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[Mr Skrunts]

Was going to buy a mate a bottle of Jack D, but found out earlier he is off Whisky, but big in to various Kraft Beers.

I know nothing and certaily clueless with regards to Kraft Beers.

Any suggestions.?

[dave the builder]

A lot of the bigger supermarkets sell various bottle beers ,you could do him a selection 

[Rangie]

I can thoroughly recommend Badgers.

[TheBoy]

Assuming he isn't into them purely as a "look at me" type, craft beers can vary so widely I'd go with a good selection from multiple breweries

[Sir Tigger KC]

I can thoroughly recommend Badgers.

My lawn looks like a Ukrainian battlefield since a nearby neighbour had new fences put up, so no I don't recommend bastid badgers at all!       

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Thought Kraft made cheese ? 
Daughter bought me a selection of Craft beers a couple of years ago. Brew Dog iirc.
Found all of them to be hideous. Just tasted like yeast flavoured water with a hint of something Citrus.
The little club Im a Trustee of sells a Nethergate Ale (local brewery) which is very moreish.
If I didnt have to drive there and back, I could happily down several pints of it.

[Mr Skrunts]

A lot of the bigger supermarkets sell various bottle beers ,you could do him a selection 

Brilliant Idea - Thankyou.

I can thoroughly recommend Badgers.  


Assuming he isn't into them purely as a "look at me" type, craft beers can vary so widely I'd go with a good selection from multiple breweries

Not in the slightest, He built a home office and enjoys a drink after work is complete when he is online gameing.

Thought Kraft made cheese ? 

Mabe I would have found them in the online shopping sites if I couls spell proper.

[Doctor Gollum]

We have our own Brewdog, but you can only get it on board.

It's pretty easy drinking, not dissimilar to Sharps Atlantic. It's normally £5/6 a can if you have to pay for it but we get it for 60p

Suffice to say I usually have a few cans in the fridge.

On no level would I consider Brewdog to be a craft beer though

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Aldi have some nice beers in. I generally don't give a toss about kraftwerk but their Coffee Stout and their Caramel Biscuit beer are very very nice.

Also their Biere Special, big opaque black bottle. Lush.

[Mr Skrunts]

Where he lives near Elsecar there is a shop that sells over 500 difeerent Craft Beers and he seems to be working his way through the list.

So I had a look round, as I dont think he has a favoute I have ordered a varietity pack for next day delivery.   Jumped in quick as a lot of the items are sold out on the run up to Christmas.

Thankyou for all the replys.

[Doctor Gollum]

The west coast of the US seems to be a craft beer utopia. Not sure that it's anywhere near Elscar though

[STEMO]

The west coast of the US seems to be a craft beer utopia. Not sure that it's anywhere near Elscar though

Whose Els? And what car do they drive?

[Doctor Gollum]

The west coast of the US seems to be a craft beer utopia. Not sure that it's anywhere near Elscar though

Whose Els? And what car do they drive?

Someone Skruntie knows who live near Leeds. And living near Leeds, whatever is most convenient probably 

[STEMO]

The west coast of the US seems to be a craft beer utopia. Not sure that it's anywhere near Elscar though

Whose Els? And what car do they drive?

Someone Skruntie knows who live near Leeds. And living near Leeds, whatever is most convenient probably 

I see. You mean Elsecar, near Rotherham.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Slip him a Bishops finger or two, Skruntie.

[STEMO]

Slip him a Bishops finger or two, Skruntie.

He'll end up with stinking bishop cheesy fingers 

[TheBoy]

The little club Im a Trustee of sells a Nethergate Ale (local brewery) which is very moreish.

As its just down the road from me, I've been known to pick up some lager-ish beers from Diddly Squat, its a grey label, buggered if I can remember what its called.  Its a very pleasant tipple in the garden after a day at work, but its easy to get stuck into and have far too many

[Nick W]

The west coast of the US seems to be a craft beer utopia.

I've given up trying them, because every one conformed to the more is always better approach. Which leads to IPAs that are like drinking liquid desiccant, or that taste like they're a 50/50 mix of weak beer and concentrated ugly fruit syrup. While a good session beer is a very English idea, a good speciality beer still retains some subtlety and drinkability

[Nick W]

The little club Im a Trustee of sells a Nethergate Ale (local brewery) which is very moreish.

As its just down the road from me, I've been known to pick up some lager-ish beers from Diddly Squat, its a grey label, buggered if I can remember what its called.  Its a very pleasant tipple in the garden after a day at work, but its easy to get stuck into and have far too many

My local is the Nelson Brewery, less than two miles away in the dockyard. Their beers are extremely drinkable, but are hard to find. Next is Goachers out the other side of Maidstone. It's much easier to find, but tastes like yesterday's dishwater strained through a farmer's socks

[Doctor Gollum]

True but the American idea of beer is Budweiser, so pretty much anything is an improvement 

[Nick W]

True but the American idea of beer is Budweiser, so pretty much anything is an improvement 

If you don't chill Budweiser, then you discover that it has lots of taste. The snag is that it tastes bloody horrible. US craft beers(nobody else calls them that, so the US is redundant) just go for even stronger, not better, or even different.

[Mr Skrunts]

I see. You mean Elsecar, near Rotherham.

I did.

[STEMO]

I see. You mean Elsecar, near Rotherham.

I did.

Al didn't 

[Doctor Gollum]

True but the American idea of beer is Budweiser, so pretty much anything is an improvement 

If you don't chill Budweiser, then you discover that it has lots of taste. The snag is that it tastes bloody horrible. US craft beers(nobody else calls them that, so the US is redundant) just go for even stronger, not better, or even different.

Yard House offer a reasonable selection of draft beers, and Lone Star is halfway decent 

[Sir Tigger KC]

True but the American idea of beer is Budweiser, so pretty much anything is an improvement 

A few years ago when I house sat my mates place in Houston, the Pub round the corner called the Shakespeare is a craft beer place and has a huge horseshoe shaped bar with about 30 different draught craft beers.   It would have been rude not to have tried them all! 

[Doctor Gollum]

True but the American idea of beer is Budweiser, so pretty much anything is an improvement 

A few years ago when I house sat my mates place in Houston, the Pub round the corner called the Shakespeare is a craft beer place and has a huge horseshoe shaped bar with about 30 different draught craft beers.   It would have been rude not to have tried them all! 

Absolutely 

[Kevin Wood]

True but the American idea of beer is Budweiser, so pretty much anything is an improvement 

A few years ago when I house sat my mates place in Houston, the Pub round the corner called the Shakespeare is a craft beer place and has a huge horseshoe shaped bar with about 30 different draught craft beers.   It would have been rude not to have tried them all! 

Absolutely 

On my last trip to the US we took some customers to a brewery tap and most of the beers were porters and started at about 7 1/2%.
I decided it would be rude not to try a few but that did put me in a bit of a muddle.

[TheBoy]

I decided it would be rude not to try a few but that did put me in a bit of a muddle.

And you're anything but rude

That's the trouble with the non-fizzy stuff - you can drink gallons of it, then suddenly realise that you're paralysed from the waist down.  So I've heard, anyway

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Makes a change for the septic tanks though. Their beer has usually been made from what they have carefully extracted from the bladders of countless gnats. 

If Carlsberg made beer in the U.S. it would be renamed Girlsberg. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

The reason that Australians drink their beer ice cold is because it's shite and you can't taste it when it's almost a frozen block of lager! 

[STEMO]

The reason that Australians drink their beer ice cold is because it's shite and you can't taste it when it's almost a frozen block of lager! 

I used to like a can of Fosters, preferred it to most of the other mainstream brands.

My absolute favourite used to be Carlsberg Special, I can't remember why 

[YZ250]

The reason that Australians drink their beer ice cold is because it's shite and you can't taste it when it's almost a frozen block of lager! 

I used to like a can of Fosters, preferred it to most of the other mainstream brands.

My absolute favourite used to be Carlsberg Special, I can't remember why 

Nothing to do with the 9% strength I’m sure.     My mates Dad used to drink a few Tenants Extra (also 9%) after a day at work, and fall asleep on the sofa as a nightly ritual. He was a roofer so not ideal.

[ronnyd]

SWMBO used to have the occasional Special Brew when she visited her sister. My eldest called it fizzy whiskey. 

[Kevin Wood]

Makes a change for the septic tanks though. Their beer has usually been made from what they have carefully extracted from the bladders of countless gnats. 

If Carlsberg made beer in the U.S. it would be renamed Girlsberg. 

Yes, it seems the US are finally developing some taste in beer and shunning the bud / coors / michelob p*ss.

The reason that Australians drink their beer ice cold is because it's shite and you can't taste it when it's almost a frozen block of lager! 

The Australians are a lost cause. Which is why when my mate came over from Aus for a 24h radio contest earlier this year, in his enthusiasm, he got through a polypin of Exmoor Beast on the first evening then slept through the rest of the weekend. It was jet lag, apparently.

[Sir Tigger KC]

The reason that Australians drink their beer ice cold is because it's shite and you can't taste it when it's almost a frozen block of lager! 

I used to like a can of Fosters, preferred it to most of the other mainstream brands.

My absolute favourite used to be Carlsberg Special, I can't remember why 

You could always tell the Brits who'd just got off the plane in the pubs around Kings Cross in Sydney as they'd be the only ones drinking Fosters. 

As well as the lily white or burnt skin of course! 

[Doctor Gollum]

I decided it would be rude not to try a few but that did put me in a bit of a muddle.

And you're anything but rude

That's the trouble with the non-fizzy stuff - you can drink gallons of it, then suddenly realise that you're paralysed from the waist down.  So I've heard, anyway

My brother's local used to have Rekordelig on tap, but rather than being the usual squash flavours, it was the unpolluted variety (with the fruity stuff as an add in for those of a certain disposition) and you could drink four/five pints of that before the seal broke, but that was usually the point when you discovered that someone had stolen your legs

[TheBoy]

The reason that Australians drink their beer ice cold is because it's shite and you can't taste it when it's almost a frozen block of lager! 

The chilled fizzy stuff has a place in life.  Hard to beat on a hot day.  On a hot day, I'm also partial to a pint of fizzy apple juice

[Rangie]

On a really hot day I love an ice cold Guinness.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

If I have lager I always go for the 5% ABV products like San Miguel.

The 'pissy' 3-3.5% stuff is a waste of time.

In long gone days we used to make our own moonshine, which was evil.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Speaking of moonshine. When I was 17 I was a very nervous best man at my mates shotgun wedding.
Was up half the night trying to write a speach, which the grooms brother tore up and threw away because he thought it would be funny.
I was in a state of sheer panic then, so the grooms boss made me drink a large glass of Poteen to calm me down !
Apparently I did more or less what I was supposed to do, but to this day I have no memory of the events whatsoever.