The **Now Drinking** Thread

Last can of 'bow, had to make room for this lot that I'll be trying later:

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Blue Moon
Innis & Gunn Original and Rum finish
Peroni Gran Riserva
Quilmes
and some Duvel as I haven't had any in ages...
 
Do tell us what the Peroni is like Rojin. I don't rate their common lager in the slightest, but that seems a bit more interesting. I shall reserve judgement on the other beers until after you've sampled!

Duvel only gets better with age ;).

Just a Tennent's for me. Just spent £100 on academic books, need a drink and a lie down!
 
This week my coffee is the Hasbean Bolivian Bolinda Illimani.... Not too bad at all and I think I've over done the caffeine today!

I did try the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale last night, it's quite hoppy and has a lot going on. I need to have a few more bottles to make my mind up on that one. The Blue Moon is a stupidly easy to drink beer, it's not bursting with flavour hits and is pretty mellow but it goes down so easy and is quite refreshing.
 
Coffee here.

Though I had a Augustiner Bräu, though can't recall the name of the specific beer, a Hopfenkönig Eggenberg and some Belgian beer which I've also forgotten the name of, at lunchtime earlier on. All pretty nice!
 
I miss the days of working in an office and grabbing a pint for lunch, when you're working from home it just seems wrong!

Just tried the Peroni Gran Riserva, it's got more to it than the standard stuff. Quite malty with a hoppy/bitter aftertaste. I think it would get a bit sickly sweet after a few bottles though. It's okay and I might pick it up again if on offer.
 
Onto the Innis and Gunn rum finish. I wasn't too sure about this so only bought the one bottle, it's not too bad at all. The rum finish doesn't overpower although it is quite a sweet beer. I could put a few of these away quite happily :)
 
Chimay Red, out of my favourite Leffe glass. Is it wrong to have a favourite glass? :/
The beer is lovely, nice big creamy head on pour and the beer has a stupidly silky kind of taste. It seems to almost coat the tongue afterwards. Bit of bitterness which is good, and a fruity nose. I'm getting apricots. 7%, which isn't too bad. Doesn't taste like it.

I just did not get on with that Innis and Gunn stuff. Tried a few of their beers and just not to my taste. Don't tend to like barrel aged beers.
I saw the Peroni Gran Riserva in the bar I was in earlier, and considered it but thought I'd hold off until seeing what you had to say. I'll check in the supermarket and see if I can get hold of a bottle. I like malty and hoppy!
 
Chimay red? Never heard of that 'un.

I'm on the standard Innis and Gunn, and I think I prefer the Rum finish. I wish I had bought more than one bottle of that to compare.

The Peroni isn't a strong malty/hoppy taste, it's nowhere near the level Sierra Nevada P.A.
 
Hoegaarden Grand Cru. I'm not a big fan of the normal Hoegaarden, too sweet and fruity for my liking. However, this is pretty good (95 on Rate Beer, which is a bit high in my opinion). Sure, it's fruity (it's Hoegaarden!) but it's a bit more citrusy than the normal stuff. It's 8.5% and has a bit more of a kick than the Chimay. However, it's bottle conditioned (something I didn't realize before the pour!) so that may account for the more brutal alcohol hit. It's not bad, for Hoegaarden.

You've heard of Chimay though, I trust? :o

Yea, figured it wouldn't be as hoppy as that. Not a lot of beers are!

Edit - This Grand Cru has really grown on me actually. It's nowhere as sweet and fruity as the normal stuff and is actually a really good beer. The alcohol has come through strongly in effect (not in taste - a sign of a good, mid to high strength beer (let's ignore Brewdog's stuff when judging what a high strength beer is). I'm unsure how easy it is to get over here (almost impossible, I'd wager) but if you see it and like the fruity beers (non lambics) then give it a go.

Speaking of lambics, thinking about opening a raspberry one next. Hmmm.
 
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I'll be honest, not really. I googled it and the label looks familiar... I can't say more than that though! I'm not a big beer drinker, generally just local brews and the odd raid on Tescos bottle shelf. I've resolved to try more though :)
 
Ah yea, you're the local beer man which is cool. As I've said, multiple times, as long as people are prepared to try new stuff then I'm happy! It's people who stick to one brand or one type of beer and refuse to even sample something else.

I try to buy a new bottle of beer each time I go to the supermarket, however it's now getting very hard! I've tried basically everything I like, and all that is left is stuff I know I'm unlikely to enjoy (barrel aged stuff) or just bland sounding stuff. It's really hard to justify buying something that doesn't sound nice to me over something I know I enjoy. However, I'll continue it.

I'm just working through the slim remains of my haul from when I was in Belgium. I have a dream of buying an MX5 and driving through Benelux (and a bit of France) this summer. Stocking up on wine, beer, and all things nice. Though, I'm not sure if I should take my girlfriend or not. Without her, there'd be a lot of room in the seat for more booze! ;)
 
I wasn't a huge fan of the rum finish Innis and Gun. Prefer the normal one.

I don't know if you can get many places now but they didn't a limited edition one that came in it's own box a while back. That was fantastic.

From the website they do a few limited edition ones. The one i had was a in a blue box but I don;t see it up there any more.
 
Having another of the Hoegaarden Grand Cru. Was going to crack a whisky but want to have another bash at this. It starts off meh but gets very good 1/3 of the way in.
 
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