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On a Flying Dog buzz tonight as a package of 20 mixed US craft beers arrived today. Started with the Flying Dog Classic Pale Ale, Doggie Style (4.7%), then a Snakedog IPA (7.1%), a Raging Bitch Belgian Style IPA (8.3%, and very weird) and just finishing with a remarkably smooth Double Dog Double Pale Ale (11.5%). I'll sleep well till my son wakes me in about 5 hours. Ugh... <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

Nice - I've had quite a few of the flying dog brews.

Went to one of my local breweries this afternoon 'Mill Street Brewery' and had their one off cask 'Tankenstein' (it's a dry hopped, cask version of their brew 'Tankhouse') then moved onto their Imperial Chocolate Stout....

I'm home now and having a Tröegs Nugget Nectar Ale

My beverages for the weekend were:

Abbott Ale (Greene King)
1698 Ale (Shepherd Neame)
Belfast Ale (Whitewater)
Fiddlers Elbow (Wychwood)
Double Chocolate Stout (Youngs)

The Belfast Ale and Chocolate Stout trumping the others in my opininion. Interestingly, the Belfast Ale has the same "creamlike" background flavour as the Clotworthy Dobbin, which makes me wonder if it is the same yeast perhaps. What ever it is I like it. I prefer the Dobbin though (and darker beers in general).

The Fiddlers Elbow didn't do much for me.

&amp;quot;dhat&amp;quot; wrote: The Belfast Ale and Chocolate Stout trumping the others in my opininion. Interestingly, the Belfast Ale has the same "creamlike" background flavour as the Clotworthy Dobbin, which makes me wonder if it is the same yeast perhaps. What ever it is I like it. I prefer the Dobbin though (and darker beers in general).

-This is making me think that a mix of Clotworthy Dobbin and Young's Chocolate Stout could be absolutely delicious... (Clotworthy Dobbin is SOO wonderfully malty, smooth, and sweet; a chocolate Clotworthy would be PERFECT!)


I'm going to have to try this sometime.

Adam

Having a couple of Fullers London Porter...

&amp;quot;garthicus&amp;quot;:30wtwqms wrote: Having a couple of Fullers London Porter...[/quote:30wtwqms]

Had a few of these myself a few weeks back - very enjoyable.