A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Some great tins.
Gipsy Hill Scalatrice
Vibrant Forest Kaleidoscope
Vibrant Forest Caldera Lake
Vibrant Forest Umbral Abyss
Siren The Missing Link
Siren Midnight Mischief
Siren Scene Stealer
Siren/Elusive Zombies Ate My Neighbours
Dark Revolution Mercury Rising
Nothing poor amongst those but having to pick one I'm going for Vibrant Forest Caldera Lake.jpg, a Simcoe Imperial DIPA, absolutely gorgeous from a very good brewery.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Running down stocks,all can consumption.
Siren -- Scattered Light *
Salt -- Citra NEIPA Jnr.
Elusive -- Plasma
Thornbridge -- Jaipur IPA *
Elusive -- Bee Strong
Marble -- Uppe Hela Natten
Siren -- Middle Finger Discount
Siren -- Nitro Coldblooded *
Salt -- IKAT *
Siren -- Cacao & Cherry Broken Dream Twisted Breakfast Stout *
Siren -- Pompelmocello
Siren -- Moonlight Beams
Siren -- Calypso
Siren -- Coldblooded
A decent selection with a mix of style and good to repise some beers which were new to me only last week.BOTW goes to Salt IKAT,a great DDH DIPA.
Next week thought needed to choose the brewer that will receive my online custom after previous deliveries from Marble,Salt,Elusive and Siren all produce very interesting brews.
Last edited by Bucking Fastard; 15-02-2021 at 16:53.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
A healthy Marble restock and the local Tesco is now out of New World IPA:
Bottles:
Oakham Green Devil IPA
Oakham Citra
Marble/Burning Sky/Hawkshead Three Threads Porter
Oakham Bishops Farewell
Cans:
Marble Extra Special Marble
Marble Lagonda
Marble Barley Wine 2018
Marble Cross Collar
Marble Earl Grey IPA
Northern Monk Scafell
Northern Monk New World IPA
Marble Rapid Vienna IPA
Marble Rapid Vienna IPA
Bit disappointed by the Three Threads Porter which had a distinct and, to me unpleasant, sour finish. Everything else was very good.
BOTW was Marble Earl Grey IPA. A classic that I only tend to have as a treat and I'd forgotten quite how good it is.
Inspired by Mick and good previous experiences, I have a page open on the Vibrant Forest website so that may be the next stock up.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Really wanted to drink a pint of something, rather than some incomprehensible metric volume. I'd discovered that the post office sells canned Harveys, so I treated us to a mini keg of Sussex XXXX Old Ale.Nectar.
On the modern front, I enjoyed a can of Xylem , a 6.5%abv DDH IPA from Good Things Brewing.
"At that moment I would have given a kingdom, not for champagne or hock and soda, or hot coffee but for a glass of beer" Marquess Curzon of Kedlestone, Viceroy of India.
Are you all mostly looking for direct brewery purchases to source the myriad of special beers in these pages?
I note Will, particularly, has had some high price high abv beers without, necessarily, the brewery link, but those could be from a specialist beer shop.
If having delivered, what generally is the delivery charge (or the min spend for free delivery)? Marble, Siren, Salt sound interesting, though i'm thinking lots of murk in the latter two.
If I re-read the above I realise it makes me sound like a newbie, or phishing troll, but I ain't, honest..!!
Sirens shipping is 5.99, Vibrant Forest was free delivery on a January offer for orders over £30.00 . I was also impressed with New Bristol Brewery ( mostly murk), £4.99 delivery and arrived in 2 working days of conformation. I've just put an order in with this lot £4.99 delivery ,so I'll see how that goes.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields