A Pair Of Fallen Beers Where You’d Least Expect To Find Them
I take my hat off to Aldi’s Scottish buyer, really I do. It’s not that they have sought out a very good Scottish brewery to get on to their shelves, it’s the fact that they’ve gone with a Gose, a …...
View ArticleCloudwater Brewing Co. Small Chinook Pale (2.9%)
I wasn’t expecting too much from this, but Cloudwater have managed to squeeze just enough of a light caramel and wafer body from the malts to hold up against the big bright Chinook hops that are at...
View ArticleMoncada Brewery Mandarina Blonde (4.2%)
This is a very drinkable, if not altogether exciting, little Blonde Ale that’s been brewed with Mandarina Bavaria hops. The aroma involves satsumas and flower borders and, sadly, a little bit of sweet...
View ArticleWobbly Brewing Co. Wabbit (4%)
Wabbit is a soft and gentle, easy drinking Pale Ale brewed in Hereford by Wobbly, yet another new brewery to note. It’s pretty good as well, pouring a light sunny straw and smelling of sweet apricot...
View ArticleYeastie Boys Inari Biru (4.9%)
Being a Japanese Rice Beer, Inari Biru is smooth and creamy, light and airy. The aroma is fresh and lemony and 5e beer glints a bright gold in my glass. You know, this is a perfectly tasty beer that...
View ArticleArcadian Brewing Co. Lupa (5%)
Well well, another beer from this new Cardiff based brewery that I really like. Lupa is a dry hopped oatmeal Pale Ale and it’s fresh and zingy and full of good things. The malting is, as you’d expect...
View ArticleSiren Craft Brew Vu Du Yu Lu (7.2%)
When Siren reach landmarks they brew things slightly differently to celebrate and, for their 1000th Batch, they’ve decided to turn their rather splendid Earl Grey Tea Pale Ale into an IPA. And what...
View ArticleLOKA POLLY Simcoe Waimea Extra Pale Ale (4.3%)
I was in the mood for some classic Welsh language Indie and then, once I’d stuck a Fflaps record on, I decided I needed some top Welsh beer to go with it. And what better than a super Pale from …...
View ArticleLervig Orange Velvet (5.5%)
It’s an odd name, Orange Velvet, for a beer that doesn’t have any oranges in it. It has lime and mango, vanilla and lactose, but no oranges. Be that as it may, this is a superb little fruity IPA that …...
View ArticleLost & Found Brewery Hold It Down (4.6%)
More brilliant beery goodness from the Lost & Found gang, Hold It Down is a Pale Ale that’ll have your tongue in a twist with its fresh fruit salad attack. It begins with an aroma stuffed full of...
View ArticleA Hiver Fiver
Hiver, the brewery that makes beer with honey have just turned five years old. They have also decided to move their beer into cans. These are two very good things. The cans look fantastic, taking the...
View ArticleTorrside Brewing Co. Katakana (5.2%)
A Belgian Blonde hopped with Sorachi Ace, this little bottle of joy does everything you’d hope for. There’s a dreamy soft caramel waffle, salted pretzel and honey malt body, it’s sticky and sweet and...
View ArticleVibrant Forest Brewery PUPA (4.5%)
This is a juicy pale ale, which is fortunate as the can tells us exactly that and it’s nice to not be misinformed. PUPA is a pale peachy gold beer that smells of freshly chopped fruit salad, juicy and...
View ArticleMad Squirrel Brewing Arán (4.9%)
Brewed in collaboration with Toast, this is a Red Ale brewed with soda bread, and I for one like it a lot. It holds a creamy head and sits a deep conker red in my glass, smelling of yeasty toffee …...
View ArticleNorthern Monk Don’t Mess With Yorkshire (4.5%)
Brewed for the Don’t Mess With Yorkshire brand, this is a very nice little Pale Ale, but it has very little to do with Yorkshire other than being brewed there. I suppose that when I saw the can I...
View ArticleWeird Beard Weird Wired (5.7%)
Weird Wired is an Extra Pale Ale brewed in collaboration with 8 Wired Of New Zealand and using a mix of NZ and English hops, namely Kohatu, Pacific Gem and Bramling Cross. The result is a big fruity...
View ArticleCloudwater Brew Co. DDH Pale V1 (5.5%)
A one off brew for 2018’s Indie Man Beer Con, this is a big bright fresh blast of juicy fun. There’s orange zest and marmalade all over the aroma as well as flashing through the flavour, along with...
View ArticleTwisted Barrel Ale The Sunglasses Story (4.8%)
This hazy Pale Ale is a thing of loveliness. Pouring a cloudy gold, it smells of tinned peaches and a lick of honey. And that honey lies in waiting at the back of the beer when you take a mouthful. …...
View ArticleBrews Company Smoothie (5.5%)
Is Brews Company a good name or not? I’m undecided. But regardless of what they’ve decided o call themselves, Smoothie, my first experience of their beer, is very good. It’s a lactose rich IPA, packed...
View ArticleDuration Beer Turtles All The Way Down (5.5%)
Brewed at Amundsen Bryggeri in Oslo, this is my first experience of Duration’s beer, and if this is what’s in store I’m looking forward to trying a lot more. Turtles All The Way Down is a cloudy straw...
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