Jeremy McCreary
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What's wrong with that?? I do it all the time. You just need skills.
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Stefan Mikes
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"Sex in kayak" means "Dangerously close to water" 
(A beer reference).
A typical British pub sells ales of the ABV which is the limit in Finland, that is, below 4.5%. People queue for shitty European lager (over 5%). Noteworthy, the standard lager of Poland is 5.6% (still something I don't drink). Fortunately, Britain has BrewDog, a genuine craft beer Scottish brand (they are big, with many pubs in the UK and Europe). You can also find excellent British craft beer from some small breweries such as Buxton.
For me, craft beer starts at 6.5% ABV (a standard American IPA) although I accept weaker Fruit Sour Ales.
(A beer reference).A typical British pub sells ales of the ABV which is the limit in Finland, that is, below 4.5%. People queue for shitty European lager (over 5%). Noteworthy, the standard lager of Poland is 5.6% (still something I don't drink). Fortunately, Britain has BrewDog, a genuine craft beer Scottish brand (they are big, with many pubs in the UK and Europe). You can also find excellent British craft beer from some small breweries such as Buxton.
For me, craft beer starts at 6.5% ABV (a standard American IPA) although I accept weaker Fruit Sour Ales.
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DaveMatthews
Dave's not here. Cheating since 2018
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Hmmm... I wonder if that's where the word canoedle came from...
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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Well, that's not what it meant to Sarah Lee Jamison for one."Sex in kayak" means "Dangerously close to water"
Chargeride
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That old lady in the grey tshirt definitely pushes the tractor home.
Stefan Mikes
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Hahaha! Charge, you're the Pride of England when it comes to the banter!That old lady in the grey tshirt definitely pushes the tractor home.
Stefan Mikes
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Jeremy: "sex in kayak dangerously close to water" is a standard phrase among hop-heads/beer geeks worldwide
The other interesting saying is the description of the flavour and smell of peat smoked stouts: "Phenol, hospital bandage, wooden railway sleepers, the Warsaw Central Station before the renovation..."
Thankfully it looks like Brewdog might be heading for bankruptcy, over extended, 4 years of losing millions, plus the owner is a real shithead famously awful to his staff!"Sex in kayak" means "Dangerously close to water"
A typical British pub sells ales of the ABV which is the limit in Finland, that is, below 4.5%. People queue for shitty European lager (over 5%). Noteworthy, the standard lager of Poland is 5.6% (still something I don't drink). Fortunately, Britain has BrewDog, a genuine craft beer Scottish brand (they are big, with many pubs in the UK and Europe). You can also find excellent British craft beer from some small breweries such as Buxton.
For me, craft beer starts at 6.5% ABV (a standard American IPA) although I accept weaker Fruit Sour Ales.
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You're missing all the regional bitters, ales, IPAs and stouts. Try breweries like I think the oldest in England Shepard Neames in Kent (Bishop's Finger) Or Adnams in the East or Black Sheep in Yorkshire or down here in the West Country you have Dartmoor Brewery with Jail Ale, Proper Job IPA from St. Austells down in Cornwall or Otter Beer over in Honiton. There are so many many great (old & new) breweries, not just the flash harrys. Remember where IPA originated!
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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Sounds to me like they're just bitter.Jeremy: "sex in kayak dangerously close to water" is a standard phrase among hop-heads/beer geeks worldwide
Stefan Mikes
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No British ale is as bitter as a proper West Coast IPA
(pun intended!)
Jeremy McCreary
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You call that a pun? I'll show you a pun! [cuing @DaveMatthews ]
Stefan Mikes
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Ras, I need to remind you:
- I am a hop-head
- Been to Britain and tried various ales and stouts for years.
Tried it already in early 2000s. It was even imported in Poland. A white transparent bottle because British hops are processed the way they are invulnerable to UV. Proper hops are vulnerable to UV so the ale or stout needs to be in brown bottles or a can. Otherwise you get the "skunk" smell.
Yes. It was the times when Great Britain was an Empire and had to export the ale to India with clipper tall-ships. FYI, the craft beer started in the United States in 1980 with Sierra Nevada Brewery. The British IPA in not American IPA in any sense.
The British even use different hops than the American (Poles has gone the American way). British IPAs are low percent, malty and not really bitter. American IPAs are strong, bitter and extremely hoppy.
AleBrowar "Crazy Mike", Triple American IPA, a Polish craft beer. 9% abv.
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Ive had some Sierra Nevada in Colorado very long time ago. Very nice and another one with a bicycle on the bottle? Fat tire? So long ago. But I like a wide range of beers depending on my mood, temperature and time of year! In Oz I'll happily have a VB if the day is scorching hot and I've been offered one from an esky, and a Tassy Cascade by preference. In South Africa I was fond of Windhoek but never Castle larger! Do like a cold lager in hot countries, ales IPAs or stout in UK/IRL winter - at first I found bitter in London really odd, until some friends picked some good ones for me. When I'm back home, I'll have Guinness most times of year there because it's just so good. Or occasionally Murphys if I'm back in Cork. To each their own! Just stay away from the toxic Brewdog and all the other flashy tech bros bevvies!
stompandgo
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"American IPA", especially from the European perspective, can lead to over-generalization of how IPA's are made in the USA. Strong, bitter, and hoppy describes some West Coast style IPA's (they can be made anywhere), but certainly not all. West Coast style tend to be of medium body, hoppy start and finish, of various strengths, and clarified. In contrast, East Coast style tend to be of heavy body, smooth, fruity, may have a hoppy finish, and unclarified. A sweeping generalization to be sure, but you will see trends like this.
Don't we already have a beer thread?
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Stefan Mikes
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I hate it. It is juice
stompandgo
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Cool. More juice for me.I hate it. It is juice
DaveMatthews
Dave's not here. Cheating since 2018
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Uh oh... Now I feel like I'm taking the stage after Robin Williams...
