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What is the best sour you have ever had?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:09 EST

Posted by traPISSED

So Europe and Down Under people what is it? (I know this question has been asked a million times in the Beer Talk forum but a lot of the top US sours are not available to the rest of us. In fact I have not had any US sours!) I wonder if anyone in Europe who has tried any of the US sours would rank it as the best they have ever had. My vote still goes to Cantillon Blabaer

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Wetherspoons Festival so far.....

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:09 EST

Posted by bobinlondon

I’ve managed to pick up 7 of the Spoon’s festival beers locally so far, proir to the official start tomorrow. A mate tipped me off that the Port Brewing/Shep’s "Grumpey’s Pale Ale" was on offer at Rayners’s Lane tonight, so I sprinted over on my bike and was well rewarded. I can confidently say that this is easily the best overseas guest brewer effort since Stone came over early last year. Earlier in tha day I scooped the Czech Purkmistr/Marstons Schwartzbier/stout. Very decent too.

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Old Tom

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:09 EST

Posted by traPISSED

I love this beer fresh but has anyone got any experience in cellaring it for a few years? You guys reckon it could hold up, get better or go downhill?

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Should we cancel RBESG 010?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by Papsoe

Tom (Magicdave6) has been fighting hard to get things rollin’, but there seems to be zero enthusiasm surrounding it. Nobody interested in organizing, and not many showing interest in attending either. This is contrasted by two excellent proposals for the US gathering next year with voting going on this very instant. Should we just realize that we’re a much smaller crowd over here and that we cannot really gather interest in a yearly summer gathering? Food for thought... The original thread: http://www.ratebeer.com/forums/rbesg10_124781.htm

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De Molen festival pictures

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by jbrus

The first pictures are published on the website. More is coming very soon. http://www.brouwerijdemolen.nl/index.php/en/beerfestival/bbf-2 009-report.html What a beerfestival it was! Thanks Menno for making this possible. I got totally drunk on the Affumicator later that night.

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Beers to try in Prague/Pilzen?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by sound67

Hi, I’ll be in the Czech Republic for a couple of days at the end of this month, specifically, to Pilzen and Prague. Which beers do you think are "must-try’s" there, apart of cause from the usual suspects? ANd where to find them, preferably on tap? Thanks, sound67

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Pre-ZBF 2010: new location

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by glennc

Last years success made us realise that we should find a system to control numbers if we want to hold the festival in the brewery or we should find another location. We decided on a new location, Kasteel De Lakebosschen in Ruddervoorde (10 miles south of Bruges). For some photo’s:http://alvinne.wordpress.com/3th-pre-zbf/ Ofcourse we’ll organise transport between Bruges and the festival. The actual festival will be on friday March 5th, on thursday evening we’ll organise a special limited tasting (more details later). Not many details are known by now, but I can give you a line-up of brewers: Picobrewery Alvinne, Struise Brouwers, Brouwerij De Molen, Thornbridge Hall Brewery and Brewdog. More details later, I hope we’ll meet a lot of you guys back in March. Glenn c

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Hughie hits the 3k mark

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by Fin

Congratulations to Hughie for getting to this milestone, serioualy well done mate. A great UK rater and a really lovely chap as well. Sorry we missed each other at ’Son of Sid Beer Festival’ recently but I’ve brought a couple of beers back from my travels to pass on to you. Fin

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Just arrived in Geneva, Switzerland

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by Nickls

Hey Everyone, Just thought I would see if there were any fellow beer nerds/geeks/collectors/fans, etc. in and around the Geneva area? I just arrived from the US (the New York and New Jersey area), and have started brew hunting a bit, and it would be great to catch up with other Ratebeerians if you are around. Even though I have only been on Ratebeer less than a year, I have been on that other site for the past two. Anyway, just thought I would see if anyone was around and interested in catching up. Also, I’m looking for any advice (outside the place listings already on RB) in case anyone has thoughts. Cheers, Nick

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Steel City Brewing

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by bobinlondon

Good luck lads.... http://www.steelcitybrewing.co.uk/main_page.htm

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Cheers to doublegod OleR

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by yngwie

Cheers to a good friend, the knowledgeable, ever-friendly Ole Richard, aka OleR. He finally reached the 2K mark with a beer I long to drink. Looking forward to seeing you this weekend

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Gales Last Drop

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by pivnizub

Last month I bought some bottles of the very last beer ever brewed by Gales at the Fullers shop in Chiswick. When I asked, if this brew is not identical to the Prize Old Ale, the man behind the counter agreed. Does anybody know more details about this brew...???

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De Molen festival on two locations and#033;

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by Molenbrouwer

Hello friends, Lots of you have decided to visit our festival. That for safety and comfort reasons we are splitting in two. The second location will be on a stone’s throw away from the Molen. In the oldest building of Bodegraven: De Paardenburgh. You can find all the info on our website shortly. See you at the festival Cheers, Menno

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Marks and Spencer

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by traPISSED

Was in to do the weekly shop and noticed a couple of new seasonal beers for sale brewed by Huyghe/Delerium Tremens fame. One is a Wit beer Ans the other is a Cherry Wheat beer concoction. There may be more variations throughout the Uk. NI usually gets the bum deal in my experience. I’m yet to try the Wit but the Cherry beer was pretty poor IMO. Should be something different and a couple of rates for you guys though.

