Yet Another Cycling Forum
Off Topic => The Pub => Food & Drink => Topic started by: CommuteTooFar on 13 December, 2011, 03:34:47 pm
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I was pleased when the doorbell rang this morning at 7.30am just as I was about to go out my Christmas beer arrived
24 bottles Huyghe Delirium Tremens
24 bottles De Bie Helleketelbier
20 bottles Dortmunder Union Export
I considered buying Delirium Christmas but I find it heavy going. A bit like Delirium Nocturnum but more alcohol.
Edit: I should point out this will last me beyond Easter
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Whatever ale is on special offer at Waitrose. At the moment it's looking pretty Black Sheepish.
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Cobra Zero and Erdinger Alcohol-Free Wheat Beer :)
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30 bottles of assorted Belgian beer. Won't last beyond Christmas.
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I'm just tucking into a chilled (!) bottle of IPA, Stroud Brewery Budding...its fantastic!
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I went to Tesco yesterday, as they have a special offer on lots of good beers at the moment & splashed out on lots of goodies, including St Peter's Stout, Marston's Pedigree VSOP, Fuller's ESB, Fuller's 1845 and other treats, including White Shield. Nothing under 5% and nearly all over 6%, hic!
I should have locked it all away in the garage, as the St Peter's Stout didn't make it through the evening.
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I'm picking up a minipin (18 pints) of Mighty Oak Captain Bob (http://www.mightyoakbrewing.co.uk/mightyoakbeer.htm) on the 22nd, which should have settled perfectly for Christmas Eve/Christmas.
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Jacobsen Golden Naked Christmas Ale
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Last Xmas the guy I normally drink Leffe Brune with gave me a 3L bottle of Chimay Bleu. I haven't drunk it yet.
Must remedy that soon. Can't do it all by myself though.
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Last Xmas the guy I normally drink Leffe Brune with gave me a 3L bottle of Chimay Bleu. I haven't drunk it yet.
Must remedy that soon. Can't do it all by myself though.
Save it for a couple of years, the get better when matured 3-5 years. :P :D
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Last Xmas the guy I normally drink Leffe Brune with gave me a 3L bottle of Chimay Bleu. I haven't drunk it yet.
Must remedy that soon. Can't do it all by myself though.
Save it for a couple of years, the get better when matured 3-5 years. :P :D
Thanks for those reassuring words. You have taken a great weight off my mind.
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Had my first Leffe Bruin the other week and didnt like it at all. Reminded me of soap ??
I'll stick to Guinness, Budvar Dark and Prosecco over xmas.
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I went to Tesco yesterday, as they have a special offer on lots of good beers at the moment & splashed out on lots of goodies, including St Peter's Stout, Marston's Pedigree VSOP, Fuller's ESB, Fuller's 1845 and other treats, including White Shield. Nothing under 5% and nearly all over 6%, hic!
I should have locked it all away in the garage, as the St Peter's Stout didn't make it through the evening.
That reminds me, must look in my local to see if they have any Copper Dragon.....
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I'll stick to Guinness, Budvar Dark and Prosecco over xmas.
Ah Prosecco , normally I wouldn't even use the stuff to wash my wheels , but a couple of months ago we were in this fine establishment
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and the proprietor offered us a couple of glasses buckshee. Churlish to refuse we thought. It was Terre Nardin Gold . We told him how much we liked it and he gave us a bottle.
What a guy.
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Grolsch & Guiness
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Grolsch & Guiness
I dare you to try Guinness Foreign Export. (But NOT the Nigerian version they used to have in Tesco)
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Don't know yet but I'll call in at Bottle Shop (http://www.bottle-shop.co.uk/) and see what takes my fancy.
According to their current beer list, they have a few Christmas beers in, including Mikkeller's Santa's Little Helper (2009 Barrel Aged Red Wine Edition) - a mere 11% abv and £12.50 for a 33cl bottle. I reckon one of those might go very nicely with the Christmas pudding. The Goose Island 2009 Christmas Ale also sounds interesting and is a more modest 5% abv and £8.50 for a 660cl bottle.
d.
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Just been down to our local independent offy and got a case of Wall's County Brewery Gun Dog Bitter, due to the lack of Copper Dragon.
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Don't know yet but I'll call in at Bottle Shop (http://www.bottle-shop.co.uk/) and see what takes my fancy.
I thought I might pop in there until I saw their prices.
Ended up getting a load of Belgian stuff from BeerMerchants. (http://www.beermerchants.com/)
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I thought I might pop in there until I saw their prices.
The "ordinary" beers are indeed more expensive than supermarket prices (eg Thornbridge Kipling is £3 compared to Waitrose £2.25, and London Pride is £3 compared to £1.75 in Tesco) but you can't really expect an independent to compete with supermarkets on price and I don't shop there for stuff I can get cheaper elsewhere (Tbh, I'm not sure why they even bother stocking London Pride). For me, the main reason to shop there is that they have some amazing beers that you just can't get anywhere else, not even Waitrose.
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I'm off to the parent's, where I normally get fed vino, but I shall take a bottle or three of Fullers Vintage and/or Brewdog Hardcore to fill the gaps. I'll also have to check out the Abbeydale pub down the road to see if they've got any Last Rites on
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I'll be going down to my local brewery, Great Western Brewery in Hambrook to purchase a few 2 litre bottles of their excellent ales.
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We had Christmas dinner with my parents yesterday (since they'll be away next week). I took some Goose Island 2009 Christmas Ale along. Bloody good it was too. A full-bodied brown ale with spicy, nutty, citrussy flavours and warmingly alcoholic. Highly recommended.
d.
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I had decided not to buy any more beer but something snapped in my head and the Credit Card escaped from my bag and ordered some.
8 Delirium Christmas
4 Maredsous Blonde
4 Maredsous Tripple
8 De Bie Helleketelbier
24 De Bie Zatte Bie
24 Delirium Tremens
Should keep me going until after Easter.
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30 bottles of assorted Belgian beer. Won't last beyond Christmas.
48 this year.
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Some Bad King John black ale for my New Year stew but other than that probably mostly Lech.
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Probably my usual. Marston's Pale Ale. Although I might push the boat out and get some Taddy Porter or Dark Hare
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At the moment Waitrose have ESB on special offer, 3 bottles for £5. It's one of my favourite bottles beers.
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I have been singing the virtues of the Tesco Simply range. The stout and dark ale are very good and £1.33 a bottle. I have lots of those in stock. For the Solstice, I shall be opening my St Peter's Stout, Adnam's Broadside and a McEwan's Champion Ale. I may yet stock up on some Czech lager.
I have 36 cans of Stella for the uninitiated.
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I seem to acquired a variety stash of Tomos Watkins, which is rather nice.
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The month before Christmas the keyboard rattles and as if by magic two boxes of beer appears two days later
4 Delirium Christmas
4 Tongerlo Christmas
6 5 Maredsous Brune
6 5 Maredsous Tripple
8 7 Maredsous Blonde
10 Delirium Tremens
10 De Bie Hellekettelbier
48 45 bottles to be enjoyed.
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The month before Christmas the keyboard rattles ...<snip>
... Delirium Tremens...
Are the two related :D
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I've provided the beer for our family Christmas get together - a Woodforde's Wherry homebrew kit, souped up with a bag of DME (which will bump the ABV up to around 5%) and a load of extra Fuggles and EKG hops. It's been in the barrel conditioning for a couple of weeks now, so should be in peak condition by Christmas.
My dad is also getting a load of Gadd's in, just in case something goes wrong with the homebrew, but I had a little taster the other day and I must say it's coming along very nicely.
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My own Continental Xmas Ale,
Sounds rather more exciting than my effort!
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I can send you the recipe if you want? A bit late to brew it in time for the 25th though...
Yes please! I probably won't get round to it any time soon, but it sounds like a good one to do for next Christmas.
I'm not familiar with Magnum hops but I just looked them up and apparently they're the main hop in Sierra Nevada Torpedo, which I like, so that's a good sign.
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I tend to do pick and mix so this year I so far have-
Waggle Dance
Spitfire
Bishops Finger
Old Peculiar
Hoegarden
A several of ciders
All in pint (or almost) bottles.
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4 Badger Fursty Ferret 500Ml
4 Adnams Broadside Ale 500Ml
4 Mcewans Champion Ale 500Ml
4 Fullers ESB 500Ml
2 Banks Bitter Beer 4X500ml
4 Marstons Old Empire 500Ml
8 Timothy Taylors Landlord Pale 500Ml
5 Tesco Everyday Value Orange Juice
4 Old Crafty Hen 500Ml
4 Manns Original Brown Ale 500Ml Bottles
4 Tesco Finest Traditional Porter 330Ml
4 Youngs Double Chocolate Stout 500Ml
4 St Peters Cream Stout 500Ml
4 Hook Norton Double Stout 500Ml
10 Bavaria 5% Premium Beer 500Ml
4 Old Thumper 500Ml
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Hopefully, a minipin of Elgoods Wenceslas Winter Warmer.
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I'm picking up a barrel of Butty Bach on Tuesday! :thumbsup:
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Lidls have an assortment box of 14x 500ml beers for £14ish. It has all the usual faves ie Spitfire, Bishops Finger, Old Peculiar et all.
