They also claim: "We are not cool. We are not pretentious. We just care. And we are your friends."Originally Posted by hondo
They also claim: "We are not cool. We are not pretentious. We just care. And we are your friends."
A great pity indeed.Mr Phat and myself popped in to their Camden bar,and were both very disappointed with their keg versions of Punk IPA and 5am Saint which had only a passing resemblance to the terrific cask versions.Both the coldness and the high level of carbonation overpowered what taste there was and when the barman suggested we warm up the Wasabi Stout in our hands if we wanted to taste the horseradish flavour,my only thought was why serve it so cold in the first place.
Interestingly the ABV of the keg Punk IPA is 5.4%,well below the cask and bottled version of 6% so maybe they are adopting some habits of the more established brewers. As Gill says ,they could be loosing the plot.
Clearly the BrewDog owners are innovative brewers of very high powered beers and that is an achievement.
However one of the most dangerous traits in any business is when you start to believe your own bullsh*t..........
I suppose Magic Rock could always expand to fill the gap in the market.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Agreed, they really are wonderful brewers at Magic Rock and every one of their ales I have tried recently has been tip top. Curious will probably be my BOTW .I used to wax as lyrical about BrewDog two years ago before their fall from graceI suppose Magic Rock could always expand to fill the gap in the market.
Notwithstanding the other comments, Punk was downrated some time ago: the (empty) bottle downstairs is 5.6% and was just fine. I think the cask version weighed in much the same when I sampled it some months back.
Keeping breweries in business for more than 40() years
Magic Rock's collaboration brew Rock Star is absolutely amazing, a hoppy American brown ale. I don't recall having had a bad Magic Rock brew yet.Agreed, they really are wonderful brewers at Magic Rock and every one of their ales I have tried recently has been tip top. Curious will probably be my BOTW .I used to wax as lyrical about BrewDog two years ago before their fall from grace
Blimey, what's this? Spinko raving about a brown beer.Pubsignman was raving about Rock Star when we met recently and it was his BOTW last week. Certainly agree about not having a bad brew from MR yet and High Wire is my beer of the year.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Tried a Brewdog Xmas Porter 6.0% in the Brewers Arms South Petherton. http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/33119/ and without being vile I stuggled to finish the pint. It was just too sweet for a modern day beer. I remember drinking dark beers like this back in the early 90s and didn't particularly like them then - and I am not a pale beer hophead either.
I dare say the clamour for cask versions of their beers, good or bad will ensure continuation of their production. The volumes they must produce in thier new brewhouse means they need as many accesses to market as possible, how else could I drink a beer made north of Aberdeen in rural Somerset?
House of the Trembling Madness in York were selling 3 of the Brewdog bottled beers. One was £50 and the other two were for sale at £75 each.
I had 2 tap beers, N'ce Chouffe Christmas 10% and Delerium Noel 10% instead. OK they were £4 and £3.75 for the half pints, but boy oh boy were they good.
Alcohol doesn't solve problems .... but then again, neither does milk.
Rock Star's a lot more hoppy than BBB Tetley's..not a hop in sight for thatBlimey, what's this? Spinko raving about a brown beer.
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