Beer?

[John the Monkey]

Tatton Brewery's Obscure.

Tatton make some really nice beer - the only honey beer I've tried that I like (Lazy Haze) and the superb Ruck and Maul porter, among others.

Obscure is something between a bitter and a porter, to my mind (a bit more on the bitter side of the spectrum). A lot of malt in the first taste, spicy and rich, turning into a taste with pronounced, smoky, porter like overtones, with a decent bitter hop edge to both that and the aftertaste, which retains some of the malty sweetness.

It's a fabulous, complex beer.

Edit: Forgot to mention, the aroma it has is stunning too - one to drink from your tulip shaped glasses, beer lovers.

 

[User169]

Tatton Brewery's Obscure.

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Tatton make some really nice beer - the only honey beer I've tried that I like (Lazy Haze) and the superb Ruck and Maul porter, among others.

Obscure is something between a bitter and a porter, to my mind (a bit more on the bitter side of the spectrum). A lot of malt in the first taste, spicy and rich, turning into a taste with pronounced, smoky, porter like overtones, with a decent bitter hop edge to both that and the aftertaste, which retains some of the malty sweetness.

It's a fabulous, complex beer.

Edit: Forgot to mention, the aroma it has is stunning too - one to drink from your tulip shaped glasses, beer lovers.

Some more good glasses there, John!

 

[User169]

Tap-takeover in the local by Vandestreek from Utrecht. Starting off gently with their IPA. Nice aroma/bitter balance.

 

[User169]

Their double IPA up next.

Seriously bitter and not quite enough malt to deal with it. Just had a chat with the brewer and it's made with a Polaris hops, a new hop variety from Germany. Apparently they lend a minty flavour. I hadn't noticed, but when he said it I knew what he meant!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Pint of Hooky down the boozer.

 

[User169]

Black IPA. Easily their best beer. Great hop flavour, but well balanced against the roasty malt.

A triumph! (The highest DP beer accolade).

Ifyou see a bottle of this, the label is great too - courtesy of an English artist.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Yumbalina

 

[User169]

Ever tried Lone Star, @threebikesmcginty?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Ever tried Lone Star, @threebikesmcginty?

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I've been to Texas a few times so yes, Shiner too - it's all fizzy wee.

Great pic of the man, hope he got a couple of bucks for that.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Nøgne Imperial Stout, a 9%er. Nice velvety smooth coffee burnt caramelly taste, good stuff!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Ok, 10 points to the first person to guess this beer!

 

[User169]

w+e bipa?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Almost was but no, go north.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Harviestoun - Old Engineers Reserve, I was going to give the last bottle out as a prize* but I'll have to have it myself now.



*not really

 

[smutchin]

Bottled my Amarillo Stout at the weekend - a Coopers Stout kit beefed up with the addition of lots of Amarillo hops. Tasted a sample and it's not bad at all - has a nice hint of caramelised oranges.

Also started the next batch of homebrew - a Coopers English Bitter kit brewed short to boost the alcohol content (should come out around 5.5%) and with a hefty whack of Fuggles hops added. I'm hoping it ends up resembling ESB.