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I'm picking up a barrel of Butty Bach on Tuesday! :thumbsup:
Our local Asda has that in bottles. Very nice.
Somehow, MrsC (who usually drinks Kir, with cider as a second preference) has rather more beer for Christmas than I do. Something wrong there.
There's a pack of Ch'ti Ambrée from the summer holiday, some Meantime Chocolate Porter, Whitechapel Porter from Asda...
I must have bought something for me!
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I have quite a lot of Adnam's Broadside, one of which I am enjoying at the moment. I think it might well be a good idea to buy some Belgian beer for Christmas Day.
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All Welsh beers for me so far - Blodwen's Beer from Tomos Watkin, some Celt Bleddyn (hoppy American style IPA, although they don't call it that) and the classic Brains Dark.
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On arrival at work yesterday (bike shop job) i was presented with a pressie from the boss- an 18 pint box of Rebellion Roasted Nuts :thumbsup:
Consume within 2 days once opened :o As the only beer drinker in Fuzzy Towers, it looks like I am going to get absolutely wankered over Christmas :facepalm:
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Consume within 2 days once opened :o As the only beer drinker in Fuzzy Towers, it looks like I am going to get absolutely wankered over Christmas :facepalm:
By day three it'll just be a little flat, that's all. Particularly if you can keep it cool (garage or similar).
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Consume within 2 days once opened :o As the only beer drinker in Fuzzy Towers, it looks like I am going to get absolutely wankered over Christmas :facepalm:
By day three it'll just be a little flat, that's all. Particularly if you can keep it cool (garage or similar).
Just pissed then ;D
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can you not decant some into bottles fuzzy ? :)
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Given that the shops are going to be closed for a whole day, I didn't think it was critical that I stocked up with too many beers.
I do have a small handful of bottles of some Badger Beers, notable Golden Glory, and my current favourite; Poacher's Choice.
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I ended up having some lovely Hogsback Beer and some lovely Japanese single malt.
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can you not decant some into bottles fuzzy ? :)
No need. I decided to experiment. First pint drawn on Christmas Eve. Lovely stuff.
At least a pint a day since.
I had a couple more pints yesterday and they were fine.
I suspect the bag will empty tonight :thumbsup:
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;D
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So far tonight, rogue dead man ale, de molen citra pa, and kernel export stout.
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My New Years Eve and New years day fayre comprised of Tanglefoot :thumbsup:, Spitfire :thumbsup: and Bombardier :thumbsup: In fact, the Bombardier can have a :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: cos it was my first drinking of the Burning Gold variety and I love it.
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I have quite a good supply this year
24 3 Pawel Kwak
24 23 Delirium Tremens
12 Delirum Christmas
12 De Kerstbie
11 12 Chouffe N'Ice
I own the correct glasses for the Kwak, Chouffe and Delirium Tremens. I have a De Bie Helleketelbier glass but it is not for Kerstbie. Delirium Christmas has pink elephants with santa hats or reindeer instead of elephants but I have neither. Otherwise it is the same glass as Delirium tremens.
Can you spot which beer I was drinking during the Autumn Internationals and which one I am going to drink during the Six nations?
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Wot no Firkins?
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My Waitrose pick and mix was 7 bottles-
Spitfire X 1
London Pride X 1
Doom Bar X 1
Something else X 1
Fullers Honeydew X 3
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3 x 12 Lager (Stella) for the philistines
4 Ubu Premium Amber Ale
4 Bateman's Victory Ale
4 Badger Fursty Ferret
4 Classic Collection Double Stout
2 Robinson's Old Tom The Original Strong Ale
2 Champion
4 Marston's Old Empire India Pale Ale
4 Guinness Foreign Extra Stout
4 Greene King IPA Reserve
5 Bass Trademark No.1
5 Banks's Bitter
All bought about a month ago when Asda had a 4 for £5 offer on their ales. It's all sat in the garage ever since awaiting the Solstice and the other minor celebrations thereafter.
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We've got a mini cask of a local-ish brew, Windswept APA. That'll prolly do us for Xmas day. Have to go and find some nice bottles for new year. The shed is full of Belgian stuffs though.
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My Waitrose pick and mix was 7 bottles-
Spitfire X 1
London Pride X 1
Doom Bar X 1
Something else X 1
Fullers Honeydew X 3
The something else- one of is Old Speckled Hen.
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We've got a mini cask of a local-ish brew, Windswept APA. That'll prolly do us for Xmas day. Have to go and find some nice bottles for new year. The shed is full of Belgian stuffs though.
Perhaps a trip to Banchory or Stonehaven at some point?
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We've got a mini cask of a local-ish brew, Windswept APA. That'll prolly do us for Xmas day. Have to go and find some nice bottles for new year. The shed is full of Belgian stuffs though.
