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Ot: beers for children?
Posted by Barry on 2016-10-20 03:44:51
I'm sampling a lot of different Obergãrig beers at the moment (full report maybe later), including the one that won the 2016 Beer of yearat GBBF, Bingham's Vanilla Stout, and I think that it's horrible! I just can't understand why a beer that is so obviously specialised (it won the speciality class) should be classified over all the excellent bitters, milds, stouts, etc currently brewed in the UK.

It's like drinking thin liquid custard with a dash of cocoa and very little beery taste. I also sampled Purple Moose Chocolate Moose, which was also pretty similar. Hope franken brewers don't get tempted to try such concoctions, which I know are pretty popular in the USA.
 
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   Ot: beers for children? by Nick B. on  2016-10-20 03:58:14
     Ot: beers for children? by Barry on  2016-10-20 04:32:37
       Ot: beers for children? by Mark Andersen on  2016-10-20 06:30:44
       Ot: beers for children? by Nick B. on  2016-10-20 06:49:20
         Ot: beers for children? by Nick B. on  2016-10-20 06:53:17
           Ot: beers for children? by Mark Andersen on  2016-10-20 07:10:22
             Ot: beers for children? by Nick B. on  2016-10-20 07:15:33
   Ot: beers for children? by Nick B. on  2016-10-20 07:34:08
               Ot: beers for children? by Mark Andersen on  2016-10-20 10:22:41
                 Ot: beers for children? by Barry on  2016-10-20 13:18:50
     Ot: beers for children? by Barry on  2016-10-20 13:20:25
                   Ot: beers for children? by Nick B. on  2016-10-21 00:08:40
       Ot: beers for children? by Nick B. on  2016-10-21 00:10:17
                     Ot: beers for children? by Barry on  2016-10-21 01:09:28
         Ot: beers for children? by Barry on  2016-10-21 01:15:21
           Ot: place-name adverbials for children? by Nick B. on  2016-10-21 12:17:56
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                         News from the Taylors...Herzlichen Glückwunsch! by Barry on  2016-10-24 07:04:54
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                         News from the Taylors by Barry on  2016-10-25 08:22:07
                     Ot: beers for children? by Andy H on  2016-10-25 13:07:16
                       Ot: beers for children? by Barry on  2016-10-26 07:55:01