I may never be back.

[Orfy]

Probably will but I have over 100 kegs of real ale to try between now and Sunday. Also 50 bottled Ales and 30 Ciders. (2 festivals locally)

Cya later.

I'll probably hopefully still be functional later. I have work tomorrow. I should of booked a days holiday!

Including.
Boggart: Ray of Sunshine

Style: bitter
Colour: pale
ABV: 3.9
Brewery: Boggart, Manchester

Golden bitter with fruity hoppy aroma
Boggart: Ruby Tuesday

Style: bitter
Colour: gold
ABV: 3.8
Brewery: Boggart, Manchester

Golden Bitter
Bollington: White Nancy

Style: bitter
Colour: amber
ABV: 4.2
Brewery: Bollington, Bollington

Bitter
Bowland: Octobeer

Style: wheat
Colour: pale
ABV: 4.0
Brewery: Bowland, Clitheroe

Cloudy wheat beer
Brew Dog: Hop Rocker

Style: lager
Colour: pale
ABV: 5.5
Brewery: Brew Dog, Fraserburgh

Fresh, sharp initial sweetness and a body and flavour, finest German & New Zealand hops add subtle tropical fruit notes and add complexity. Brew Dog: Punk IPA

Style: IPA
Colour: very pale
ABV: 6.0
Brewery: Brew Dog, Fraserburgh

Delicate, white gold colour, light fruity aroma of lychee, kiwi and passionfruit with hint of cherry and strawberry. Strong wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Coach House: Cheshire Gold

Style: bitter
Colour: gold
ABV: 4.1
Brewery: Coach House, Warrington

Very popular new golden beer for 2008. Coach House: Postlethwaite

Style: bitter
Colour: gold
ABV: 4.6
Brewery: Coach House, Warrington

Champion Beer of Cheshire 2001 celebrates one of Warrington's famous sons.Golden ale, made from finest Maris Otter malt, Crystal malt & English hops. Choicest English Golding hops are added, resulting in a full-bodied drink with superb hop aroma. Coach House: Wizard's Wonder

Style: bitter
Colour: amber
ABV: 4.5
Brewery: Coach House, Warrington

Halloween Ale
Coach House: Blueberry

Style: fruit
Colour: pale
ABV: 5.0
Brewery: Coach House, Warrington

Fruity & bitter with light dry aftertaste. Only finest English ingredients are used, including natural blueberry flavour incorporated during maturation. Fully fermented to produce a very drinkable beer at this strength. Warming & autumnal. Coach House: Passion Fruit

Style: fruit
Colour: very pale
ABV: 5.0
Brewery: Coach House, Warrington

Very pale with light delicate bitterness & the natural flavour of passion fruit Concrete Cow: Cock n Bull

Style: bitter
Colour: gold
ABV: 4.1
Brewery: Concrete Cow, Milton Keynes

Dark amber, malty flavour. Daleside: Old Leg Over

Style: bitter
Colour: dark amber
ABV: 4.1
Brewery: Daleside, Harrogate

Nutty, fruity taste & aroma with a suggestion of herbs.
Dark Star: Espresso Stout

Style: stout
Colour: dark
ABV: 4.2
Brewery: Dark Star, Haywards Heath

Freshly ground espresso coffee beans are added to the copper for a few minutes after the boil to provide a rich aroma.
Dunham Massey : Chocolate Cherry

Style: mild
Colour: dark
ABV: 3.8
Brewery: Dunham Massey

Dry hint of cherry Dunham Massey : Milk Stout

Style: stout
Colour: dark
ABV: 4.0
Brewery: Dunham Massey

Dark Sweet old fashioned stout Durham: White Gold

Style: bitter
Colour: pale
ABV: 4.0
Brewery: Durham Brewery, Durham

Pale, aromatic with thirst-quenching citrus notes
Five Towns: Day at the Races

Style: bitter
Colour: very pale
ABV: 4.4
Brewery: Five Towns, Wakefield

Traditional best bitter with hoppy finish
Funfair: Cakewalk

Style: bitter
Colour: dark
ABV: 6.0
Brewery: Funfair, Ilkeston

Dark beer with fruits added into the fermentation.
Geltsdale: Bewcastle Brown

Style: brown ale
Colour: dark
ABV: 4.0
Brewery: Geltsdale Brampton, Cumbria

Brown ale comes with a familiar-looking, red-lettered, light brown-backgrounded, oval pump clip. Very cheeky. Geltsdale: Geltsdale Lager