Perhaps a trip to Banchory or Stonehaven at some point?
Yesh
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Hobgoblin atm. Soon to see what else there is!
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Mostly Adnam's Broadside. A smidgin of Hopping Hare and some ESB. However, at this moment I am imbibing the product of a little-known and very exclusive brewery in Skipton. Darker than Black Sheep and definitely Woollier.
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Freedom lager, from the Freedom brewery in Staffs. A nice, authentic tasting Pilsner.
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Just my homebrew christmas ale. Only a few bottles left though.
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I was given a mixed box of Adnams bottles by a bike shop customer, 2 each of Dry Hopped lager, Crystal rye IPA and Mosaic pale ale. I have had a bottle of the Dry Hopped and very nice it was too :thumbsup: Has a very fruity taste to it.
Due to also being presented with an 18 pint box of Rebellion Breweries Roasted Nuts (consume within 3 days of opening) I haven't got round to the others yet.
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I finally found a Delirium Christmas Gift Box. So I will soon have the 'correct' glass.
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2 Gouden Carolus Christmas
16 Delirium Christmas
2 Bush De Noel
2 Bon Secours Blonde De Noel
2 Sint Bernardus Kerstbier
2 Tongerlo Christmas
2 Leffe Xmas
2 St.Feuillien Cuvee De Noel
2 Slaapmutske Christmas
2 Barbe Noel
2 Winterkoninkske
12 N'Ice Chouffe
2 Pater Lieven Kerstpater
2 Corsendonk Christmas
2 Lupulus Hibernatus,
2 Kapittel Winter
4 Grimbergen Winter
1 Delirum Noel Glass
The glass, 10 N'Ice, 14 Delirium Christmas and 4 Grimbergen Winter have arrived the rest is lost in courier space.
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I am currently in Belgium having just ridden the Oudenburg 200. Tomorrow I will be picking up 2 crates of Westvleteren 12, then it's hitting the supermarket for stoking up on old favourites and a few new ones.
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Whatever is in my favourite craft beer emporiums, but I do have a couple of bottles of Bible Belt stashed away, along with a range of barrel-aged barley wines (admittedly this has built up because I usually take a look at the ABV and think, erm, maybe not tonight). I think maybe a bottle of Burning Sky Cuvée with Christmas dinner. The inlaws are buggering off to Spain this year so we have the holiday to ourselves, which is the first time since we married.
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The kink in courier space was flattened out and once the boxes had swam the channel parcel force delivered them in less than one day.
Annoyingly I bought 2 Christmas Mix cases. They were obviously pre-packed. So I got two sixteen bottle boxes. One 32 bottle box would have been cheaper.
https://www.beerofbelgium.com/en/christmas-mix.html
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Do they offer a 32-bottle mix? Their website is only showing me 16-bottle cases.
(And in answer to the thread question, I'm planning to finally drink some of the barley wines/imperial stouts etc. that I've been saving at the back of the beer cupboard; as my kid brother should be visiting it means there will be multiple people to share some of the more headbanging bottles...)
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If you buy more than 16 individual bottles they put it in a larger box. I know they use a 32 bottle box. It would make sense that they have 24 bottle box to but I have not seen that. In a previous order when I bought more than 32 it came in a 32 + 16 combination. (There are courier weight/safety issues per box)
I had ordered the 2 of the 16 bottle case. I also ordered 24 other bottles plus a gift box. The first box to arrive was a 32 bottle box with the end dividers missing. The gift box was in that space.
I use this company even thought they are not the cheapest. I used to use one that used polystyrene in their packaging so being a light green person I rejected them in favour of my current supplier.
The boxes are quite good like a wine box made with intersecting boards to make square bottle slots of a suitable size. They also arrange the intersections so that there are half slots around the edge so the bottles are not next to the box side. This protects the bottles from moderate knocks.
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Bought a case of limited edition Durham Brewery Imperious in the summer of last year. It was a special as it had been stored in a whisky cask. The brewer reckoned it would be fully developed for this Christmas but unfortunately there are only three left.
I guess it must be a success as they're now doing an imperial stout called Redemption which is stored in whisky casks.
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I would like to try St Peter's plum porter.
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I wouldn't think you'll want more than one of those, as it's very jammy
I haven't even though about Christmas food/drink yet
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So far, 4 bottles of Adnams Broadside. It was on special offer in Waitrose. Hopefully, the Fullers 1845 will be on special offer before Christmas. That really is very special stuff.
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If you don't mind slumming it, Tesco and Morrisons have 1845 in their 4 for £6 offers on a regular basis...
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I've got 8 cans of Magic Rock UnHuman Cannonball on the way. £50 worth of 11% triple IPA deliciousness. Not all for Christmas though.
