So, according to Wikipedia, and seemingly confirmed here http://www.sintsixtus.be/eng/brouwerij.htm , the abbey sells it at E38 for 24 btl crate (excl crate & btl deposit) so, if you can get hold of some, £35 per btl is quite a mark up! Perhaps many middle men have been involved...Originally Posted by hopwas
Last November I paid 12 euros in Amsterdam (Cracked Kettle) for a bottle which is still a hell of a mark up.
A cheaper alternative is Westmalle, same recipe, same bottles but brewed commercially although I don't think they do a "12"
A mention for a couple of fine pints of Mallinson's Hops Crossing at The Baum and Springhead Roaring Meg.
But the BOTW is going to be Acorn Gorlovka Stout tried at The Regal Moon on both Friday & Saturday.
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Easy one this week - a cracking beer from a new local(ish) brewery: Old Dairy - Gold Top
A rather friutless trawl around the pubs in Bishops Stortford threw up no contender but The New Inn,Roydon had as a guest the ever reliable Crouch Vale Brewers Gold which gets the BOTW.
This week looks long on work commitments and short of pub opportunities,a challenge in itself for a BOTW.
Like ROB I also enjoyed Mallinson's 'Hops Crossing', but it was just pipped by an experimental brew from Abbeydale Brewery: 'Dr Morton's Famous Binge Oil'.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Sounds lovely!
As good as it sounds. The Bull & Fairhouse (O'Donoghues) is featuring some fantastic beers since it opened.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
I hadn't noticed that it was all change at O'Donoghues. Sounds good. Will have to make a fresh call when I next get that way again.
'Dr Morton's Famous Binge Oil'. [/B][/QUOTE]
Like Dr Mortons , the Embalming Fluid is good
Theres a Man with a Mullet going Mad with a Mallet in Millets !
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