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Only eight? How many Manowar albums will that last?

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is mead also accepted on here?

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I can't really add much to this thread. I'm not a big fan beer, and I don't really drink alcohol much at all. I'm not a big drinker overall. I've personally found the hops fad to have gone a bit over

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Hobgoblin is the dogs bollocks! Found an Imperial Ruby Ale by Wychwood Breweries in the supermarket last week' date=' yet to try it but looking forward to it.[/quote'] Beautiful on draught! Wow, I'll have to check out that one. Which supermarket? You tried the pumpkin one? Quite low in strength, but a pretty good taste. :)
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Beautiful on draught! Wow' date=' I'll have to check out that one. Which supermarket? You tried the pumpkin one? Quite low in strength, but a pretty good taste. :)[/quote'] Grabbed it in Tesco, had the Pumpkin one but wasn't impressed. Had the Imperial Red last night and it's a solid ruby ale in the vein of Hobgoblin, worth a try defo.
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Dave. He's your man.:D I liked it when I was younger, but it gives me a headache, anymore. Too much sugar.
I'm a big fan of strongbow and somersby apple and pear ciders I also love rekorderlig ciders. I am morr of a beer drinker but I have a few ciders on a night out too.
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I'm really not into Strongbow. That's rough stuff! Rekorderlig is quite nice, but I don't really consider it a cider; more a sweet alcoholic fizzy drink. If you can, look out for cider that says 'made *from* (not with) handpicked apples' or something like that. Look out for the word 'from' as that means the sole ingredient is fermented apple juice; whereas cider made 'with'... tends to mean lots of other added stuff like sugar and water, and (I think) even e-numbers. Additionally, I don't know what it's like in Australia, but over here you expect proper cider to be of a fairly high strength: about 6% to 9% abv. That could be a good indicator as well.

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We've got some nice ones available to us. A place I go even has some on draft occasionally. They all give me a headache, though. Something about cider in particular that just doesn't work for me. Mead, on the other hand... a good mead might be the best thing ever. The nicest one I've had is still the first one that my dad made, years ago.

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We've got some nice ones available to us. A place I go even has some on draft occasionally. They all give me a headache, though. Something about cider in particular that just doesn't work for me. Mead, on the other hand... a good mead might be the best thing ever. The nicest one I've had is still the first one that my dad made, years ago.
Mead is pretty tasty. Had some homemade mead at Jake Roger's birthday party a couple of months ago and it was excellent, earthy and rich, but not too sweet. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Mead is pretty tasty. Had some homemade mead at Jake Roger's birthday party a couple of months ago and it was excellent, earthy and rich, but not too sweet. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
I don't mind a small amount of residual sweetness, but I prefer it mostly dry. The better the honey, the better the mead. My dad made his first batch with some pretty amazing raw honey, still had pieces of hive as well as a bunch of pollen and royal jelly in it. It sucks how expensive it is - a really high-quality 5-gallon batch of mead can cost three to five times as much to make as a comparable beer.
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Currently drinking a 'Coconut Stout' from the Scottish Madcap brewery. Despite the name, there's only a hint of coconut as you gulp it down. It's extremely smooth and surprisingly light, with a slightly smoky flavour. On the taste there's chocolate, red wine, iron, a hint of whisky, and a bit of prune. Really digging this. It's just slipping down! For my next one I have quite an assortment of other types of beer, but not sure what to go for next. Would you guys go for a Belgian Tripel, another stout or a bitter or something?

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Cleanse your palate with a nice bitter, get to the other stout, and then the tripel. A good tripel can be a game-changer. Fuck this, I think I'll have a beer too. It's after noon, so it's ok, right?:D
Of course! ;) Unfortunately I tend to struggle to drink more than 3 pints of ale... my tastebuds tend to get messed up after my third and I get really full/gassed out, maybe because I can't really burp, lol. Do you get this? How do you deal with it? I wanna carry on enjoying craft beer all night!
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Drinking a Russian Imperial Stout by Courage brewery in London at 10% ABV. On the nose, smokiness, chocolate (both dark and milk), dark fruit, especially raisins, brown bread, a little alcohol. On the taste, chocolate, alcohol, smokiness, a little pear and banana, sweet milky coffee. Thick, thick mouth-feel. Definitely hitting the spot!

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