DoomMerchant wrote:mr_nool wrote:Hutch's Shoulder wrote:DoomMerchant wrote:Piccsnumberoneblue wrote:Sam Addams 'Rebel' is delicious. But at 6% it soon sneaks up on you. When we beat Villa 4-0, half a dozen pints of that and a couple of Blue Moons to follow, had me making an utter twat of myself in front of the in laws.
I like to drink a Belgian that's about 8-9% so....there's that.
Can't stand blue moon. Rebel is kind of a commodity IPA. Next time you're over we will find some time perhaps to have a tipple. Or two.
Cheers
Maybe the club ought to get sponsorship from a beer from each country from which we have a player. A strong Belgian brew for company, maybe Estrella and San Miguel for Jesus and Dave, a British micro brewery for Sterling, Shropshire Gold for Hart etc., and a Ginger beer for KDB.
There're way too many South Americans in the squad for that.
But that said, I would go with a sturdy, but still subtle Pelforth Brune for Clichy, while Sagna gets a heavy, intricate and quite surprising Triple Epices. Samir, gets a generic Kronenbourg 1664 - it's a bit of a girly drink. Mangala is a Abbaye du Mont des Cats - fantastic potential, but possibly wont make the grade (of a Trappist beer).
Kompany is obviously a Rochefort 10 - the king of Belgian ales. Dark, powerful, strong. Our new friend, Kevin, is clearly a Chimay Rood (Red), a lively, exciting brown ale, which deliver quite a kick at 7%.
Hart's a Battlefield, Delph is a Timothy Taylor Landlord's, Sterling a Fuller's London Pride and Wright a Briarbank.
Jesus Navas is an Cruzcampo - dependable, consistent, but no real end product. Silva is an Estrella Voll-Damm - surprisingly strong and complex.
And now people like Carl, BiB and Asante have to take over. South American, Africa and Balkan beers are not my forte ...
Just caught this. One of the most thoughtful and best posts this year. Loved it. Some great beers that I don't know either that I've got to get an eye out for.
Top bombin Noolser.
Cheers
Merci!
The French ones are hard to come by apart from Kronenbourg 1664, which is a generic "international" lager. The Belgian and Spanish ones are quite well-known. You should be able to find them in the states. In regards to the English ones, London Pride is exported for sure. The other ones I've only ever had in the UK. Timothy Taylor is one of my absolute favourites.