Eddie Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Public Service Announcement Starting next Thursday, 21 April, Lidl will have the Belgian beer boxes on sale again (Bornem Dubbel, Bornem Tripel, Gulden Draak Classic, Gulden Draak Quad, Piraat and Piraat Tripel Hop) on sale at £11.99. They will also have Cuvee Des Trolls, Bornem Blond and a couple of others. I'm not in the area next week, so you can be sure there will be a few left. I'm down to my last 6 boxes, so I shall be picking a few up in King's Lynn. sage, Kinder, Anag Ram and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWC1983 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 My easter selection is a mixed case of sour beers from Vault city brewery in Edinburgh. The 12 bottles sound like a pudding menu, but they normally do a decent beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Really don't understand sour beers. How can I get educated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, dog said: Really don't understand sour beers. How can I get educated? Good question. It's actually very difficult to define a 'sour' beer beyond 'a beer that tastes acidic'. Technically, a fruit beer would be classified as sour, especially if the base fruit is cherry or raspberry, and of course 'dry' ciders could at a pinch satisfy that simple criterion. Belgium (you just knew I'd mention my favourite brewing country, didn't you?) is home to several 'sour' beer styles, notably gueuze, lambic and Flemish red beers. Basically the sourness from those comes from the yeasts used in the fermentation process. Although the Flemish red beers are fermented using a cultured yeast, the lambic beers ferment spontaneously via atmospheric yeasts (I mentioned ciders earlier - they are fermented using the yeasts that live on the outside of the skin of the apples, which is why when they fall off the trees and start to rot, wasps get a bit loopy and drunk from feeding on them). You might hear sour beer enthusiasts refer to 'Brett' - this is short for Brettanomyces Bruxellensis, the 'natural' atmospheric yeast found in the Brussels region in winter and spring. To me, a really good lambic or gueuze (a mix of several years of lambic beers which are blended together) is every bit as good as a classic Champagne. I would recommend the following if you want to try some... Gueuzes: Boon Gueuze Mariage Parfait, 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze, Cantillon Gueuze Lou Pepe (the last two are probably difficult to get in the UK, but Boon Gueuze is sometimes to be found in Waitrose. Flemish/Flanders Reds: Rodenbach Grand Cru, Bourgogne Des Flandres, Duchesse De Bourgogne Fruit beers: If you can get them, 3 Fonteinen and Cantillon brew some utterly magnificent fruit beers, again using the 'traditional' spontaneous fermentation process. Boon Kriek (cherries) is on sale at Tesco - 4 x 25cl bottles for £6. They also sell Bacchus Kriek, and Morrisons and Sainsburys sell Bacchus Framboise (raspberries) at about £2.50 for a 37.5 cl bottle. Some beers which are not normally referred to as 'sour' also use 'Brett' in their brewing process - usually an injection of 'Brett' is made during the secondary fermentation process in the bottle. This is true for Orval, and it is also true for Straffe Hendrik Wild. This starts life as Straffe Hendrik Tripel (ask @sage - he loves that) - then an injection of Brett and 3 months later, you get Straffe Hendrik Wild (and I love that, but @sage hates it). It's the same basic beer, but the 'souring' effect of the Brett is quite striking. Edited April 15, 2022 by Eddie sage and dog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Lidl Day passed without drama. I picked up 4 boxes from Sandiacre and 4 from Chilwell, plus a load of Piraat Triple Hop, Cuvee Des Trolls, Bornem blond and Leute Bokbier (pictured). The latter is lovely - beautifully malty. (Apologies for the glassphemy - I don't have a Leute glass so a Chimay one had to do). May Contain Nuts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 23 minutes ago, Eddie said: Lidl Day passed without drama. I picked up 4 boxes from Sandiacre and 4 from Chilwell, plus a load of Piraat Triple Hop, Cuvee Des Trolls, Bornem blond and Leute Bokbier (pictured). The latter is lovely - beautifully malty. (Apologies for the glassphemy - I don't have a Leute glass so a Chimay one had to do). They had sold out of the Bokbier at Chadd. Got all the other ones though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 7 minutes ago, sage said: They had sold out of the Bokbier at Chadd. Got all the other ones though. Erm , reduced ticket? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 1 minute ago, Boycie said: Erm , reduced ticket? ? Not the beer, found some good food bargains though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 15 minutes ago, sage said: Not the beer, found some good food bargains though. In Lidl? It’s all a bargain though. The rum and raisin chocolate is to die for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinder Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 I’m having a couple of weeks off booze, so I’m currently enjoying this. It’s really very good. I had 3 months off last year and found some decent alcohol free beers, and this Coast stuff is right up there - and it’s brewed in Belgium. I’ll have a Lucky Saint after this. I’m having my willpower tested though - I picked up 3 Belgian boxes on @Eddie’s recommendation and they’re calling me from my beer fridge! Eddie, sage and May Contain Nuts 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve How Hard? Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 Picked some of these up from Tesco the other day. Very good imho. Went back for some more yesterday and they'd completely sold out so they are obviously popular. Kinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozza Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 9 hours ago, Steve How Hard? said: Picked some of these up from Tesco the other day. Very good imho. Went back for some more yesterday and they'd completely sold out so they are obviously popular. That looks tasty, what strength is it? Tho I prefer a straight glass mesen.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve How Hard? Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 9 hours ago, mozza said: That looks tasty, what strength is it? Tho I prefer a straight glass mesen.. They are 4% buddy and imho very tasty. ?? mozza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 Let’s see what all the hypes about then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 1 hour ago, TexasRam said: Let’s see what all the hypes about then Tried one yesterday. The kindest thing I can say is that I will never write those three words again. i-Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 11 minutes ago, Eddie said: Tried one yesterday. The kindest thing I can say is that I will never write those three words again. Wasn’t impressed, tried it and I’ll move on also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Managed to drink Leffe Blond, Hoegaarden and Erdinger Weiss plus one Duvel in Turkey so far and no Efes thank god Not startling beers but better than the usual stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 19 hours ago, TexasRam said: Let’s see what all the hypes about then I tried one of these on draft while working away last year, I assumed with it being a Spanish lager it wouldn’t have wheat in it. I left an apology for the room cleaner in the morning. #flockofstarlings Rev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 (edited) Had a few cans of it the other month. Just your generic, easy-drinking macro lager from the kings of bland, Molson Coors. You can't call it a bad beer, just one that doesn't really need to exist and doesn't justify any sort of hype the marketing team have created for it. Edited May 23, 2022 by Coconut's Beard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG2Ram Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 10 days in Prague, 63 new beers, 25 new breweries plus numerous past beers and past breweries, 1 beer festival (Karlstejn) and 1 impromptu brewery tour (Cobolis). Time to come home for a rest ???????????? Standout beer of the trip Rodinny Pivovar Vik Wildberry Sorbet 13⁰ 4.9%. Award winning (3rd place at XXXI. International Beer Festival Golden Beer Seal 2021) Berliner Weiss style beer, full of strawberry, blackberry and raspberry flavours which come together nicely to balance the acidic sourness. Probably the easiest drinking sour that I've ever come across. Eddie, i-Ram and Rev 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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