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The Finest Ale

PSA, beer drinkers get yourself down to Lidl as they’ve got their Oktoberfest range in. The 500ml bottles of Erdinger Oktoberfest weisbier are £1.99 and they are absolutely delicious.
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They also have a 10 pack Oktoberfest Wisen-Tragerl selection box for £24.99 containing some quality German beers such as Schneider Weisse Festweisse weissbier, Hohenthanner Marzen Festbier, Hofbrau Oktoberfestbier, etc 😱
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Prost!
 
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CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain 2024 announced, and the winner is... Crouch Vale Amarillo. A mighty pint for sure, and I'm lucky enough that I can smell the wort in my house when they are mashing out, and can grab a swift one on any dog walk, as its brewed abut three roards behind me and has a great tap room. Cheers!

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<p>The Champion Beer of Britain is one of the most prestigious beer competitions in the world. It is the ultimate honour for UK brewers and has helped put many into the national spotlight.</p><p>Judging for the competition takes two years to complete, starting with individual nominations from...
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Black Sheep Brewery event at my local Spoons, £1.99 pint. Very nice Yorkshire brewed beers such as Titanic Plum Porter, Blonde Ale, Session IPA, etc. Things like this is why I love Spoons so much.

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Had some Fireside Stout (Rural Brewing Co) at the white hart in Alton village this afternoon - a really lovely coffee stout with plenty of heft to it. Annoys me they can’t sell it on park alongside laugh and scream to be honest.
 
Leigh said:
Had some Fireside Stout (Rural Brewing Co) at the white hart in Alton village this afternoon - a really lovely coffee stout with plenty of heft to it. Annoys me they can’t sell it on park alongside laugh and scream to be honest.
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You make a valid point actually. Why can’t there parks utilise local produce etc.

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Has anyone had any nice ales for Christmas.
Been at the Mother in Laws today for dinner and I been brought some Isle of Wight ales
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It was very nice and also had a couple of bottles of Boltmaker and Badger amber Ale

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My wife also bought me which is at home Brew dogs 12 beers of Christmas.
 
I opened the Lidl Oktoberfest Beer Selection box today that I’d bought a couple of months ago and put aside to have as a Christmas treat. I had this bottle of Falter Festbier which was lovely.
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However looking at the other bottles I was surprised to see a reference to Europa Park on the back of the Hofbrau bottle. The QR code seems to be a dead link but I’m guessing it’s because beer from the HB brewery was served at the park’s Oktoberfest event.
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At a friend's for NYE.
"Bring your beer pump" she said.
Didn't tell me she didn't own any beer glasses, did she?

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To be fair there's not always much difference between a wide wine glass and a continental beer chalice. I love my Leffe chalices that accidentally, erm, fell in to my bag after finishing my pint in 'Spoons.
 
Had a bottle of Schlenkerla Rauchbier last night. Never had anything like it before. Tasted like drinking a bonfire.

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Supping a kiwi and lime sour in a train station taproom. Very limey and kiwi-y. Reasonably sour. Far better than my previous dip in sourtown with a pitch black lemon number that undid years of Yakult effort.
 
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