Craft Beer

[feral chile]

What is it?

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

A beer made in a traditional or non-mechanized way by a small brewery.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

 

One of my nephews beat fierce competition to become a craft beer maker at a now famous craft beer company. He has actually just beat more competition still to work for another craft beer company. He gets to travel abroad as part of the job, which is nice.

[feral chile]

Thanks yog. It's a secret Santa situation, stupid me thought it was a company so thought I'd find a selection in the supermarket. Is it that Brewdog stuff or Hobgoblin type?

I did find American Craft beer.

I have it on good authority that my victim is a fan of craft beer.

[Comfy Bean]

Brewdog would be a fine selection and safe bet Feral :-)

[kaosmark2]

Brewdog are c**ts:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/28/brewdog-lawsuit-bar-punk-brewer-pub

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-39410244

Left Handed Giant are a nice one in my area. There's hundreds of craft breweries around though.

[feral chile]

Thanks for the info

[pink_triangle]

If you are able to find out what types of beer he likes that may help. I like pale ales but am not keen on the darker ones.

[eFestivals]

13 hours ago, feral chile said:

What is it?

a way to get suckers to pay over the odds for the goods.

See also: artisan bakeries

[Wooderson]

If you really dislike delicious things, avoid craft beer.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I think, but am not positive, that this is the crowd that my nephew now works for;

https://www.beavertownbrewery.co.uk/the-beers/core-beers/

[eFestivals]

3 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

If you really dislike delicious things, avoid craft beer.

I don't think they're any better than small-brewery real ales - which don't carry the same premium price.

 

Edited November 24, 2018 by eFestivals

[Wooderson]

We don’t have a real ale culture over here, so I’ve a limited frame of ref admittedly. Wouldn’t have pinned you for a CAMRA rep Mr G.

 

lol

[eFestivals]

3 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

We don’t have a real ale culture over here, so I’ve a limited frame of ref admittedly. Wouldn’t have pinned you for a CAMRA rep Mr G.

 

lol

not a rep, but I've never drunk the fizzy shite.

[Wooderson]

Good for you gaffer. Not for everyone. **salutes** 

 

[Wooderson]

Next time yer in the offo @feral chile and have a punt on anything from 5.5->6.8% by Cloudwater, Siren, Beavertown, or Wylam. All delish.

[kaosmark2]

3 hours ago, eFestivals said:

I don't think they're any better than small-brewery real ales - which don't carry the same premium price.

I've not found there's that much difference in price between a pint from the cheaper end of Craft beers and a typical local brewery. Certainly no more than 50p variance. 

Unlike Artisan breads, which seem to be ~£5/loaf.

 

I'll also share my respect for Cloudwater and Siren stuff.

[lost]

From what I gather the newer hipster ( more expensive ) craft beers use american hops which are alot erm hoppier?? than British hops and equally people seem to be completely split into both camps as to which is best (mainly based on age)

so you should go brewdog/beavertown/brooklyn for the american type ones or Black Sheep/Ossett Brewery/wychwood/Theakston for the british craft/real ales.

[pink_triangle]

52 minutes ago, kaosmark2 said:

I've not found there's that much difference in price between a pint from the cheaper end of Craft beers and a typical local brewery. Certainly no more than 50p variance. 

Unlike Artisan breads, which seem to be ~£5/loaf.

 

I'll also share my respect for Cloudwater and Siren stuff.

Out of interest what are people defining as a craft beer? I would have considered both brewdog and a small microbrewery, am I mistaken?

[feral chile]

4 hours ago, eFestivals said:

not a rep, but I've never drunk the fizzy shite.

Yep I'm more a real ale or preferably, bitter or stout drinker. (Yes I see the comedy opening).

I did find some American craft ale in the supermarket, but it sounded suspiciously like lager, which I don't like. I'm a Guinness drinker.

Then I remembered it wasn't for me so might have been the thing.

They did have Brewdog as well.

Edited November 24, 2018 by feral chile

[Comfy Bean]

14 hours ago, kaosmark2 said:

Brewdog are c**ts:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/28/brewdog-lawsuit-bar-punk-brewer-pub

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-39410244

Left Handed Giant are a nice one in my area. There's hundreds of craft breweries around though.

Didn’t know that, cheers. I quite like some of the BrewDog stuff.

The minimum pricing round here means we’re seeing a lot more choice in the supermarkets.

If you’d be paying over a quid for a can of strongbow or tennents then you might as well get something decent seems to be what’s happening. 

Was in the innes and Gunn bar in the arches last night. Few of their beers were going down quite nice.

[lost]

32 minutes ago, feral chile said:

 

I did find some American craft ale in the supermarket, but it sounded suspiciously like lager, which I don't like. I'm a Guinness drinker.

 

If you drink Guinness try the porters/stouts. Brewdog jet black heart or beavertown smog rocket. Brooklyn chocolate stout is a bit much at 10% for me but that might be an option too.

Edited November 24, 2018 by lost

[pink_triangle]

19 minutes ago, Comfy Bean said:

Didn’t know that, cheers. I quite like some of the BrewDog stuff.

The minimum pricing round here means we’re seeing a lot more choice in the supermarkets.

If you’d be paying over a quid for a can of strongbow or tennents then you might as well get something decent seems to be what’s happening. 

Was in the innes and Gunn bar in the arches last night. Few of their beers were going down quite nice.

When it comes to the Scottish breweries I'm a big fan of Harvieston.

[Comfy Bean]

9 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

When it comes to the Scottish breweries I'm a big fan of Harvieston.

Will check them out. Cheers !

[feral chile]

33 minutes ago, lost said:

If you drink Guinness try the porters/stouts. Brewdog jet black heart or beavertown smog rocket. Brooklyn chocolate stout is a bit much at 10% for me but that might be an option too.

Thanks, I think sampling some for quality is only right