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English Trappist Beer
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2023 9:01 am
by IPA
https://www.ft.com/content/778a01ce-61d ... 7b740ee958
Strangely you cannot read this link. But I can on my Tablet
Try this link to BBC News and scroll down until a pop up appears on the right hand side.
https://www.google.com/search?q=bbc+new ... e&ie=UTF-8
Re: English Trappist Beer
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2023 9:10 am
by Jim
I can't get either of those to work (the FT one is behind a paywall I think) but I searched the BBC website and found this -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-48854460
Re: English Trappist Beer
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:30 pm
by Trefoyl
Tynt Meadow is sold in the US so they must have sorted some of their capacity problems. It’s only available in a few states though and I’ve never seen it.
It’s a shame Spencer in Massachusetts didn’t have this problem and stopped brewing. Their beer was excellent but their distributor must have been pants because I rarely saw their beer.
Re: English Trappist Beer
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2023 11:48 am
by Cobnut
This article is from 2019, so not sure whether they’re still having issues.
A member of our local HB club brought along some of this beer a few years ago. Can’t say I was overly impressed TBH.
Re: English Trappist Beer
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2023 3:42 pm
by Eric
Cobnut wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2023 11:48 am
A member of our local HB club brought along some of this beer a few years ago. Can’t say I was overly impressed TBH.
Bought a couple of bottles not long after its introduction. Those were poor by any standard, in need of significant improvement to produce a desirable product.
Re: English Trappist Beer
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2023 9:28 pm
by Trefoyl
It’s considered outstanding now.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/53152/354491/
The brown (7.4%) might be the only one available in the US. I’ll buy a bottle if I ever see one but I don’t think it’s distributed near me.
Re: English Trappist Beer
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 12:15 am
by Eric
Interesting comments with substantial variance. The two bottles I had were substantially similar, they poured murky brown with a murky brown taste.
Re: English Trappist Beer
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2024 11:41 pm
by Jocky
Early bottles were definitely murky. Not good.
But I had some a year and a half later and it was excellent.
Re: English Trappist Beer
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2024 11:57 pm
by Eric
Jocky wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 11:41 pm
Early bottles were definitely murky. Not good.
But I had some a year and a half later and it was excellent.
Thanks for this. If seen again, I'll give it another try. Initially it was just like a poor attempt at homebrewing.
Re: English Trappist Beer
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2024 9:43 pm
by Trefoyl
Eric wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 11:57 pm
Initially it was just like a poor attempt at homebrewing.
I was just thinking about how the American brewery Ommegang was like that at first. Now they are World Class.
A lot of breweries take a little while to get the kinks out. I was very pleasantly surprised at the quality of beer a nearby brewpub that when new were awful.