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Selected tweets from the Great British Beer Festival 2011 #gbbf
Tuesday 2 August
Arrived at stand W2 at #gbbf. Thankfully Lagunitas Censored is on and doesn't ruin my palette. Good but one for the keg, maybe. So, how do you pronounce Lagunitas #gbbf? Lah-guh-NEET-as, Lah-GOON-ih-tas? Lah-gun-EYE-tus? (which sounds painful). Heard all three.@beerbirrabier thinks "1st one", and so do I, or posibly:
@beerbirrabier That was my view. I'll stick to Lah-guh-Nee-tas (slight change,) until told otherwise. Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale I've only had in cans before. On cask it comes across as an American ESB. Lovely. Martha Exchange is new to me. The 3 headed Jurpa is a nose full of fruit salad backed with uplifting hop bite. @Fuggled No Barclays spotted yet.
In response to:
@maltjerry any sign of the #barclaysdarklager yet? The Left Hand 400 Pound Monkey tastes of well, monkey... I suspect something wrong. The Hop Czar Imperial IPA is peppery loveliness #gbbf Over to Scotland at #gbbf for Cairngorm Tradewind and Dowbrige Praetorian Porter, which is not strictly Scotland.
@adrianclark You here yet? America disappearing fast Ben Elk Lake IPA good, though. #gbbf Big Bro Bitter ESB smells strongly of blackberries. But has only Cluster and SK Holdings.
(This should have been "EK Goldings", as in "East Kent".)
(This should have been "EK Goldings", as in "East Kent".)
@adrianclark Gag! Not paying attention ! Now by pie and peas thinking of a last third of Torpedo.
(Should have been a "Gah!" of frustration, rather than what might have seemed to be an outburst of disgust. And I was referring to Sierra Nevada's Torpedo.)
(In response to Tim Britton of the Oldershaw Brewery in Grantham.)
@maltjerry thanks for your tips on #gbbf my highlight was the Sierra Nevada Torpedo. So much... everything!
Thursday 4 August@adamcroft yes, 2nd day at #gbbf today, relishing the cooler temperature. So, back in the UK, Bodies's Amarilla: golden and a really refreshing Fruity whiff of Amarillo hops. Brewster's Hoped has struck match. #gbbf my second session starts with fish and chips accompanied by the band Ahab! Oh, and Mallinsons Bitter, way better than it sounds. #gbbf this de Mole Hour & Hop is quite lactic, but quite automatically lemony. Mules frites would be good.
#gbbf first IPA purportedly, Titanic 9/10ths below. Bublegum estery aroma. #IPAday Going Czech on #IPADay Klasterni Svaty Norbert IPA. @adamcroft Over by the Thornbridge stand drinking Czech IPA at14.45. Do I detect Sorachi Ace in the Thornbridge Raven? Black #IPAday #Opeth #gbbf @brewdog Has to be said, #gbbf has a little something, and a little something missing ;-)
(In response to @BrewDog's inquiring tweet about how we "scamps" are coping at GBBF without their presence. Weaning the company on to US IPAd, me, I have a brilliant Il Vicino Wet mountain. Peak experience (ha ha...) #gbbf At the SIBA stand for some Millstone True Grit. That Il Vicino went down very well, but there is an end to all good things Made some great tactical moves and now have Fullers Brewers Reserve No. 3. Oddly, for an Auchentoshan cask, it is very rummy. #ggbbf
To which @zatytom responded:
(In response to @BrewDog's inquiring tweet about how we "scamps" are coping at GBBF without their presence. Weaning the company on to US IPAd, me, I have a brilliant Il Vicino Wet mountain. Peak experience (ha ha...) #gbbf At the SIBA stand for some Millstone True Grit. That Il Vicino went down very well, but there is an end to all good things Made some great tactical moves and now have Fullers Brewers Reserve No. 3. Oddly, for an Auchentoshan cask, it is very rummy. #ggbbf
To which @zatytom responded:
@maltjerry it's lovely, in my opinion the best Brewers Reserve yet.
@zatytom Could well be. I'm really interested to try out in the bottle, because I think it will be great with a tiny bit of CO2.
