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Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Yes that's not a bad beer either and it sounds like he got a bargain. It is quite readily available, my local metro Tesco even has it and I've seen it in a few pubs, but yes let's hope more of these sorts of beers become readily available as the quality of them is pretty high.Originally Posted by Emil Miller
I ran into a neighbour in the supermarket today and he loaded up about two dozen bottles of an American beer called Sierra Nevada that were being sold cut price for a limited time. It seems that American beers are making increasing inroads to the UK market.
Drinking a pint of Late Red an "autumn hop ale" It's not very nice really.
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Here's what the publicity says:
Late Red is a complex, richly-flavoured autumn hop ale. With an appropriately Autumnal auburn hue, this premium beer achieves a perfect balance between rich, dark malt flavours, and a strong, robust hoppiness.
Perhaps you should switch to lager and try a Leffe blond: expensive but worth every penny.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Leffe Blonde is on offer for £2. 50 per 750ml bottle at my local miniTesco, not bad and yes I'm going to fill my boots.
Just sipping a supreme Chimay Red, Belgian Trappist! Beers don't come much better.
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Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
It may have been a rogue bottle, it tasted metalic..
Last edited by prendrelemick; 08-21-2012 at 02:55 AM.
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I've been into eating raw bell peppers lately. They really are something, it seems so obvious now.
I don't like raw pepper as they taste too bitter to me. Throw them in a little heat for 5 minutes or so, much better.
Interesting day. Had a 30 odd mile bike ride, played tennis and then had to take shelter in a pub and so drank some beer (San Miguel). I think I'm going to rest my weary limbs with some Leffe later.
Yes there are few things as relaxing as Leffe, I had one today before reparing to a pub that has a buxom French barmaid plein de joie de vivre. I was so pleased at this new addition to the staff that I bought a bottle of J&B whisky in the supermarket on the way home and a few mixers to go with it. I'm just going to open it now.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Just for clarification: Do you just mean the green bell peppers, or are you also referring to the red ones. (They are all the same peppers, I'm pretty sure, just different stages of ripeness.) I like the bitterness of the green ones (as I understand you don't), but the red ones really remind me of tomatoes more than anything. I'd even say they're sweet. Still, I haven't quite nailed this all down, I'm still trying to figure them out, and I wouldn't be surprised if someone found even the red ones to be bitter. But there's a big, big difference there...
(Oh, and about heating them, I like sauteeing them in soy sauce and a few other things, no science about it, but I've started having them raw just to save time and keep myself from letting them rot before I get around to it. Slicing one up and eating it instead of potato chips is working, as a healthy snack. I'm always looking for an easy way to eat vegetables, and get some nutrition going.)
Last edited by billl; 08-22-2012 at 05:18 PM.
Oh definitely, it is much better to eat peppers raw than not at all, I've tried slicing a few on sandwiches and so on (green or red) but I just find them too bitter to enjoy that way. Even on top of pizzas in the oven I'm not too keen. I like them stir-fired though.
Wowza a buxom French barmaid.Brilliant! I'll raise a glass of Leffe to that.
It's also much better than I faced when trying to get into our local post-tennis pub. We were never keen on the couple who run it, but they have a decent selection of beers/lagers so we always used to go there. That was until today when the horrid pair wouldn't let us into the back beer garden because someone was up a ladder? I asked if we could bring our (wet) bikes inside a porch bit, keep in mine we are regulars, and the look on her ugly face was one of terror. 'Never mind, it doesn't matter' I said and then we found another pub. We will never go back again.
Yeah, me too--that's what got me inspired to do the sauteeing (which was really just an amateur attempt at stir-frying) that got me into this whole thing.
I thought the Green, Red and yellow peppers you get in packs of three were all ripe just different varieties. I actually prefer them raw - very refreshing.
I tend to go for dark beers, but after Neely's tales of Golden Hen and Emil's Leffe I may step back from the dark side next time.
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A word of caution re the Leffe: although it goes down very easily, it should be treated with respect as it's stronger than the usual lagers.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
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