subtle taste. Very drinkable.
Beautiful sunny day at Tree House Brewing in Charlton, Massachusetts. These guys are right up there with Trillium. This is the Emperor Julius Guava, 8.8% Imperial IPA. Very guava aroma, but very subtle taste. Very drinkable.
When I first went to New York in '94 we stuck to bottles of Rolling Rock, glad to see things have improved since then.
Beautiful sunny day at Tree House Brewing in Charlton, Massachusetts. These guys are right up there with Trillium. This is the Emperor Julius Guava, 8.8% Imperial IPA. Very guava aroma, but very subtle taste. Very drinkable.
When I first went to New York in '94 we stuck to bottles of Rolling Rock, glad to see things have improved since then.
New York is still a bit of an adventure. There are plenty of bars that sell decent beer, but there are even more that don’t
Beautiful sunny day at Tree House Brewing in Charlton, Massachusetts. These guys are right up there with Trillium. This is the Emperor Julius Guava, 8.8% Imperial IPA. Very guava aroma, but very subtle taste. Very drinkable.
When I first went to New York in '94 we stuck to bottles of Rolling Rock, glad to see things have improved since then.
New York is still a bit of an adventure. There are plenty of bars that sell decent beer, but there are even more that don’t
Had a dark beer at lunchtime from the Victoria Brewery in Malaga. Very nice.
Big Saturday night for me, had a litre bottle of beer for 95 cents out of Lidl. It tasted alright and was 5%. How come us Brits get ripped of so much on the price of booze?
Off topic, drinking in Belgium has to be VERY reasonably priced. Drinking in Brussels coming back from the 4-0 defeat in St Truiden 40cl was around £3. I reckon £25 will leave you in a bad way, you have to drink over there with respect.
Apologies if posted before, but I note breweries are now reducing alcohol content in a bid to reduce tax.
Drinks will be taxed by alcoholic strength from 1 August when a new alcohol duty regime comes into effect.
Under the new tax system, producers will save between 2p and 3p per bottle or can. Brands which have allegedly already reduced alcohol content include Spitfire, Old Speckled Hen, Foster's and Bishops Finger.
Work from the alcohol research group at the University of Sheffield said that if breweries reduced alcohol percentages by just 0.35 they could save an estimated £250m on tax.
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For 600ml bottles like this, around £1.50 that includes the Brazilian stuff.
On the rare occasion you find an IPA they are about £2.
The Green one averages out at £3.
The stuff out here is not fantastic.
I suppose I blend in well over here
£6 a bottle is reasonable, any takers please PM me and I'll bring next time I'm over
@McBobbin you should be here, watching the City game and for 3 1/2 hours you can literally help yourself to unlimited Bramah for £20
My local shop does this, got a taste for it out in Germany for the Euros in '88.
A rare one from me, zero alcohol beer. Estrella Levante 0 0. Pretty good actually.
An old favourite of mine before I discovered an IPA.
This is as popular over here as Guiness in Dublin.
It seems a bit weird drinking a beer named after a Muslim Palace but I'm happy to go with it.
Big Saturday night for me, had a litre bottle of beer for 95 cents out of Lidl. It tasted alright and was 5%. How come us Brits get ripped of so much on the price of booze?
Drinking in Brussels coming back from the 4-0 defeat in St Truiden 40cl was around £3.
I reckon £25 will leave you in a bad way, you have to drink over there with respect.
Apologies if posted before, but I note breweries are now reducing alcohol content in a bid to reduce tax.
Drinks will be taxed by alcoholic strength from 1 August when a new alcohol duty regime comes into effect.
Under the new tax system, producers will save between 2p and 3p per bottle or can. Brands which have allegedly already reduced alcohol content include Spitfire, Old Speckled Hen, Foster's and Bishops Finger.
Work from the alcohol research group at the University of Sheffield said that if breweries reduced alcohol percentages by just 0.35 they could save an estimated £250m on tax.
https://news.sky.com/story/drinkflation-beer-makers-reduce-alcohol-content-to-pay-less-tax-12905447