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Simon_Semtex - Member
Ah, CAMRA's militant wing, the Provisional IPA.
A petition and a few leaflets to start with, surely?
I just had a pint (well.... 2) of this at the bloody brilliant brewery down the road. It was very nice indeed, came in a pint glass, with a handle, wasn't served by someone with a waxed moustache, and I didnt have to take out another mortgage. Nobody used the word 'craft' during the experience, thankfully, so no prices were doubled.
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Assume at 4.4%, that was for Debs then binbins. What did you have yourself?
A pint of red wine in a jam jar
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With a shot of knock off voddie thrown in I hope.
Of course. Projectile vomited on the way home without even breaking stride
At the opposite end of the scale, the hotel I stayed at on Skye last night had no local beer, or Scottish for that matter.
I nearly ended up with a can, sat at the end of the pier. (Natch)
Binners, Ahh, but was it "proper" like?
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2/3 glasses should only be for beers over 10%.
Unless you know, you want to try a few different ones throughout your evening without getting totally bombed, find one you really like, then go for the pints.
ISTM there's already a standard alternative measure if that's what you want to do, one which is even more suitable for the purpose (and what I tend to drink beers in when at a festival, in order to try as many different ones as possible).
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Where small and strong beers are traditional.
I meekly said, "Oh, right, I'll have two thirds of a pint of that then."
you name will also go on the list...
when the times comes... PfffuuuoootttTTT! (that is the sound of a magic explosion where you disappear)
Oxymoron, Real-ale is a definition by CAMRA, a lot of Craft brewers don't sell it in that format because it's actually difficult for the pubs. If a pub want's to have a 'Craft' IPA on tap, if it's Cask (real ale) then it needs to be gone in 2-3 days otherwise it's off. A village pub isn't going to do anywhere near that mid-week. That's where keg's come in, they're pressurized, and remain sanitary so the beer lasts indefinitely. But it won't have a CAMRA "this is real ale" sticker on it, but in all likely hood will taste better, or at least hoppier & fresher.
My 'local', (it's about five miles away, about the same distance my drinking mate lives, so we have to drive to get a beer), had Landlord on last week, they'd gone through two barrels in three days, not much left by the time we got there Friday night.
Not sure what'll be on this week, Sharp's Atlantic was the other last week, and they may well start having a third pump very soon.
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Rusty Spanner - Member
Simon_Semtex - Member
Ah, CAMRA's militant wing, the Provisional IPA.A petition and a few leaflets to start with, surely?
Well done sir, very well done!
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650ml glasses bring the beer alive
Rusty Spanner.... Provisional IPA?......Chapeau Sir!
That did make me laugh!
It's part of the beer drinking lottery out in the Wild West. Middies, schooners, metric bloody pints and proper pints, and possibly something called a pony that's pretty much a shot glass. I just ask for pints and accept whatever I'm given.
On the bright side the beers fantastic. Australia and especially WA is producing some amazing stuff.
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Too many sizes how will they cope (some are just further away 😉 )
My local has the first tasting from their new Brewery
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another new one opens
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Bright Brewery, sponsors of round one of the national enduro series
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Beer in small cans - some people are going to be getting really upset now...
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Not bad for WA
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Full Tassie bar
and to add some context there are some definitions of "Craft Brewery"
From the US
An American craft brewer is “small, independent and traditional”. This is defined as:Small: Annual production of beer less than 2 million barrels.
Independent: Less than 25% of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (or equivalent economic interest) by an alcoholic beverage industry member who is not themselves a craft brewer.
Traditional: A brewer who has either an all malt flagship (the beer which represents the greatest volume among that brewers brands) or has at least 50% of it’s volume in either all malt beers or in beers which use adjuncts to enhance rather than lighten flavour.
No mention of beards, hipsters or hair waxing.
Simply a definition of how it's made and it's independence from the main stream.
They are sorting the definitions over here, lots of bars simply say we sell independent beers, so nothing from the subsidiaries of the major brewers, nothing against them just giving the little guy the chance.
Round here a pint starts about $8 (tax reasons) most decent local beers (craft) are about $10-12 the bigger the ingredient list or process needed the more it goes up. Local did some small batch Whyskey cask aged (American/Aus style) IPA that was up nearer $14 but came out around 9%
Imported goes up a bit more
Regardless as I'm sure will make the grumpy more happy about things you can run off and blame brewdog
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https://www.brewdog.com/lowdown/blog/brewdog-changes-the-law
You tightfisted lot just want something to moan about.
There are plenty of breweries, brewery taps and craft beer bars near where I live serving all sorts of beers in various sizes. Some of these establishments sell burgers with 'heritage tomatoes' and 'artisan brioche buns'.
Do you really want fizzy john smiths and a sausage roll that's sat in a glass case on the bar for 2 days with a pickled egg?
As my mother would say "afraid they might like it".
You tightfisted lot just want something to moan about.
No its the zealotry that I find rather tedious - we are not talking about fizzy John Smiths, we are talking about traditional Real Ale, which is a natural living product, historically and still often based locally and using local ingredients - I would say that is a lot more "artisan", whatever that means, than a craft beer made from imported ingredients.
I like to have ‘brown beer’ too, and yes it’s not always readily available. makes it more enjoyable when you do find it though 🙂
mefty - MemberI would say that is a lot more "artisan", whatever that means
It's a synonym of ****y.