Beer in the new era

Six Cantillon bottles and three Westy's. Could have gotten so much more but my bag is pretty much full.

If I had room I would have gotten some Drie Fonteinen and De Cam.

With all the Belgians I've been drinking, my palate kind of misses something like a Zombie Dust or a Daisy Cutter.

you can be heartened by the fact that all my russian river bottles made it safely, most using the newly created "wrap in laundy, put in gallon ziploc bag, then wrap in more laundry" method.

(xpost) I have this problem too - that's when Belgian IPAs come in super handy!

the Sierra Nevada dudes so are cool

Jeff- if you fancy a beer I can be in the City for a swift one or two tomorrow (Thursday) night after about 7.30; alternatively* I'll be at my usual haunt at The Lexington on Pentonville Road from 2 until 7ish on Sunday. I'll be DJing some of the time (NB old people music fit for chatting), feel free to drop by. The above goes for any of the rest of you of course. You're right, LG, it's been far too long.

*or additionally

"if you fancy a beer", heh

oh wow this would be pretty rad to go to

http://www.hillfarmstead.com/fofa/

i'll tell you all about it :)

we want to take a trip up to vermont in maybe october to do like a weekend b+b and visit hill farmstead etc. any ideas in terms of good places to stay, other places to visit in the area, etc?

my pals who have done the weekend trip (i've only gone up for the day) love the old stagecoach inn in waterbury. walking distance to three good bars, 10 mins from the alchemist/heady topper, 20 mins from stowe, about an hour from hf. i can get you hiking tips if that's interesting to you at all.

no hiking tips plz (we'll have an infant w/ us) but any other recommendations of things to do in the area/travel tips would be super appreciated

i'm more familiar with southern VT, so on your drive up there (assuming you're coming from somewhere south of VT), brattleboro is a wonderful hippie town, it's right off 91.

also, you can do hiking with an infant! well, at least light to moderate hiking. just get one of those cool backpacks, or even an ergo carrier

nice CAD! are you camping out?

yeah, we'll be driving up from philly xp!

yes i am camping, and i am categorically *not* a camper, but they've got this cool service where ppl come and set up tents and campsites in advance for you for like 75 bucks so i'm pumped.

off-topic, i have some friends coming up to philly from charlottesville va in a couple weekends and they want to bring some local brews that we don't get up here - but they don't really know what to bring. any ideas?

I think tomorrow is good. I've got to do a run after work, but should be done by 8. Just tell me a place to be. Everyone is welcome.

shit i've gotta go out for dinner tomorrow in west london - i'll see if i can make it wherever you all decide. otherwise maybe something at the weekend or hangover lounge on sunday.

On second thought, tonight may not be good. I have to see how this hangover treats me today. Uggggh

Hahaha - feel free to decide later on! Commiserations. Go anywhere nice?

Went to the Punch Tavern, which was okay, then two doors down to The Old Bell, which was a cool joint. I only had six beers, how am I that hung over?

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any excuse imo

Where can I get an IPA in london? I got a badge to unlock.

More or less anywhere! What kind of an IPA did you have in mind? Please, please say Greene King IPA. Please.

NB please don't drink a Greene King IPA.

go for kernel ipa if you can.

Convenient timing as I have a bunch of Bells Two Hearted and Dark Horse Crooked Tree to use up and a birthday party to go to later.

Speaking of bells they have a tap takeover deal going on near the party location that I'm going to assume dan m might want to check out

there's a good craft beer london app if you could be bothered to spend cash on it - a pound or so - would be handy enough while you're here for finding places in a hurry.

there's too much ipa these days

Never!!!!

had a nice brodie's red ipa the other week

there's a good craft beer london app if you could be bothered to spend cash on it - a pound or so - would be handy enough while you're here for finding places in a hurry.

Got it. It is pretty nice.

there's too much ipa these days

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Never!!!!

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lol yeah there's a lot of all kinds of beers these days. not sure how that's a bad thing

totally. it's a great thing. also i feel like the IPA dominance is waning a little bit. for a while after the craft beer explosion it seemed like everybody had to do an IPA or a double IPA. everybody still does, but lately i've been completely blown away by the sheer variety of styles available right now from craft brewers. folks are trying a ton of of new stuff. it's awesome. there are a million IPAs to choose from but also a ton of other styles.

lol you like beer so much ω i'm happy for you cool

stfu

Jeff! How are you fixed? I'm drinking in the George on The Strand - fancy one?

i had no idea that sour beer was a thing, but I had the Kernel London Sour at camden brewdog yesterday - tart like lemon juice, perfect for summer, as a human who enjoys lambics i was super into it.

oh man i am envious of you discovering the world of sours for the first time

i mention this about once every 100 posts on this thread, but seek out the cuvee des jacobins

ooh i shall! lambic and not kriek is v important in my life.

x-p
And I always second the suggestion.

Dude in the George with a Cantillon shirt... Am I going to ask you if your name is Jeff...?

I guess not.

It's me!!!!

<3

Kernel Citra IPA, tasted like home. Good job England.

Nice to meet you Jeff, soz it was so brief.

Likewise. I felt sort of bad because spur of the moment I dragged a coworker with me, so I had to split my time. I'll make it out Sunday though.

I have to say how much I appreciate how everyone here just spills out onto the streets outside of bars while drinking. You never see that in the US. I find myself testing the limits of how far I can walk away with a pint.

I'll come along Sunday I think too. I was out west and wouldn't have made it back on Sunday.