The power of Old Peculier should never be under- estimated! A dark, strong beer Old Peculier is justifiably famous for its rich and complete character, its sheer strength – and for being a beer with a long history.

Tasting Notes

The beer that made Masham famous!

A rich, dark, smooth-tasting beer with an unequalled flavour. Brewed using the traditional Fuggle hop, Old Peculier is our best known beer and has a large and enthusiastic following all over Britain and around the world.

5.6% ABV

This stuff is proper loopy juice.

Given the choice of any beer to drink, it would be this one. A pint of Kronenburg 1664.

It tastes great, it's too expensive for the French to drink it by the pint and it is guaranteed to get you legless.

My favorite.

There is one thing that has become apprent in this thread: Start a thread with the right topic, and it will stay on topic...

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Uniforms not at all unusual

at least no one mentioned Iraq...

at least no one mentioned Iraq...

On an unrelated note, Tuborg seems to be making a comeback In Iraq.

as well as Carlsburg

now we're borderlining....

Can't post pictures but. Chang in Thailand, Stella or 1664 or even Newcastle brown in UK, and anything in Belgium. Australia is dodgy I don't want to admit to liking VB but I do, don't like the minging 24 blackbird pies that are often served with them though. - seem to be made out of snot and gristle and oxo cubes .

don't like the minging 24 blackbird pies that are often served with them though. - seem to be made out of snot and gristle and oxo cubes .

Well don't give the recipe away or everyone will be making them

It's not the taste, it's just that the singing is so poor after they've been plucked and boiled.

Just trying another beer that is new. Its called Hop THief Ale by James Squire. James Squire makes some really good beers. His Porter is fantastic. This beer is very hoppy, hence the name. Actually quite nice. Its only 5% but tastes stronger.

James Squire is a product from Chuck Hahn, he who started up Hahn Brewery in Sydney and became the first boutique beer to make an impact on the beer drinking public in Australia. Despite the fact that he is an American and was chief brewer for Budweiser he actually knows how to make good beer. In the early days he bought his malt from Coopers - it came across from Adelaide (Leebrook) to Sydney (Camperdown) in special stailess steel tankers similar to what they use to transport petrol.

After Lion Nathan (NZ) bought out Hahn in the beer wars of the 80's Hahn was prohibited from making another beer and his name was part of the sale deal. He then took up James Squire which was used by the old pump house brewery when it was a microbrewery. Before that he was involved in Powers Brewery bought out by Alan Bond when he owned Swan and still had the odd billion dollars floating around in his back pocket in case a new television station came up for sale.

Chuck Hahn has to be responsible for the change in taste of the Australian beer drinker from stock standard VB and Tooheys New to something that actually tastes good.

CB

An excellent (but hard to find) local brew. I just like the flavour.

I've always bought it in bottle but the only pic I could find was

of this can.

I just did a visa run to Laos and I came back with a box of Beer Lao - hurrah!!

Ok, get back to what you were doing!!!

yummyyyyyy, i'm going to bed.

yummyyyyyy, i'm going to bed.

Leaving half a glass behind.... have you gone mad?

poor performance, i know. but at least, i ain't paid for it. a well-known mick bought my mate and me drinks for some reason.

i think i gotta be at work at 9am in the morning.

poor performance, i know. but at least, i ain't paid for it. a well-known mick bought my mate and me drinks for some reason.

i think i gotta be at work at 9am in the morning.

Ouch.. !

Don't fall of any pavement curbs, it hurts

totster

cheers for yer concern, toast. but no worries, i don't fancy mocy or pavement. so, no molestation there. have ya taken a pic of yer right foot yet?

cheers for yer concern, toast. but no worries, i don't fancy mocy or pavement. so, no molestation there. have ya taken a pic of yer right foot yet?

Waking up after a night out is never easy for Tots.

poor performance, i know. but at least, i ain't paid for it. a well-known mick bought my mate and me drinks for some reason.

i think i gotta be at work at 9am in the morning.

your English has also been better just a couple of hours earlier....

Love your new avatar....but it didn't work...

There is one thing that has become apprent in this thread: Start a thread with the right topic, and it will stay on topic...

Raro any post with the word beer, relevant to beer, discusses beer, or shows beer with or without scantily clad young ladies will ALWAYS be on topic irrespective of the thread or topic

The following is an actual advertisement for Coopers' Homebrew Beer. It raised a huge fuss in Australia as being sexist - apparently young scantily clad VB girls are ok but this one was not, maybe they didn't see her inner beauty.

The scrips says:

Drink her pretty for less than $10

How much would it take? A slab? A keg? The entire contents of a small brewery? Well fortunately, Coopers can provide you with an endless supply of some of the world's finest beers for less than 25 cents a bottle. You'll find Coopers' world famous Home Brews and Micro Brew Kits at all good supermarkets and variety stores. Cheers.

Costs cents. Tastes a million dollars

Cheers

CB

The beer that made Masham famous!

What's famous about Masham - can't they get Guiness there?

CB

your English has also been better just a couple of hours earlier....

Love your new avatar....but it didn't work...

That's it!! My posting right should be taken away when I'm tipsey.

Not sure why the avatar didn't work, raro. Maybe firewall?

I think he means clicking on it didnt generate a naked visual of you

I think he means clicking on it didnt generate a naked visual of you

Worked for the rest of us.

I think he means clicking on it didnt generate a naked visual of you

Worked for the rest of us.

Excuse me can we please get back on topic which is beer?