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I've got 8 cans of Magic Rock UnHuman Cannonball on the way. £50 worth of 11% triple IPA deliciousness. Not all for Christmas though.
True. It has to last into Boxing Day.
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Exactly!
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I would like to try St Peter's plum porter.
Had some Titanic Plum Porter recently. It's worth looking for.
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I am currently drinking one bottle of my stash each evening.
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Found an online offer for some Goose Island at £1 per can, vs the £1.85 in wait rose, so a case of various of those is on the way.
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I've got ordered a mini keg of Windswept Hurricane and I think we shall go to Noble Hops to stock up on interesting tinnies tomorrow.
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I think that after today's grim reveal I might need to pilfer my barley wine stocks early as an urgent anaesthetic. Nurse, nothing less than 14% stat.
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Bin day today. My blue glass bin was packed carefully to hold a few more than the just throwing bottles in method. Not quite enough. When the man came I quickly grabbed the bin half filled again and chased the bin man up the road. He had stopped. It was not just me his big blue bin was full and he was waiting for the lorry before he could service the rest of the street.
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Some of the barleywine was tackled, but the bottle of barrel-aged Strongman remains unmolested for now. As it turned out, we were out more than anticipated, and a 750ml bottle was a bit too much to appeal as a night-cap. We quaffed the Pirate Noir though (basically, rum-barrel aged Even More Jesus imperial stout).
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This years were a little harder to get because of the well known situation but I got it.
6 Bush de Noel
8 Delirium Christmas
8 Gouden Carolus Christmas
2 Kappitel Watou Winter
4 Leffe Winter
12 N'Ice Chouffe
14 St Bernardus Christmas
8 St Feuillen Cuvee Noel
2 Ter Dolen Winter
I ordered it in two goes. I made a mistake with St Benardus I did not intend to order it two times.
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Morriston were doing 8 cans for £10 of various decent beers like Vocation Life and Death and New World Hazy. Got loads. Mind you, I've still got a case of Corona and a case of Singha from the summer.
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I've got ordered a mini keg of Windswept Hurricane and I think we shall go to Noble Hops to stock up on interesting tinnies tomorrow.
No Noble Hops this year :'(
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I've got ordered a mini keg of Windswept Hurricane and I think we shall go to Noble Hops to stock up on interesting tinnies tomorrow.
No Noble Hops this year :'(
Any ignoble ones? Heineken, Watneys Red Barrel, Bud Lite ect and, moreover, ect?
(Grabs parka and flees into the night)
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Adnams Southwold Bitter.
Green King IPA.
Any other beverage my kids gift me.
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This years were a little harder to get because of the well known situation but I got it.
6 Bush de Noel
8 Delirium Christmas
8 Gouden Carolus Christmas
2 Kappitel Watou Winter
4 Leffe Winter
12 N'Ice Chouffe
14 St Bernardus Christmas
8 St Feuillen Cuvee Noel
2 Ter Dolen Winter
I ordered it in two goes. I made a mistake with St Benardus I did not intend to order it two times.
I got most of those, from Beers of Europe by delivery. I normally ride up and meet Mrs PC there to load up the car but not this year. I only have 2 bottles of Westveleteren 12 left, saving those for a special day though. ;D
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Morriston were doing 8 cans for £10 of various decent beers like Vocation Life and Death and New World Hazy. Got loads. Mind you, I've still got a case of Corona and a case of Singha from the summer.
Tesco have got various four-packs on 2 for £9 at the moment, including a few Vocation and Northern Monk. I’ve been quite enjoying the Vocation Hop, Skip & Juice lately. Especially at that price.
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Ah...thanks for the tip. Vocation is a decent brewery. Nice tap room in Hebden too
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From my local microbrewery (https://prettydecentbeer.co/collections/beer). Their West Coast IPA is a current favourite, with the Double IPA making suggestive gestures and saying "D'ye think y' hard enough?"
The individual can prices are less steep when you consider that a 24 purchase is 30% less.
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A couple of cases from Howling Hops, Pressure Drop, and Verdant are sitting in the porch. And some random selections. I don't think we're destined to run short over the holiday period.
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I am collecting two 5 litre bag-in-boxes from our local brewery next Friday, which is really a little early for Christmas.
I will have a look at what our Tesco is offering as well. We usually do a tour of the local supermarkets to see what's available, but I'm not sure we'll bother this year.
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I have, in the beer cellar, I mean garage, 16 Bad Co beers (drink local, kids!) and 4 of their barrel aged
8 Loch Lomand Brewery (Zoom Time I think)
a couple of 72 Brewing beers (again not 100% certain of the beer)
16 cans of Goose Island (for the plebs)
In the house I have Delerium (Tremens and Rose?) A couple of Vocation, a couple of Tiny Rebel and a Brew York X Vocation.