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The Cask Report - female drinkers more than doubledand#033;

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by SilkTork

Pete Brown’s Cask Report 2009/10 has popped through my letter box today. Not read it all yet, but I noted that female cask drinkers have more than doubled from 2007 to 2008!

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Next Wetherspoons Fest List

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by maeib

Is on this page; http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/promotions/2009-real-ale-festiv al/ Looks ok to me

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16 taps at Zly Casy and#40;and more to comeand#41;

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by Pivero

Zly Casy, in Prague now has 16 taps, most of them with stuff from Czech micros. Nice list, though it could be better, when I was there with Knut Albert on Tuesday they didn’t have any dark lagers. They are planing more, in January, once they finish the Winter garden, they’ll have 8 more taps there, making a total of 24. This great pub in Nusle is now the top beer spot in Prague. Na Zdrav�! http://www.pivni-filosof.com/

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Prague Belgian Beer Festival?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by pkeigan

I was wondering if any of the other rate beer people are attending the tasting this weekend. It looks like a fairly decent list with 112 beers available. Has anyone done this event in the past? The website says that you pay 150czk to get into the festival, does that include any tasters? Are there bottles available to take away? I rsvp’d for the event but just trying to figure out if I should just save my money for the De Molens festival at the end of the month. Thanks Patrick

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what a hardship

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by cgarvieuk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8292264.stm Racing fans limited to 24 cans a Day!!

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Kaiser Beer - Austria

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by tomer

I had today on draught a beer called kaiser with the same label as Kaiser premium from Weiselburger Brauerei just without the premium on it. Does anybody know whether it is the Premium, Export or something else from that brewery?

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A possible wheat beer boom in the Czech Republic?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by Doggythedog

It used to be pretty much Herold and Primator once with a couple scattered brewpub examples around the country (like the one at the Pivovarsky Dum). Now, everyone seems to be taking up on the "fad" I guess. I mean, I’ve had four wheats at the first four places I’ve visited in Prague (the Matu�ka, Sv. Norbert, Dum and Do��nkov� (brewed by the Czech Heineken’s brewers in Austria for the Czech market apparently)), heard of some more and read that some of the bigger (at least bottling) breweries are putting out their versions soon. How do you comment this? About time? Logical continuation of the kvasnicov� trend?

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Nottingham Beer Festival

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by haddonsman

Here’s your advance notice; Notts BF returns to the Castle Thursday 8th - Sunday 11th October. Bigger and better this year, expect more than 2008’s 616 different beers from 213 breweries. Plus fresh seafood, even more cider/perry, more seating and the usual splendid views from the Castle grounds. To see what you missed last year: http://www.reluctantscooper.co.uk/2008/10/fest-of-fun-nottingh am-2008.html For all the gory details about this year: http://www.nottinghamcamra.org/FestivalSite/festivalindex.html I’ll be there Thursday/Friday and more than happy to show new faces (and old lags) around. Make a long weekend of it and visit some of Nottingham’s great pubs. Derby’s, too. Possibly even the short train trip to the Coach & Horses at Dronfield....

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Mystery Italian beer

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by KnutAlbert

Birra Italia 1906. www.birraitalia.it bar code no 4260044080604

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Brussels Pub, Laboureur, Place de la Constitution

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by imdownthepub

Does anyone know if this Pub is still shut/ If so, what is the best place near the Eurostar station (max 10 min walk), Brussels South, for a beer and a snack on a Saturday afternoon.

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De Molen festival ocober 30th - the line up

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:10 EST

Posted by bierkoning

Originally posted by altonbrownd I just saw the line-up for the beer festival at De Molen next month (which I see many non-Dutch are coming in for) and it is ridiculous: Tsarina Esra, Struise Dirty Horse, N�rke Kaggen Stormaktsporter (on tap!), 7 Mikkelers... (BTW-I am in no way affiliated with this brewer or the event.) Cheers-Martin The Line-up: Brouwerij de Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands Eisbock (tap) Tsarina Esra Reserva (tap) Imperial Kopi Lowak Coffee Stout (tap) Picobrouwerij Alvinne, Heule, Belgium Alvinne Rookbok (bottle) Melchior Bourbon Barrel Oak Aged (bottle) Melchior Bourgogne Barrel Oak Aged (bottle) Bierbrouwerij Grand-Caf� Emelisse, Kamperland, Netherlands Emelisse Herfstbock (tap) Emelisse Helles Bock (tap) Emelisse Imperial Stout (tap) Emelisse Espresso Stout (bottle) Emelisse Double IPA (bottle) Mikkeller, Copenhagen,Denmark Mikkel & Menno Weizenbock [USA hops] (tap & bottle) Beer Geek Brunch Weasel [Islay] (bottle) Beer Geek Brunch Weasel [Highland] (bottle) Beer Geek Breakfast Cask [Speyside] (bottle) Black Cask [Smoked] (bottle) Black [Whisky] (bottle) Frelser Trippelbock (bottle or tap) De Struise Brouwers, Woesten, Belgium Doppel Strausse Doppelbock (bottle or tap) Struise Dirty Horse (under reserve) N�rke Kulturbryggeri, �rebro, Sweden N�rke Kaggen Stormaktsporter (tap) N�rke Tanngnjost & Tanngrisnir [smoked] (bottle) Revelation Cat, Rome, Italy (Alex Liberati) Revelation Cat Triple Hop Bock (bottle & tap) FYI:http://www.brouwerijdemolen.nl/index.php/en/beerfestival/brewe rs-and-beers.html Just a bump in another forum

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