More tea beer please!

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Message wheresthepath beers 3441 º places 279 º 15:46 Wed 4/16/2014 I loved the Adnams Earl Grey beer at the Spoons fest. Why aren’t there more tea beers? I mean, there’s loads of coffee stouts out therebut I think the Adnams Gunnamatta is the first tea beer I’ve seen. Tea has a far greater range of flavours than coffees, too. I’m thinking that the following might work:: A pu erh sour ale A jasmine dragon pearls lager A lapsang souchong porter A keemun esb A builders tea beer made with stewed Tetley in a sweet stout Maybe Siren could do a single tea series to serve with their single biscuit series? Discuss. Anth
Message BeerViking beers 9209 º places 134 º 16:36 Wed 4/16/2014 I think the first I tried was the Marble/Emelisse one, which was rather good ( http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/marble--emelisse-earl-grey-ipa/182444/), as was the Gunnamatta. Then there was the Siren Chai beer ( http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/siren-chai-love-you-a-latte/212217/) which was interesting but odd. I suspect this is a tough one to do well.
Message Beersiveknown P beers 5380 º places 180 º 18:13 Wed 4/16/2014 http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/pressure-drop-builders-tea/212279/ not sure if that has tea in? Hardknott rhetoric #3 does. New metalman/hardknott collab also a tea beer. Had a couple out here in Beijing too...obviously tea an important part of Chinese culture whereas UK now a nation of coffee drinkers.
Message Benzai beers 20020 º places 321 º 23:52 Wed 4/16/2014 I haven’t been convinced by the combination beer+tea yet, the few I’ve tasted didn’t really appeal to me, but off course that’s personal. I can see it becoming more popular though.

Message Gary beers 2114 º places 4 º 00:14 Thu 4/17/2014 I sometimes get Early Grey resembling notes in IPAs.. I don’t think ive sampled an actual ’tea beer’ however .. but then fuck knows I might have .
Message imdownthepub P beers 26051 º places 2103 º 00:36 Thu 4/17/2014 Certain national brewers manage to get a cold stewed tea taste in quite a few of their major brands, imo! Not an enjoyable flavour.
Message EdKing beers 3662 º places 307 º 00:45 Thu 4/17/2014 Brew by Numbers Saison with Hibiscus and Chamomile was a thing of beauty.
Message cgarvieuk P beers 37620 º places 457 º 01:45 Thu 4/17/2014 Originally posted by EdKing Brew by Numbers Saison with Hibiscus and Chamomile was a thing of beauty. Yeah but there was no tea in there!

Message andrew_drinks beers 234 º places 7 º 01:48 Thu 4/17/2014 At the first CBC there was a one-off keg of Mikkeller Beer Geek English Breakfast - tasted like sucking a tea bag, massive astringency. Must be hard to get a good flavour without getting the harshness. Buxton’s Fruit Tea Saison was good, but didn’t have any actual tea in it.
Message beerfest5 beers 1915 º places 109 º 02:52 Thu 4/17/2014 Michael Jackson reviewed one that I don’t believe exists anymore, Lindeman’s Tea Beer which was a Lambic
Message Desverger beers 29281 º places 383 º 03:50 Thu 4/17/2014 Originally posted by BeerViking I think the first I tried was the Marble/Emelisse one, which was rather good ( http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/marble--emelisse-earl-grey-ipa/182444/), Agree. Loved this on cask back in 2012, still looking to get/try a bottle of this as well sometime.