Not a regular visitor to this thread but had a few pints last week of the below.
according to my beardy weirdy friend it had amiable tones of chocolate and burnt coffee. To my classically trained pallet is was ‘very nice and a bit like Guinness’
Three beers to avoid from me tonight: 1. Hop Monster - Mad Dog Black. Ridiculously over hopped for a dark beer. 2. Heritage - Cliffhanger. Best of a bad bunch, drinkable but bland. 3. Witham - Captain Keeble's Ramming Speed. Absolute filth. When will this horrible trend of making beers mimic grapefruit juice come to an end? The best thing about this one, without a shadow of a doubt, was its comedy name.
I can’t watch anymore of that shitshow, it’s ruining my day drinking. So for your pleasure, a Jester King Provenance Tangerine & Clementine sour at the always marvelous Novare Res in Portland, Maine.
If they could play as well as this beer tastes, we’d be top of the league.
Edit - the beer pic is intentionally blurry as I focused on the draft list, just so you can see how hard my life is.
On paper it sounds potentially wrong. But, it’s Vault city so probably great
Went to the bar tonight. £5.50 for a half pint of Double Maple Triple Chocolate Blueberry S'More; 10% ABV but you wouldn't know, tasted like whizzed up refreshers and fresh berries. Slightly thicker than I was anticipating and actually quite enjoyable.
Only stayed for one, then went of for a pint of Beavertown Neck Oil followed by a pint of Hopback Breweries Taiphoon Lemongrass. Both acceptable, the latter better value for money than the former.
@SporadicAddick how on earth did you go down to a Neck Oil after drinking the Double Maple??? Your tastebuds must have been all over the place... Very eclectic drinking :-) Cheers
@SporadicAddick how on earth did you go down to a Neck Oil after drinking the Double Maple??? Your tastebuds must have been all over the place... Very eclectic drinking :-) Cheers
As they were all in different pubs I had a decent break between each so maybe that helped, but the sequence was certainly a successive move down the taste chart...
Tonight is the opening night of the Norwich Beer Festival, one of the highlights of the Norfolk social calendar (mine, anyway) and a welcome return, albeit with reduced capacity, after last year's cancellation.
I am currently enjoying a glass of French Toast Brown Ale from the New Bristol Brewery.
"A traditional brown ale with a modern twist. Evokes notes of custardy bread, cinnamon and maple syrup."
Absolutely f***ing bootiful.
Best beer of the evening this far although I'll be heading for S&P's (a local brewery from Horsford, home of Norfolk CCC) Blackberry Porter later which will probably run it close.
Shared a litre of Pinter Space Hopper this afternoon. Brewed and conditioned extra long after a cold crash, and secondary bottle fermentation for about a month. Absolutely beautiful.
Tonight is the opening night of the Norwich Beer Festival, one of the highlights of the Norfolk social calendar (mine, anyway) and a welcome return, albeit with reduced capacity, after last year's cancellation.
I am currently enjoying a glass of French Toast Brown Ale from the New Bristol Brewery.
"A traditional brown ale with a modern twist. Evokes notes of custardy bread, cinnamon and maple syrup."
Absolutely f***ing bootiful.
Best beer of the evening this far although I'll be heading for S&P's (a local brewery from Horsford, home of Norfolk CCC) Blackberry Porter later which will probably run it close.
I love the stuff from New Bristol, not had a bad beer from them yet.
Brew York are another favourite of mine and rarely disappoint. This tasted far better than it looks, which is revolting tbf.
Shared a litre of Pinter Space Hopper this afternoon. Brewed and conditioned extra long after a cold crash, and secondary bottle fermentation for about a month. Absolutely beautiful.
Still up there as my fave Pinter beer. may change next month with the Pinter 2 and tropical debate.. can’t wait for that one 👍
Having picked up my Trillum order, next stop Lamplighter to get my two subscription bottles. While I’m here I tried the Eminence Front, which is a superb blended sour.
Final one for todays day drinking - Someone Like Crue - a really nice 3.2% dark mild. Nice caramel flavor. Nothing like the crap mild used to be when I was younger.
Shared a litre of Pinter Space Hopper this afternoon. Brewed and conditioned extra long after a cold crash, and secondary bottle fermentation for about a month. Absolutely beautiful.
I mean, seriously? What does this even mean? what does it taste like ffs?!
Shared a litre of Pinter Space Hopper this afternoon. Brewed and conditioned extra long after a cold crash, and secondary bottle fermentation for about a month. Absolutely beautiful.
I mean, seriously? What does this even mean? what does it taste like ffs?!
It tastes like beer. Good beer.
Brewed for 12 days, transferred to a fridge at 1 degree (cold crash) for two days, then conditioned for a further 8 days before being bottled with sugar for a secondary fermentation for a further month. Tasted rich, deep and fairly strong (guess at 6%). Decently malty rather than strongly hoppy, but a fabulous autumn pint for slow sipping.
Just been given a bottle of this. I won't be reviewing it for a year or two unless I am diagnosed with a near-term terminal disease.
In 2018 we celebrated our 10th birthday as a business and to celebrate we bought a cask of whisky which we bottled as a 2008 vintage Scotch at cask strength. The whisky itself was from Glen Morey in Speyside and had spent its whole life in a first fill ex Jack Daniels cask.
Ilkley Brewery celebrated their 10th birthday in 2019 so we thought it would be apt to do a little collaboration. We sent them our whisky cask over for them to age a Barley Wine in! Â
This Barley Wine is ready to drink now but as it is bottle conditioned, it will age further for years to come.
Tasting Notes
Ripe stone-fruit, oak, smoke and molasses. This is the greatest accompaniment to any cheese board!
Comments
Electric Sun (sour) - Pentrich
Meet me in the city (NEIPA) - DEYA
Liquid cocaine (Imp IPA) - Mad Scientist
And for something completely different to it this was quite nice too...
according to my beardy weirdy friend it had amiable tones of chocolate and burnt coffee. To my classically trained pallet is was ‘very nice and a bit like Guinness’
What with it being October I bought and drank these
1. Hop Monster - Mad Dog Black. Ridiculously over hopped for a dark beer.
2. Heritage - Cliffhanger. Best of a bad bunch, drinkable but bland.
3. Witham - Captain Keeble's Ramming Speed. Absolute filth. When will this horrible trend of making beers mimic grapefruit juice come to an end? The best thing about this one, without a shadow of a doubt, was its comedy name.
If they could play as well as this beer tastes, we’d be top of the league.
Only stayed for one, then went of for a pint of Beavertown Neck Oil followed by a pint of Hopback Breweries Taiphoon Lemongrass. Both acceptable, the latter better value for money than the former.
I am currently enjoying a glass of French Toast Brown Ale from the New Bristol Brewery.
"A traditional brown ale with a modern twist. Evokes notes of custardy bread, cinnamon and maple syrup."
Absolutely f***ing bootiful.
Best beer of the evening this far although I'll be heading for S&P's (a local brewery from Horsford, home of Norfolk CCC) Blackberry Porter later which will probably run it close.
Brew York are another favourite of mine and rarely disappoint. This tasted far better than it looks, which is revolting tbf.
may change next month with the Pinter 2 and tropical debate.. can’t wait for that one 👍
Brewed for 12 days, transferred to a fridge at 1 degree (cold crash) for two days, then conditioned for a further 8 days before being bottled with sugar for a secondary fermentation for a further month.
Tasted rich, deep and fairly strong (guess at 6%). Decently malty rather than strongly hoppy, but a fabulous autumn pint for slow sipping.
In 2018 we celebrated our 10th birthday as a business and to celebrate we bought a cask of whisky which we bottled as a 2008 vintage Scotch at cask strength. The whisky itself was from Glen Morey in Speyside and had spent its whole life in a first fill ex Jack Daniels cask.
Ilkley Brewery celebrated their 10th birthday in 2019 so we thought it would be apt to do a little collaboration. We sent them our whisky cask over for them to age a Barley Wine in! Â
This Barley Wine is ready to drink now but as it is bottle conditioned, it will age further for years to come.
Tasting Notes
Ripe stone-fruit, oak, smoke and molasses. This is the greatest accompaniment to any cheese board!