I decided to try a beer I hadn’t tried before with our Sunday roast (beef this week) –Badger Hopping Hare (4.5%) from Hall &Woodhouse. It is “thrice hopped”–two lots of hops added to the copper,and a third lot added to the cask. It is what it sets out to be [...]
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Ohe dear,what a disappointment. I tried a bottle of Courage Directors (4.8%),now brewed by Wells &Young’s. My first disappointment was when I read the bottle label and found that the ingredients included “Colour E150C”. Obviously somebody has got an idea about what colour a beer should be,and when the product doesn’t [...] Last night we had a company night out at an up-market Indian restaurant (Veeraswamy on Regent Street) –only 10 of us,including partners (it’s a small company). There was a wine list as long as your arm –but no mention of beer on the menu –we had to ask specifically for beer,[...] Following on from yesterday’s post about the suitability of beers to drink with a curry,I was reading through a press release about the greatly increased sales of Worthington’s White Shield (apparently up by 150%) which claims that WWS is “a great partner for food – mature cheddar or stilton,rich meaty dishes,barbequed and [...] Well,the Sunday roast lamb I talked about the other day (Plane drunk) became last night’s lamb curry (with the addition of a jar of Morrisons Shallot &Roasted Garlic Dopiaza). It’s difficult to know what to drink with a curry …actually,no it isn’t –tradition has it that you have to drink [...] Greene King Abbot Ale (5%). Reading the bottle label I thought I was in for a real treat –“brewed for quality of the highest order –an irresistible ale with masses of fruit characters,a malty richness and superb hop balance –brewed longer to a unique recipe,which makes it the full-flavoured,smooth [...] Another of my favourites out of a bottle is Marston’s Burton Bitter. This weighs in at 3.8%,and is another excellent light and refreshing session beer. The bottle notes declare it to be “an exceptionally clean tasting beer,combining malty,biscuity flavours with a delicate hop character and fine finish”. I’d definitely go along with [...] Friday lunchtime was a “business meeting”at the Jolly Farmer in Cookham Dean,which is pretty much our company’s “staff restaurant”. Rather than my usual Brakspear Bitter I decided to try a pint of Young’s Bitter (3.7%) for a change. This is a very pale straw-coloured beer,very drinkable –light and refreshing,like a good [...] I decided to follow my own advice from the other day,and last night I drank my way through the Fuller’s Brewery Tour selection pack –starting with the weakest and working through to the strongest. It’s a good job it was a Friday and not a “school night”,because I needed a lie in [...] | ||||||
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