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Maredsous Triple 10

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Extremely nice Belgian beer, and well worth a go if you can find it. 10% makes it pretty heavy, but the flavour suits the alcohol perfectly. One of the best beers I've had for a good while.
 
Tea

I've decided that because I've been known to drink 8-10 mugs a day at work, that from now on I'll drink it without sugar.

I've been told by about a dozen people that it'll stop tasting horrible after about a week :(
 
Why does Stella have such a following? It's awful stuff!

Holsten Pils is far better IMO, and way cheaper. I actually quite like it, which somewhat sets it apart from all other lagers I've had.
 
MiNxYyY said:
I hate drinking out of cans.

i just cant see the appeal, much prefer bottles.
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I used to feel the same way but recently bottles haven't had much flavour to them. It's like drinking sparkling water. Canned stella tastes like stella should.

danza said:
Why does Stella have such a following? It's awful stuff!
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I think if you measure a lager's quality by flavour, price and strength then stella ticks every box. Plus, it's common as muck. You'd be hard pushed to find a pub that doesn't stock it.
 
Raist said:
Currently drinking a Coke made with pure cane sugar instead of corn syrup. What a difference! Can't mix it with anything, though, since I'm at work. Bummer.
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that sounds nice! where you get something like that from?


currently drinking a pint of milk before bed, lacking propper food again tonight, god i love shifts
 
This stuff:

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9.2% - tastes and smells like an uber pumped-up british ale with extra steroids. Really quite smooth and rounded and has a lingering aftertaste and leaves you feeling rather warm inside (at 9.2% it probably should!). Excellent beer, but not quite so nice as the Maredsous I posted last night.
 
danza said:
Excellent beer, but not quite so nice as the Maredsous I posted last night.
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You should possibly be executed for saying that Maredsous is superior to Rochefort. EDIT - the pile of Pratchett books confirms the absence of taste! Ahem...

Carbonated water here. Packing up everything in the flat ready for tomorrow's move and alcohol would be a very bad idea.
 
I usually prefer blond beers to dark beers, so that's the reason TBH. I can't expand on this particulalry eloquently at the moment, as the effects of the beer have taken a firm hold. :o :D As for the Pratchett books - I haven't started reading them yet. I'm awaiting the first and second books (The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic) to land on my doormat before I start the series. I hope I enjoy them as I'm not a big reader, and I'm trying to get into bookworming a bit more at the moment. Currently near the end of The Sicilian which has been a good read so far. Anyway, I digress, or maybe the beer causes me to... :)

The main thing that puts the Rochefort beneath the Maredsous is the fact it smells of mushy peas, and has a slight pea-like lingering flavour which seems common to many English ales that I tend to prefer less than others. It's a damn good beer though, despite this. The Maredsous has the edge for me. You can hang me, just let me finish what remains of these beauties:

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Now onto this:

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Herby Scottish weirdness, that has a rather likeable quality. Fisrt time I've had it, and hopefully not the last (yes, I have a tankard :o well actually 2 tankards :o :o).
 
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That Heather Ale is awesome! Though it looks like you've chilled it a fair whack. It's best very slightly chilled. Think Guinness temp as oppose to real ale (too warm) and lager (too cold).
Though I must say, well played sir, the tankard is pretty awesome too. I have one very similar, but it's branded by West Brewery. All my other tankards are pewter..

I'm just having a few Vodka (Khortytsa) and Tonics tonight. Got drunk last night on 7.5% Guinness so need a lighter drink this evening.
 
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