Style: lager
Colour: pale
ABV: 4.5
Brewery: Geltsdale, Brampton, Cumbria

'Carlislesberg', a clean tingling body with a hint of citrus
George Wright: Cheeky Pheasant

Style: bitter
Colour: gold
ABV: 4.7
Brewery: George Wright, Rainford

Premium ale, balanced with full fruitiness of the malt & hop bitterness. Goose Eye: Bronte

Style: bitter
Colour: rich amber
ABV: 4.0
Brewery: Goose Eye, Keighley

Full with extra hop character
Goose Eye: Barmpot

Style: bitter
Colour: pale yellow
ABV: 3.8
Brewery: Goose Eye, Keighley

Refreshing lingering taste of hops.
Grindleton: Old Fecker

Style: bitter
Colour: rich amber
ABV: 4.0
Brewery: Grindleton, Ribble Valley

Chestnut bitter with rich malt character
Grindleton: Ribble Gold

Style: bitter
Colour: gold
ABV: 4.1
Brewery: Grindleton, Ribble Valley

Rye malt adds a fruity depth
Hanby Ales: Cherrybomb

Style: bitter
Colour: rich amber
ABV: 6.0
Brewery: Hanby Ales, Wem, Shropshire

Splendid rich fruity beer with a maraschino cherry taste & potent punch. Best Beer Oktoberfest 1.
Hawkshead: Lakeland Gold

Style: bitter
Colour: gold
ABV: 4.6
Brewery: Hawkshead, Staveley, Cumbria

Golden Ale. Hoppy & uncompromisingly bitter with complex fruit flavours blending modern English hop, First Gold, with the American, Cascade.
Heineken UK: Sagres

Style: lager
Colour: pale
ABV: 5.0
Brewery: Heineken UK

Keg Premium Continental Lager.
Hornbeam: Lemon Blossom

Style: bitter
Colour: pale
ABV: 3.7
Brewery: Hornbeam, Denton

Floral with a hint of lemon
Iceni: Ported Porter

Style: porter
Colour: dark
ABV: 4.4
Brewery: Iceni, Mundford, Norfolk

A bottle of port is added to each cask
Ironbridge: Autumn

Style: bitter
Colour: dark red
ABV: 4.6
Brewery: Ironbridge, Ironbridge

Smooth red bitter with citrus hop
Jennings: Snecklifter

Style: bitter
Colour: dark
ABV: 5.2
Brewery: Jennings, Cockermouth

Satisfying ale, wonderfully warming & full of complex flavours which create an intriguing beer of great character.
Leeds Brewery: Gathering Storm

Style: stout
Colour: dark
ABV: 4.4
Brewery: Leeds Brewery, Leeds

Rich, robust traditional stout
Leyden: Crowning Glory

Style: bitter
Colour: dark
ABV: 6.8
Brewery: Leyden, Lord Raglan Hotel, Bury

Strong dark ale with hints of Christmas pudding.
Little Valley: Oktoberfest

Style: bitter
Colour: brown
ABV: 4.6
Brewery: Little Valley, Hebden Bridge

Organic bitter.
Marble: Ginger Marble

Style: fruit
Colour: straw
ABV: 4.5
Brewery: Marble, Manchester

Ginger IS the dominant flavour. Developing dryness with mixed spices & lemony/citrus element. Finish of hoppy dryness, long after taste with a kick of fresh root ginger & slight sweetness.
Matthews: Honey Mine

Style: amber
Colour: amber
ABV: 4.7
Brewery: Matthews, Timsbury, Somerset

German bock beer with honey
Naylors: Pinnacle Blonde

Style: bitter
Colour: pale
ABV: 4.3
Brewery: Naylors, Keighley

Delicate bitterness and aroma
North Wales : Damson Beer

Style: fruit
Colour: dark ruby
ABV: 6.2
Brewery: North Wales, Abergele

Colour and flavour from home grown damsons

 

[Orfy]

And

North Wales : Welsh Wheat

Style: wheat
Colour: pale
ABV: 5.0
Brewery: North Wales, Abergele

Traditional cloudy wheat beer
Northern Brewery: Right Track

Style: bitter
Colour: pale yellow
ABV: 4.3
Brewery: Northern Brewery, Sandiway, Northwich

Aromatic with dry, long finish. Northern Brewery: Deep Dark Secret

Style: porter
Colour: dark
ABV: 5.2
Brewery: Northern Brewery, Sandiway, Northwich

Liquorice Porter 2008 Champion Beer of Cheshire) Ossett Brewery: Spellbound

Style: bitter
Colour: pale
ABV: 4.3
Brewery: Ossett Brewery, Ossett

Mellow and dry with a massive hop aroma
Phoenix: Wobbly Bob

Style: bitter
Colour: dark
ABV: 6.0
Brewery: Phoenix, Heywood

Strong fruity, malty flavours & aromas, slight sweetness yields to dry finish.
Best Beer Oktoberfest 9
Prospect: Gold Rush

Style: bitter
Colour: pale
ABV: 4.0
Brewery: Prospect, Wigan

Pale bitter hopped with Nugget, Cascade hops provide the aroma.
Prospect: Nutty Slack

Style: mild
Colour: dark
ABV: 3.9
Brewery: Prospect, Wigan

Traditional dark mild
Purple Moose: Dark Side of the Moose

Style: porter
Colour: dark
ABV: 4.6
Brewery: Purple Moose, Porthmadog

Delicious roast and fruity hop flavours
Purple Moose: Snowdonia

Style: bitter
Colour: gold
ABV: 3.6
Brewery: Purple Moose, Porthmadog

Brewed with Pale & Crystal malts combined with a delicate combination of Pioneer, Styrian Goldings & Lubelski hops.
Richmond: Station Ale

Style: bitter
Colour: amber
ABV: 4.1
Brewery: Richmond, Richmond, N. Yorks

Amber bitter.
Richmond: Swale Ale

Style: mild
Colour: dark
ABV: 3.6
Brewery: Richmond, Richmond, N. Yorks

Dark Yorkshire mild
Roosters: Wild Mule

Style: bitter
Colour: pale
ABV: 3.9
Brewery: Roosters, Knaresborough

Stunning aromas
Rudgate: Ruby

Style: mild
Colour: dark
ABV: 4.4
Brewery: Rudgate, York

Nutty rich ruby ale, stronger than usual for a mild Ryburn: Ryburn Bitter

Style: bitter
Colour: amber
ABV: 3.8
Brewery: Ryburn, Halifax

Fine, hoppy cask bitter Ryburn: Old Stone Troff

Style: bitter
Colour: gold
ABV: 4.8
Brewery: Ryburn, Halifax

Traditional premium bitter Sadlers: Green Man

Style: lager
Colour: very pale
ABV: 4.0
Brewery: Sadlers, Stourbridge

An extremely pale, lager styled ale. Brewed using the Finest
European lager hops.
Saltaire: Cascade Pale

Style: bitter
Colour: pale
ABV: 4.8
Brewery: Saltaire, Shipley

American style floral aromas and strong bitterness
Sharp's: Doom Bar

Style: bitter
Colour: amber
ABV: 4.0
Brewery: Sharp's, Rock, Cornwall

Amber bitter
Shepherd Neame: Canterbury Jack

Style: mild
Colour: very pale
ABV: 3.5
Brewery: Shepherd Neame, Faversham

Fragrant grapefruit aroma
Spitting Feathers: Thirstquencher

Style: bitter
Colour: pale
ABV: 3.9
Brewery: Spitting Feathers, Waverton, Chester

Light beer with lots of late hop
Spitting Feathers: Autumn Smoked

Style: bitter
Colour: dark straw
ABV: 4.5
Brewery: Spitting Feathers , Waverton, Chester

Brewed with oak smoked malt, special brew to accompany the Rugby World Cup.
Taddington: Moravka

Style: lager
Colour: pale
ABV: 4.4
Brewery: Taddington, Buxton

Czech style lager
Thomas Hardy: Wolfie

Style: bitter
Colour: gold
ABV: 6.0
Brewery: Thomas Hardy, Warrington

Big 'up front' flavour
Thomas Hardy: Temptation

Style: bitter
Colour: amber
ABV: 6.0
Brewery: Thomas Hardy, Burtonwood

Strong, rich & smooth.
Thomas Hardy: Wizzerwoo

Style: bitter
Colour: very pale
ABV: 5.6
Brewery: Thomas Hardy, Burtonwood

Very pale, very strong. Best Beer Oktoberfest 8
Thornbridge: Lord Marples

Style: bitter
Colour: gold
ABV: 4.0
Brewery: Thornbridge, Ashford-in-the-water, Derbyshire

Classic British Bitter has all of the nobleness and elegance you could wish for Thornbridge: Jaipur

Style: IPA
Colour: pale
ABV: 5.9
Brewery: Thornbridge, Ashford-in-the-water, Derbyshire

Wonderful IPA, soft smooth flavour rapidly builds to a crescendo of massive hoppiness accentuated by honey. Slowly converts to a powerful but pleasant enduring, bitter finish
Timothy Taylor: Landlord

Style: pale ale
Colour: amber
ABV: 4.3
Brewery: Timothy Taylor, Keighley, West Yorkshire

Classic Strong Pale Ale with a complex and hoppy aroma Wapping: Magna 800

Style: bitter
Colour: pale
ABV: 3.7
Brewery: Wapping, Liverpool

Light bitter with fruity overtones
Weetwood: Cheshire Cat

Style: bitter
Colour: amber
ABV: 4.0
Brewery: Weetwood, Tarporley

Smooth foretaste & fruity hoppy finish makes an easy drinking ale of distinction.
Yeovil Ales: Star Gazer

Style: bitter
Colour: amber
ABV: 4.0

 

[Orfy]

And

Cider & Perry for the 2008 Warrington Rotary Beer Festival



Double Vision: Double Vision Cider

Style: fruit
Colour: gold
ABV: 7.4
Brewery: Double Vision, Boughton-Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent

Medium Cider
Category A : A definition agreed by APPLE to denote the very best of cider with nothing added or taken away. Double Vision: Double Vision Perry

Style: fruit
Colour: amber
ABV: 7.4
Brewery: Double Vision, Boughton-Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent

Medium Dunkertons: Premium Organic

Style: fruit
Colour: gold
ABV: 7.0
Brewery: Dunkertons, Herefordshire.

Old fashioned press and mill circa 1930. Organic orchards planted with old varieties. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans. Medium to sweet. Heck's: Kingston Black

Style: fruit
Colour: gold
ABV: 5.0
Brewery: Heck's, Hereford

Ripe fruity aroma matured in oak casks
Moonshine

Style: fruit
Colour: amber
ABV: 7.5
Brewery: Somerset

Medium Cider Parsonage Farm: Parson's Choice

Style: fruit
Colour: very pale
ABV: 6.0
Brewery: Parsonage Farm, Somerset

Sweet deliciously tasty cider (all made from locally grown apples) Richs: Leg Bender

Style: fruit
Colour: pale yellow
ABV: 6.0
Brewery: Richs, Somerset

Sweet. Sheppy's Cider

Style: fruit
Colour: very pale
ABV: 6.0
Brewery: Sheppy's, Somerset

Dry cider made from a variety of local apples fermented in wood.
Vic Holder's: Perry

Style: fruit
Colour: pale amber
ABV: 7.0
Brewery: Vic Holder's, Gloucester

Medium West Croft : Janet's Jungle Juice

Style: fruit
Colour: amber
ABV: 6.0
Brewery: West Croft, Somerset

Inviting fresh nose of roses and ripe fruit, a well balanced smooth flavour hinting at pineapple, apples and bananas with a light lingering after taste. Overall this is an interesting characterful easily drinkable cider with great appeal. CAMRA National Champion 2007, Gold Award for Cider

 

[Displaced MassHole]

Congratulations!!!! YOU SUCK!!

 

[Brakeman_Brewing]

That sounds like a good weekend. Only 100 kegs of real ale? Pshhhh

 

[Ryan]

I want that....

 

[Revvy]

Little does Orfy know but a camera crew has been following him on his path to total liver shutdown.

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[ohiobrewtus]

Wow! That's one hell of a selection!

 

[bigjohnmilford]

Good luck Orfy.

 

[uglygoat]

we'll need full bjcp reviews of each draft. :fro:

 

[david_42]

I've reached the point where by restricting myself to brews I haven't tried before, I can get through a fest without much damage. Obviously, this wouldn't work if I was to join you, since I haven't heard of most of those on the list. I'd be forced to skip the ciders.

But, what does one do with all of the fest mugs and glasses? I'm running out of cabinet space.

 

[Saccharomyces]

Dang there goes the liver.

I'm quite jealous. :cross:

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

The title scared me for a moment, I thought we were losing Orfy!!!......Oh, wait.....We probably will after all that beer!

 

[Revvy]

Someone sux as a copywriter...or at least doesn't know what ale is....

The rest of what you find when you search drunken gnome...

Hopefully this won't be the end of our gnome's evening.

Or this...

 

[Brooklyn-Brewtality]

I hate you, orfy.

 

[Special Hops]

Quit all this typing and get brewing.

 

[Revvy]

I see so many avatar potentials here for some of our "gnomic" members.

 

[flyangler18]

Revvy, can you offer up a short benediction for our dear departed gnome?

 

[Revvy]

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[beergears]

"Purple Moose", heh

... you Brits have these too?

Can you see Putin from where you are...?

 

[Revvy]

Revvy, can you offer up a short benediction for our dear departed gnome?

We'll hold off on that one...though I will light a candle for his liver....

 

[Orfy]

ize alive. 3 more days though.
not a co2 bottle in the place.

 

[Saccharomyces]

Prost Orfy!

I'm gonna have to go get me some mild now so I can drink to your liver.

 

[Orfy]

I gotta do it again tomorrow.
I missed by bus so went in a local bar and got lumbered with a scary woman.
Nice but scary.

 

[Revvy]

I gotta do it again tomorrow.
I missed by bus so went in a local bar and got lumbered with a scary woman.
Nice but scary.

Oh this is gonna be a fun three days watching Orfy sink into beer-soaked madness...



(this is going into the quote thread)

 

[talleymonster]

Is this too risque?

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I'm not sure I like the way the gnome bashing is going on in this thread. Orfy is a GOBLIN! get with the plan and leave my ass out of this!

 

[Revvy]

Talley...I kinda thought that would be, that's why I didn't post it...but maybe naughy lawn ornaments are allowed on this side of fightlclub...we'll see...

Methink's LG's jealous....

Gnome/Goblin...they both start in "G" besides I don't think there's much druken goblin ot goblin pron pics on the interwebz....(but I'll look)

 

[Revvy]

I'm back....

Oh MY God....the internet never ceases to amaze me....

Play Orc's Playmate of the year

Name: Rottotta
Bust: 34
Waist: 26
Hips: 36
Eyes: Black
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 126
Born: Orctober 15th, 158'
Birthplace: New Ork City

Playmates Turn-ons: "Pictures of naked Ork men, anatomically correct statues of naked Ork men and erotic literature about naked Ork men. Oh yeah, and real naked Ork men."

Playmate Turn-offs: "Goblins and Orks who act like Goblins."

Ambitions: "To become a veterinarian because I love children."

NSF.... Cunnilingus Techniques for Orc (by a hot goblin woman)

The rest of the insantiy (nsfw...maybe)
http://www.playorc.com/

 

[Revvy]

OK so he didn't post yesterday.....He's still got 2 days to go...

I hope he's not passed out, stripped of all he owns and tossed aside like an empty keg some where....

ORFY come back to us, let us know your are OK!!!!

 

[Orfy]

Unfortunately I had to make a hospital visit Friday night so didn't make it.
I did 3 out of 4 sessions and got to sample around 75 different beers.
Around 40 of those were full glasses.
1 of them was undrinkable. A cloudy wheat that was as clear as day. It was infected big time.
The last beer I had was SN Celebration. It took me over 20 minutes to drink it because they served it from the fridge at 2°C so I had to nurse it upto drinking temp.
It cost me $6 for a 33cl bottle!!!!!!!!!

I'd never pay that for it again but I wanted to try it.

I lost most of yesterday afternoon to a business meeting though.
I have another session at a different festival to get through has well.

The Thursday and Saturday night session were heavy sessions. But it was all about tasting as much as possible without getting drunk. Quite a task.

 

[talleymonster]

So what about the hospital visit, Orfy?

From drinking?

Or you were visiting somebody else?

Everything alright?

 

[Orfy]

Yes thanks.

My Granddad is getting better from Pneumonia. He gets plenty of visitors but I needed cheering up.

I'm quite a sensible drinker.