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Maldon Gold golden ale!!!..emmm lovely..:D

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Ok not had any beer all week (yeah yeah it's only Thursday!) :p so thought I'd try something different for a change, maybe not new to some here but deffo to me :)
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...oh and coffee for now :D
 
Good to see you're branching out a little bit DJ! I hope you'll find the Leffe as terrific as I do.

The Innis & Gunn stuff is quite an acquired taste, it's mainstream oak aged stuff but it'll be quite a shock for a lager drinker like you.

I'm just on the water, I'm full of the cold.
 
Ahleckz said:
Good to see you're branching out a little bit DJ! I hope you'll find the Leffe as terrific as I do.

The Innis & Gunn stuff is quite an acquired taste, it's mainstream oak aged stuff but it'll be quite a shock for a lager drinker like you.

I'm just on the water, I'm full of the cold.
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Cheers matey :) I'll let you know how I get on. Oh and yes I do like my lager but also my ales and stouts too :D


Ooh and a speedy recovery!
 
Ok went with the Leffe first simply because it's a four pack (one of the worst four pack packaging I've ever seen, never been so nervous lifting bottles from a shop shelf in my life!) and I was choking after my pistachios so thought at least I can try another later :) Well I must say it is certainly different but yet very likeable in taste, I'm not a great one for being descriptive but this to me seems to have an almost aniseed aftertaste, didn't keep it's head very long but seldom do .... esp. round me :D
 
Yea, they are pretty flimsy looking but they are awfully secure thanks to the two different places it holds the bottle.

Duvel for me, sod it.
 
Ok after my second Leffe which was equally enjoyed I have now opened and sampled the Innis & Gunn Original ... oh me oh my the first and lasting thing that jumps out at you is toffee! It has an almost syrup like feel as it flows over your tongue, so delightful and warming it cannot fail to bring a smile to your face, deffo recommend this as a you must try it!
 
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Ahleckz said:
Yea, they are pretty flimsy looking but they are awfully secure thanks to the two different places it holds the bottle.

Duvel for me, sod it.
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Matey it only holds it by one place, just underneath the crown on the top layer, the second hole it just passes through. Anyway would you agree about the aniseed aftertaste or am I a country mile away? :) Oh and good lad your on the road to recovery already :D
 
I can't totally recall the packaging, but I thought the second hole 'caught' it as well. It is, definitely very flimsy though and I'm a bit nervous when dragging it off the top shelf at the supermarket.

Aniseed seems fair, it's a very sweet beer. Almost banana'ery in places. I'd say it's also pretty heavy in cloves. They do a brown version as well which is less sweet and I'd say probably nicer. There are a bunch of other Leffe's but the brown and blonde are the only ones we easily get over on the mainland, so assume it's the same in Norn Iron.

I think it's a phenomenal beer.

It's pronounced 'Leff-er' or just 'Leff', not 'Leff-ee'. Just so you know.
 
Ahleckz said:
I can't totally recall the packaging, but I thought the second hole 'caught' it as well. It is, definitely very flimsy though and I'm a bit nervous when dragging it off the top shelf at the supermarket.

Aniseed seems fair, it's a very sweet beer. Almost banana'ery in places. I'd say it's also pretty heavy in cloves. They do a brown version as well which is less sweet and I'd say probably nicer. There are a bunch of other Leffe's but the brown and blonde are the only ones we easily get over on the mainland, so assume it's the same in Norn Iron.

I think it's a phenomenal beer.

It's pronounced 'Leff-er' or just 'Leff', not 'Leff-ee'. Just so you know.
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Cheers mate as I for one would deffo have asked for Leffeeeee :D That said be it flimsy, terrible, 'worst ever' it makes no difference as I for one will be lifting it down (must be my local Asda's sense of humour) again because it's very very nice in such a different way and by pure luck in the fact that it was a four pack as I still have another two to enjoy :D

Innis & Gunn Blonde, just like the Original I enjoyed this though to be fair it came across as almost a 'light' version of the Original albeit delightful in it's own way and I for one would not be disappointed being offered either.
 
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