Beer?

[srw]

A three-course lunch at the pub in Rodmell, half way around a delightful circular walk in the sun from Lewes - out along the river and back through the barley fields.

From right to left:

A starter of Harvey's Best with dry-roast peanuts. A lovely balanced bitter, very thirst-quenching.

A main course of Dark Star Hophead with cheesy garlic bread. What a hop-led beer should be: light (3.8%), plenty of sweet malt and a delicate floral fragrance.

A pudding of Dr Rudi's single hop summer ale, with Mr Porky Pork Scratchings. I'd guess that the eponymous Dr Rudi bred the hop, and from the flavour and the name I'd guess it's a Munich Helles hop.

On reflection I probably should have swapped starter and pud, but otherwise a perfectly balanced meal.

I can hear The Rights of Man calling for this evening...

 

[srw]

 

[User169]

This is a bit of alright. Berliner Weisse aged on Chardonnay barrels.

 

[rich p]

An early evening snifter at the Jack and Jill near Ditchling. Not a million miles from @srw, as it happens. Hammerpot Red Hunter, another local micro brewery. Proper English bitter, really nice. Seriously tasty

 

[rich p]

I remember running past those windmills (only 30 miles to go to the finish)

Happy days, Rocky.
I was so wasted at the finish I usually couldn't even drink a beer

 

[rich p]

I remember running past those windmills (only 30 miles to go to the finish)

The route also went past the Abergavenny Arms that srw would have been in today.

 

[John the Monkey]

Shropshire Gold (Salopian, 3.8% abv)

Lovely stuff this. A bit of biscuity malt, with rather more bitter, tangeriney hops dominating both taste, and the dry refreshing aftertaste. Salopian brew a damned nice beer - this may be close to session perfection; if you think 3.8% is a low enough abv, it has good taste, but not so overpowering or complex that it's a one or two pinter. Lovely stuff.

Mrs M says: "Very nice".

 

[John the Monkey]

A bonus beer or two from a trip to Oxford last week.

We escaped the midday heat on Wednesday into a pub called "The White Rabbit", where I had a pint of Siren Brewery's "Half Mast" (2.8% abv)

I didn't notice the abv on ordering, but on reflection, it was the perfect idea for a thirst quencher in the middle of a hot, busy day. The taste is surprisingly strong - a lot of bitter, grapefruit hops, with some peach lurking there too, and a floral, possibly slighty soapy if you're being uncharitable overtone. Tasty enough not to seem thin or dull, an eminently sessionable abv, even for a lightweight like me, and a very refreshing pint, quite an achievement by the brewer.

Mrs M says: "What's the point of that?" (after being told the abv)

We ate at a Nepalese place in the evening (it was still roasting hot) and I had some Khukuri, a lager. Not amazing, but I liked it more than the pints of Cobra and Kingfisher I've had in other curry places, and jolly refreshing on what was still a very warm day.

Mrs M says: "Very nice."

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Hot day shed building, this is just the job.

 

[srw]

Waterloo Rye IPA at 6.4%-ish. Mmmmmmmmmm. A bit too hoppy to start but mellowed nicely.

Tom Paine. An excellent strong bitter.

Wild Hop. At 3.something would have been a great starter - I got the order wrong for the second time in a day. The wild hop is a good and subtle flavour.

Hurrah for the Rights of Man! And the food is good quality and very generous in quantity.

 

[srw]

I remember running past those windmills (only 30 miles to go to the finish)

Is that one of those silly multi-day runs? A colleague has done a couple this year.

 

[theclaud]

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A three-course lunch at the pub in Rodmell, half way around a delightful circular walk in the sun from Lewes - out along the river and back through the barley fields.

From right to left:

A starter of Harvey's Best with dry-roast peanuts. A lovely balanced bitter, very thirst-quenching.

A main course of Dark Star Hophead with cheesy garlic bread. What a hop-led beer should be: light (3.8%), plenty of sweet malt and a delicate floral fragrance.

A pudding of Dr Rudi's single hop summer ale, with Mr Porky Pork Scratchings. I'd guess that the eponymous Dr Rudi bred the hop, and from the flavour and the name I'd guess it's a Munich Helles hop.

On reflection I probably should have swapped starter and pud, but otherwise a perfectly balanced meal.

I can hear The Rights of Man calling for this evening...

I'm unable to Like this because it contains traces of dry-roast peanut.

 

[rich p]

I'm unable to Like this because it contains traces of dry-roast peanut.

I'm sure you spotted my nuts upthread, along with a packet of crisps...

...don't even think of going there

 

[rich p]

Is that one of those silly multi-day runs? A colleague has done a couple this year.

Multi-day! Ha ha! @User14044

 

[J1888]

Hot day shed building, this is just the job.

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A truly superb beer.

Their Vitus is probably the best beer I've ever tasted...and I've tasted a lot!