hyperlexian wrote:
aussiebloke wrote:
Tequila wrote:
The only people who use the word 'bevvy' in Britain are Scousers and they can be excused as they live in their own universe.
Barley wine is disgusting, horrid stuff! Here, I have a bottle of BrewDog Devine Rebel, a 12.1% barley wine if you want it.
Real ale pubs are rarer than rocking horse dung in Canada. Get yourself over here and we can go to York or Sheffield - some lovely real ale pubs in those two cities.

Your right anything over 10 % is suspect though Belgium beers are ok at that gravity thanks to their high % of simple sugars which lightens the beer.
I think ideal beers are in the 6% - 8 % range.
i like my beers to be a minimum of 6%, given the choice. barleywine is awesome to my tastebuds!! !! but the last time i drank it i severely overdid it and ended up with the hangover of a decade. i'm sad to say that i've stopped drinking beer at all really because it seems to give me headaches and migraines (even just one bottle)

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I suspect it's because your female and you don't like bitter beers (don't shoot the messenger it's been scientifically proven women mostly don't like these type of beers
Alcohol has such a way of masking bitter flavours I once (tried) to make a really really intense high gravity beer aroungd 15 % and used a shed loads of Simcoe and Amarillo hops which basically = to drinking a tropical cocktail , finished product? nothing more than fizzy sweet alcoholic water , you would have not at all known I had used fruity type hops

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why not just drink whisky instead ?
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