UncleIan wrote:swill453 wrote:What's a "free range" beer? Hops hopping around the farmyard?
a marketing gimmick.
Indeed. But everybody needs one. And the beer tastes good
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UncleIan wrote:swill453 wrote:What's a "free range" beer? Hops hopping around the farmyard?
a marketing gimmick.
Lootman wrote:Pliny the Elder. It was voted America's best beer 7 years in a row although more recently lost it's number one rating.
Even so, it's pretty special although at 8% ABV, it's a beer to be respected, and should be sipped not gulped.
https://www.brewbound.com/news/how-plin ... in-america
Imbiber wrote:Hi Lootman
Did you source that Pliny in the UK. If so would you care to share where you sourced it?
Cheers.
BrummieDave wrote:I'm visiting their Brewpub in Santa Rosa this summer and will be having some of this; really looking forward to it too!
BrummieDave wrote:Yes, I see from the link that 'Pliny the Younger' is a seasonal winter drink, weighing in at 10.25% ABV so there won't be any of that for me to drink in June!
BrummieDave wrote:Interestingly perhaps, BeerAdvocate's top four beers, out of the thousands in their review tables, are all stouts and between 11% and 15%, which may be a surprise to anyone still thinking that all Americans like their beer light and thin. Dark and heavy seems to be the preferred choice with some US drinkers at least.
BrummieDave wrote:Yes, I see from the link that 'Pliny the Younger' is a seasonal winter drink, weighing in at 10.25% ABV so there won't be any of that for me to drink in June!
Interestingly perhaps, BeerAdvocate's top four beers, out of the thousands in their review tables, are all stouts and between 11% and 15%, which may be a surprise to anyone still thinking that all Americans like their beer light and thin. Dark and heavy seems to be the preferred choice with some US drinkers at least.
BrummieDave wrote:...In the meantime, I'll continue with my more readily available beers at two local bars, including the current favourite and very excellent 'Wild Beer Madness IPA': https://www.wildbeerco.com/item/218/Bee ... s-IPA.html I'm hoping to visit Wild Beer in March.
AleisterCrowley wrote:Currently on a Red Cat C60, a rather piney/chewy since effort, which is pleasant but not the best I've had from them
(Purchased from The Grumpy Goat, a rather good beer shop in Reading. Pop in if you're in the area..)
Traditionally, like the Swabian-Alemannic Fasnet, our hopsauce comes every year at the beginning of the fifth season. During the harvest of the Tettnang hops, the one who picked the last hop pot got the honorary title "Hopfensau". Even today, this tradition lives on in its own fool character in the Tettnang Carnival, with one difference: the Hopfensau from Wurmlingen is there for every beer connoisseur.
This crispy, naturally cloudy and amber, seasonal beer specialty convinces with grainy notes and a fine caramel topping. Her namesake, she makes with a strong, yet fine hops note all honor. This dark beer specialty also rounds off your Ash Wednesday meal not only as a venerable fool's vesper - for after the Hopfensau is before the Hopfensau. On the gold of our fools!
Original wort: 12.8% - Alcohol: 5.7% Vol.
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