Think I'll be ok until the shops re-open. If not, I have a bottle of Benrennies 15 yr old to work through
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good reminder, will have to order some.
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I am collecting two 5 litre bag-in-boxes from our local brewery next Friday, which is really a little early for Christmas.
Timing is the issue. I'm hoping to get over to my local brewery for some Christmas supplies but I'll need to fit in a visit around work, and I'm working right up to Christmas Eve... Although I suppose that since I'm WFH, I could sneak out during the day.
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I am collecting two 5 litre bag-in-boxes from our local brewery next Friday, which is really a little early for Christmas.
Timing is the issue. I'm hoping to get over to my local brewery for some Christmas supplies but I'll need to fit in a visit around work, and I'm working right up to Christmas Eve... Although I suppose that since I'm WFH, I could sneak out during the day.
Te brewery will deliver for free to our address, and we've used that option a couple of times. However, one Friday, back in the summer, they were very late, gone eight in the evening, and the chap looked absolutely shattered, so we've collected since then. It's only a quarter of an hour's drive and MrsC likes the trip out. The brewery is also very close to our tip/recycling centre so we often combine the two.
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Similar situation here - they will deliver but we’re on the fringes of the area they cover so I’d rather save them the trouble.
There’s a direct route from my house straight through the woods that’s easily the best way to get to the brewery, but a bit too rough to be transporting beer over. Road route is a lot more circuitous and longer.
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Mine has been delivered this evening. A box of 4 x dark bottles and 4 x light. Free delivery within 5 mls too. They are all RAIB, which I'm looking forward to.
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Our Windswept delivery arrived today including a case of Clavie - smoked malt noms :P
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Our Windswept delivery arrived today including a case of Clavie - smoked malt noms :P
I was just about to say that. Plus 4 cases of white from the Wine Society (being as I couldn't get any more from Portugal Vinyards) a box of mystery stuff addressed to Pingu which I was not permitted to inspect and a hamper (read a box of snacks and a bottle of red) from my employer.
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I will have a look at what our Tesco is offering as well. We usually do a tour of the local supermarkets to see what's available, but I'm not sure we'll bother this year.
Popped into Tesco this morning, always check out if they have the Leffe Brun on special offer but they didn't, however I did notice 2x6 cans of a Pistonhead selection on offer for £9 so I had those.
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Since there'll only be the four of us this year, and only me drinking beer, and not drinking a lot of it either these days, I'll probably just add a couple of more interesting bottles to an online delivery.
The last 4-pack of 6X I bought has lasted a month so far.
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Having done a bit of a stock take, I find I have:
6 Peroni Gran Reserva
2 Hacker Pschorr Kellerbier
2 Hacker Pschorr Weissbier
2 Hacker Pschorr Munchner Gold
1 Brasserie Du Noir Biere Speciale 75ml
1 St Pierre Blonde 75ml
1 Orval
1 Westmalle Tripel
2 Westmalle Dubbel
4 La Trappe Blond
6 La Trappe Tripel
4 St Feuillien Blonde
4 Straffe Hendrik
1 Bush Peche Mel
2 La Chouffe Blonde
3 Brugse Zot
1 Brugse Bok
2 Kwak
2 Chimay White
1 Chimay Blue
2 Bourgogne Des Flandres Blonden Os
4 Bourgogne Des Flandres Bruinen Os
2 Mort Subite Friek Lambic
2 Lindemans Kriek
2 Floris Fraise
1 Floris Framboise
2 Floris Kriek
4 Ghost Dance
1 Vocation Life and Death
4 St Austell Proper Job
2 Morrisosns "The Best" IPA
2 Morrisons "The Best" American PA
Plus 10 bottles of assorted ciders
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Plus 10 bottles of assorted ciders
And a partridge in a pear tree?
There are a few in that list I'd be happy to help you with, if required.
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Plus 10 bottles of assorted ciders
And a partridge in a pear tree?
There are a few in that list I'd be happy to help you with, if required.
Assistance will not be required thank you. I have a son and a son-in-law who might pop in - Covid permitting of course. Don't know what's going on yet.
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Assistance will not be required thank you.
Worth a try! ;D
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Ive just ordered a couple of mixed cases from Stewart Brewing based just outside Edinburgh which includes Edinburgh Gold, Holyrood Pale and a nice dark 80 shilling so a nice mix of styles all at quaffable strengths.
Ive also got some Leffe Winter Beer on order and a case of Corncrake pale from Orkney (its nicer on draught mind).
