It’s stout season.

Brewdog’s Black Heart is good

I can confirm. I think I’ll pick up another 4 pack on the way home 🙂

Was in a farm shop with my parents this morning and remembered I’m not needing to drive tonight and have no plans for the morning….

Friday is the traditional (for me at least) trip to the supermarket for food and (as it is close by) Systembolaget. I’ll be cruising the temporary selection for something stouty for tonight and tomorrow I think.

A productive visit to Buxton to do their Snow Dog trail

I got given a stout last night by my ex’s sister’s partner. It’s apparently ready, but has been maturing since June. I also got a porter from a bloke at work that needs a couple more weeks to round off, both of these were swapsies for the cider I made a month or so ago.

I also splashed out on a Christmas stout for me: 330ml at nearly 200kr for a brandy barrel aged treat to me. Pictures and tasting notes in a couple of months I guess

Quite enjoyed this last week which is available in your local Greene King chain pub currently.

https://nethergate.co.uk/shop/blood-hound/

Got some of Co-ops own stout to try tonight,  fingers crossed as I’ve found there buyers often pick some pretty good products to sell as their own brand for good prices.

That Crescent Moon was an absolute belter!

Not sure when I’ll try the gooseberry sour. Seemed a good idea at the time I bought it…

Had a pint of this tonight.

Edinburgh Black

I went back to the Guinness after, but it was nice having a local alternative.

So I now have three Scottish brewed alternatives at the pump these days, Belhaven Black, Edinburgh Black or Brewdog Black Heart.

Happy days.

The beer fairy left me a 6 pack of Cascade Export Stout this morning.

One doesn’t question the beer fairy.

Ooh…despite the name I don’t think I’ve ever seen that outside Tassie. Up there with Cooper’s

lovely “dessert“ stout  not too strong  I’ve had loads of coconut beers but this is the first where the flavour really comes through

will seek more

Had a few pints of this the other day, was lovely

https://www.timothytaylor.co.uk/news/collaboration-years-making-northern-monk-and-timothy-taylors-team-launch-stout

Pub in town has this on tap at the moment, and it’s very tasty indeed. Pub’s owner is actually a brewery in Hullavington, called Flying Monk, after a monk in Malmesbury who made wings and jumped off the tower of Malmesbury Abbey!

Last night’s was OK, nice and spicy, but missed the mark for some reason.

After today’s weather, this gift has been broken out ahead of sausage and mash….

I’m slightly disappointed again – perfectly pleasant but somehow missing a depth of flavour.

After a quick hill ride in the rain .. .. hits the mark

Sensibly priced in Morrisons this morning.

I just had this: https://www.systembolaget.se/produkt/ol/destihl-brewery-1320215/

It’s not bad. Sorry, it was not bad.

I also had a Norwegian strong, dark ale. it was ok. Not really sure I would have another one.

My local brewery does amazing stouts. Moersleutel in Alkmaar. Motorolie and Bounty Hunter are probably my favourites.

Some great stouts on at the local brewery ATM.

Red Eye is particularly good and not a blow your face off strong beer at 7.4 unlike some of the other 11.4 offerings.

As nice as they are you can’t drink many of the 11 %ers.

Grabbed a lonely bottle of the Coffee Stout from Aldi yesterday.

MrsMC says I’m  not allowed to only bring one bottle home in future

Coffee Stout from Aldi

I might need to swing by ours later today

@singlespeedstu Nice! Did you see any of their BA Brown Ale, “All the leaves are brown”? I had a can leftover from last winter on Friday and remembered how nice it is.

There’s actually two versions of All The Leaves now.

https://www.tempestbrewco.com/

Both very nice but I prefer the imperial maple version.

There’s also a new imperial stout but I’ve not tried it yet.

They did give us a can to take home and sample though.

Knowing the owners of Tempest does bring some benefits  😀

Oh, nice, will have to try and find some of that too. Couldn’t see any Tempest in my local bottle shop, which has a massive range but changed hands recently.

Mythical Ground has promise too.

No photos but recent selection includes

Gunn Parabellum – milk stout. Never seen their stuff outside of when I visit family near their taproom but definitely worth a try.

Sirens Caribbean Chocolate Cake selection. Did like their white stout with its confusing it aint dark. The Death By C.C.C. was good but had that evil it doesnt taste how strong it is.

Couple of Fierce stouts. Wasp collaboration and the Expresso Martini but neither were overly inspiring.

Do Siren still do Broken Dream? That stuff was amazing.

Another shout out for Siren’s Broken Dream. Also tried Cafe Stout by Salt over the weekend. Very, very nice.

Lervig 3 Bean Stout  is going down well tonight.

Do Siren still do Broken Dream? That stuff was amazing.

Yup its one of their core range.

I do always wonder how literal the term “breakfast stout” is meant to be taken. Since I couldnt face one until past lunch unless I hadnt stopped drinking and I am way to old for that now.

Just had a lovely pint of Thornbridge Cocoa Wonderland Porter. 6.8%. Very nice.

Really wanted to get drunk enough tonight to make the pain go away, but chose a couple of stouts that really filled me up.

Amundsen (Norwegien) and a pastry stout with a bunch of things, including cinnamon, which I really did not taste and, after that, a barrel aged coconut and coffee stout from Pinta barrel Brewing.

Again, I did not get much of the coconut and the coffee was a subtle note rather than some of the ones that I have had from, for example, Knivsta Bryggeriet. They are front and centre with the coffee and it’s a solid presence. Same with the Arabian Nights stout from Uppsala Brygghus.

Overall, slightly disappointed with Amundsen (they make a cracking NEIPA) and the same with Pinta. I really shoul.d try my mate’s version. His own-brewed is usually pretty good.

Just had a lovely pint of Thornbridge Cocoa Wonderland Porter. 6.8%. Very nice.

Yes indeed.

This T shirt belongs here

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This is on at the local and I’m off work tomorrow so may need to try it out.

Necessary Evil, 13% ABV Single Malt English Whisky Barrel Aged Stout

Mm… Yum

Quite partial to Cooper’s yellow. 6.4% aussie stout.

Tried the Necessary Evil a while back. It’s almost too much of a good thing,  but I’d be willing to.try it again

Had a couple of pints on Newbarns’ cask stout, called, er, Stout, last night. I’m more of a big thick heavy stout drinker, but really enjoyed this nice 4.5%er. Nice liquorice thing going on.

Been enjoying a few pints of this the last few days whilst staying down in the south west for a bit of a break. Very nice.

Mmm, this is nice.

Loch Lomond do a few good beers, from what I can recall from when we stayed up there last year!