Just tucking into this - 8% DIPA from Howling Hops.

It’s from Kveik yeast which obviously makes for some really good beers. Purity also do a beer using the same yeast that’s worth a try.

I’d say that’s tasty? Not too many though…!

    DavecUK

    Ah I know the deal well. That saved us a packet during lockdown!

      Being in Berks I did have the honour of working on the packaging for Siren Craft. I would love to tell you I designed the illustrations on the front of the bottle. Sadly, no, I got to do the back label, barcode, ingredients, ABV and the “don’t drink while pregnant” logo. Living the dream. Very cool design on those front labels. My only involvement with the front was cleaning up the scans of the illustrations.

      I still have not been to their taproom, which needs rectifying.

      Went for a “coffee adventure” to check out the mini sub branch of Electric in Shepherds Bush, had a lovely coffee in there and when I expressed my satisfaction to the barista she was well chuffed. Lovely girls. Then we walked up towards the main shops and only got as far as Brewdog. One deeee-luxe burger and a few pints of beer later I deemed it a successful afternoon. There was one I really liked called Tangerine Dream or Clockwork Orange or something like that, very nice. And Elvis Juice. I know purists and IPA aficionados probably classify Brewdog as ‘entry level’ or ‘mass market’ IPA and I would not disagree with that, but it’s easy to get hold of, and easy to drink.

        Hotmetal you forgot to say cheap too at about £1.20 a can if that. Hazy Jane, Clockwork orange and their christmas beers are easy to drink, tasty and cheap. They do stuff of a higher quality and the price reflects that too. Tough to beat for the money really. I want to try beers from some other the breweries mentioned and probably will but I tend to prefer spirits and shy away from paying £8 a pint.

          Deya is my local craft brewery :)

          I highly recommend Wild Beer Co. Their Modus Operandi and Millionaire brews are outstanding. I never actually liked beer until I tried the latter. They do amazing IPA, saisons, guezes and sours too, if that’s your thing. They even had a tropical fruits one that I called a breakfast beer.

          If I could only drink one thing for the rest of my life it would be…. water, but closely followed by beer and then espresso. :) Anyone else here who is a homebrewer? I started my espresso journey about seven years ago because I felt like getting into some kind of beverage a little deeper and brewing beer felt too complicated and maybe, uh, dangerous? Well, about a year after getting into espresso I had a bunch of empty beer bottles lying around at home and instead of taking them to the trash I decided to fill them with homemade beer so I ordered a kit and now I’m brewing a 20 litre batch every once in a while, mostly from recipe kits (whole grain). I brew almost exclusively IPAs but sometimes a stout or some other kind of ale.