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18pt minipin of Mighty Oak Gorgeous George (https://www.mightyoakbrewing.co.uk/product/gorgeous-george/). Picking it up on Tuesday.
I think there's a beer52 case arriving imminently which should tide me over until then.
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I have about 30 mixed cans of Vocation Life and Death and Northern Monk Faith Hazy, a case of Corona, and a case of Singha.
Just seen a FB Vocation post with an offer of 12 330ml cans of the special stuff, so I did.
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I was worrying that I could not get my usual Belgium Christmas/Winter beers. Buying from Belgium is difficult and or expensive now. Fortunately Beer Merchants had quite a good selection so I ordered 8 of each. I wish I could remember which ones I personally do not like. Not that it is difficult. I should remember to my taste Ranke is rank.
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I have just ordered a 5l box of Yeovil Summerset (but that's not particularly special, I had one last weekend as well).
This will go with the two cases of various Yeovil Ales which we got as part of their Black Friday offer a few weeks back and the Cornish stuff we brought back from holiday.
We are trying to keep to 'normal' drinking habits this week, though, despite my being off work already.
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I was worrying that I could not get my usual Belgium Christmas/Winter beers. Buying from Belgium is difficult and or expensive now. Fortunately Beer Merchants had quite a good selection so I ordered 8 of each. I wish I could remember which ones I personally do not like. Not that it is difficult. I should remember to my taste Ranke is rank.
De Ranke make some very nommy beers :P
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Monday I ordered more Christmas beer. Most is sold out but the stuff that is not is discounted.
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This year I have 70 bottles of Belgian Winter/Christmas beers. I had more but the number is falling fast.
Delirium Christmas, Chouffe N'Ice, Leffe Christmas, Grimbergen Winter, St Bernadus Christmas Ale, Lervig Naughty And Nice, Gorden Christmas, De Ranke Pere Noel, Bon Secours de Noel, Tongerlo Christmas
Should keep me happy for many weeks.
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70 :o :P
Lervig ain't Belge thobut.
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It'll be Vocation again. Got a big box of 8-10% DIPAs that a friend gave me. He's going to have to help me get through them though.
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70 :o :P
Lervig ain't Belge thobut.
I know.
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A mini keg of Brewtoon Mango Unchained
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How long will a mini-keg last you ? I fancy one, but it'd be open for about 4 or 5 days I think. Is this too long to be open ?
Ive got some vocation life and death and a hazy pale, some brew dog elvis juice and a guava hazy that I really like, and some beaverton IPA.
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3 days max probably. It'll probably keep a bit longer but we don't usually have that issue being as we're both drinking it.
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I am collecting two 5 litre bag-in-boxes from our local brewery next Friday, which is really a little early for Christmas.
I will have a look at what our Tesco is offering as well. We usually do a tour of the local supermarkets to see what's available, but I'm not sure we'll bother this year.
As the brewery closed in the spring, I am having to make do with stuff I can find in our local horriblemarkets.
However, I have been given a rather nice looking bottle of port, so things are not all bad.
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Don't know yet.. on Friday am going to venture to a French supermarket and see what they have... I am particular to Karmeliet, but might do some local Microbrews instead!
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My beer of choice was Fuller's 1845 - a naturally conditioned bottled ale at >6% that Mr. Waitrose was selling for £1.60 per 500ml bottle. Then a friend of mine gave me three bottles of something else: Proper Job (St. Austell), Bishop's Finger (Shepherd Neame) and some Old Speckled Hen (formerly Morland, now Greene King). I had the Proper Job as a preprandial. I'll not have any more beer today because I've been supping chianti with lunch, and I might be forced to have some port with cheese later on. I didn't bother to buy any special cheese as it's only My Dear Wife and me for the entirety of the festive season, and she doesn't eat real cheese on account of migraines.
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I have bought a lot again for this year. Some of it will be given away as gifts.
6 33cl Deranke Pere Noel
6 33cl St Bernardus Christmas
6 33cl Tongerlo Christmas
6 33cl Bush Noel
6 33cl Tete de Mort
6 33cl Winterbinske
6 33cl Troubadour Winter
6 33cl Corsondonk Christmas
6 33cl Leffe Winter
6 33cl Grimbergan Winter
14 33cl De Bie Winterbie
24 33cl Chouffe Nice
30 33cl Delirium Christmas
4 75cl St Bernardus Christmas
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Nice, but I think I'll stick with Proper Job and McEwans Champion. Maybe I'll reconsider in the new year.
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Is it time for me to start my rant about export lagers that aren't? Asahi, Cobra, even Statopramen have turned to shit. Budvar is still OK.
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I have bought a lot again for this year. Some of it will be given away as gifts.
