Beer?

[John the Monkey]

Ruby Rooster (Hatherwood Craft Brewery, 3.8% abv)

Another Lidl exclusive, and another 89p bottle.

It's nicely bitter, with a distinct bit of toffee and caramel, and a touch of biscuit. The bitterness lingers into a nice dry aftertaste. Not radically different to other nice beers of this style, but very tasty, and astonishingly reasonably priced.

No comment from Mrs M on this one, as she was sharing a Guiness XX with number one son.

 

[John the Monkey]

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Surprisingly unhoppy for a Brew Dog beer.

Nice opener! Rambler? Mini-Champ?

 

[User169]

My 100% Brettanomyces beer, fermented with a single B. claussenii strain.

Dry hopped with mosaic, it's nice and fruity, although not hugely funky. Nevertheless, there's enough going on to let you know it's not a regular fermentation: a little bit of goatiness and some band-aid in there. It's had less than a week in the bottle so needs to carb up and develop, but looking quite promising.

 

[MossCommuter]

My 100% Brettanomyces beer, fermented with a single B. claussenii strain.

Dry hopped with mosaic, it's nice and fruity, although not hugely funky. Nevertheless, there's enough going on to let you know it's not a regular fermentation: a little bit of goatiness and some band-aid in there. It's had less than a week in the bottle so needs to carb up and develop, but looking quite promising.

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Band aid!

Want

 

[rich p]

Band aid!

Want

Careful you don't get plastered, Mossy.
(I've an awful feeling I've cracked that one before)

 

[threebikesmcginty]

My 100% Brettanomyces beer, fermented with a single B. claussenii strain.

Dry hopped with mosaic, it's nice and fruity, although not hugely funky. Nevertheless, there's enough going on to let you know it's not a regular fermentation: a little bit of goatiness and some band-aid in there. It's had less than a week in the bottle so needs to carb up and develop, but looking quite promising.

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Goat and Band-aid is my favourite combo.

 

[John the Monkey]

Tally-Ho (Pembrokeshire Brewery, 4.2% abv)

No picture, I'm afraid. Just slightly carbonated (Mrs M described it as "flat" which is unfair, there's a touch of sparkle to it), this ale is rather nice, and just one of many beers called Tally-Ho, it seems. Smooth, and quite "dark" in taste, with a refreshing but not overpowering bitter finish. A good one for today's scorching weather.

Mrs M says : "Very nice."

 

[User169]

Scorchio here.

 

[User169]

Interesting article on what it's really like to be a brewer (and whether hipster beer is a fad). And it addresses the question I raised on the recent tour of Harveys brewery: why did our guide constantly refer to brewers as 'he'? https://www.theguardian.com/comment...t-life-brewer-hard-labour-dangerous-chemicals

Interesting article, but iwhat on earth dangerous chemicals would a brewer use?

 

[User169]

I think you'd have to ask whoever wrote the headline.

Well it's copied from the body of the piece. She talks of high temperature which I get, but dangerous chemicals sounds weird in relation to beer brewing.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Well it's copied from the body of the piece. She talks of high temperature which I get, but dangerous chemicals sounds weird in relation to beer brewing.

Maybe it's their crystal meth consumption.

 

[User169]

Cleaning stuff?

I guess so. Maybe the quantities they use up the danger quotient.

Anyhow, bit of a diversion - Sorry.

 

[User169]

Maybe it's their crystal meth consumption.

makes ye beer taste of goats.

 

[rich p]

This ain't bad, chilled...
...which I am, as others will attest
BTW, I ferkin love this weather.

 

[John the Monkey]

Amber Adder (Hatherwood Craft Brewery, 4.3% abv)

Sorry for the rather crepuscular image - the beer actually pours quite light, more gold than amber, I'd say.

This is probably the most stereotypically crafty of these 89p beers. The taste is mostly hoppy, with a resinous, piney main taste, and citrussy notes making an appearance (grapefruit, I think). The aftertaste is mostly the bitter hops, and lingers nicely. There's nothing groundbreaking about it, but I've drunk more expensive beers that had less presence and complexity than this bargain priced belter.

Mrs M had West Indies Porter again, and declared it "Very nice".