BEER!

I remember the first one of those, I saw it on a tube train. Very un-PC I also remember one that was "We put cream on our strawberries not in our beer" which was a direct dig at another brand.

Ah well, just supping a bottle of Hobgoblin, my Saturday night treat.

K.

Red Stripe and Brakspear! Both bring back memories. I lived in Jamaica for a while - where Red Stripe is the local beer - and also in Bedford, where Charles Wells brews the UK version.

In Jamaica I used to have lunch in a small cafe where the food was good, but not as mouth-watering as the waitress, who was a part-time model and sometime friend of Bob Marley. She became Miss Jamaica, and then Miss World. The name? Cindy Breakspeare.

G

Yes it took some extensive research to hunt down a decent Cider! The Apple Fest was a great experience. It was held at a National Trust Property called Erddig near Wrexham the grow over 300 varieties of apple. Gillian Bulmer told me that it is important to include Protein when brewing Cider. My father who was Cornish told me stories of dead rats in the Cider when he was young. So plenty of protein there then!


Regards - Pete.

I love a nice cider too. Nothing quite beats an ice cold glass on a warm summers evening.

Talking of cider, I have the juice from 9lbs of blackberries in my freezer. It was my intention to try making a cider from it but I never got around to it. I wonder if I should add a slice of ham to it if I ever get around to making it.

Rats? Rats! Ham? Hmm. Each to his own.

Down 'ere in Wiltshire, the zyder is darn tasty, arr.

G

That takes me back! We used to go blackberry picking years ago and i used to make a fantastic Blackberry wine! I used 4 1/2 lb of Blackberries per gallon! Though the recipe called for about half of that. We used to make a spritzer for the kids (and ourselves) in the summer using a Soda Stream. Glorious Days!

Regards - Pete

The only canned beers I bought in Holland were Maximator and Navigator....and occasionally Franziskaner Weissbier, but when you could get Schneider Weisse or Erdinger then...you know...

And Gwyn, Dommelsch was served in my hotal (AC Leiderdorp) when I first moved to NL, as a tapbier I liked it...

Currently drinking Augustiner Edelstoff aus Muenchen

Had Hepworth Iron Horse and St Austell Tribute last night

Sorry they really don't ring a bell and Weiss is a German word so not a Dutch beer, wit is Dutch for white but I don't believe there is a real Dutch white beer so far as I know most or from Belgium or Germany.
Wieckse, Hoegaarden en Leuven for example are popular white beers here.

I'm really not a beer guy, whisky is far better

Wiekse is Dutch - from Maastricht, Stefan.
Also Korenwolf and a couple of other wit beers are Dutch. Though they are based on Hoegaarden I think, rather than on German Weisse bier. A Hoegaarden goes down very nicely on a hot summers day since I can't get any good cider.
It's a shame Heineken took over de Ridder (and therefore Wiekse).

Gwyn You're right.
Indeed it was brewed in Maastricht by De Ridder but not anymore since 2002 and was closed down at the end of that year, I don't know where it comes from now, Zoeterwoude en Den Bosch seems the most likely place.

I've tried Hoegaarden but that's really no beer for me, Wieckse goes down far better.

Like said I know little about beer so I'm glad to stand corrected

Just had a nice bottle of Kriek tonight - with my piece of steak .

Went down very well

I lived in Munich for 18 months Stefan and tried virtually every variety of beer on offer, except Pils...

I remember my time in Holland that Witbier had a bit of a reputation as a lady's drink... to me it was spoilt by adding Citrus... I did discover Grolsch Weizen before I left to come back to the UK, it is very much like the German Hefe-Weizen (Weissbiers). Too much Hefe-Weizen isn't good for you as it gives you GASFranziskaner is my favourite weissbier, although Karg Murnau is equally superb.

Shortly I am about to enjoy Tegernseer Helles...a nice beer from a region just south of Munich....Tegernsee is definitely worth a visit in summertime, beautiful alpine scenery, lakes, architecture, schnitzels and of our the local beers, Helles and Spezial...yum yum

Discovered another tasty brew! I was supposed to be good and not drink at all this weekend but I spotted this 'Guinness Foreign Extra' at 7.5% and thought I have to try it.

Really nice, has a tiny bit more sparkle than normal Guinness, strong like old liquorish.

This pic is handheld with my GX10 and a 50mm pentax manual. I hadn't tried it before taking the picture. The buns in the background were made by my daughter.

my dad and I have a running joke during ale drinking sessions, whereby every so often a member of the party will feel the need to depart for a few moments to "top up the lager barrel". Can't stand the stuff.

I must admit to having accepted and, yes, even enjoyed one bottle of north american Bud while in Canada though. We had just been rescued from our broken down truck halfway up Mt Washington, and on arrival at the bottom I was greeted by two Canadian mechanics. Their response to the situation was "Hey, how are you doing? your truck broke down? that's a bummer......here! have a beer!". At that moment even Bud tasted like nectar.

I like that.
I can't stand Lager either. Haven't drank it since I was 16....erm, sorry, 18, honest Guv