Stella Artois

Belgians have been making beer since the 14th century and Stella Artois reflects this tradition of finely crafted brewing. The world 'Stella' is Latin for 'star' and Stella was originally a limited release Christmas beer. The word Artois comes from the surname of the master brewer, Sebastian Artois.

This golden Belgian brew is a signature blend of premium malt and Saaz hops. Quite malty on the mid-palate, Stella Artois is a full flavoured, superior quality beer with a rich, estery, creamy aroma a fine clean bitterness and a hint of citric fruitiness.

Style: full strength pilesner lager

Alcohol: 5.1% on tap/5.2% bottle

Carbs: 3.6 grams/100mL

Energy: 182 kilojoules/100mL; 43 calories/100mL

Standard drinks: 1.4 per 330ml.

Available: on tap and 330ml bottles.

Website: http://www.stella-artois.com

In a word Stella MMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

CB

Worked for the rest of us.

See. It's raro's firewall.

Ok, back on topic.

Old Speckled Hen is a popular bitter, available both as a cask ale and pasteurised in bottles. First brewed in 1979 by Morland Brewery in Abingdon, Oxfordshire to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the brewery's MG car - the mud splattered Ol' Speckled 'Un. Brewed since 1999 by Greene King. Greene King have retained the unique strain of yeast first used in 1896.

In August 2006, Greene King announced that the abv of draught Old Speckled Hen (cask and keg) would be reduced from 5.2% to 4.5%, though the bottled version would remain at 5.2%

This is a day in the life of a brewery that is very local to me and I just wanted to share it with all you beer fans.

It is hook norton brewery which is 2 miles from my home.There product is one of my favourite tipples.

The Brewing Day

1. Malt

Checking the quality of the principle raw material, the finest Maris Otter pale ale Malted Barley.Ten different coloured malts are used over the full range of Hook Norton Beers.

2. Milling

Checking the mill for the correct crush characteristics. The mill rolls have to be set to give the desired blend of husk, grits and flour to allow good extract and efficient run off from the mash tun.

The mill is a Nalder & Nalder 2 x 2 roll mill

3. Mashing

First job, early in the morning, mashing commences at 6:00am. The crushed malt is mixed with hot liquor through a Steeles masher into one of the two mash-tuns.

Mashing-in takes 10 minutes, then the mash is allowed to stand for 90 minutes to allow the conversion of starch to fermentable sugars to take place.

4. Setting Taps

A process at Hook Norton Brewery that has not changed in 100 years. After the 90 minutes stand the sweet sugary solution called wort is drained from below the false bottom of the mash tun, and is run by gravity to one of the two coppers.

The mash is sprayed with hot liquor through a rotating sparge arm, this allows all of the sugars to be washed from the malt to maximise the extract. The run off process takes approximately 2 and a half hours.

5. Hops

Checking the quality of the hops prior to addition to the copper. The choicest hops are used to bitter Hook Norton Beers.

Traditional varieties such as Fuggles, Goldings & Challenger dominate with First Gold & Styrian Goldings used in some seasonal ales. Late Copper hopping is key to the hop characteristic found in Hook Norton Beers. In addition all beers are dry hopped in cask with Goldings Hops.

6. The Copper

Boiling Wort is seen running to our open Copper. In the 2 and a half hours it takes to run-off the Mash Tun, the copper is gradually filling and coming to the boil.

Our blend of hops are added and the copper is boiled for 1 hour 15 minutes. In that time the bitterness is extracted from the hops.After boiling the copper is "cast" to the hop back where the hops are held back and the boiling, bitter/sweet wort is pumped to the open cooler before being chilled through a place heat exchanger and allowed to flow into fermentation vessel.

7. Fermentation

Yeast is added to the collected wort in the fermenting vessel a process called "pitching" and fermentation commences. Hook Norton Beers will remain in the fermenting vessel for a full 7 days. In that time the sugars from the malt will be converted into alcohol by the yeast, with carbon dioxide being evolved as fermentation proceeds.

After 4 days the yeast is removed, using the parachute system, then the beer is gently cooled to accelerate the flocculation and sedimention of the yeast. Gravity and temperature are checked throughout the fermentation process to monitor and control the speed of fermentation. A saccharometer is seen being used to measure the specific gravity.

8. Cask Racking

Before beer is dropped to the racking tank it is checked directly from the Fermenting Vessel for aroma, palate, colour, gravity and assessed as to whether it is true to type and therefore can be passed for filling into casks, a process known as "racking". Hook Norton Beers are racked into Barrels, Kilderkins, Firkins and Pins. Here our seasonal ale Double Stout is being assessed.

9. Sampling

The most important check! Representative samples of each rack are taken and set up on a stillage. These are checked to assess quality and to monitor flavour throughout the life of the beer.

Checking of the beers is done each day and the assessments are recorded.

CHEERS!

Worked for the rest of us.

See. It's raro's firewall.

got to talk to my ISP, I suppose...if all else fails, can you PM me the pics? Or is it on webcam?

and there was me tinking this "Fred" was about beer.

You did you mean de Beers

Diamonds are forever or

This one kept at body temperature:-

"raro"

Kan Win yes/no?

this is my thread.....I can stay off topic as much as I want...

Jayenram....please pull that pic for the benfit of all of us....you know which one I mean...

back on topic: I'm off to the fridge....

this is my thread.....I can stay off topic as much as I want...

Jayenram....please pull that pic for the benfit of all of us....you know which one I mean...

back on topic: I'm off to the fridge....

Raro i think that is the most controversial, politicaly incorrect thing i have ever seen you post.