6 33cl Deranke Pere Noel
6 33cl St Bernardus Christmas
6 33cl Tongerlo Christmas
6 33cl Bush Noel
6 33cl Tete de Mort
6 33cl Winterbinske
6 33cl Troubadour Winter
6 33cl Corsondonk Christmas
6 33cl Leffe Winter
6 33cl Grimbergan Winter
14 33cl De Bie Winterbie
24 33cl Chouffe Nice
30 33cl Delirium Christmas
4 75cl St Bernardus Christmas
I'd give the De Ranke a go, the rest you can probly keep.
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Is it time for me to start my rant about export lagers that aren't? Asahi, Cobra, even Statopramen have turned to shit. Budvar is still OK.
This is one of the sad things of the modern world. So many beers have been changed on the altar of spurious health reasons. Its not just the "foreign" stuff. Almost everything brewed in Britain has been changed. I used to think people who imported Stella Artois as idiots. It used to be the same stuff. Now it is in a "healthy" lower alcohol version. If you reduce the malt to reduce the alcohol level you change the taste. Ok that is a mass market beer, despite starting as a Christmas beer a century ago. Leffe Blonde, the first abbey beer, was based on a recipe from the Norburton Abbey de Leffe. Why has this been changed to a lower alcohol version? Just silly, this is far from popular drink.
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Most mass-market beer isn't worth the hangover, it's more industrial chemistry experiment than brewing.
We have cases in the porch from all the (semi)-local breweries from 360 Degree, Missing Link, Abyss and Beak. May need a few more, plus there's a new taproom up on the hill.
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I don't know what I'll be drinking. I overdosed for about 4 years on pine-heavy craft IPA (mostly Vocation), to the point where I now view it as alcopops.
The local craft brewery (Fresh Standard) is very good and is a half-way house between oldskool and hipster. He uses 4 ingredients only, and generally it doesn't give you a hangover. But, you can have too much of a good thing.
I had a few bottles of ale from Lidl, Aldi and Waitrose last week. Enjoyed the Exmoor Ale, the Proper Job and especially Woodefords Wherry, which I first sampled in Norfolk in 1995.
Bought the wife one of those Guinness Nitrosurge things and 8 cans of Nitrosurge Guinness.
I like Guinness too.
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Though I like the occasional DIPA, I can't face too many 7% + cans, so we're pushing for <4-5% abv cans this year.
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I will most likely be drinking whatever cask conditioned ale takes my fancy in the pub but if I do buy some in for the house, it'll probably be something relatively cheap (Tribute in cans) and/or some Old Peculier.
Normally if I want beer in for Xmas and I can get my arse into gear, I brew a cheap bitter kit and condition it in 500ml bottles - I much prefer it to most of the bottled/canned stuff on offer and it's cheap (unless your benchmark is Carling etc.)
As I get older, I find that beer agrees with me less and less and so in the house, I am turning to ciders and red wines more. I particularly like Westons ciders - especially Vintage and Old Rosie - I might well buy some of those in. I know this is a beer thread but being as I've digressed already, I'll add that for me, whisky is obligatory at Xmas/New Year.
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Though I like the occasional DIPA, I can't face too many 7% + cans, so we're pushing for <4-5% abv cans this year.
I went mad for it, a few years back. But effectively it doubles your alcohol intake.
The local micro-brewery only does one strong beer, called Pothering, which is about 6.5%. He does a really nice 2.8% summery table beer but the biggest seller is a hazy IPA he calls 'Soft', which is about 5.3%.
Me and the Friday night gang, who I met down there, have pretty much stopped drinking it because we suspect he filters mushrooms through it It does send you loopy. Just one pint and I can really feel the narcotic effect.
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I found out this week that the 4 75cl St Bernadus beers had been substituted with 4 75cl Straffe Hendrick II Xmas Blend.
Very annoying. Straffe Hendrick II is on my do not buy list. Not a fan high alcohol beers (unless I really like the taste). 10% is okay for a 33cl Christmas/Winter beer but 11% 75cl is not for me.
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We've bought a minikeg of Windswept Poseidon an a case of Brew Toon M'ango Unchained.
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What I drink all year round - hmm, that came out wrong, never mind - Shepherd Neame's Whitstable Bay Pale Ale
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One of our local breweries, North Cotswold, supplies a range of beers - and delivers each week to our street's "beer club" - options menu is issued on Tuesdays, place your order with the neighbour who organises, brewery delivers to him on Fridays - £11 for a 4 pint plastic bottle (£12 for 4 pints of a "special" beer each week) . . . and they supply 500ml glass bottles too.
Beer of choice for me was a special called Blitzen (Christmassy, geddit?) - a dark almost porter . . . hopefully it'll be available this coming week when I'll have another, plus an IPA.