The **Now Drinking** Thread

[pinkpound]

http://imgur.com/gallery/dgDBNoS

FFS can ever imbed an image on phone

 

[RoboCod]

Where to start? I've only had the liefmanns, spaten, goose Island, weisbier and leffe before.

 

[pinkpound]

Thursday afternoon in Amsterdam

 

[Alan1969]

Saturday night in Liverpool in the Head of Steam . Come 10pm we were steaming

that looks nice.

 

[Alan1969]

Thursday afternoon in Amsterdam

I have a Belgium beer pub near me and they serve a candied beer called Kwak which is served in a wooden holder like that. You have to give one of your shoes as a deposit - presumably to stop you stealing or breaking it?

 

[Alan1969]

Where to start? I've only had the liefmanns, spaten, goose Island, weisbier and leffe before.

I prefer the brown leffe rather than the blonde.

 

[pinkpound]

I have a Belgium beer pub near me and they serve a candied beer called Kwak which is served in a wooden holder like that. You have to give one of your shoes as a deposit - presumably to stop you stealing or breaking it?

I was drinking kwak about an hour before that pic they didn't ask for a deposit lol . I have the glass and stand at home

Noel was a nice dark Winter beer not to bitter , Wife loves Averbode

 

[pinkpound]

Here is what I think of dry January

 

[Martynt74]

I have a Belgium beer pub near me and they serve a candied beer called Kwak which is served in a wooden holder like that. You have to give one of your shoes as a deposit - presumably to stop you stealing or breaking it?

There was a place in Manchester like that, i remember they had a pile of cheap crocs behind the bar to hand out as an exchange!

 

[pinkpound]

There was a place in Manchester like that, i remember they had a pile of cheap crocs behind the bar to hand out as an exchange!

Couple bars in Bruge/Ghent make you hand a shoe over when using certain glasses like yard of ale type

 

[Alan1969]

Couple bars in Bruge/Ghent make you hand a shoe over when using certain glasses like yard of ale type

must be where Den Engles in Leek got the idea from. Den Engles are a stickler for serving the beer in its own unique glass.

 

[Yadda]

3.5% Lowenbrau.

Don't ask.

 

[pinkpound]

 

[marc2003]

I bought a few cans of wife beater for the first time in about a year yesterday. I went to bed at a normal time last night but woke up around 3am and was violently sick. Clearly my body is saying no more... I only had 3.

 

[aceface57]

A nice can of Cromarty Raptor, got myself a nice delivery from them the other day.

 

[vanpeebles]

Finally opened my Box and bottle of Wild Turkey Masters Keep Decades!

 

[Andr3w]

Normally into my IPAs and Belgium style beers but I just cracked open a ‘Brew Dog - Lost Lager’ and it’s surprisingly tasty!

 

[something daft already!!]

 

[Andr3w]

Having a Shipyard IPA.

What causes certain glasses (proper beer glasses) to suddenly start making the beer flat? Is it to do with how they're washed?

 

[SourChipmunk]

Having a Shipyard IPA.

I'm fairly fond of that one; a little on the lighter-side and not too overly hoppy.

What causes certain glasses (proper beer glasses) to suddenly start making the beer flat? Is it to do with how they're washed?

Standard pint glasses (wider rim tapers to a narrower base) allow quicker evaporation and more air to reach more surface every time the glass is tilted. Good glasses will either be bowl-shaped (like a wine glass), or more of an hourglass. Some good flutes are nice, also, as they are usually smaller so consumed more quickly.

Then there's the "laser etched" glasses that are hourglass-shaped, but have little divots at the bottom that cause carbonation to congeal and release throughout the life of the drink. I believe Sam Adams' brewing company invented that.

edit: below is just my opinion. Other tastes vary, of course.

Good for lagers and lighter brews:


Good for wheat-beers and pale ales:


Good for heavier brews (Scotch, porters):


Good only for quickly drinking any beer, or for nitrogenated (not carbonated) beer:


Good for pretty-much everything. The laser-etched one I spoke of: