Beer?

[User169]

Jake Head from Wylam. Last time I drank this in the UK it was BBB.

What the dang happened?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Figuring it was the last chance of the year to enjoy a beer in the sunshine, I came to Little Faith's tap garden in Deptford. Vossi Bop is a brand new Kweik pale ale and it's pretty good.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

For my second I'm having a Première, such is my disorder. Interboro, pokier than the preceding

I'm getting notes of basil again today. I blame Citra.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Change of scene. Villages launched a new beer yesterday, Beam, a 'fruited' sour. Mostly blackberry, gentle as sours go.

 

[stephec]

View attachment 485301 Change of scene. Villages launched a new beer yesterday, Beam, a 'fruited' sour. Mostly blackberry, gentle as sours go.

That just looks wrong, it looks more like the slushy that sent my little girl hyper on holiday years ago.

 

[slowmotion]

Ms. Slowmotion took me to the Fullers Griffin Brewery in Chiswick, West London for a late birthday present. We spent about 45minutes sampling their cask ales at the end, each one about a quarter of a pint. There wasn't any limit to the number of samples we were allowed, but most people stopped after about eight.

Gales Seafarers
Gales HSB
Fullers ESB
Rocky Red Ale
London Pride
Oliver's Island Golden Ale
Fullers London Porter
and one more that I can't remember.

There's also a big Brewery Shop which sells loads of bottled beer, wine and other stuff. I came away with these two bottles. It was enormous fun and well worth a visit.

 

[stephec]

I've not seen Bengal Lancer in the shops for ages, delish!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Buxton Ekuanot. Fully flavourly but just a little too bitter for my taste buds. Good mind. Also pricy.

Oh, and I'm going to be in Leeds for a couple of nights. Monday and Tuesday nights aren't the best for crafts because they seem to have collectively decided that it's their weekend. But I hope to sample some Norths and Northern Monks while I'm away.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

A spiced mango sour from Tooth and Claw, apparently a wing of Cameron's.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

A North Volta en face. It's a blood orange kettle sour which tastes like Tango'd mango (in a very good way)

I didn't know Kona brewed beer....

Twas in the Head of Steam.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I was going to take a pic of a full glass of Wylam's The Unimportance of Inertia but I underestimated my own inertia

 

[NorthernDave]

Enjoyed a couple of pints of Cooler Shaker - an "IPA milkshake" from Hebden Bridge's Vocation Brewery in the legendary Scarbrough Taps this afternoon.

Their website describes it as
Shake things up with this creamy IPA, brewed with lactose for a full-bodied and milky texture. Passionfruit and Mamey Sapote balance the sweetness of the lactose and give this brew an exotic finish

I got one to try given the description and it was so nice I had to have another.
It really is rather good.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Enjoyed a couple of pints of Cooler Shaker - an "IPA milkshake" from Hebden Bridge's Vocation Brewery in the legendary Scarbrough Taps this afternoon.

Their website describes it as
Shake things up with this creamy IPA, brewed with lactose for a full-bodied and milky texture. Passionfruit and Mamey Sapote balance the sweetness of the lactose and give this brew an exotic finish

I got one to try given the description and it was so nice I had to have another.
It really is rather good.

What or who is Mamey Sapote?

 

[NorthernDave]

What or who is Mamey Sapote?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pouteria_sapota - native to Cuba, and the upper Calder Valley it seems...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pouteria_sapota - native to Cuba, and the upper Calder Valley it seems...

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