Brewdog at Tesco

MyQul said:

Hve you tried them before? Are you considering making either from the brewdog bible?

Never tried either myself. Brewdog beers usually look too hoppy for me

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MyQul said:

Hve you tried them before? Are you considering making either from the brewdog bible?

Never tried either myself. Brewdog beers usually look too hoppy for me

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MyQul said:

There's a thread about the place with a link to some study that reckoned that those who like IPA's show similar traits to psychopaths :lol:

I have in fact been making and drinking pales recently but not as hoppy as IPA's. I agree after drinking a pale ale drinking a porter or stout really brings out the dark grain flavours

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dad_of_jon said:

Is the level of hops something to do with psyco....what-sit-ma-bob?

steering back on topic, does that explain brewdog's marketing?

A hoppy burp is the gift that keeps on giving :whistle:

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dad_of_jon said:

Ahh, Myqul, there's hope for you yet. I was into dark ales more malty etc. But now have a taste for highly hopped IPA's. Doesn't mean you have to say goodbye to porters and stouts. It's a bit like tea & coffee, both good , both have their place.

If you drink a hoppy IPA then drink a porter or a stout (I was going to add abbey beer but they're a bit high abv% for your tastes? ) It really brings out the flavour of the porter/stout. The contrast of the second beer is enhanced :grin:

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dad_of_jon said:

Ahh, Myqul, there's hope for you yet. I was into dark ales more malty etc. But now have a taste for highly hopped IPA's. Doesn't mean you have to say goodbye to porters and stouts. It's a bit like tea & coffee, both good , both have their place.

If you drink a hoppy IPA then drink a porter or a stout (I was going to add abbey beer but they're a bit high abv% for your tastes? ) It really brings out the flavour of the porter/stout. The contrast of the second beer is enhanced :grin:

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MyQul said:

To be serious for a nano second, I like hop flavour but not bitterness. Tony51's technique of leaving the flavour/aroma hop debris in the FV for the time of fermentation is really working for me. It gives massive (sometimes too much) hop flavour but I can control the bitterness by just adding a low to medium bittering addition

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dad_of_jon said:

I'd suggest you pop your hops in at flameout, no chill overnight then strain through paint strainer bag the following day and then pitch yeast.

You can always dry hop it you don't have enough hoppyness for your taste.

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dad_of_jon said:

I think the path to enlightenment is.....

fosters to water
water to carling
carling to stella
stella to 'real ale'
'real ale' to IPAs.

Now myqul's uncovered research that says when you like IPAs you're nuts.

So that's when your horizon expands (cos you're now loopy) and you try any style of beer you've not had before! (avoiding of course those from the big brewers!)

And lo - You understand brewdog. :shock:

Then you marvel at how they've got into the major supermarkets.....

It all boils (pun intended) down to the hops :lol:

So if you ever see Tesco's finest IPA at 9.2% it is your duty to buy a few! :whistle:

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MyQul said:

I like! Normally I either do hop tea or micro boil. Might try that out too. When you say flame out I take it you mean 80C?

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chub1 said:

Not sure if this is the right place, however
While enjoying my shopping at my local Tesco this morning i came accross Brewdog 5AM and Dead Pony at £1.75 :thumb::thumb:, needless to say a few entered my shopping trolley:mrgreen::mrgreen:
Not seen it on sale before in Tesco

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MikeK117 said:

�£1.75 is pretty good but Morrisons are doing 4 x 330ml cans for �£5.43, or �£1.36 a can. I know cans are very fashionable at the moment but I definitely think that highly hopped beers like Punk and Dead Pony taste much fresher out of a can. :smile:

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