To those of you using apps for keeping track of and rating or reviewing beers: any experience with BeerHive? The UI looks nicer and more useful than Untappd, but the user base (and beer database) is still tiny... #craftbeer#BeerHive#Untappd#BeerReview#beersofmastodon@beersofmastodon
Braupakt: Two giants at it together, Weihenstephan and St Bernardus.
The Weizen yeast is obvious, with clove and banana dominating the aroma. Also some biscuit, citrus and hay. It's golden and crystal clear, with a stable white head. Effervescent, rather sweet, with a good dose of hop bitters.
Very well balanced. A good mix of the styles, with both very recognizable. Nice experiment!
Beer and cheese from the same abbey! A corresponding fresh grass and light yellow fruit fermentation character. The match is pretty good. Beer also has biscuit. Somewhat sweet, with a very light bitter in the finish. Quite bold for the low abv.
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@Chrispyapple@beersofmastodon There's various abbeys that do this! La Trappe and Rochefort are two that I know of. Also, Maallust in the Netherlands (not an abbey) has a cheese maker right next door and they collaborate often.
To tide us over between the brewery earlier and the pub to come we've dipped our hands into the fridge to select something from the craft ales Mystery Box we recently bought. It was a Wheat Beer and, seriously, who likes this stuff? Wheat beer is revolting. It's the Chardonnay of the wine world. It's the Campari of whatever world it is that Campari lives in. Its only purpose appears to be to make other drinks seem nicer.
I think that's a fair statement. I wasn't a particular fan before getting hooked on a much more robust wheat from the same brewery that was on tap at my local at the time. The Vitus. Just couldn't get enough of it.
Llandogo Trow Ale - Kingstone - 4.2% ABV. B+ and a bit, hugely malty with a gentle fruity bitter finish. Satisfying #ale#beer#bier
3.3/5. Brewed in Tintern 🏴 and it’s a little corker. Moved on to the Pen and Wig where it is currently much calmer. #beersofmastodon@beersofmastodon
👃🏻 Toasty malts, some caramel, light chocolate. Herbal hop notes.
👁️ Dark amber, stable white head.
👅 Toasted. Rather dry. Nice herbal bite in the finish. Finishes like dark bread crust.
If I could wish for just one beer style for breweries to make more often, it would be altbier. They can be so well balanced. A beer for all seasons. Like vienna lager, but better.
I needed a sketch of the brewing process that I could freely use, that is aimed at a general audience and that serves as a "short summary" from which any one of the elements can be discussed in more detail.
Dropped off a card for my wife's mum as well won't be around for Mother's Day next weekend so we've walked from there to our local brewery, Urban Island, as a reward. Wife is on the German pilsner while I'm trying the new 369 Hazy Pale made with mosaic hops; a proper session ale at just 4%.
@kolya@beersofmastodon German Pils for the English drinker. We like our beer right to the rim and a foamy head is a dangerously airy waste of good alcohol space.