What are you Drinking?

[Gups]

Shepherd Neame & Co Faversham Brewery IPA

Good Kentish beer that.

I now have 4 breweries within a couple of miles of my house and have been favouring those.



Wine wise, going through a Rioja moment at present. Rioja Alta in particular - their 2005 and 2007 reservas are excellent.

[Gups]

Huh. I am surprised to see San Francisco on there. I usually think about wine for that part of the country.

The craft beer movement pretty much began in San Francisco with Anchor.  Plus particularly in California breweries sprung up to complement wine  (in wine areas).  Russian River Brewing is a great example-- it was originally founded by Korbel.

Most seem to be out there in Midwest, as one might expect. The Rust Belt may be kind of depressing but at least you can enjoy good beer.

A lot of it is a function of gentrification going on in those cities, which to me is the opposite of depressing.  Unless you're in Cleveland or Detroit

Yeah, I first went to a craft beer bar in SF in the early 90s. I don't think I went to another one for at least 10 years.

[Admiral Yi]

When I wasn't drinking scotch, I drank Cheval Blanc and Rickard's White up in Montreal.  Enjoyed them both.  Wondering about the alcohol content of Cheval Blanc, because I was teetering one night.

[Syt]

Shepherd Neame & Co Faversham Brewery IPA

Good Kentish beer that.

Yes. I need to see if I can locate it in Vienna.

[derspiess]

I've been drinking: just fizzy water and Coke Zero since last Friday. Resting up my liver for our Oktoberfest this Friday.

[derspiess]

In about 5 hours I'll be drinking:

[Syt]

I prefer Franziskaner or Edelweiß these days.

Edelweiß was immortalized by an Austrian band in the 90s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9oCZ0V6xIQ

[derspiess]

Ayinger would be my choice for a Märzen but I'll make do with Paulaner since choices are somewhat limited in the tent.  Love me some Franziskaner dunkelweizen though. 

[MadImmortalMan]

Trooper

By Robinson's Brewery

I haven't tried it yet. But it's in my hand right now.

[MadImmortalMan]

Okay, it's a bit like Newcastle, but it has a lot of Marzen grapey nuttiness in it.

[Savonarola]

The small town in which my latest project is headquartered has a microbrewery which serves the wonderfully named "Monkey Mouth":



It's won some award as well; I thought it was quite drinkable.

[Gups]

Okay, it's a bit like Newcastle, but it has a lot of Marzen grapey nuttiness in it.

It's sometimes on tap at my local. A pretty standard English bitter. Drinkable but quite bland.

[Caliga]

I like it.  I thought it'd be worse than it was since it's like a marketing thing obviously.  But I've bought it several times and would buy it again.

[Tonitrus]

Strong Bow Hard Apple Cider (Cherry Blossom...and maybe some honey/ginger/crisp apple...got a variety pack).

And maybe some Rainier beer later.

I am getting Siege-drunk tonight.

[Tonitrus]

I'd had five and still sober, dammit.